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Eyewitness Guide Loire Valley
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 264 PAGES
Visually rich, comprehensive, and practical, this guidebook is an excellent introduction to the history, culture and attractions of the Loire Valley. Highly recommended.
(FRN43, $23.00)
The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
Ina Caro
HISTORY 1996 PAPER 339 PAGES
Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history.
(FRN03, $17.00)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE 1995 PAPER 175 PAGES
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A slim encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. This volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and more information than you would imagine between its slim covers. Take it along to gain a better appreciation of the Middle Ages and its legacy in Europe.
(MED07, $12.95)
French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
Polly Platt
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 2003 PAPER 292 PAGES
With humor, directness and great insight, this little book explains the French and how to get along with them. Whatever your thoughts about cultural stereotypes, her suggestion for how to get out of sticky situations is perfect: "Excusez-moi de vous deranger." It also works! An expanded third edition, which now includes the French romance with cell phones and a short chapter with recent vignettes.
(FRN54, $16.95)
The Food of France
Waverly Root
FOOD 1992 PAPER 450 PAGES
A classic and aromatic survey of French food, beautifully written. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970's, this book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace), and Oil (the south). A great read for anyone interested in the foundation of French cuisine.
(FRN17, $17.95)
Indre et Loire Map
Institut Geographique National
MAP
Map of Indre et Loire at a scale of 1:125,000.
(FRN367, $9.95)
Rick Steves' French Phrase Book & Dictionary
Rick Steves
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. It's peppered with humor and Rick Steves' insider insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world.
(FRN366, $7.95)
A Traveller's History of France
Robert Cole
HISTORY
A fast-moving survey of French history, from the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times.
(FRN08, $14.95)
A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
William Manchester
HISTORY
In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
Johan Huizinga
HISTORY
A pioneering work of social and cultural history, this freshly translated classic volume is a richly detailed portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands.
(EUR17, $25.00)
The French
Theodore Zeldin
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
OUT OF PRINT
A stimulating and very entertaining social history in the guise of a "how-to" book. Zeldin considers, for example, such imponderables as when to laugh at a joke, how to be friends with a peasant, and how to eat properly.
(FRN31, $17.00)
The Most Beautiful Villages of the Loire
James Bentley
Hugh Palmer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An illustrated portrait of the region, its landscape, architecture, and people, featuring 275 color photographs and accompanying lively essays by Francophile James Bentley.
(FRN483, $40.00)
Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
Kermit Lynch
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A delightful, warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine into full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make wine are priceless.
(FRN72, $18.00)
Travelers' Tales France
James O'Reilly
Larry Habegger
ANTHOLOGY
A wonderful collection of mostly contemporary tales, including such marvelous authors as Peter Mayle, M.F.K. Fisher, Mort Rosenblum, Ina Caro and Jan Morris. Organized thematically, it's a good introduction to the history, culture and character of France.
(FRN05, $18.95)
Chocolat
Joanne Harris
LITERATURE
This charming novel set in the Loire Valley pits provincial morals against pleasure. Adapted into a popular movie.
(FRN484, $14.00)
In a Dark Wood Wandering, A Novel of the Middle Ages
Hella Haasse
LITERATURE
With a cast of thousands including Joan of Arc and the Dukes of Burgundy, this 1949 historical novel renders the political intrigue, people and texture of 15th-century Europe. Haasse captures medieval court life during the Hundred Years War.
(FRN86, $21.95)
Birds of Europe
Killian Mullarney
Lars Svensson
Dan Zetterstrom
Peter J. Grant
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent.
(FG47, $29.95)
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