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Eyewitness Guide Dordogne & Southwest France
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 320 PAGES
An outstanding guide to exploring Southwest France, featuring hundreds of color illustrations, local and regional maps and site diagrams.
(FRN580, $25.00)
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)
The Lost Upland, Stories of Southwest France
W.S. Merwin
LITERATURE 2005 PAPER 320 PAGES
Three richly evocative stories of life in a Dordogne village by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Merwin, one of our finest living poets. Originally published in 1992, the book is steeped in history, food and personality. The author owns a house in Loubressac overlooking the Dordogne.
(FRN11, $16.00)
Dordogne Map
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MAP
Centered on Perigueux, this French-made map covers the Dordogne at a scale of 1:140,000. One Side. 48x35 inches.
(FRN60, $9.95)
Families of the Vine, Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France
Michael S. Sanders
FOOD
A delightful, informative portrait of a venerable winemaking family in Southwest France and the stylish, savory wines of Clos Triguedina, by an American chef who lived in the region.
(FRN479, $13.95)
A Traveller's History of France
Robert Cole
HISTORY
This fast-moving survey covers 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
Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
Amy Kelly
HISTORY
A spirited, meticulously researched chronicle that recreates the life and world of Eleanor of Aquitaine in 12th-century Europe.
(FRN129, $25.50)
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, $24.95)
The Most Beautiful Villages of the Dordogne
James Bentley
Hugh Palmer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
OUT OF PRINT
Over 200 sumptuous color photographs of the land, people and villages of the Dordogne, with informative captions.
(FRN10, $40.00)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology.
(MED07, $12.95)
Lascaux: Movement, Space, and Time
Norbert Aujoulat
ARCHAEOLOGY
A striking tour of the magnificent prehistoric cave of Lascaux, with 100 stunning full-page color photographs, maps and explanatory diagrams.
(FRN232, $65.00)
The Cave Painters
Gregory Curtis
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Curtis introduces the masterworks of cave art, the Paleolithic and paleoarchaeology in this tour of Altamira, Lascaux, Les Trois-Freres, Cosquer, Chauvet and other caves in France and Spain.
(FRN620, $15.95)
The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
Robert A. Scott
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $19.95)
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)
From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and its Restaurant
Michael S. Sanders
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Sanders captures the routines and traditions of life in a small village in this warmly observed account of a year in the kitchen of La Recreation in Les Argues (Cahors).
(FRN478, $13.95)
Deadly Slipper
Michelle Wan
MYSTERY
Wan crafts a suspenseful, elegant tale of food, romance and murder out of a search for a long-lost woman in Southwest France.
(FRN631, $13.95)
Timeline
Michael Crichton
LITERATURE
Crichton's blockbuster fantasy combines time travel and adventures in Medieval France. A fast-paced, remarkably well-researched introduction to 14th-century Dordogne and Perigord.
(FRN135, $7.99)
Birds of Europe
Lars Svensson
Dan Zetterstrom
Killian Mullarney
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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