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DORDOGNE
Worth Looking For
French or Foe?
• Polly Platt
GUIDEBOOK •
2003 •
PAPER
• 292 PAGES
• COMING IN
With humor, directness and great insight, this compact book is an expert and entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. The expanded third edition addresses France's romance with cell phones and includes a short chapter of recent vignettes.
(FRN54, $16.95) |
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Travelers' Tales France
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
ANTHOLOGY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 528 PAGES
• COMING IN
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. With a section of practical travel information.
(FRN05, $18.95) |
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The Lost Upland, Stories of Southwest France
• W.S. Merwin
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• COMING IN
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) |
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