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Eyewitness Guide Dordogne

Eyewitness Guide Dordogne

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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

The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France

by Ina Caro

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 339 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

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)

Bordeaux Map

Bordeaux Map

by IGN

  • MAP

This magnificently detailed city map includes a separate 68-page index. 1:13,000. (FRN295, $9.95)

 

Bordeaux Wine Region Map


by IGN

  • MAP

A regional map of Bordeaux, shown at a scale of 1:250,000. (FRN203, $12.95)

Blue Guide Southwest France

Blue Guide Southwest France


by Delia Gray-Durant

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A compact guide with a strong focus on history and architecture, including the region's prehistoric caves and grottos, splendid medieval towns, castles and cathedrals. (FRN53, $28.95)

Bordeaux, A Consumer's Guide to the World's Finest Wines


by Robert M., Jr. Parker

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 1264 PAGES

Parker's wine bible, organized geographically, includes every chateaux in Bordeaux. (FRN876, $60.00)

French or Foe?

French or Foe?


by Polly Platt

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 292 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

Michelin Green Guide French Atlantic Coast

Michelin Green Guide French Atlantic Coast


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

A practical guide to the western coast of France from Nantes and La Rochelle south to Biarritz, with a good fold-out map and helpful local and city maps. (FRN207, $21.99)

Grands Vins, The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines

Grands Vins, The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines


by Clive Coates

  • FOOD
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 816 PAGES

From Britain's master wine critic comes this focused study of the Bordeaux region of France and its tradition of producing fine wine. (FRN210, $65.00)

The Food of France

The Food of France


by Waverly Root

  • FOOD
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 450 PAGES

An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, the book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace) and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $18.00)

A Traveller's History of France

A Traveller's History of France


by Robert Cole

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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

A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age


by William Manchester

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 322 PAGES

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)

Wine and War, The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure


by Donald Kladstrup

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

This thrilling account of how the vinters saved their crops -- and their bottles -- as the Nazis approached shows that to be French is not just to fight for your country but also for its wine. (FRN874, $15.00)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages


by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

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, $15.95)

Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France


by Kermit Lynch

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 271 PAGES

A delightful and warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine to full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make the wine are priceless. (FRN72, $19.00)

Birds of Europe

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the 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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