Choose a Region
Polar Regions
North America
Middle America
South America
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Mediterranean
Middle East
Africa
Central & East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australia & The Pacific
Advanced
Search
Our Favorites
New & Noteworthy
Forthcoming
Best of 2009
Mysteries
ABOUT US
The Business
The People
SMALL PRINT
Ordering
Shipping
Customer
Service
Visiting
MEDITERRANEAN
Provence & the Cote d'Azur
|
READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Order an essential package, and we'll ship any additional items for free. We offer a mix of guidebooks, maps, field guides, novels and books on art, architecture, history, nature and culture.
These
4
items are available for
$66
, including
U.S. shipping, a
15%
discount (Item no. EXFRN254)
E-mail
Print
Select
Item
Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur
Roger Williams
GUIDEBOOK 2009 PAPER 272 PAGES
This superb guide, another entry in the excellent Eyewitness series, features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of attractions in both Provence and the Riviera. Handsome, comprehensive and convenient, this is the guide to carry.
(FRN18, $23.00)
Travelers' Tales Provence
Tara Austen Weaver James O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY 2003 PAPER 262 PAGES
A sampling of true tales, 8-14 pages each, by a cast of mostly modern writers, journalists and travelers, including the ever-present Peter Mayle, lovely Lawrence Durrell, wine-maven Kermit Lynch and philosopher Alain de Botton.
(FRN410, $16.95)
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)
Provence Alps French Riviera Map 527
Michelin Travel Publications
2008 MAP
A colorful and detailed map of the region from the southern Alps south to the Carmargue, Marseille, Toulon, Cannes and Nice at a scale of 1:200,000. An excellent map for travelers on the Rhone River. One Side. 40 X 61 inches.
(FRN22, $12.95)
A Literary Guide to Provence
Daniel Vitaglione
GUIDEBOOK
Follow in the footsteps of generations of authors who found inspiration in Provence's beauty. With maps, 50 color and black and white photos, and short literary excerpts, organized geographically.
(FRN395, $17.95)
Blue Guide Provence and the Cote D'Azur
Blue Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A compact guide to southern France with a strong focus on history and architecture. Organized as a driving guide, it includes helpful town and regional maps, suggested excursions and select practical information.
(FRN416, $24.95)
Cadogan Guides Cote D'Azur
Dana Facaros
GUIDEBOOK
A guide in the respected series with insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information, illustrations and maps.
(FRN808, $21.95)
Insight Guide French Riviera
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
With a touring map, this compact, illustrated, guide to the Riviera covers the villages, celebrated beach towns, culture and attractions of the region in detail.
(FRN179, $18.95)
Lonely Planet French Phrasebook
Marie-Helene Girard
Anny Monet
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A handy phrasebook for French basics. This guide focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(FRN120, $8.99)
Made in France, A Shopper's Guide
Laura Morelli
GUIDEBOOK
Morelli's illustrated, personal guide to locally crafted, hand-made textiles, porcelain, crystal, digestifs and much more.
(FRN706, $24.95)
Patricia Wells at Home in Provence, Recipes Inspired by Her Farmhouse in France
Patricia Wells
FOOD
Award-winning cookbook writer and critic Patricia Wells takes her knowledge of French cuisine to the home kitchen in this luxurious coffee-table collection of recipes from Provence.
(FRN114, $24.00)
Provence Harvest, With Recipes by Jacques Chibois
Louisa Jones
FOOD
A loving, illustrated celebration of Provence and its food with recipes by the great country chef Jacques Chibois.
(FRN535, $40.00)
French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
Polly Platt
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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)
Old Provence
Theodore Andrea Cook
James Ferguson
HISTORY
A reprint of the classic 1905 account of travels through Provence, focusing on the history the region from Greek and Roman temples to Medieval market towns and castles.
(FRN257, $16.00)
Provence A-Z
Peter Mayle
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A companion to all things Provencal, from bouillabaisse to lavender and vinaigre, by the British expatriate and Francophile Peter Mayle.
(FRN619, $14.95)
Provence, A Cultural History
Martin Garrett
HISTORY
Through its architecture, literature and popular culture, Garrett analyzes and celebrates the identity of this beloved region.
(FRN601, $35.00)
The French Riviera, A Cultural History
Julian Hale
HISTORY
From Roman outpost to Napoleonic battleground and playground for the rich and famous, this marvelously informed cultural guide covers the place of the Riviera in history, literature, art, architecture and the imagination.
(FRN853, $16.95)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence
Michael Jacobs
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This oversize book, which includes the life and landscapes of 34 small towns, is an informative, stunning keepsake.
(FRN28, $40.00)
In the South of France
Don Krohn
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
With an overview of history and culture, generous literary excerpts and stunning color photographs, this handsome book is a splendid introduction to the landscapes and fields, villages, castles, medieval churches and chateaux of Provence and the south of France.
(FRN192, $39.95)
Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye
Pascal Bonafoux
ART & ARCHITECTURE
FAVORITE
From Paris to Asnieres, Amsterdam and Provence, this jewel of a book traces the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, the spirited, self-destructive painter who celebrated the south of France. Engaging, compact and illustrated with hundreds of photographs.
(FRN29, $12.95)
A Pig in Provence
Georgeanne Brennan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Marvelously frank about daily chores and the decidedly unglamorous business of raising goats and pigs, Brennan lards her earthy tale of the rural life with recipes, one per chapter.
(FRN687, $13.00)
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The original best-selling tale of settling down in Provence, told with warmth and a great deal of humor. It offers a wonderful inside look at the charms and quirks of the people and the countryside in the south of France.
(FRN19, $13.00)
Encore Provence
Peter Mayle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Peter Mayle returns to Provence.
(FRN128, $13.95)
French Dirt, The Story of a Garden in the South of France
Richard Goodman
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Another story of a foreigner transplanted to the south of France. This captivating tale, set near Avignon, is noteworthy for Goodman's willingness to work, passion for horticulture and his frank portrait of his neighbors.
(FRN417, $13.00)
The Magic of Provence, Pleasures of Southern France
Yvone Lenard
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The adventures and misadventures of a French woman and her American husband who leave L.A. for a home in the Luberon mountains.
(FRN449, $14.00)
Toujours Provence
Peter Mayle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The sequel to the best-selling memoir "A Year in Provence," this is another touching look at country life in southern France. Describing the setting and people with detail and warmth, Mayle creates an evocative portrait of Provence, rife with amusing personal anecdotes.
(FRN121, $14.95)
Two Towns in Provence
M. F. K. Fisher
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
Celebrated food writer M.F.K. Fisher contrasts village life in Aix-en-Provence with bustling Marseilles, evoking both with anecdote and loving description.
(FRN27, $16.95)
Village in the Vaucluse
Laurence Wylie
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A loving portrait of rural Provence and its inhabitants by a sociologist who lived in Roussillon just after WWII. It was a different world then, a traditional village with two telephones and a single cafe.
(FRN225, $25.00)
My Father's Glory
Yves Robert
LITERATURE
The screen adaptation of the first half of the memoirs of Marcel Pagnol, set largely in the sunny fields of Provence.
(FRN451, $19.98)
Tender is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Charles Scribner
LITERATURE
Fitzgerald's tragic tale of wealthy expatriate lovers living on the French Riviera. Dick and Nicole Diver fill their home with friends, but cannot find happiness for themselves and slowly slip into psychological despair.
(FRN196, $15.00)
The Dream of Scipio
Iain Pears
MYSTERY
This absorbing and complex historical novel interweaves stories from ancient, Medieval and modern days set in the Rhone Valley.
(FRN470, $16.00)
The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes
Tess Uriza Holthe
LITERATURE
The intricately woven plot of these bittersweet stories center on a wealthy American's suspicious death on the French Riviera.
(FRN766, $13.00)
The Sibyl in Her Grave
Sarah Caudwell
MYSTERY
A delightful comedy of manners starring Oxford professor and amateur sleuth Hilary Tamar, the last in a series of four. In this installment, the story veers from Britain to Cannes, where the action (as usual) involves taxes and lawyers.
(FRN539, $7.99)
The Solitude of Compassion
Jean Giono
LITERATURE
A collection of loosely plotted stories, first published in 1932, evoking the villages and people of Provence in vivid, heartfelt detail.
(FRN458, $15.00)
Here are some other groups of books that might interest you. Click to view a listing:
More Books
For Kids
Worth Looking For
home map
|
book bag
|
advanced search
|
contact us
(800) 342-2164 (212) 904-1144 115 West 30th St., Suite 1206 New York, NY 10001 USA
Choose a Region
Polar Regions
North America
Middle America
South America
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Mediterranean
Middle East
Africa
Central & East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australia & The Pacific
Copyright 2009 Geographica, Inc.
site created by
bitflip interactive group
powered by
metarhythm