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Provence & the Cote d'Azur   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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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)
  Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur
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)
  Travelers' Tales Provence
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 Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
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)
  Provence Alps French Riviera Map 527
 

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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)
 
 


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