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Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur
Roger Williams
GUIDEBOOK 2006 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, $22.50)
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
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.
(FRN22, $11.95)
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)
Artists and their Museums on the Riviera
Alan Halpern
Barbara F. Freed
GUIDEBOOK
This book covers 28 museums on the French Riviera, discussing the works of such greats as Picasso, Renoir, Matisse and Cocteau.
(FRN133, $19.95)
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)
Discovering Wine Country, South of France
Jonathan Healey
GUIDEBOOK
This handy guide, featuring 100 color photographs and 12 maps, includes suggested wine tours, traveler's tips and recommended producers.
(FRN500, $19.95)
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)
Markets of Provence, A Culinary Tour of Southern France
Dixon Long
Ruthanne Long
David Wakely
Patricia Wells
FOOD
A classic celebration of France and its food, this book covers the cuisine and markets of seven towns in Provence, from Saint-Remy to Bonnieux and Aix-en-Provence.
(FRN247, $22.00)
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, entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. An expanded third edition includes the French romance with cell phones and a short chapter with recent vignettes.
(FRN54, $16.95)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence
Michael Jacobs
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The life and landscapes of 34 small towns and villages in Provence. With an excellent introduction on the history and pleasures of the place and hundreds of color illustrations, this oversize book is an informative, stunning keepsake.
(FRN28, $40.00)
Colors of Provence
Michel Biehn
Heinz Angermayr
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A handsome sourcebook and celebration of the French countryside, its culture, landscapes and traditions, organized by color and scattered throughout with recipes, quotes and notes.
(FRN173, $29.95)
In the South of France
Don Krohn
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Invoking artists and authors captivated by Provence and the south of France, this gorgeous collection of photographs also features an introduction to the history and culture of the region and generous excerpts from writers inspired by the south of France.
(FRN192, $45.00)
The Essential Marc Chagall
Howard Greenfeld
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A brief, colorful introduction to Chagall's life, art, and influences in the Essential series.
(FRN673, $12.95)
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 profusely 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)
Matisse The Master, A Life Of Henri Matisse: The Conquest Of Colour: 1909-1954
Hilary Spurling
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Spurling's unprecendented access to letters and private archival material gives extraordinary insight and depth into Matisse's life and art. With color plates and over 100 black-and-white images.
(FRN654, $40.00)
My Life
Marc Chagall
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A memoir of Chagall's early life and influences, with whimsical illustrations by the artist.
(FRN672, $16.95)
Two Towns in Provence
M. F. K. Fisher
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
Few can paint the earthy details of a place and time like celebrated food writer M.F.K. Fisher. In this small volume, she 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, $22.00)
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 Five-Forty-Five to Cannes
Tess Uriza Holthe
LITERATURE
COMING IN JULY
The intricately woven plot of these bittersweet stories center on a wealthy American's suspicious death on the French Riviera.
(FRN766, $13.00)
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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