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The GR5 Trail, Through the French Alps, Lake Geneva to Nice • Paddy Dillon
GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 314 PAGES
A compact guide to hiking in the French Alps, covering the GR5 trail from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs, it's a classic, revised, guide to the route. (FRN406, $27.45)

Mont Blanc, Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps • Stefano Ardito
EXPLORATION • 2008 • HARD COVER • 228 PAGES
With color and archival photographs, historic paintings and illustrations, this handsome book celebrates the history of climbing at Mont Blanc. (ALP37, $19.99)

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	The GR5 Trail, Through the French Alps, Lake Geneva to Nice • Paddy Dillon GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 314 PAGES A compact guide to hiking in the French Alps, covering the GR5 trail from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs, it's a classic, revised, guide to the route. (FRN406, $27.45)
	Mont Blanc, Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps • Stefano Ardito EXPLORATION • 2008 • HARD COVER • 228 PAGES With color and archival photographs, historic paintings and illustrations, this handsome book celebrates the history of climbing at Mont Blanc. (ALP37, $19.99)

	Explore Mont Blanc • Gareth McCormack • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide in the "Rucksack Reader" series, this book features a route map, photographs and practical details for the classic 11-day Mont Blanc circuit though France, Italy and Switzerland. (ALP27, $15.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur • Roger Williams • GUIDEBOOK • This is an illustrated, colorful guide to the art and architecture, literature, history and attractions of Provence. With photographs and site plans, maps and sections on the Riviera, the Var, Bouches-du-Rhones, Vaucluse and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (FRN18, $23.00)
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	The Food of France • Waverly Root • FOOD • An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, this 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)
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	Cathedrals and Castles, the Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN OCTOBER • 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)
	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)
	Matisse: The Wonder of Color • Xavier Girard • I. Mark Paris • Henri Matisse • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Using excerpts from interviews and Matisse's own notes and letters, this book uncovers little-known facts about this great artist. (FRN146, $12.95)
	A Tramp Abroad • Mark Twain • David Eggers • Kerry Driscoll • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Written 11 years after Innocents Abroad, this is Twain's second foray into European travel. Filled with his characteristic wit and humorous observations, it documents his journeys through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. (EUR78, $14.95)
	Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains • Jon Krakauer • EXPLORATION • A collection of some of Krakauer's (Into Thin Air) best journalism, these stories and essays focus on the mindset and determination of world-class mountaineers, including Alpine and Himalayan climbers. (ALP10, $14.95)
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	The Walker's Literary Companion • Robert Gilbert • Anne Wallace • Jeffrey Robinson • ANTHOLOGY • A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara. (WLK08, $24.00)
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	Cham • Jonathan Trigell • LITERATURE • A young British author who lives in Chamonix, Trigell captures the beauty of the region, the allure of the slopes and the decadent vibe of the ski bum sub-culture in this edgy thriller. (ALP39, $16.95)
	Solo Faces • James Salter • LITERATURE • The story of an American climber who, dissatisfied with his everyday life, travels to the Alps of southern France to tackle mountain peaks. The prose is glorious and the mountain-climbing scenes are as vivid as they get. (ALP14, $15.00)
	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)
	Birds of Europe • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Killian Mullarney • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)