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Two Towns in Provence by M F K Fisher Publisher Comments This memoir of the French provincial capital of Aix-en-Provence is, as the author tells us, "my picture, my map, of a place and therefore of myself...just as much of its reality is based on my own shadows, my inventions." A vibrant and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Provence: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination) by Martin Garrett Publisher Comments Celebrated by writers from Petrach to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis, and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Martin Garrett explores a region littered with ancient monuments and medieval castles. Looking at the vibrant... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.97 Sale - Hardcover
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A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle Publisher Comments A boxed set containing the first two bestselling volumes of Peter Mayles hilarious and heartwarming adventures living in the Provence region of France. A Year in Provence In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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On Rue Tatin (02 Edition) by Susan Herrmann Loomis Publisher Comments A bestselling cookbook author and journalist tells the delicious story of her expatriate life, raising a family, renovating a convent, and savoring the culinary bounty of one of Normandy's most picturesque towns.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secret Life of the Seine by Mort Rosenblum Publisher Comments Mort Rosenblum, a celebrated foreign correspondent, invites us aboard his fifty-four-foot launch tied up in the center of Paris and introduces us to the characters who share his life along the river, ranging from eccentric movie stars and reclusive... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mont Saint Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams Publisher Comments This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France by Peter Mayle Review "Mayle's prose is, as ever, as pure and welcoming as a glass of the house wine at a Provençal cafe." --The Philadelphia Inquirer From the Hardcover edition.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Seeking Provence: Old Myths, New Paths (Armchair Traveller) by Nicholas Woodsworth Publisher Comments Unearthing a Provence beyond the idea of a holiday home for the rich moved south for the summer, this book explores the cultural idiosyncrasies and deeply anchored heritage of this Mediterranean land. It offers a profound reflection on a way of life... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ceremonial City by Robert Schneider Publisher Comments From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this provincial city in all its splendor and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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French Spirits: A House, a Village, and a Love Affair in Burgundy by Jeffrey Greene Publisher Comments Chapter OneThe Presbytery How is it that real estate agents know even before they look at you, as they shout on the phone to a colleague, that you are a waste of their time? They must develop a sixth sense to spot dreamers, like us, who know nothing... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Loomis Publisher Comments Susan Loomis arrived in Paris twenty years ago with little more than a student loan and the contents of a suitcase to sustain her. But what began then as an apprenticeship at La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine evolved into a lifelong immersion in French cuisine... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Ceremonial City by Robert A. Schneider Publisher Comments From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this provincial city in all its splendor and... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price: $20.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Life of Her Own: The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France by Emilie Carles Publisher Comments First published in France in 1977, this autobiography vivifies the captivating Carles from her peasant origins in a tiny Alpine village through her work as a teacher, farmer, mother, feminist and political activist.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Penguin Classics) by Henry Brooks Adams Publisher Comments Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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La Belle Saison: Living Off the Land in Rural France by Patricia Atkinson Publisher Comments In this sequel to her international bestseller, The Ripening Sun, Patricia Atkinson limns a way of life centered on the seasons, the food, and the wine of the glorious French countryside. When Patricia Atkinson first moved to France, her intention was... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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High Season: How One Mediterranean Town Has Seduced Travelers for Two Thousand Years by Robert Kanigel Publisher Comments Founded by seafaring Greeks, colonized by Romans, and transformed by spoiled English aristocrats into an elegant stop on the Grand Tour, the city of Nice has beguiled travelers for two millennia. Once the winter playground for Russian royalty and an... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Oysters of Locmariaquer (P.S.) by Eleanor Clark Publisher Comments On the northwest coast of France, just around the corner from the English Channel, is the little town of Locmariaquer (pronounced "loc-maria-care"). The inhabitants of this town have a special relationship to the world, for it is their efforts that... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle Publisher Comments Bestselling francophile phenomenon Peter Mayle returns with another delightful (or should we say delicious) account of the good life, this time venturing beyond his beloved Provence to treat readers to the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France by Peter Mayle Publisher Comments In his most delightful foray into the wonders of Provençal life, Peter Mayle returns to France and puts behind him cholesterol worries, shopping by phone, California wines, and other concerns that plagued him after too much time away. In Encore... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Princeton Paperbacks) by Henry Adams Publisher Comments "Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres is undoubtedly Adams's greatest work; though not apparently related to his earlier writings, this inspired work of poetry is the crowning achievement of his severe and somber historical oeuvre."--Maurice le Breton "Emerson... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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