• The Best Loved Villages of France

    An insider’s tour of France’s most beloved and beautiful villages uncovers the country’s hidden treasures. The Best Loved Villages of France brings the reader on a tour of forty-four of the country’s most treasured destinations. Always picturesque, but often well-kept secrets, the book offers insight into village life and local history. Take a tour of a crumbling medieval fortress with the mayor of Lavardin or peruse the maritime objects found at sea by a mustached fisherman in Saint-Suliac. Stroll along the coast of the Wissant bay windsurfer’s paradise or promenade through the mani... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 2080201832
    • ASIN: 2080201832
    • ISBN: 9782080201836
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Flammarion

  • One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France (Rizzoli Classics)

    A celebration of the most enchanting hamlets in France, now available in a popular format. Gorgeously illustrated as well as informative, One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France is a tour through the pleasures of the French countryside, a place where the pace slows, locals engage strangers in conversation, and every town presents a unique set of curiosities waiting to be discovered. Whether you are an armchair traveler or a Francophile planning another trip, this volume is the guide to the hidden treasures of France that proves once and for all that the heart of this popular travel d... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0847846822
    • ASIN: 0847846822
    • ISBN: 0847846822
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Rizzoli

  • Life in a Medieval City (Medieval Life)

    From acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies comes the reissue of their classic book on day-to-day life in medieval cities, which was a source for George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series.Evoking every aspect of city life in the Middle Ages, Life in a Medieval City depicts in detail what it was like to live in a prosperous city of Northwest Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The year is 1250 CE and the city is Troyes, capital of the county of Champagne and site of two of the cycle Champagne Fairs—the “Hot Fair” in August and the “Cold Fair” in December. Europea... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B003JBHV04
    • ASIN: B003JBHV04
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

  • French Country Cooking: Meals and Moments from a Village in the Vineyards: A Cookbook

    A captivating journey through off-the-beaten-path French wine country with 100 simple yet exquisite recipes, 150 sumptuous photographs, and stories inspired by life in a small village. “Francophiles, this book is pure Gallic food porn.” —The Wall Street Journal  Readers everywhere fell in love with Mimi Thorisson, her family, and their band of smooth fox terriers through her blog, Manger, and debut cookbook, A Kitchen in France. In French Country Cooking, the family moves to an abandoned old château in Médoc. While shopping for local ingredients, cooking, and renovating the house, ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0553459589
    • ASIN: 0553459589
    • ISBN: 0553459589
    • Brand: Clarkson Potter Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter

  • The Most Beautiful Villages of Brittany


    • ASIN: 0500019355
    • ASIN: 0500019355
    • ISBN: 9780500019351
    • Brand: Thames Hudson
    • Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson

  • A Kitchen in France: A Year of Cooking in My Farmhouse: A Cookbook


    • ASIN: 080418559X
    • UPC: 884644361723
    • ASIN: 080418559X
    • ISBN: 080418559X
    • Brand: Clarkson Potter
    • Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter

  • The Baker's Secret: A Novel

    A tale beautifully, wisely, and masterfully told.” — Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Circling the SunFrom the multiple-award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes a dazzling novel of World War II—a shimmering tale of courage, determination, optimism, and the resilience of the human spirit, set in a small Normandy village on the eve of D-Day.On June 5, 1944, as dawn rises over a small town on the Normandy coast of France, Emmanuelle is making the bread that has sustained her fellow villagers in the dark days since the Germans invaded h... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B01L6R2YAO
    • ASIN: B01L6R2YAO
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment

    Within the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find one more famous, revered and influential as Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment, wrote Jeffrey Ladd in Time LightBox, in a feature on Steidl's new edition of this ultimate photobook classic. Originally published in 1952, this collection of Cartier-Bresson's best work from his early years was embellished with a collage cover by Henri Matisse. The book has since influenced generations of photographers, while its English title defined the notion of the famous peak in which all elements in the photographic frame a... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 3869307889
    • ASIN: 3869307889
    • ISBN: 3869307889
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Steidl

  • The Most Beautiful Villages of France (Most Beautiful Villages)

    Here are 50 of the most beautiful villages in a country famous for its rural architecture and small towns. They have been selected for their situation in a picturesque landscape, for their authentic state of preservation and for their sheer beauty and ambience. 400 photos.

    • ASIN: 0500541620
    • ASIN: 0500541620
    • ISBN: 0500541620
    • Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson

  • My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now

    The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France--lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed.Twenty-five years ago, Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, were rained out of a planned two weeks on the Côte d'Azur. In search of sunlight, they set off for Aix-en-Provence; enchanted by the world and life they found there, they soon decided to uproot their lives in England and settle in Provence. They have never looked back. As Mayle tells us, a ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0451494520
    • ASIN: 0451494520
    • ISBN: 0451494520
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

  • Bruno, Chief of Police: A Novel of the French Countryside

    The first installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.Meet Benoît Courrèges, aka Bruno, a policeman in a small village in the South of France.  He’s a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it.  But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes all that.  Now Bruno must balance his beloved routines—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage, shopping at the local market, drinking win... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 030745469X
    • ASIN: 030745469X
    • ISBN: 9780307454690
    • Brand: Vintage Books USA
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • Village in the Vaucluse: Third Edition

    A comprehensive description of the culture of a small French rural community in the 1950's

    • ASIN: 0674939360
    • ASIN: 0674939360
    • ISBN: 9780674939363
    • Manufacturer: Harvard University Press

  • How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

    Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: How do you live? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, considered by many to be the first truly modern individual. He wrote free-roaming explorations of his thoughts and experience, unlike anything written before. More than four hundred years later, Montaigne’s honesty and charm still draw ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1590514831
    • UPC: 884766134380
    • ASIN: 1590514831
    • ISBN: 1590514831
    • Brand: Other Press NY
    • Manufacturer: Other Press

  • Markets of Provence: Food, Antiques, Crafts, and More

    Provence, France, is justly famous for its dazzling light, vibrant colors, rich history, and flavorful foods and wines. And its markets have been the beating heart of Provençal life since the Middle Ages. In Markets of Provence, Marjorie R. Williams whisks you away to 30 of the best. This pocketable guide, complete with detailed maps and organized by days of the week, gives you all the information you need for your visit to this Mediterranean region.Included are: indispensable advice on timing, navigation, negotiation and payment; tips on etiquette while surveying vendors' produce; and even s... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250051274
    • ASIN: 1250051274
    • ISBN: 1250051274
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

  • The Dark Vineyard: A Novel of the French Countryside (Bruno Chief Of Police Book 2)


    • ASIN: B0036S4D10
    • ASIN: B0036S4D10
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • The Best Loved Villages of France

    Offers readers an insider's tour of dozens of France's top-voted scenic and beloved villages, sharing insight into regional village life and history, with local interviews and aerial

    • UPC: 35983959

  • Top 10 Most Beautiful Villages in France 2017

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