Eyewitness: Dordogne, Bordeaux & the Southwest Coast (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides)
by Suzanne Boireau-Tartarat, Pierre Chavot, Renee Grimaud, Wilfried Lecarpentier, Santiago Mendieta, and Marie-Pascale Rauzier
French Kisses (Mill of the Flea, #6) (The Hungry Student)
by George East
In FRENCH KISSES, the ultimate innocent abroad encounters another array of weird characters and situations as the notorious Fox of Cotentin nobbles the local chicken show, and a fishing boat disguised as a carrot runs aground in a village square. Elsewhere, a Parisian clock-repairer poses as the Prince of Darkness, while a synchronised drinking team clashes with the baton-dropping champions of all Normandy. There's also the descendant of Nostradamus who makes his predictions after rather than be...
French Cricket finds the author and his long-suffering wife facing imminent disaster as they struggle to survive at the Mill of the Flea. Something must be done to bring home the bacon, so our hero launches himself into another succession of hare-brained and inevitably doomed money-making schemes - French Cricket' is the fifth book in what has become a cult series, and follows our accident- prone hero through a long summer in Lower Normandy as he encounters an increasingly bizarre collection of...
Fontainebleau Climbs
by Jo Montchausse, Francoise Montchausse, and Jacky Godoffe
-- Icons describe routes-popularity, shady or sunny, child-appropriateness, and even distance to the parking lot, among others-- Comprehensive appendices tell how to get there and places to stay-- Includes tips for the first-time visitorLocated near Paris, Fontainebleau is one of Europe's most popular rock climbing and bouldering destinations. This user-friendly guide offers all the information a climber needs when making a trip to the region: the best sites and routes, difficulty ratings, sugge...
Vingt Lieues Autour de Paris, Ou Panorama Vivant Des Barrieres, de la Banlieue (Ed.1851) (Histoire)
by Sans Auteur
Provence and the Cote d'Azur (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
by Kate Baillie
Clare Brown (reader), London, UK: "Will equip visitors with more than enough knowledge of the area, its attractions, culture and atmosphere to ensure they feel an uncanny familiarity with the sights and sounds of the Riviera as soon as they arrive...an insightful and practical guide, which does justice to the Rough Guide reputation for providing indispensable travel information...clear maps, well-chosen photographs, and reader-friendly passages of local history." Independent on Sunday, London: "...
The wines of Jura, Savoie and Bugey (The Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library) (The Classic Wine Library)
by Wink Lorch
Between them the three eastern French regions of Jura, Savoie and Bugey cover an area of less than 5,000 hectares of vines and produce less than one per cent of French appellation wines. For years these wines were drunk mainly in their respective regions and hardly sold even in Paris, let alone on export markets but that situation has changed dramatically over the last decade or so as wine lovers have begun to seek out lighter wines, wines from unusual grapes and less conventional wine styles, a...
This series of savvy and sophisticated travel guides presents an intriguing assortment of must-do's and must-see?s. Skillfully combining the traditional tourist sights with lesser-known attractions, these guides help you find a city's true spirit.
Fodor's See It Paris, 5th Edition highlights the best of the City of Light, from the literary Latin Quarter, to bohemian Montmarte, and the impressive Champs- lys es, all in one portable guide designed for on-the-go use.
An indispensable, hugely informative and consistently entertaining guide to Provence by the best-selling writer who has made the region his own. Organised from A-Z but far from a conventional work of reference, this is a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle has found in his twenty years there to be the most interesting, delicious or downright fun. In more than 200 entries - from ail to Francois Zola - he writes about subjects as diverse as architecture, expatriates, lavender,...
First published in 1992, David Gentleman's unique pen and watercolour drawings evoke the architecture and spirit of Paris. In this book he expresses his reactions on seeing the city's glories afresh each time he visits the capital, from the historical splendours to the pavement cafes, from the Champs Elysees to couples sitting on the river banks.
Frommer's France 98
France's Best Loved Driving Tours, 3rd Edition (Frommer's driving tours)
by George McDonald and Arthur Frommer
Guide Pratique De Conversation Francais, Cantonais, Mandarin (Trilingual Phrase Guide)
by Calonge Santandreu
This comprehensive trilingual phrase book serves as a useful reference book for visitors/business travellers/students from France and French-speaking countries, Mainland China and Hong Kong. It covers a wide range of daily-life situations and is organized in three columns for quick and easy access.