Illuminating, engrossing and full of surprises, The Discovery of France is a literary exploration of a country few will recognize; from maps and migration to magic, language and landscape, it's a book that reveals the `real' past of France to tell the whole story - and history - of this remarkable nation. `With gloriously apposite facts and an abundance of quirky anecdotes and thumbnail sketches of people, places and customs, Robb, on brilliant form, takes us on a stunning journey through the...
Shannon Bennett, chef and owner of internationally renowned restaurant Vue de monde, takes you on a personal tour of his beloved city: Paris. This unique guidebook includes reviews of Shannon's favourite three-star restaurants, bistros, bars and hotels, and his pick of the best places to buy macaroons, bread, wine, chocolate, truffles and caviar. He also provides recipes for classic French dishes such as Tarte Tatin and Duck-leg Confit. Lavishly illustrated, this is the book you'll want for plan...
Organized around a series of daytrips from Paris, this travel guide provides information on transportation to areas north and west of the city, as well as to Fontainebleau, Normandy and Giverny. Once the destination is reached, directions take the reader to the locations where the artists saw the views that became the works of art. The book is illustrated with reproductions of individual paintings paired alongside contemporary photographs of the sites as they appear today.
AAA Essential Guide Paris (AAA Essential Travel Guide Series) (AAA Essential Guides: Paris)
by Elisabeth Morris
Paris
by Maureen B Ebersole, Christopher D Ebersole, and James E Ebersole
South of France (Get to Know it, Get to Like it S.)
by Walter Weyer and Yvonne Messenger
Sentiers Et Randonnaees Des Landes
by Francois Perche and Michel Pluvinage
One of a series of authoritative pocket guides, the Paris and: guide provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design in "the city of light." More than sixty buildings - governmental and residential, commercial and religious - by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and I. M. Pei to name a few, are profiled and accompanied by colour photographs. Easy to use and attractively designed with flexi...
Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to the Somme 1916/1918
by Tonie Holt and Valmai Holt