Cognac: The Seductive Saga of the World's Most Coveted Spirit |
 Kyle Jarrard
ISBN: 0471459445
Called the "brandy of the gods" by Victor Hugo, Cognac is a universal symbol of refinement and quality. In the first comprehensive history of this celebrated drink, Kyle Jarrard charts Cognac's birth in the 1500s and its transformation into...(read more) |
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France in the New Century |
 John Ardagh
ISBN: 0140259228
Presenting a portrait of changes in French society since 1945, with the accent on the France of the mid-1990s, this book's main focus is on society, culture and the economy, but space is also given to politics. |
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I'll Drink to That: Beaujolais and the French Peasant Who Made It the World's Most Popular Wine |
 Rudolph Chelminski
ISBN: 1592403204
(Hardcover) |
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Pierre Loti: Travels with the Legendary Traveller |
 Lesley Blanch, Philip Mansel (Introduction)
ISBN: 1850434298
When Pierre Loti - traveller, acrobat, naval officer, celebrated writer - died in 1923, he was given a state funeral, the only French writer to have received such as an honour besides Victor Hugo. This storyteller - bohemian, exotic and fiercely...(read more) |
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Poitou-Charentes |
 Val Gascoyne
ISBN: 1901130231
Poitou-Charentes Lifeline is essential reading for anyone planning to live, work or buy a home in the region, and the most up-to-date source of practical information available about local communities and services. |
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Vegetarian France |
 Alex Bourke et al
ISBN: 1902259009
A comprehensive guide to vegetarian France. It includes 150 places to eat and sleep, over 20 veggie restaurants in Paris alone, vegetarian hotels and guesthouses, all-you-can-eat vegan buffets in Paris and Marseille, veggie vocabulary, the hitchhikers...(read more) |
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