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4) French milk
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193 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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A lighthearted travelogue -- rendered in the form of a graphic novel -- about a mother and daughter's life-changing six-week trip to Paris is comprised of the graphic artist daughter's illustrations of the sights and scenes they visited while each was facing a milestone birthday.
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Robert Louis Stevenson was not only a gifted writer; he was also an indefatigable traveller. His thirst for adventure was formed by his boyhood visits to remote Scottish lighthouses, and he spent much of his life fleeing the rigours of cold climes and social orthodoxy. Along the way he travelled through the Cevennes with a donkey, booked passage to and across America, and finally famously settled in Samoa in the South Pacific. The canoeing trip through...
10) This is Paris
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60 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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English
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A pictorial tour of the "city of light" presenting drawings of the people, historic monuments, and modern sights of Paris.
11) Provence A-Z
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A sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own. Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there has found to be the most interesting, curious, delicious, or downright fun. In more than 170 wide-ranging entries he writes about architecture, expatriates, Aix-en-Provence, the Provençal character,...
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xi, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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"In the spring of 1978, as a young journalist in Paris, Elaine Sciolino was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river through its rich history and lively characters-a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat- dweller, a famous cinematographer known for capturing the river's light. She patrols with river police, rows with a restorer of antique boats, discovers a champagne vineyard, and even dares to swim in the Seine....
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216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Exploring a culture filled with arcane laws, historical incidents, and bizarre paradoxes, Piu Eatwell's follow up to her award-winning and critically acclaimed myth-buster They Eat Horses, Don't They is a delightful exploration of France's quirky, literary, and culinary heritage. From absinthe and catacombs to former French soccer player Zinedine Zidane, Eatwell leaves no stone unturned, taking readers off the beaten path to explore the kind of information...
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374 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm
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This book picks up where crowdsourcing leaves off, covering the flashpacker skills you need for spur-of-the-moment trips to Europe's top destinations. Book cheap flights online, find rooms at AirBnB, and catch a ride with Uber. Head to the most popular hostels for a ready-made, real-life social network. Learn which cities match your interests and which can be easily combined for a longer trip.
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816 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm + 1 pull-out map (folded)
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English
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"Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of France, including Paris, Provence, Normandy, the Riviera, Brittany, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.
19) The other Paris
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"A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris."--
"A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside -- one populated...
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ix, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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"Centered in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, one of Europe's most concentrated regions for Neandertal and early modern human occupations, writer Beebe Bahrami follows and participates in the work of archaeologists who are doing some of the most comprehensive and global work to date on the research, exploration, and recovery of our ancient ancestors. In Café Neandertal, Bahrami follows this compelling riddle along a path populated with...
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