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Eyewitness Travel Family Guide Paris
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 25.00Family Guide Paris offers you the best things to see and do on a family vacation in Paris-from visiting magnificent sights such as the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame to exploring the treasures housed in The Louvre and Musée d'Orsay-and brings those places alive for children with fun facts, quizzes, and cartoons. The major sights are treated as "hub"... more...
Frommer's Paris 2013
Wiley 2012; US$ 19.99Full-color throughout. Free full-color, foldout map. Completely updated every year. Insider advice on avoiding the crowds as you explore some of Paris's greatest gems, from the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower. Plus tips for exploring some of Paris's more offbeat sights, from the eerie Catacombs to the avant-garde Palais de Tokyo museum.... more...
An Imam in Paris
Saqi 2012; US$ 23.32In the 1820s, Rifa?a Rafi? al-Tahtawi, a young Muslim cleric, was a leading member of the first Egyptian educational mission to Paris, where he remained for five years, documenting his observations of European culture. His account, Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz, is one of the earliest and most influential records of the Muslim encounter with Enlightenment-era... more...
The Secret Life of the Seine
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 17.50From the author of A Goose in Toulouse, the lush and personal tale of a journey along the Seine, guiding the reader through history and the heart of France more...
A Hedonist's Guide to Paris
Hg2 2010; US$ 12.00From the banks of the Seine to the streets of Montmartre, Paris is imbued with a unique atmosphere and history. Hg2 Paris unravels the often confusing worlds of haute cuisine, haute couture, and haute culture. For gourmands, there's expert advice on the dining-out scene, from smoky bistros to the finest restaurants. Elegant Left Bank galleries are... more...
"Lo Thesaur del Hospital de Sant Sperit"
De Gruyter 1989; US$ 224.00"Lo Thesaur del Hospital de Sant Sperit" : Edition eines Marseiller Urkundeninventars (1399-1511) mit sprachlichem und geschichtlichem Kommentar unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Rechtswortschatzes more...
A Vineyard in the Dordogne
John Blake 2002; US$ 5.99A generation ago, the Ryman family arrived in the Dordogne to follow a dream: to live in France in an elegant chateau and make wine in a vineyard of their own. It didn't take them long to discover and fall in love with Chateau de la Jaubertie, a beautiful 400-year-old country mansion set in the heart of the lush green valley of the Dordogne. Together,... more...
Provence
Carcanet 2012; US$ 21.80Ford Madox Ford spent his last years in the south of France, near Toulon. In Provence (1935), written four years before his death, he explores both the place and the idea of it: 'not a country nor the home of a race, but a frame of mind'. Suffused with a northern European's love for 'the Roman province that lies beneath the sun', Provence evokes scents... more...
Houseboat on the Seine
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 18.99The title brings to mind a luxury vessel on the most glamorous river in the world, but readers expecting to learn about the high life in France will be in for a surprise. In this charming memoir, painter and novelist Wharton (Birdy) instead gives us literally the nuts and bolts of building a houseboat, along with generous dollops of humor and local... more...
Het handgevormde aardewerk uit de ijzertijd en de Romeinse tijd van Oss-Ussen
Sidestone Press 2012; US$ 37.75Dutch Description: De vaak honderden aardewerkfragmenten die in Oss-Ussen werden aangetroffen in waterputten, kuilen, greppels en huisplattegronden vormden het aangrijpingspunt voor een studie naar het aardewerk uit een min of meer aaneengesloten bewoningsperiode van een millennium (ca. 800 v.Chr.-250 n.Chr.). In het eerste deel worden de ontwikkelingen... more...









