Books on France

Guy de Maupassant - La Maison Tellier - Vintage PB 1964

Publiée dans le recueil de nouvelle homonyme, La Maison Tellier est ensuite reprise dans les revues La Lanterne en 1889 Se situant dans la continuité des...

Guy de Maupassant / Femme Fatale ( Penguin Black Classic Short)

 A selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little...

Guy de Maupassant / Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories

In addition to the title story, this volume includes Shepherd's Leap, Call it Madness?, Two Friends, At Sea, The Tribulations of Walter Schnaffs, Miss Harriet, A Duel, A Vendetta, The Model, Mother...

Hachette Tourism / Brittany: France by the French (Large Paperback)

Vacances Brittany (France by the French) Hachette Tourisme, Olivier Goujon, Claire Rouyer, Marie Barbelet (Contributor), Denis Hill (Contributor), Muriel...

HarperCollins / Collins Easy Learning French Dictionary

Collins Easy Learning French Dictionary is an up-to-date, easy-reference dictionary with key GCSE curriculum words highlighted and a practical and fun supplement covering key vocabulary areas. It...

HarperCollins / Complete French: Grammar, Verbs and Vocabulary

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Harrap French-English/English-French Dictionary

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Harrap's / French Compact Dictionary (Large Paperback)

With over 115,000 references and 170,000 translations, this is an up-to-date French dictionary with a wide range of vocabulary and plenty of added extras in the form of cultural boxes, idiomatic...

Heather McCoy / 1001 Most Useful French Words NEW EDITION (Large Paperback)

The ideal travel companion and at-home reference, this completely updated volume features 1,001 common French words. Each term is accompanied by a brief definition, a sentence in French demonstrating...

Honoré de Balzac - Old Goriot ( Translated by M.A Crawford) Vintage Penguin PB 1953

'His blue eyes, formerly so lively, seemed to have turned a sad leaden grey...People either pitied him or were shocked by him'Monsieur Goriot is one of a select group of lodgers at Madame Vauquer's...

Hugh Gough / The Terror in the French Revolution (Large Paperback)

 In the STUDIES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY series, this book examines the arguments, analyses the Terror's background and charts the history that lies between the fall of the Bastille and the work of...

Impact Books / French Glossary of Food Industry Terms

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Irène Némirovsky / All Our Worldly Goods (Hardback)

 All Our Worldly Goods reads like a prequel to Suite Française , but is a perfect novel in its own right.In haunting ways, this compelling novel prefigures Suite Française and some...

Irene Nemirovsky / Suite Francaise

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Irene Nemirovsky / Suite Francaise (Hardback)

 In 1941, Irene Nemirovsky sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through, not in terms of battles and politicians, but by evoking the domestic lives and...

Irene Nemirovsky / Suite Francaise (Large Paperback)

 In 1941, Irene Nemirovsky sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through, not in terms of battles and politicians, but by evoking the domestic lives and...

J.M.G Le Clézio - Ritournelle de la Faim - Gallimard PB 2008

Paperback, published by Gallimard, Paris , 2008.  Ritournelle de la faim (The Same Old Story of Hunger, or The Refrain of Hunger) is a novel written in French by French Nobel laureate J. M. G...

Jacqueline Lecanuet / Advanced French Course (Large Paperback)

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Jamie Ivey / Extremely Pale Rosé (Hardback)

The author presents an account of the travels made by himself, his wife Tanya and their friend Peter Tate, as they take up the challenge to find France's palest rosé wine. They quickly...

Jean Guitton - Abbé Pouget : Discourses - HB - 1959 ( Ex-libris copy)

Guillaume Pouget (14 October 1847 – 24 February 1933) was a French Vincentian priest who had great influence on many Christian scholars in the early 20th century. Translated from the original...

Jean Oliver Héron & Pierre Marchand - La France en Poésie - PB - Folio

A collection of classic poetry in French This reprint 2001 Folio Junior

Jean Racine / Phèdre (Large Paperback)

Parcours d'une oeuvre Phèdre Jean Racine     Based on Euripides' Hippolytus, this play by one of France's greatest playwrights is a magnificent example of character...

Jill Norman / French Phrase Book

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John Ardagh / France in the New Century : Portrait of a Changing Society

  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...

John Baxter / The Most Beautiful Walk in the World : A Pedestrian in Paris

    The most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years...In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and Paris resident John Baxter recounts his year-long experience of...

John Sturrock / The Word From Paris: Essays on Modern French Thinkers and Writers (Hardback)

French writing and French thought have always been held in a certain glamorous esteem. For young, radical philosophers of the 1960s searching out intellectual enlightenment in Left Bank cafes and...

Johnnie Gratton / Modern French Short Fiction (Large Paperback)

 The 15 writers featured in this new anthology of French short stories represent the best of the genre, from Merimee to the present day. The selection includes writers as diverse as Balzac,...

Kate Baillie / Rough Guide to Provence

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Keystone Press Agency / Forever Paris (Large Paperback)

Glamour, jazz, street festivals, romance—all of the most beloved aspects of Paris shine in these lyrical black-and-white photographs. In the carefree years of the early twentieth century, Paris...

Kristin Espinasse / Words in a French Life (Large Paperback)

Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France Imagine a former French major getting vocabulary tips from her young children! That was the experience of Kristin Espinasse, an American who fell...

Lady Antonia Fraser / Marie Antoinette (Hardback)

 Still a controversial figure - as well as a celebrated one - Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine mechante', whose...

Langenscheidt / Jiffy Phrasebook French

With over 1,300 essential travel phrases, Jiffy is the perfect companion for the on-the-go traveler. The phrases, which cover every common travel situation, are arranged in an easy-to-read,...

Lesley A. Robertson / French Grammar

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Lonely Planet Provence & The Cote d'Azur (April 2005)

 Promenade with film stars in Cannes, feel the rush at Monte Carlo's opulent casino, museum-hop in Nice and explore scenic hilltop villages. Or simply stretch out in the Provencal sun and savor...

Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d'Azur (January 2010)

 Nobody knows Provence and the Cote d'Azur like Lonely Planet. From the snazziest waterfront hotel to the tastiest local markets to the most picturesque drive along the Mediterranean, we give...

Louis / Wonderful Brittany (Coffee Table Book)

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Luca Caioli / Mbappe

 The youngest player to score in the World Cup final since Pele, for the tournament-winning team, in his brief career to date Kylian Mbappe is breaking records at a rate matched by only the...

Marc Guitteny / The Gorges of the Verdon (Coffee Table Book)

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Marcel Pagnol - Le Chateau de ma Mére

Le Château de ma mère est le deuxième tome des Souvenirs d'enfance, un roman autobiographique de Marcel Pagnol, paru en 1957. Published by Livre de Poche, PB , 1965 Staining to...

Marcel Proust / In Search Of Lost Time Vol 1 : Swann's Way

   The definitive translation of one of the greatest French novels of the twentieth centuryIn the opening volume of Proust's great novel, the narrator travels backwards in time in order to...

Mark Steel / Vive La Revolution - A Stand-Up History of teh French Revolution

For most of us, the French Revolution has been reduced to jokes about Marie-Antoinette, guillotines and the Scarlet Pimpernel. But for Mark Steel the French Revolution was one of the most...

Martin Knowlden / Weekend Escape: Paris

Focusing on the limited time a short stay allows, this guide suggests interesting ways of getting to know Paris in just a few days. Explore the city's character, culture, and lifestyle,...

Mary Moody / Au Revoir : Running Away from Home at Fifty

 Born in 1950, Mary Moody is part of a generation of women who Had It All. At 50, her life was full with a fulfilling career, a husband, children and grandchildren. But the one thing missing was...

Michael Janes / The Oxford Paperback French Dictionary

Language has never changed at a faster rate than it has recently. New words, or new uses of old words, crowd into everyday speech in English, French, and Italian. The Oxford Paperback French...

My Little Paris (Large Paperback)

My Little Paris is the favorite website of Parisian women (200,000 women in Paris are members). In their first book, the creators of the site share their best-kept secret addresses in this book, to...

Nathalie Sarraute - Enfance - PB - 1987

Ce livre est écrit sous la forme d'un dialogue entre Nathalie Sarraute et son double qui, par ses mises en garde, ses scrupules, ses interrogations, son insistance, l'aide à faire...

Olivier Bourdeaut - Factum Salis - PB -2018

Très improbable, cette amitié entre un paludier misanthrope, ex-Parisien installé près de Guérande, et un agent immobilier ambitieux, prêt à tout pour...

Olivier Philipponnat / The Life of Irene Nemirovsky (Large Paperback)

The first major biography of the author of Suite FrançaiseThe posthumous publication of Suite Française won Irène Némirovsky international acclaim and...

Oxford Dictionaries / Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (Coffee Table Book)

Acclaimed by language professionals the world over, the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary has long been the market leader. Using the statistical evidence provided by vast electronic databanks of...

Oxford University Press / Oxford Colour French Dictionary Plus

Using the text of the popular 'Oxford Paperback French Dictionary', this colour dictionary provides quick and easy access to the essential vocabulary of French and English. It is a useful...

P. H. Collin / English-French Dictionary of Business (Hardback)

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Pamela Druckerman / French Children Don't Throw Food

 The no.1 bestseller everyone is talking about:How the French manage to raise well-behaved children, AND have a life!_______Who hasn't noticed how well-behaved French children are, compared to...