Books, maps, magazines and resources - devoted to Languedoc Roussillon, South France
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| Travel Guides |
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| The
Rough Guide to Languedoc and
Roussillon |
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Price: £9.09
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Probably
the best guide to the area -
but unfortunately missing out
some of the Gard region, and
all of Lozère. |
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| Wonderful Languedoc-Roussillon |
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Price: £10.50
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English translation of a French guide book with great photos. |
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| Languedoc,
Roussillon,Tarn Gorges Green
Guide (Michelin Green Guides) |
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Price: £8.39
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Guide to the Tarn Gorges - one of the best places in Languedoc to canoe and an area of striking natural beauty. |
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| Languedoc Roussillon: The Local Guide to the Best of France |
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Price: £8.99
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A regional guide on where to stay at varying prices, the sights to see, the right cafes and bars to frequent, the markets, boutiques, the night-clubs and shows. All the information is provides by French travel journalists who live in the region. |
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| Drive
around Languedoc and South-West
France |
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Price: £10.49
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Languedoc's best drives, taking in some
of the regions most beautiful villages
and sights. |
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| Signpost
Guide Languedoc and SW France:
Guide to Great Drives |
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Price: £11.05
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More
great drives, taking in some
of the regions best villages
and sights. |
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| Walking
in the Languedoc |
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Price: £9.00
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Providing
31 walks, this text covers the
central part of the Languedoc,
north of Beziers. This book aims
to provide walks into these areas
for hikers of all standards;
some are very straightforward,
others are for the very fit and
experienced. |
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| The
Canal Du Midi: An Introduction |
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Price: £6.36
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A
refreshingly realistic appraisal
of the canals and by far the
most useful book I've read on
the subject. |
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| The
Rough Guide to the Pyrénées |
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Price: £9.09
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More
great drives, taking in some
of the regions best villages
and sights.
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Landscapes
of the Pyrénées |
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Price: £6.99
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The
book covers the entire range
France, Spain and Andorra and
there are well over 400 kilometres
(250 miles) of walks in this
guide, the equivalent of a coast-to-coast
traverse one of the 'classics'
for all serious walkers. |
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| Guide
to The Ardeche |
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Price: ££7.69
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Guide
to the beautiful Ardeche region
in northern Languedoc - things
to do, places to visit, how to
get the most out of the famous
gorges - and where to eat. |
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| Landscapes of the South of France |
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Price: £N/A
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This guide book is intended for motorists who want to tour the most beautiful roads in western Provence and Languedoc/Roussillon and enjoy some superb walks along the way. |
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| Walking In The Cathar Region |
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Price: £11.70
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Guide to walks in the Cathar region of Languedoc - in the Pyrenees-Orientales and Aude. |
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| Maps & Atlases |
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| Living,
Moving & Renovating |
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| Buying
a Property in France (Red Guides) |
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Price: £11.95
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Focusing
on 90 top hotspots, it offers
a unique, illustrated price guide
to properties in every region.
Full of expert advice and up-to-the
minute information. |
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| To Live in France (Hardcover) |
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Price: £18.39
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This text celebrates the people of France, its lifestyle and varied landscape. Photographs and commentary explore old churches and farm-houses, narrow streets, medieval houses, vaulted passages and ancient fountains, half-timbered houses in Normandy and the colours of the Cote Vermeille. |
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| Buying
a Home in France |
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Price: £8.36
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Packed
with over 300 pages of
valuable information, it's
designed to help you avoid
costly mistakes and save
time and money. |
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| Sixty
Million Frenchmen Can't Be
Wrong: What Makes the French
So French? |
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Price: £6.99
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'Sixty
Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong'
is a journey into the French
heart, mind and soul. This book
reveals French ideas about land,
food, privacy and language and
weaves together the threads of
French society, uncovering the
essence of life in France and
giving, for the first time, a
complete picture of the French. |
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| More
France Please, We're British!:
15 Lessons on Life in France |
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Price: £6.99
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'A
fresh, fast and humourous narrative.
More France Please, We're British
shatters more than a few myths.' |
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| Notes
from the Languedoc |
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Price: £6.50
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Languedoc
comes to life in this affectionate
yet un-rose-tinted collection
of letters, written originally
for the author's grandmother.
Wright is an enthusiastic and
cultivated guide: he is knowledgeable
about the art, literature and
history of the region. |
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| How
to Renovate a House in France |
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Price: £25.00
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Superbly
illustrated...with an amazing
glossary of building equipment
terms. This book will help you
avoid misunderstandings with
your builders. |
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| Provence Interiors (Jumbo S.) (Hardcover) |
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Price: £16.49
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This volume presents the range of Provence interiors, from the private apartments of a duchess to a beekeeper's home, from an art collector's stud farm to the brightly-painted weekend retreat of a sculptor. Personalities whose homes are featured include Christine Picasso and Ewa Truffaut. |
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| Essential French for Kids (AA Essential Phrase Book S.) (Paperback) |
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Price: £3.99
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For 9 to 12 year olds and with the emphasis on fun, this phrase book is a useful companion for holidays, school trips or exchanges. It covers making friends, joining in games, ordering food, looking good and hanging out. |
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| Food & Wine |
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| The French Laundry Cook Book |
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Price: £26.40
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One hundred and fifty recipes (inspired by the 'French Laundry restaurant') are presented in this cookbook, many of them unique to the author's restaurant, such as lobster-filled crepes with a carrot-emulsion sauce, topped with a pea-shoot salad dressed lightly with lemon-infused oil, to name one of the simpler ones!
"As a chef I found that this is possably the best cook book ever writen and I believe that any one interested in food at all should get a copy." |
| Rick Stein's French Odyssey |
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Price: £11.99
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Rick Stein's recent television series, where he floated down the Canal du Midi through Languedoc Roussillon has supposedly help lift the property and touism market. We can understand why, because the series, and this book that accompanies it, brings out the best of Languedoc's peasant fare. This isn't the cuisine the French like to associate with France (chi-chi fare decorating a place) - but rather Rick has focued in on the really simple country food that Languedoc is best at. The recipes are easy to make, and you'll find all the ingredients in local markets. |
| Extremely Pale Rose |
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Price: £11.21
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Extremely Pale Rose is a richly entertaining and informative account of the travels of Jamie, his wife Tanya and their ebullient friend Peter Swift, as they take up this challenge. Giving up their lives in London, they quickly discover an unfortunate truth - the French won't treat rose or their quest seriously. All admirers of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence and Bon Appetit!, and Carol Drinkwater's Olive Farm series will be absorbed by this book which is anything but a pale imitation. |
| Arrazat's Aubergines |
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Price: £9.09
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Patrick Moon, talented young chef of a local Languedoc cafe sets out to achieve perfection on a shoestring. Patrick soon finds himself behind the swing doors, sharing in the triumphs, disasters and sheer hard work of life in a serious kitchen. A wider exploration of the region's finest produce for the table distracts him further. From season to season, Patrick's quest uncovers the secrets of olive oil and salt production, the mysteries of Ricard and the Roquefort caves, the miracle of the sparkling Perrier spring. |
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| Hot Sun Cool Shadows |
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Price: £7.19
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An unabashed celebration of the joys of food and cooking, Hot Sun, Cool Shadow follows the story of award-winning food-writer Angela Murrills and the artist Peter Matthews, who travel together to the southerly French region of Languedoc. |
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| Virgile's
Vineyard: A Year in the Languedoc
Wine Country |
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Price: £6.39
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'An
entertaining account of the Languedoc's "wine
revolution'. |
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| Languedoc-Rousillon:
The Wines and Winemakers |
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Price: £17.50
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Chapter
by chapter the author identifies
each of the region's most important
wine-producing areas, exploring
their local grape varieties and
influences on wine growing. He
then highlights the winemaking
methods used in each area and
profiles the producers and their
wines. |
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| The
Wines of the South of France |
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Price: £17.50
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Every
key wine area is covered from
Banyuls on the Spanish border
to the island of Corsica. The
key wine producers and their
wines are featured, with details
of the regions, laws and grape
varieties. The author reveals
the fascinating developments
in the vineyards and the cellars
throughout this region's many
wine-producing locations. |
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| Goose
Fat and Garlic: Country Recipes
from South-West France |
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Price: £7.69
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It's
a delightful book and one which
I feel is on par with Elizabeth
David. There are no photographs...
but with writing like this, is
there any need? Each recipe shouts
authenticity. |
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| Cooking
of South West France |
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Price: £10.49
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This
cookbook presents a selection
of classic dishes from South
West France. The recipes make
use of ingredients which the
region has in abundance, such
as wild mushrooms, truffles,
duck, walnuts, chestnuts, hams,
cheeses and wines. |
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| Elizabeth David Classics: "Mediterranean Food", "French Country Cooking" and "Summer Cooking" |
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Price: £11.21
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Publishers Grub Street are to be congratulated on re-issuing this single volume collection of Elizabeth David's first three books (A Book of Mediterranean Food, French Country Cooking and Summer Cooking), which have too long been out of print in hardback. The paperbacks are useful but tend to fall to pieces with repeated use. Moreover, even at full price this represents something of a bargain. The charm of the originals, with the evocative drawings by John Minton and Adrian Daintrey, remains intact. |
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| Herbes De Provence |
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Price: £6.00
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Ethel Brennan shares the simple secrets of Provence style cuisine in this recipe book that looks at the range of uses that the herbs of Provence can be used for. These range from the obvious savoury dishes to subtle desserts & sweet scented cakes. |
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| Beers of France |
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Price: £11.95
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This is the ultimate guide to beer in France, even if it was published in 1998 and is not always fully up to date. Why ? Because there's no other serious guide to beer in France, as French publishers don't take beer seriously, and most of what's published in French is simply appallingly poor. Besides, I don't know of a French beer writer who masters the subject half as well as Woods and Rigley do... |
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| The Wine Atlas of France and Traveller's Guide to the Vineyards |
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Price: £16.00
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The wines and winemaking traditions of all the French wine regions are detailed in this book, complete with useful listings of recommended producers, hotels, restaurants and places of interest. This revised edition includes new maps of Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence. |
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| French
Cheeses |
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Price: £7.70
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Whether
you just like the odd nibble,
or are a total afficionado, this
book is an excellent guide to
the whole gamut of French cheeses
- with each cheese photographed
and accompanied by suggestions
on what to eat and drink with
it. |
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| Novels / Historic |
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| That Sweet Enemy |
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Price: £16.50
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This tome of nearly 700 pages of text about the relations between Britain and 'that sweet enemy, France' (a phrase from a sonnet by Sir Philip Sidney) is like a huge pudding stuffed with goodies: I have rarely read a history book whose brilliance is sustained over such an immense time-range - from the reign of Louis XIV to that of Jacques Chirac. The authors - the husband an Englishman, his wife born in France - handle the story with skill, and efficiency, and they frequently employ a joyous felicity of phrase to point up differences and similarities between England and France. |
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