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The Boss Dog
A fictional story of an American woman and two young daughters living in Aix-en-Provence. For those of us who know the town well, the descriptions evoke happy memories, with the Cours Mirabeau, Les Deux Garçons, the tiny Passage Agard and the Place du Palais du Justice. With the "boss dog" of course passing through each of the nicely-written vignettes.
M.F.K. Fisher; Pantheon Books; ISBN 0 679 73860 6. Paperback. 120 pages.
The Collected Traveler: Provence
An anthology.
Collected by Barrie Kerper; Three Rivers Press, 2001; Paperback
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
Companion Guide to the South of France
Index. Some black and white photos.
Archibald Lyall; Collins, 1978; first published edition 1963. US edition 1983 by Prentice Hall.; Softback version (1986) 268 pages.
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
A Guide to Provence
A series of topic chapters followed by an alphabetical places gazeteer.
Some photos and maps. Index.
Michael Jacobs; Viking; first 1988. 378 pages.;
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
Insight Guide: The French Riviera
APA Insight Guide series. New Edition 2003.; 350 pages. Includes index.
The Magic of Provence: Pleasures of Southern France
Yvone Lenard; Elysian Editions; (English) 324 pages, hardcover; www.dancehorizons.com/elysian.html
The Most Beautiful Villages in Provence
M. Jacobs and H. Palmer; Thames and Hudson 1994;
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
The Most Beautiful Villages of France
The English equivalent of "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France". Includes section to rear on Protected Villages of each department. Excellent photos. Includes section on Hill Villages.
Dominique Reperant; Thames and Hudson 1990; 223 pages
The Olive Farm: a memoir of life, love, and olive oil in the south of France
An evocative narrative describes how the author purchased and developed an abandoned olive farm in Provence.
Carol Drinkwater; Woodstock/Overlook Press 2001;
The Olive Season: amour, a new life, and olives too
A sequel to "Olive Farm: a memoir of life, love, and olive oil in the south of France".
Carol Drinkwater; Little Brown 2003. 337 pages;
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Les Plus Beaux Villages de France - Guide officiel de l'association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
A nicely presented guide to the "official" Most Beautiful Villages of France. (See Beyond's Most Beautiful Villages page.)
Reader's Digest; ISBN 2-7098-1222-3. (French)
Contributed by: Our own
The Portraits of the Riviera
Both French and Italian Riviera. Not just coastal. By a New Zealander living in Ventimiglia Alta. Combines personal anecdotes with fact pages. Some colour photos. Includes own References.
Carolyn McKenzie; Penguin (NZ); ISBN 9780143019114. Paperback. 252 pages.
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
Provence and the Cote D'Azur
One of Phaidon's Cultural Guide series. Compact, but well illustrated.
Phaidon;
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
Strolling Through Old Nice
Two women who do an outstanding tour of Old Nice (in English and French) published a neat booklet on Nice, and referred to this tour.
Catherine Ungar & Marcella Viale; Editions Gilletta in Nice;
Contributed by: Sally S., Mar 2004
Tour de Provence
Attractive photos. Includes index and its own Suggested Reading list.
Julian More; Pavilion 2001; Landscape format. 192 pages
Village in the Vaucluse
Social life and customs in western Provence, with its sociological analysis. Includes photos. Also published in French as: "Un Village du Vaucluse", par Laurence Wylie. Published Gallimard 1968. 409 pages.
Laurence Wylie; Harvard UP 1977, '74, '64, '57. 390 pages;
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
A Wild Herb Soup: the life of a French countrywoman
An insightful description of life in a traditional back-country village.
Translated from: Soupe aux Herbes Sauvages.
Also published as: A Life of Her Own: a country-woman in twentieth-century France, by Rutgers UP 1991.
Emilie Carles; Victor Gollancz 1991. 271 pages;
Contributed by: Peter Sheppard
Wonderful Provence
Lionel Heinic; Editions Ouest-France 1993 and 1999; Paperback. 124 pages.
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