A House in the Sunflowers: An English Family's Search for Their Dream House in France |
 Ruth Silvestre
ISBN: 074900259X
In 1976, in the Lot-et-Garonne region of south-west France, Ruth Silvestre and her family found Bel-Air de Grezelongue, a house that had been uninhabited for 10 years. This is the story of their love affair with that house and the surrounding community. |
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A Vineyard in the Dordogne: How an English Family Made Their Dream of Wine, Good Food and Sunshine Come True |
 Jeremy Josephs
ISBN: 1843580187
A generation ago, the Ryman family arrived in the Dordogne to follow a dream. To live in France. To make excellent wine in a vineyard of their own. And to have an elegant chateau as a home. Is this not everyone's secret desire? It did not take them...(read more) |
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Dordogne Adventures |
 Eric Line
ISBN: 1844260720
Dordogne Adventures is a light-hearted look at the personal experiences in buying a property in the wine-growing region of southwestern France coupled with insights into the local traditions and the French way of life, as well various amazing...(read more) |
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography |
 Marion Meade
ISBN: 1842126180
A comprehensive account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. The wife of King Louis VII of France and then of King Henry II of England, and mother to Richard Coeur de Lion and King John, she became the key political figure of the 12th century....(read more) |
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House Among Vines |
 Marguerite Smith
ISBN: 070906473X
An old farmhouse, tucked away in one of the most rural corners of Aquitaine, had been used for holidays, but in the mid-1970s it became the author''s home. Here she tells of her love for the house and the surrounding community. |
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Out of the Shadows: A Journey Back from Grief |
 Susan Phoenix
ISBN: 0340835567
Susan lost her husband and both parents within the space of three months. This is the story of her recovery from shattering grief and her amazing discovery that our loved ones are still there for us, in the spirit world. When Susan's beloved husband...(read more) |
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Spirit of Resistance: The Life of SOE Agent Harry Peulevé |
 Nigel Perrin
ISBN: 1844158551
One of the most determined and courageous secret agents of the Second World War, Harry Peulevé joined the BEF in 1940 before volunteering for F Section of the Special Operations Executive. On his first mission to occupied France to set up the...(read more) |
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The Land of My Fathers: A Son's Return to the Basque Country |
 Robert Laxalt, Joyce Laxalt (Photographer)
ISBN: 0874173388
The son of a Basque emigrant, Robert Laxalt moved himself and his family to a Basque village in the French Pyrenees in 1960. Based on this visit and a later sojourn in 1965, this is a record of a people, their homeland and culture, seen through...(read more) |
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The Ripening Sun: One Woman and the Creation of a Vineyard |
 Patricia Atkinson
ISBN: 0712623736
Remarkable...an extraordinarily affecting read - Daily...(read more) |
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Two Men in a Car (A Businessman, a Chauffeur, and Their Holidays in France) |
 Mike Buchanan
ISBN: 0955878411
If God hadn t wanted us to eat pâté de foie gras, he wouldn t have made it so damned delicious. Mike Buchanan (2008) Political correctness is a curse of the modern era. This book is not politically correct. And it celebrates la belle France:...(read more) |
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