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Paperback. Inspired by views and romantic dreams of finding love in the mountains, the author impulsively buys a house in the French Pyrenees. Here, he plans to finally fulfil his childhood fantasy of mastering the piano, untroubled by the problems of the world. This book shares his experience on how not to buy a house in France. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091903336
ISBN
9780091903336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardback. This book is the first major study of a French silent cinema star: Pierre Batcheff, a prominent popular cinema star in the 1920s. Num Pages: 272 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; APB; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621972
ISBN
9780748621972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.99
€ 125.17

Hardcover. A major new volume on the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), the celebrated Parisian gilder to the French kings. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 375 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2544.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804618
ISBN
9781907804618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.66

Hardback. Understanding Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) is crucial to reading the history of art of the late nineteenth century and the development of modernism. Often associated with classicizing imagery, he was an artist of great range. This book introduces many of his works, assesses his contribution, and restores him to the pantheon of modern masters. Num Pages: 745 pages, 1000 colour + b&w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 309 x 258 x 67. Weight in Grams: 4732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300115710
ISBN
9780300115710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 295.44
€ 223.60

Paperback. Michel is a civil-servant, an account manager at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered and he comes into some money, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Relieved to get away, he is nonetheless infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437888
ISBN
9780099437888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. There is more than a slight malaise in the air about French food and cooking. This title explores the highways and byways of French cooking. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WBN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552167482
ISBN
9780552167482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardcover. The idea of the centralized State has played a powerful role in shaping French republicanism. But for two hundred years, many have tried to find other ways of being French and Republican. These essays challenge the traditional account, bringing together new insights from leading scholars. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272095
ISBN
9780230272095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17

paperback. In 1749, Francois Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an abominable poem about the king. So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066045
ISBN
9780674066045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.90

hardcover. Reading a range of texts significant in their own time but little studied today, the author presents a view of late medieval French poetry in all its subtle variety: its quirkiness, its rhyming, its frequent moral seriousness, its occasional bawdiness, and the ambiguities of its authorial I. Num Pages: 372 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718288
ISBN
9780804718288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Paperback. The harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War Translator(s): Strauss, Edward M. Num Pages: 480 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BJ; BM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212488
ISBN
9780300212488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Cathy Lisa Schneider looks at the relationship between racialized police violence and urban upheaval in impoverished neighborhoods of New York and greater Paris, and considers some of the changes that have made American cities less riot-prone today. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBEY; JFSG; JFSL; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223903
ISBN
9780812223903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473159
ISBN
9780801473159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.32

Hardback. This book, part of the International Library of Policy Analysis, provides an overview of developments in policy analysis in both academia and practice at various levels of governance. and offers an overview of the current state of affairs. Editor(s): Van Nispen, Frans; Scholten, Peter. Series: International Library of Policy Analysis. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JPP; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447313335
ISBN
9781447313335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.48

Hardback. In their introduction to 23 contributed chapters, Berger (history, U. of Glamorgan) and Compston (European studies, Cardiff U.) define policy concertation as "the codetermination of public policy by means of agreements struck between governments, employers, and trade unions." To account for the vary Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Compton, Hugh. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 673.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817020
ISBN
9781571817020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.06

Hardback. This book offers new and compelling insight into the orientations that shape the cultures of political communication in nine Western democracies. It is a truly comparative account of the views of 2500 political elites and media elites between Helsinki and Madrid on their relationship and their exchanges. Editor(s): Pfetsch, Barbara. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; JFD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302013
ISBN
9780230302013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; JPB; JPFF; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846684371
ISBN
9781846684371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.80

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; JPA; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648620
ISBN
9780691648620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.59

Paperback. Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. This volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993. Translator(s): Paul, Zakir. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229987
ISBN
9780823229987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Hardback. Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. This volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993. Translator(s): Paul, Zakir. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229970
ISBN
9780823229970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.15

Hardcover. This book explores the political and religious world of early Bourbon France, focusing on the search for stable accord that characterised its political and religious life. Chapters examine developments that shaped the Bourbon realm through the century: assertions of royal authority, rules of political negotiation, and the evolution of Devot piety. Editor(s): Forrestal, Alison; Nelson, Eric. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230521391
ISBN
9780230521391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17

Hardcover. This book offers an in-depth analysis of political life in France and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century at a time of change and crisis. Encompassing questions about values, political actors and electoral choices, it is dedicated particularly to scholars and students enrolled in comparative politics programs. Editor(s): Perrineau, Pascal; Roban, Luc. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DDF; 3JM; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230614802
ISBN
9780230614802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.73

Hardcover. This book investigates the relationships between political allegiance and private relationships, and in doing so offers a fascinating insight into the way the French think about this subject. Translator(s): Barry, Chantal. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137395580
ISBN
9781137395580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPA; JPF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645582
ISBN
9780691645582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.18

Hardback. Paris will come alive with this beautiful, colourful pop-up book from Lonely Planet Kids. The perfect introduction to the magic of Paris for any age, this beautifully illustrated, stylish look at the city's iconic landmarks will kickstart the travel bug in young explorers! Includes pop-ups of the Eiffel Tower, the Moulin Rouge and more. Series: Lonely Planet Kids. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; YBGP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 134 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760343354
ISBN
9781760343354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.24

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