France

This two-in-one dictionary and grammar contains 80,000 references and 115,000 translations. It aims to help the user understand the language of the French media and contemporary literature and includes business...

A feel-good escapist novel about friendship, love and new beginnings. Perfect for fans of Jo Thomas, Cathy Bramley and Veronica Henry. Nicola and her friends are living the dream. No...

A timeless collection of more than 500 quintessential desserts, biscuits, cakes, and pastries, together with 60 recipes for sauces, custards, icings, preserves, creams and more. Classic desserts, cakes, and pastries,...

This dictionary provides coverage of current language and usage for learners of French and English. It offers the user the following features: colour presentation designed for maximum ease of reference;...

Sometimes when you are looking for the dead, you find the living. When Irene joins the International Tracing Service, she becomes consumed by a singular obsession: returning the belongings confiscated...

Simple food, well prepared, is one of life's great pleasures and when friends and family are part of the equation, cooking and sharing becomes all the more enjoyable. In a...

'Lewis' eccentric memoir-cum-biography will be read long after Burgess' own works have vanished into oblivion.' Mail on Sunday 'There are passages of such brilliance - especially when he rails against...

Author of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and other popular novels about Mexico, B. Traven surrounded his identity with mysteries designed to confound biographers. Now Heidi Zogbaum has produced...

On February 6, 1945, Robert Brasillach was executed for treason by a French firing squad. He was a writer of some distinction-a prolific novelist and a keen literary critic. He...

Sometimes when you are looking for the dead, you find the living. When Irene joins the International Tracing Service, she becomes consumed by a singular obsession: returning the belongings confiscated...

Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character...

'Masterly.' - Daily Mail 'Stunning.' - History Today 'Magnificent.' - Literary Review Napoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and 1810. At war with Britain, Russia, and Austria,...

The must-have French School Dictionary for KS3 and GCSE, fully updated with new approved word lists for GCSE. This handy-sized Collins French School Dictionary is modern, up-to-date, clear and easy...

A biography of Napoleon, which attempts to explain the history of this great man in personal terms.

The Victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose, author of the classic book Band of Brothers . It follows the momentous events of the Second...

This is television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical account of a new life in France; about her house, Appassionata, and the trials and tribulations of acquiring an olive farm, restoring it,...

Starting in the north of the region, this guide explores the magic of Bordeaux, its grand chateaux and world-famous vineyards. Carefully planned wine routes, marked on detailed vineyard maps, lead...

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Paris will lead you straight to the best attractions this region has to offer. Whether you're looking for unmissable museums and galleries, best cafe terraces, night-time...

Discover the story behind the award-winning rose wines from Provence's Chateau d'Esclans, which inspired the "rose revolution." Chateau d'Esclans's impressive estate extends across 660 acres in the heart of Provence,...

The ever playful and adorable b small bear brings your first French words to life in this gorgeous book. Attractive spreads divided into key themes will give you and your...

From Normandy to the Caribbean Islands, this innovative biographical pursuit follows Adele Hugo on her reckless journey of unrequited love - and the writer who chased after her more than...

She was among 'the most brilliant dramatic stars of our time', according to Franz Liszt, and billed as 'the most talked of opera singer in Europe'. Dickens - reduced to...

The very name, Napoleon Bonaparte, still enthralls. Ever since this towering and terrible genius conquered Europe, he has been endlessly debated, compared, and made an icon. In "Napoleon," the great...

In this life of Baudelaire (1821-67) Claude Pichois has drawn on a century's worth of research and scholarship. Baudelaire's short life was a frought one, plagued by disease, impecuniousness and...

The delirious kaleidoscope of a book is the culmination and distillation of twenty years' work on Anthony Burgess (1917-1993), the author who remains best known for A Clockwork Orange, the...

A great blonde giant of a man, Gustave Flaubert lived at home with his widowed mother, writing wonderful novels at the rate of five words an hour, escaping to Paris,...

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For...

The book titled Pierre Loti by the author Lesley Blanch. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A gorgeous cookbook about living well the French way from the founders of the Cook's Atelier, a cooking school in Burgundy, France French at Heart shows how to create simple,...

Discover Monocle's favourite places to stay, eat, shop and visit across France. Following Spain: The Monocle Handbook is the third title in premium series of country-focused guides. France: The Monocle...

Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of...

Following nearly two years of planning and exacting preparation, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of the Nazi-dominated European continent, was mounted in the early hours of 6th June, 1944. It...

' A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' - Philip Pullman WINNER OF THE WATERSTONE'S CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE A tale of wild hope and thrilling adventure...

The book titled Letters by the author Gustave Flaubert. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Before EPSOM in late June 1944 there remained the chance that a German counter-stroke might seriously threaten the bridgehead. After EPSOM, the Allies retained the strategic initiative through to the...

Many guidebooks cover the Somme offensive in 1916, the five-month struggle that has come to be seen as one of the defining episodes in the history of the fighting on...

'Masterly.' - Daily Mail 'Stunning.' - History Today 'Magnificent.' - Literary Review Napoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and 1810. At war with Britain, Russia, and Austria,...

Set in 1940s Paris, this bittersweet, international bestseller is the perfect novel for fans of A Man Called Ove , My Name is Lucy Barton and The Guest Cat A...

THE RIVIERA SET is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years...

With a quick Google search, she finds him, and both are quick to realize that the passion they felt 20 years prior hasn't faded with time and distance. Samantha knows...

Love in deepest France ...After the romantic encounter in the Loire Valley bathroom at the end of AN ENGLISHMAN A LA CAMPAGNE Sadler dumps the University of Swindon and returns...

For the first time ever, Thomas Garnier - official photographer of the Palace of Versailles - reveals a secret the chateau has harboured for centuries: its extraordinary beauty when seen...

The book titled The Love Affair as a Work of Art by the author Dan Hofstadter. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

During the 1970s, Harriet Welty Rochefort moved from Shenandoah, Iowa, to Paris, where she met and married her husband, Philippe. In this book, she offers her reflections on what it's...

Seen by many as the culmination of Sartre's thought and project, and viewed by Sartre himself as an attempt to answer the question, "What, at this point in time, can...

A critical biography of the poet explores the Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of Marxism and Nazism, World War II, Vietnam, the sexual revolution, and modern figures such...