Books about living and working in France
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| Bonne Chance!: Building a Life in Rural France (Paperback) |
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Price: £5.66
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A profonde account of Richard's trials and tribulations set deep in the Limousin countryside of rural France.
"This book will trigger dreams..." Country House and Home "hilarious, farcical, frustrating and poignant, the writing of ever-optimistic Richard captures all that is French" The Book Place"
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| Retiring to France |
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Price: £9.33
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This guide is packed with information on house buying procedures, laws and regulations, healthcare and taxation. Retiring to Frances also includes first hand accounts from people who have successfully retired to the areas as well as lists of useful addresses and things to do in art, music, theatre and festivals.
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| Foreigners in France - the Triumphs & Disasters |
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Price: £8.96
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Foreigners in France contains real-life, `warts and all' stories from expatriates who have already taken the plunge and is essential reading for anyone planning to live, work or buy a home in France. Learn and profit from their experiences - both triumphs and disasters - and save yourself time, trouble and money!
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| Living in France |
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Price: £8.44
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Living in France is a hands-on, practical guide for Britons who have bought a house in France, either for holiday use or as a permanent home. Written by a long-time French resident, it takes a nitty-gritty approach to what it is really like for a British ex-pat to live and work in France, looking squarely at both the pleasures and the difficulties.
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| Au Revoir Angleterre |
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Price: £7.49
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Au Revoir Angleterre takes the top dreams people have when they make the decision to move abroad. Based on a survey of aspiring ex-pats and those who have made the move, it examines each dream in turn and looks at the reality behind it. Encouraging but firmly realistic, it prepares people to make the move with their eyes open, and avoid potential disasters.
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| Living and Working in France |
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Price: £9.69
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Living and Working in France is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of practical information available about everyday life in France. It's packed with over 450 pages of important and useful data, designed to help you avoid costly mistakes and save both time and money.
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| Starting a Business in France (Cadogan Guides) |
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Price: £12.99
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A practical guide to setting up a business in France. Written by an expert in international property and senior partner in The International Law Partnership
The Times: 'Bursting with practical information and in-depth knowledge'
The Observer: 'Readable and easy to use'
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| France: A Handbook for New Residents |
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Price: £9.74
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This book is a window through which you can view a selection of the enormous amount of information available on France, arranged as a ready reference for new residents or long-term visitors. It's not a narrative, so it's not a book to be read cover-to-cover. It is a collection of the bits and pieces of information needed in everyday life and work. |
| Surprised by France |
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Price: £9.00
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Not specifically about buying French property, but well worth a look. If you’re going to be dealing with French agents, vendors, notaires, bank managers and the like, and spending time in France once you’ve bought a property, then you really ought to wise up on life across the Channel. This book covers French society, culture, language, history, manners, politics, food and drink, eating habits, restaurants, shops and… attitudes to money. Based on fact but written in a humorous style, it’s a very easy read. |
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| Earning Money From Your French Home |
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Price: £7.77
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No pretty pictures, but full of facts and common sense, very comprehensive. Essential reading for anyone thinking of letting out their French property, be it taking a lodger, holiday rentals, long-term residential lets, or business premises. |
| Making a Living in France |
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Price: £7.90
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A unique new book for anyone planning to invest in a gite ot bed & breakfast business in France. Contains vital information nto help readers avoid disasters that can turn a prospective profitable business into a nightmare. A practical, comprehensive study of how to make a living from your French home. Provides valuable insider tips to help readers avois costly mistakes when buying a property in France for a gite or B&B business. |
| Making a Living in France |
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Price: £8.99
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Making a Living in France is a practical, down-to-earth guide for those who want their new life in France to be as profitable as possible (who doesn't?). It contains detailed, straightforward advice about looking for a job, the pros and cons of being self-employed, and how to fulfil the dream of starting your own business. Whether you're a builder, a teacher, a health professional or an IT specialist, or you wish to open a shop or restaurant, Making a Living in France will help you to make a success of it. |
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| Retiring in France |
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Price: £11.95
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Retiring in France is the most up-to-date source of information available about retirement in France and is packed with valuable information unavailable elsewhere. It is an essential money-saving guide for anyone wishing to realise their dream of spending their golden years in France. |
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| Speak the Culture: France: Be Fluent in French Life and Culture |
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Price: £8.44
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No publisher has attempted anything quite like this, and the publishers Thorogood are to be much applauded for their ingenuity and achievement. The subtitle is Be fluent in French Life and Culture, and that facility is just what this remarkable volume offers, cramming an amazing mass of information into its well-designed pages. Everything is here, from French art and literature, architecture, media, sport, fashion and (of course) food and drink. But while not being in the slightest dumbed down, the information here (while often dealing with such weighty subjects as Proust and French existential philosophers) is delivered in a concise and highly accessible style. |
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| Moving to France with Your Children |
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Price: £7.14
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A guide to help you help your children settle into their new foreign home more easily - with practical advice on education (from kindergarten to university), french culture and customs, festivals, learning to drive etc etc... |
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| About France & the French: |
| Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: What Makes the French So French? |
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Price: £6.96
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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: £8.99
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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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| Memoirs: |
| Notes from the Languedoc |
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Price: £5.99
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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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| Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France |
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Price: £7.99
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Kristin Espinasse's French-Word-A-Day writings (on which the book is based), providing wonderfully witty, humorous and helpful, poetic and profound insights into her life in France. We share her children's growing up in France, we are informed about her husband's work in his vineyards, we get to know her relationship with neighbors and friends, we read about those precious moments when her adopted country generously opens up new horizons for thought and outlook on life in general and especially in France. |
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| The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love and Olive Oil (Paperback) |
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Price: £5.99
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First in the now-famous Carol Drinkwater trilogy. The Olive Farm is a double love story. It is a lyrical tale of the real-life romance between actrress Carol Drinkwater and Michel, a TV producer, and of an abandoned Provençal olive farm - Appassionata - which they fall in love with and buy. |
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| The Olive Season: Amour, a New Life and Olives Too (Paperback) |
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Price: £5.99
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Now, in The Olive Season, Carol is pregnant and their ever-loyal gardener is leaving to oversee the marriage of his son. Often unassisted, and with new challenges to face, Carol takes on the bulk of the farm work alone. Water is, as ever, a costly problem, and she goes in search of a diviner who promises almost magical results. |
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| The Olive Harvest: A Memoir of Love, Life and Olives in the South of France (Paperback) |
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Price: £5.99
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The Olive Harvest takes us beyond the perimeters of her olive groves to where hunters, poets, bee-keepers, boars and gypsies abide. In search of the language of troubadours, the dark and sometimes barbarous heart of Provence is revealed. Nature and the generosity of the South of France’s harvests offer a path to joy. |
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