The best of the books, newspapers, magazines
and links devoted to all things Languedoc
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| CATEGORY: Guide books & Maps |
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| The Rough Guide to Languedoc and Roussillon |
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Price: £9.09
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Probably the best guide to the area - but unfortunately missing out some of the Gard region, and all of Lozère. |
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| Languedoc, Roussillon,Tarn Gorges Green Guide (Michelin Green Guides) |
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Price: £8.39
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More great drives, taking in some of the regions best villages and sights. |
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| Drive around Languedoc and South-West France |
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Price: £10.49
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Superbly illustrated...with an amazing glossary of building equipment terms. This book will help you avoid misunderstandings with your builders. |
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| Signpost Guide Languedoc and SW France: Guide to Great Drives |
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Price: £11.05
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More great drives, taking in some of the regions best villages and sights. |
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| Walking in the Languedoc |
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Price: £9.00
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Providing 31 walks, this text covers the central part of the Languedoc, north of Beziers. This book aims to provide walks into these areas for hikers of all standards; some are very straightforward, others are for the very fit and experienced. |
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| The Canal Du Midi: An Introduction |
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Price: £6.36
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A refreshingly realistic appraisal of the canals and by far the most useful book I've read on the subject. |
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| The Rough Guide to the Pyrénées |
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More great drives, taking in some of the regions best villages and sights.
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Landscapes of the Pyrénées
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Price: £6.99
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The book covers the entire range France, Spain and Andorra and there are well over 400 kilometres (250 miles) of walks in this guide, the equivalent of a coast-to-coast traverse one of the 'classics' for all serious walkers. |
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| Guide to The Ardeche |
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Price: ££7.69
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Guide to the beautiful Ardeche region in northern Languedoc - things to do, places to visit, how to get the most out of the famous gorges - and where to eat. |
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| CATEGORY: Maps |
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| France Atlas (Michelin Tourist & Motoring Atlases) |
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Price: £9.09
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If you need an atlas of France - this is the one to get. Spiral-bound atlases just don't last. Nor do paper-backs. This hard-back atlas is truly excellent - with all the information you could need - including 'green' routes marking the most beautiful roads in France. |
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| Languedoc-Roussillon (AA Road Map France S.) |
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Price: £4.49
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| Montpellier City Map |
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Price: €3,70
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| Nimes City Plan |
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Price: €3,70
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| Narbonne City Plan |
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Price: €3,11
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| Beziers City Plan |
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Price: €3,40
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| Carcassonne City Plan |
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| CATEGORY: Living, moving, renovating |
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| Buying a Property in France (Red Guides) |
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Price: £11.95
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Focusing on 90 top hotspots, it offers a unique, illustrated price guide to properties in every region. Full of expert advice and up-to-the minute information. |
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| Buying a Home in France |
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Price: £8.36
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Packed with over 300 pages of valuable information, it's designed to help you avoid costly mistakes and save time and money. |
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| Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: What Makes the French So French? |
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Price: £6.99
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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: £6.99
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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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| How to Renovate a House in France |
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Price: £25.00
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Superbly illustrated...with an amazing glossary of building equipment terms. This book will help you avoid misunderstandings with your builders. |
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| Notes from the Languedoc |
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Price: £12.00
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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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| CATEGORY: Food & Wine |
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| Virgile's Vineyard: A Year in the Languedoc Wine Country |
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Price: £6.39
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'An entertaining account of the Languedoc's "wine revolution'. |
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| Languedoc-Rousillon: The Wines and Winemakers |
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Price: £17.50
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Chapter by chapter the author identifies each of the region's most important wine-producing areas, exploring their local grape varieties and influences on wine growing. He then highlights the winemaking methods used in each area and profiles the producers and their wines. |
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| The Wines of the South of France |
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Price: £17.50
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Every key wine area is covered from Banyuls on the Spanish border to the island of Corsica. The key wine producers and their wines are featured, with details of the regions, laws and grape varieties. The author reveals the fascinating developments in the vineyards and the cellars throughout this region's many wine-producing locations. |
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| Goose Fat and Garlic: Country Recipes from South-West France |
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Price: £7.69
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It's a delightful book and one which I feel is on par with Elizabeth David. There are no photographs... but with writing like this, is there any need? Each recipe shouts authenticity. |
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| Cooking of South West France |
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Price: £10.49
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This cookbook presents a selection of classic dishes from South West France. The recipes make use of ingredients which the region has in abundance, such as wild mushrooms, truffles, duck, walnuts, chestnuts, hams, cheeses and wines. |
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| French Cheeses |
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Price: £7.70
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Whether you just like the odd nibble, or are a total afficionado, this book is an excellent guide to the whole gamut of French cheeses - with each cheese photographed and accompanied by suggestions on what to eat and drink with it. |
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| Signs of the Heart: Love and Death in Languedoc |
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Price: £5.59
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Signs of the Heart" is Christopher Hope's account of life in a remote village in rural France. When he moved there a few years ago he encountered a cast of characters one would expect to find in his fiction. |
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| The Da Vinci Code |
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Price: £4.89
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Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoterica culled from 2,000 years of Western history - with much of the action based in cathar country in Languedoc. |
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| The Perfect Heresy: The Life and Death of the Cathars |
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Price: £7.19
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Inspired by his travels in France, Canadian historian Stephen O'Shea's tale of Languedoc's Cathars and their destruction is empathetic, evocative and sometimes refreshingly witty. The book's recreations of the "medieval phantasmagoria" of siege warfare are superb at bringing the medieval world alive. |
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| CATEGORY: Newspapers & Magazines |
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| The Connexion newspaper |
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Yearly rate: France: €26, Other EU Countries: €35, Rest of World: €55
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Excellent coverage of news from all over France - with a particular emphasis on those issues most interesting to english-speaking expats.
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| French magazine |
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Yearly rate:
UK: £36
EU: £52
Other: £75.60
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| France magazine |
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Yearly rate:
US: U$16.79
EU: U$21.96
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American magazine that's beautifully laid out and written - covering all aspects of living in and visiting France. Aimed at the upper-end of the market - as most Americans living in France tend to be pretty rich. |
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| Living France magazine |
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Yearly rate: France: £55
UK: £39.95
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| French Property News magazine |
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Yearly rate:
UK: £19
EU: £23
Other: £26
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Cheap and cheerful - but full of useful articles on all things French property related. |
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| CATEGORY: About Languedoc |
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The Perfect Heresy: The Life and Death of the Cathars
Inspired by his travels in France, Canadian historian Stephen O'Shea's tale of Languedoc's Cathars and their destruction is empathetic, evocative and sometimes refreshingly witty. The book's recreations of the "medieval phantasmagoria" of siege warfare are superb at bringing the medieval world alive.
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