Au Revoir: Running Away from Home at Fifty |
 Mary Moody
ISBN: 1921259469
Living the good life in the Blue Mountains in Australia with her husband, four grown-up children and four (and counting) grandchildren, Mary Moody's life was full. At fifty, she had built a satisfying career as a writer and television presenter which...(read more) |
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Close to the Wind (Thorndike Nonfiction) |
 Pete Goss
ISBN: 0783887523
On December 25, 1996, Pete Goss turned his 50-ft yacht Aqua Quorum back into a hurricane- force headwind to rescue French sailor Raphael Dinelli. He risked his life and any chance of winning one of the world's great yachting challenges--the...(read more) |
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Europe in a Motorhome |
 H.D. Jackson
ISBN: 1412081416
A Mid-life Gap Year Around Southern Europe. Escape the rat race and take a year travelling Europe in a motorhome with the Jacksons and their thirteen-year-old son. Funny and informative - a real, life-on-the-road adventure. |
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La Belle Saison |
 Patricia Atkinson
ISBN: 0099455072
How often have you eaten a mushroom that you picked yourself that morning? Or sat on a boat opening and eating oysters as you lift them from the sea? Or partaken of a seven course feast of game to celebrate the success of the chasse? When Patricia...(read more) |
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The Naked Soldier |
 Tony Sloane
ISBN: 190413291X
True Story of the French Foreign Legion. Driven to the French Foreign Legion by a need to escape and a sense of adventure, Tony Sloane was selected for one of the Legion's crack regiments. He spent five years in this most mysterious of all armies,...(read more) |
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The Parisian Jazz Chronicles: An Improvisational Memoir |
 Mike Zwerin
ISBN: 0300108060
In his Beat-like jaunt through the Parisian and European jazz scene, Mike Zwerin is not unlike Jack Kerouac, Mezz Mezzrow or Hunter S. Thompson - writers to whom, for different reasons, he owes some allegiance. What makes him special is his devotion to...(read more) |
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Two Lipsticks and a Lover |
 Helena Frith-Powell
ISBN: 1903933676
A witty investigation of the secret why French women are more stylish and sexy. |
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Vendee Village Extraordinaire |
 J Courtie, B Courtie
ISBN: 0952677822
The Remarkable Story of Mouilleron-en-Pareds. An English couple share their enthusiasm for a village, which, while having significance for the French, is largely unknown to the Vendee's many English-speaking visitors. |
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