Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour De France |
 Jeremy Whittle
ISBN: 0224080229
For Jeremy Whittle, there isn't much in life as spectacular as the Tour de France: sweat-streaked, taut and burnished athletes toiling across vast and ancient European landscapes, hundreds of thousands of fans lining the route. The twisting...(read more) |
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Cassell Guide to French Officialese |
 Sheelagh Johnson
ISBN: 030433815X
This is a dictionary containing all the terms visitors spending time in France need to know. This compact, user-friendly guide covers all the main areas of everyday life - jobs, house buying, flat renting, employment, health and social services,...(read more) |
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France in the European Union |
 Alain Guyomarch, et al
ISBN: 0333593588
This text is centred around two themes: the attitude of presidents, ministers, political parties, interest groups, and the public, towards European integration; and the complexity of the adaption processes in many policy sectors which have become...(read more) |
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France in the New Century |
 John Ardagh
ISBN: 0140259228
Presenting a portrait of changes in French society since 1945, with the accent on the France of the mid-1990s, this book's main focus is on society, culture and the economy, but space is also given to politics. |
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France Today |
 J. E. Flower (Editor)
ISBN: 0340630930
This guide to the France of the 1990s should be of interest to students of French and European studies in schools, universities and polytechnics, as well as to the general reader. The wide-ranging essays should provide cultural and linguistic support...(read more) |
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French Feminisms |
 Gill Allwood
ISBN: 1857288033
In this text, Gill Allwood explores theories of masculinity emerging from French feminist theories of gender and from French feminist practice concerning violence towards women, highlighting both the commonalities and the specificities of the French case. |
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French Hospitality |
 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Barbara Bray (Translator)
ISBN: 0231113765
A Moroccan who emigrated to France in 1971, Tahar Ben Jelloun draws upon his own encounters with racism along with his insights as a practicing psychologist and novelist to elucidate the racial divisions that plague his adopted nation today. |
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French Legal System |
 Catherine Elliott, Catherine Vernon
ISBN: 0582327474
This text provides a basic introduction to the French legal system, covering all aspects. It explains the sources of French law, the structure of its courts and legal professions, and all other aspects of the legal process. |
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French Political Parties |
 Nigel Addinall
ISBN: 0708312632
This work traces the emergence and development of the fifth French Republic from 1958 up to the 1990s, and examines the history of the different French political parties and trade unions since the end of World War II. It provides key extracts from the...(read more) |
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French Politics Today |
 David S. Bell
ISBN: 0719058767
This review of the state of French politics at the beginning of the 21st century explains and sets in context all aspects of French politics, taking into account recent developments as well as the background and structure of the French political system....(read more) |
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La Vie En Bleu: France and the French Since 1900 |
 Roderick Kedward
ISBN: 0140130950
Rod Kedward brings to life the great, and often terrible, dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars - the Algerian disaster, the student and worker revolt of 1968, as well as exploring the special worlds of the workplace, immigration,...(read more) |
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Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly |
 Sally Price
ISBN: 0226680703
In 1990, Jacques Chirac, the future president of France and a passionate fan of non-European art, met Jacques Kerchache, a maverick art collector with the lifelong ambition of displaying African sculpture in the holy temple of French culture, the Louvre. |
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Paris Tango |
 Carla Coulson
ISBN: 1920989609
Paris Tango offers a contemporary look at Paris, one of the world's most beautiful and vital cities, through the eyes of Australian photographer and writer Carla Coulson. Paris Tango takes us on a very personal journey into the heart of the city; from...(read more) |
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong |
 Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow
ISBN: 1861057156
The French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than the English and the Americans. They work 35-hour weeks and take seven weeks' paid holiday each year, yet they are the world's...(read more) |
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Sorbonne Confidential |
 Laurel Zuckerman
ISBN: 0615252893
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Speak the Culture: France: Be Fluent in French Life and Culture |
 Andrew Whittaker
ISBN: 1854184938
Through exploring the people, the culture and the lifestyles that have shaped the French experience Speak the Culture: France provides an intimate understanding of France and the French. |
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The Alien's Guide to France |
 Jim Watson
ISBN: 1901130657
This is a light-hearted guide for visitors to France who are mystified and maybe a little daunted by all those funny foible and idiosyncracies we associate with the French. |
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The Changing French Political System |
 Robert Elgie (Editor)
ISBN: 0714680982
Examining the nature of the Fifth Republic after its first 42 years, this study looks at the challenges posed by new parties and new expressions of political mobilization. Entrenched policy routines are being undermined by the emergence of new actors...(read more) |
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The French |
 Theodore Zeldin
ISBN: 1860460755
This is a guide to France intended for the traveller who wants to get to know French people as individuals, for the negotiating businessman and for students who wishes to discover in-depth aspects of their lives. It looks at what makes up the national...(read more) |
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