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| Anceau, E. | Napoléon (1769-1821) | Excellent value short biography of "L'Empereur". |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £4.50 | ||
| Anthony, S. | Tests Clé niveau débutant: Civilisation | Series of tests designed to help you evaluate your knowledge of French geography, history, politics and economics. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £7.20 | ||
| Anthony, S. | Tests Clé niveau intermédiaire: Civilisation | Offers more useful tests to brush-up on all things French. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £6.10 | ||
| Audoin-Rouzeau, S., & A. Becker | La Grande Guerre 1914-1918 | Pocket guide to the First World War with photographs and illustrations. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1998. Price: £17.60 | ||
| Azema, J. P. & O. Wieviorka | Vichy 1940-1944 | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £10.35 | ||
| Balibar, F. | Marie Curie (Découvertes Gallimard) | Illustrated guide to this heroine of the scientific community. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Balta, P., & C. Rulleau. | L’Algérie | Short synopsis of the history and current situation of Algeria. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2002. Price: £7.95 | ||
| Bantigny, L. | Les 'XXe siècle' français: La France et les Français de 1914 à nos jours | Succinct portrayal of the events which have affected life in France since before WWI. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £17.45 | ||
| Barjot, D., J.-P. Chaline, & A. Encrevé | La France au XIXe siècle: 1814-1914 | The history of France from the fall of the First Empire to the outbreak of WWI. Includes a chronology. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £26.10 | ||
| Berthou, B., S. Chautard, & G. Guislain | Les Grands hommes français du XXe siècle | Politicians, scientists, industrialists and thinkers, this book gives short biographies of the men (and women) who shaped 20th Century France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £12.60 | ||
| Bezbakh, P. | Petit Larousse de l'histoire de France | The indispendable guide to French history from prehistoric times to the 2007 Presidential election. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £26.55 | ||
| Bezbakh, Pierre | Petit Larousse de l'histoire de la France | An indispensable guide to the history of France from prehistoric times up to the present day, covering the major events, people and cultural movements of each period. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £26.55 | ||
| Birnbaum, P. | L'Affaire Dreyfus: la république en péril | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Price: £13.25 | ||
| Bluche, F. | La Révolution française | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £12.70 | ||
| Bonato, L | À l'heure actuelle: dossiers de civilisation française | 7 themed units covering different aspects of modern French culture give the student a concise introduction to French civilisation. Activities and comprehension exercises are included. Covers levels A2/B1 of the Common European Framework |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Borne, D. | Histoire de la société française depuis 1945 | Concentrates on the social transformations of post-war France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2002. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Brame, G. | Chez vous en France | Aimed at people who are moving to France, this is also an indispensible guide to France and the French for anyone studying the language and culture. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2007. Price: £28.75 | ||
| Braun, B., & F. Collignon. | La France en fiches | A collection of dossiers touching on economics, history, geography and society. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £33.50 | ||
| Brender, A. | La France face à la mondialisation | A timely reflection on the challenges and opportunities which globalization poses to France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £7.90 | ||
| Chalon, J. | Chère Marie-Antoinette | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £6.85 | ||
| Charles-Roux, E. | Chanel: Her life, her world, the woman behind the legend | Translated from the French. The inspiration for the film "Coco before Chanel". |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £14.99 | ||
| Civilisation progressive du Français: avec 400 activités | Short texts on a wide variety of aspects of life and culture in France, richly illustrated with many colour photos, authentic documents, maps and charts. Includes numerous exercises for comprehension. | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Clin, M.-V. | Jeanne d’Arc | This paperback guide seeks to compare legend with historical reality in the life of the much-loved French heroine. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £15.50 | ||
| Cook, M. & G. Davie | Modern France: society in transition | Examines the transition of France and its life as the nation moves from an industrial to a post-industrial economy, and the cultural and social dislocations that such an evolution implies, discusses inequalities and identities within the society. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1998. Price: £20.99 | ||
| Corbin, A. (ed.) | 1515 et les grandes dates de l'histoire de France | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £12.60 | ||
| Corcelette, J.-P., & F. Abadie | 1958-2008: Ces 50 ans qui ont changé notre vie | With two full colour pages for each year of the Fifth Republic, this book covers the people and events which have shaped France and the world since 1958. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £33.60 | ||
| Deenapanray-Chappard, A., & K. Spiropoulou | Cent réponses sur…La francophonie | The most important issues of "Francophonie" discussed. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £9.50 | ||
| Ducomte, J.-M. | Loi de 1905: Quand l'État se séparait des Églises | Traces the roots of secularism in France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2005. Price: £7.95 | ||
| Durand, J.-B. | Chronologie de la France de Napoléon à nos jours | A colourful book for young people looking at the eras and people who made France, from Napoleon to Mitterrand via the Belle Epoque and De Gaulle. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2005. Price: £11.55 | ||
| Durand, J.-B. | La chronologie des rois de France | A colourful book for young people looking at the five dynasties of the French royal family from Clovis to Louis-Philippe. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £11.55 | ||
| Edmiston, W. F., & A. Duménil | La France contemporaine | Information in French on contemporary France and the French. Each chapter is followed by questions and discussion points to ensure students have understood what they have read. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £35.99 | ||
| Various | L'État de la France, 2009-10: société, culture, économie, politique, territoires, Union européenne | Compendium of articles, maps and statistics. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £25.60 | ||
| Fauré, C. | Mai 68, jour et nuit | With plenty of pictures and testimonies from eyewitnesses, this book gives a good insight into the causes and consequences of the demonstrations. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £17.60 | ||
| Ferro, M. | Histoire de France | Thematically arranged commentary on the movements and events which shaped modern day France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Ferro, M. | Le XXe siècle expliqué à mon petit-fils | A lively presentation in response to questions asked by young people about historical, political and social issues of the 20th century. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2007. Price: £10.80 | ||
| Fiemeyer, I. | Coco Chanel, un parfum de mystère | In-depth portrayal of this epitome of chic. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £8.35 | ||
| Forbes, J., & N. Hewlett. | Contemporary France: Essays and texts on politics, economics and society | Rigorous analysis of post-war France. Includes original French language texts. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2001. Price: £34.99 | ||
| Gauchon, P. | Le modèle français depuis 1945: Capituler, resister, s'adapter? | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £11.80 | ||
| Gildea, R. | France since 1945 | Fascinating overview of this period of great adaptation, growth and change. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2002. Price: £10.99 | ||
| Golliau, C. (ed.) | Portrait insolite de la France en 24 heures | France in 24 hours, presented in a form of colourful thematic articles on population, health, work, leisure etc. Unusual and amusing demographical guide to the French society. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2005. Price: £19.75 | ||
| Goubert, P. | The Course of French History | This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation, from the founding of the monarchy in 978 to the present day. Translated from the French by M. Ultee. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1991. Price: £22.99 | ||
| Goubert, P. | Initiation à l'histoire de la France | Crosses historical sources with research in social sciences. Includes a chronology and genealogical tables. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2002. Price: £14.90 | ||
| Guillaume, V., & D. Veillon | La mode: un demi-siècle conquérant | An analysis of the world of fashion in the second half of the 20th Century. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2007. Price: £16.35 | ||
| Guillemant, D | La France en poche: Voyage au coeur de la Francophonie | A civilization course aimed at secondary school students. The colourful book contains 20 dossiers on subjects ranging from cinema to the environment, plus a variety of exercises. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2005. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Huchon, M. | Histoire de la langue française | A pocket history of French language, its evolution and the origins of its varieties. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2002. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Hughes, A., & K. Reader (eds). | Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture | Packed with information on all aspects of contemporary France. Indispensable reference guide! |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2001. Price: £40.00 | ||
| INSEE | France, portrait social 2009 | Trends in French society (employment, equality, housing, education), clearly presented in tables and graphs. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £21.80 | ||
| Jouve, M. & F. | Made in France | A illustrated look at the numerous inventions, objects and events which have come to represent France and the French, from baguettes and camembert to the Tour de France and Chanel no. 5. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Juland, J. J. | L'histoire de France illustrée pour les nuls | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2005. Price: £34.20 | ||
| Julaud, J.-J. | Le Cahier d'Histoire de France pour les nuls | Games, puzzles and quizzes based around French history. Part of the popular "For Dummies" series. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £9.10 | ||
| Julaud, J.-J. | L'Histoire de France pour les nuls | Pocket-size version of the "For Dummies" book on the history of France |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Julaud, J.-J. | L'Histoire de France pour les nuls. | The most important events of French history presented in an original and humorous way. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £30.75 | ||
| Kedward, H. R. | Occupied France: Collaboration and Resistance 1940 -1944 | Author focuses on the ordinary people's experience of the occupation, examines the politics and ideology of Vichy regime and discusses different forms of resistance launched from inside and outside France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2000. Price: £23.99 | ||
| Labbé, B., & M. Puech | Coco Chanel | Fun series depicting French heroes or heroines. Presents the life of Coco Chanel, an orphan who was to grow up to transform the face of fashion. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2005. Price: £8.90 | ||
| Labbé, B., & M. Puech | Marie Curie | Lively introduction to the Polish-born scientist. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £7.70 | ||
| Labbé, L., & P.-F. Dupont-Beurier | Louis XIV | A useful introduction to the life of France's "Great Monarch". |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £8.55 | ||
| Labrune, G., & P. Toutain | Histoire de France | Clear, easy-to-follow, chronological account of French history in only 144 pages! |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £14.45 | ||
| Le Goff, J.-F. | Mai 68, l’héritage impossible | Consideration of the implications of the events of this month on French society today. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2002. Price: £19.85 | ||
| Le Marchand, V. | La Francophonie | Nicely illustrated short study of the French speaking regions of the world. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £7.95 | ||
| Lever, E. | Marie-Antoinette: La dernière reine | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Price: £18.15 | ||
| Lodge, R. A. | French: from dialect to standard | The book looks at the history of the French language from its Latin origins to the present day and examines the basic stages involved in standarisation of French. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Price: £22.99 | ||
| Martin, J.-C. | La Révolution française | Covers the main issues surrounding the Revolution and discusses whether accepted perceptions are true or false. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £14.35 | ||
| Matthews, E. | Exceptionnelle Coco Chanel | Illustrated story of Chanel's life for children. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £15.80 | ||
| Mauchamp, N | La France de toujours | Excellent introduction to French culture, society and history. Fully illustrated with photographs and maps. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £19.75 | ||
| Mauchamp, N. | Les Français (Idées reçues) | "Les Français pensent que la France est le plus beau pays du monde". From Renaissance to République, Nelly Mauchamp leads us in a discussion of the factors and historical influences which have marked the character of the nation. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £10.65 | ||
| Mauchamp, N. | Les Français : mentalités et comportements | A sociological approach to a mentality of the French - social relations, beliefs, taboos, etc. presented in a form of articles followed by exercises. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1995. Price: £16.50 | ||
| McMillan, J.F. | Twentieth-Century France: politics and society 1898-1991 | An introduction to the history of contemporary France. Clearly presented and highly informative. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1992. Price: £24.99 | ||
| Mermet, G. | Francoscopie 2010 | The long-awaited 13th edition of this bestselling reference book containing everything you need to know about France and the French: the individual, family, society, work, money and free time. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £34.95 | ||
| Meyer, D.C. | Clés pour la France en 80 icônes culturelles: Pour comprendre la France et les Français | Aimed at helping students learn about French culture, Meyer presents 80 short texts followed by comprehension exercises and tasks. He focuses on a wide range of cultural icons from Tintin to Coco Chanel, via escargots and the TGV. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2010. Price: £25.50 | ||
| Miquel, P. | La Grande Guerre 1914-1918: le déclin de l’Europe | Aimed at children but also ideal for those learning French who have an interest in this topic. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £12.65 | ||
| Monde, Le | La Guerre d'Algérie: 1954-1962 | Presents a selection of articles from 1954 to present day about the great conflicts of the twentieth century. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £4.65 | ||
| Mouliner, P. | Les politiques publiques de la culture en France | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £11.80 | ||
| Nadeau, J.-B., & J. Barlow | Sixty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong | Bestseller decrypting the puzzle of contradictions that make up contemporary France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Nadeau, J.-B., & J. Barlow | The story of French | Witty and learned approach to the evolution of the French language. First published in hardback under the title "Plus ça change". |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £10.99 | ||
| Noutchié Njiké, J | Civilisation progressive de la francophonie | Examines life in French-speaking countries around the world. With plenty of exercises. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Pécout, G. | Atlas de l'histoire de France: La France contemporaine | Over 100 annotated maps of France describing various aspects of France and the French, from population density to the number and distribution of foreigners in the country. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2007. Price: £18.20 | ||
| Pernoud, R. | J'ai nom Jeanne la Pucelle | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1994. Price: £13.25 | ||
| Pervillé, G. | La Guerre d'Algérie | The essential facts of the war are combined with an analysis of how the conflict and the preceding French colonisation have affected Franco-Algerian relations. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2007. Price: £11.85 | ||
| Phan, B. | Rois et reines de France | A short portrait of all the kings and queens of France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £6.80 | ||
| Various | La Première Guerre Mondiale | Extremely accessible brief guide to the major points of the First World War. Includes stickers. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £5.45 | ||
| Pup, H. del, & R. Pince | Histoire de la France | A fun, illustrated complete history of France for 9 year-olds and above. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £22.25 | ||
| Rickard, P. | A History of the French Language | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1993. Price: £24.99 | ||
| Roesch, R., & R. Rolle-Harold. | La France au quotidien | Describes aspects of life in contemporary France. With practical exercises at the end of each section. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Rougerie, J. | Paris insurgé: la Commune de 1871 | An informative book about the Commune which ruled Paris from 27 March to 28 May 1871. Includes colour illustrations. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1995. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Saint Pulgent, M. de | Culture et communication: Les missions d'un grand ministère | From the creation of the "Ministère des Affaires Culturelles" to the present day, this book looks at 50 years of promotion of culture and the arts in France. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £17.70 | ||
| Sanders, C (ed.) | French today: language in its social context | Examines trends in French throughout the French-speaking world, providing texts in French to illustrate the discussed points. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1993. Price: £35.00 | ||
| Schiappa, J.-M. | La Révolution Française (1789-1799) | Short explanation of the origins and effects of the Revolution. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2005. Price: £4.65 | ||
| Senzig, R., & M. Gay | L'affaire Jeanne d'Arc | Faced with the mythology surrounding Joan of Arc, the authors decided, in this book, to reexamine the historical basis. An alternative version of her exploits, in which her famous burning at the stake is merely a legend… |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2009. Price: £9.35 | ||
| Sirinelli, J.-F. | La France de 1914 à nos jours | A political, economic, demographic, social and cultural analysis of the history of France in the 20th century. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £25.30 | ||
| Slama, A.-G. | Guerre d’Algérie: histoire d'une déchirure. | Comprehensive look at the Algerian war 1954-1962. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1996. Price: £18.35 | ||
| Solet, B. | La Révolution française | A child's perspective on the events of 1789. Fascinating way of approaching this topic. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £13.75 | ||
| Stamm, A. | L’Afrique de la colonisation à l’indépendance | Useful background information on France's colonial activity in Africa. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2003. Price: £7.75 | ||
| Stora, B. | Appelés en guerre d'Algerie | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1997. Price: £15.15 | ||
| Tarnero, J. | Mai 68: la révolution fiction | May 1968; retrospective glance at the events which once rocked the nation. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 1998. Price: £7.95 | ||
| Vovelle, M. | La Révolution française expliquée à ma petite-fille | Ideal introduction to the French Revolution. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £9.80 | ||
| Walter, H. | Le Français d'ici, de là, de là-bas | |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2007. Price: £10.35 | ||
| Weber, P. | Les reines de France | Short introduction to France's most famous queens. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2006. Price: £2.85 | ||
| Weber, P. | Les rois de France: de Clovis aux Bourbons | A complete panorama of the history of the Kings of France from the most famous (Charlemagne, Louis XIV …) to the lesser known ones. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £20.70 | ||
| Weissman, E. | Coco Chanel | Biography charting the high and low points of Chanel's extraordinary life. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2007. Price: £15.20 | ||
| Wieviorka, O., & C. Prochasson | La France du XXe siècle | Collection of documents touching on the major political events of the 20th century. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2004. Price: £13.20 | ||
| Winock, M. | 1958. La naissance de la Ve République | With lots of photos and documents, a look at De Gaulle's return to power and the birth of the 5th Republic. |
| Background topics: French culture history and society. Published 2008. Price: £16.35 | ||
