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| Ali, N., & D. Minoui | Moi Noujoud, 10 ans, divorcée | The true story of a young girl who fought the system in Yemen and won. At the age of 10 she was allowed to divorce her abusive husband. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £8.99 | ||
| Andrieu, Julie. | Ma p'tite cuisine | More than 140 fuss-free recipes using readily available ingredients for busy people unable to have the pleasure of a daily visit to the market. With photographs by Michel Reuss. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Price: £8.99 | ||
| Anon | La Bible: textes choisis | Extracts from the Bible, annotated, with black and white illustrations. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2005. Price: £6.10 | ||
| Aung San Suu Kyi, & Léon Trotsky | Une révolution des consciences : discours d'Aung San Suu Kyi, 9 juillet 1990, suivi de Appeler le peuple à la lutte ouverte : discours de Léon Trotsky, prononcé lors de son procès, 4 octobre 1906 | "Les grands discours". Two speeches calling for revolution and struggle against oppression. The original language of the speech is presented with its translation in French on the facing page. In this case, Aung San's is in English and French, and Trotsky's is in Russian and French. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £4.15 | ||
| Battye, A. et al. | The French language today | Comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of modern linguistics, placing French within its social and historical context. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2000. Price: £25.99 | ||
| Bergé, Pierre | Lettres à Yves | Letters written to YSL by Bergé, co-founder of the Yves Saint Laurent Couture House and his lifelong partner then friend. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £15.80 | ||
| Berr, H. | Journal | From April 1942 until her arrest in March 1944 Hélène Berr kept a diary, describing her life as a Jewish woman in Paris. Berr died at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, days before the liberation of the camp, her diary only discovered half a century later. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £8.50 | ||
| Betancourt, I. | Même le silence a une fin | Betancourt's bestselling memoirs of her time as a prisoner of FARC in the Colombian jungle. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £27.99 | ||
| Anon | La Bible de Jérusalem | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Anon | Bible de Jérusalem | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2007. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Anon | La Bible illustrée | An illustrated edition of stories from the Bible suitable for younger teenagers |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2003. Price: £35.90 | ||
| Anon | La Bible: Traduction Oecuménique | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2005. Price: £30.60 | ||
| Anon | La Bible: Nouveau Testament | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £5.99 | ||
| Boutin, C. (editor) | Les grands discours du Xxe siècle | An anthology of some of the most important political and social speeches of the 20th Century, by the likes of Jaurès, Gandhi, Churchill, De Gaulle, Mao, Obama, Martin Luther King, and many more. |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £10.30 | ||
| Carr, A. | La méthode simple pour en finir avec la cigarette: Arrêter de fumer, en fait c'est facile! | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2004. Price: £8.60 | ||
| Montalembert, Catherine de | Coco Chanel, une icône | Beautiful book full of photographs and pictures of this style icon. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £30.99 | ||
| Chassaigne, P. | Histoire de l'Angleterre des origines à nos jours | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Churchill, Winston, & Charles de Gaulle | Du sang, de la sueur et des larmes | "Les grands discours". Du sang, de la sueur et des larmes : discours de Winston Churchill devant la Chambre des communes, 13 mai et 18 juin 1940, suivi de L'Appel du 18 juin : déclarations du général de Gaulle sur les ondes de la BBC, le 18 et le 22 juin 1940. Churchill's speech is in English with its French translation on opposing page. With basic time-line. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £4.15 | ||
| Clarke, S. | 1000 years of annoying the French | Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066 … |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Clarke, S. | Dial M for merde | Sun, sea and blue Merde-r in the South of France. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Clarke, S. | Talk to the snail: Ten commandments for understanding the French | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2006. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Clarke, S. | Year in the merde | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Coffret l'art de recevoir Ladurée | A boxed set of 10 books from the prestigious Maison Ladurée, with more than 100 recipes and helpful ideas for entertaining, from breakfast to gala dinners. | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £31.99 | ||
| Colignon, J.-P., & H. Gest | 101 jeux: France | Test your knowledge of France with this quiz book with questions from the areas of history, geography, literature, music and food. Answers included! |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £8.60 | ||
| Anon | Le Coran | French translation of the Koran. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 1970. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Anon | Le Coran | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Cordelier, J. | Reconstruction | A sequel to 'La Dérobade', a widely acclaimed autobiography about Jeanne Cordelier's abusive childhood and years as a prostitute. 'Reconstruction' follows Cordelier's rebuilding of her life and recounts the story of her first love. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £24.30 | ||
| Depecker, Loïc | Les mots des régions de France | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Djavann, C. | Que pense Allah de l'Europe? | An analysis of islamic discourse, the migrations of Muslim coutries citizens to Europe and the consequences of this phenomenon for the contemporary European societies. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2006. Price: £3.70 | ||
| Dukan, Dr Pierre. | Je ne sais pas maigrir | A new,augmented edition of Pierre Dukan's renowned book on diet. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Dukan, Dr Pierre. | La Pâtisserie Dukan | 100 dessert recipes following Pierre Dukan's strict dietary principles. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Duval, G. | Sommes-nous des paresseux? … et 30 autres questions sur la France et les Français | Asks questions such as: Y a-t-il trop d'immigrés en France?, Est-ce que la faute de Bruxelles que la France va mal?, Pourquoi les Français descendent-ils si souvent dans la rue?, and many more. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.95 | ||
| L'Encyclopédie Hachette | A reference book for the whole family covering more than 500 subjects arranged alphabetically, with more than 4,500 illustrations in full colour. | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Price: £23.99 | ||
| Fraser, A. | Marie-Antoinette | French translation of Fraser's bestseller which was recently made into a film. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Gabrielsson, E., & M.-F. Colombani | Millénium, Stieg et moi | Stieg Larsson's partner of 32 years, Gabrielsson, writes of their life together and what has happened to her since his sudden death. She gives an insight into the writing of his trilogy and also into the Swedish legal system. Written together with French journalist Colombani. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Price: £22.99 | ||
| Gallo, Max | 1940, de l'abîme à l'espérance | A very readable account of the year 1940 in France. As the Nazi cloud spreads it's way across Europe and the French Republic ceases to exist, glimmers of hope emerge in the form of the Resistance movement, De Gaulle and Churchill. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £26.15 | ||
| Gieselmann, D. | Best of Marc Haeberlin: Les 10 plus grandes recettes de L'Auberge de l'îll tout en images | Step-by-step illustrated guide to Haeberlin's 10 best recipes. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.30 | ||
| Hardy, F. | Le Désespoir des Singes | An autobiogrpahy of Françoise Hardy. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.15 | ||
| Houellebecq, M., & B.-H. Lévy | Ennemis publics | Frank correspondance between two of France's best-known and most controversial writers. Already a bestseller in France. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £22.60 | ||
| Humbert, Agnès | Notre guerre: Journal de Résistance 1940-1945 | The diary of Resistance fighter, Agnès Humbert who formed the first Resistance movement in occupied France and survived the Nazi labour camps. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £8.50 | ||
| Julaud, J.-J. | Petite anthologie de la poésie française | Small-format anthology of 100 French poems grouped in 10 categories: Love, Tenderness, Passion, Desire, Emotion, Humour, Melancholy, Nostalgy, Memory and Destiny. Includes short biographical notes on selected Frenh poets. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2006. Price: £4.20 | ||
| King, Martin Luther, & Ernest Renan | I have a dream | "Les grands discours". I have a dream : discours du pasteur Martin Luther King, Washington D.C., 28 août 1963, suivi de La nation et la race : conférence faite en Sorbonne par Ernest Renan, 11 mars 1882. King's speech is bilingual English-French. With basic time-line. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £3.75 | ||
| Lahouri, B. | Zidane, Une Vie Secrète | Biography of football hero Zinedine Zidane. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Léotard, F. | Ça va mal finir | For the first time since the election of Nicholas Sarkozy in May 2007, a member of the same party takes a violently anti-Sarkozy stance. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £8.10 | ||
| Littell, J. | Le sec et l'humide | In this short essay, Littell studies the speeches of Belgian extreme right leader Léon Degrelle who inspired the Nazi officer character in "Les Bienveillants." |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £20.25 | ||
| Maier, C. | Bonjour paresse: de l'art et de la nécessité d'en faire le moins possible en entreprise | Droll diatribe on the idocies of office life - a comic hit. The book is aimed specifically at French corporate culture. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2005. Price: £8.35 | ||
| Mandela, Nelson, & Jawaharlal Nehru | Le temps est venu | "Les grands discours". Le temps est venu : discours de Nelson Mandela lors de son investiture à la présidence de la République démocratique d'Afrique du Sud, 10 mai 1994, suivi de Eveillez-vous à la liberté : discours radiodiffusé du Premier ministre indien Jawaharlal Pandit Nehru, à l'occasion de l'accès à l'indépendance de l'Inde, 14 août 1947 The speeches of two men calling for unity in times of post-apartheid and new independence. Bilingual English-French. With basic time-line. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £3.95 | ||
| Martel, H. | Petit livre des prenoms | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2006. Price: £5.99 | ||
| Marx, R. | Histoire de la Grande-Bretagne | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £13.65 | ||
| Mathiot, G. | I know how to cook | English translation of this classic of French home cooking. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £29.95 | ||
| Mathiot, G. | Je sais cuisiner | More than 2000 recipes for every occasion. First published in 1932, this book has been a best-seller in France for three generations. Mathiot was the queen of French home cooking and this was her definitive work. |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £7.50 | ||
| Meuleau, M. | L'Histoire de France en 100 mots célèbres | The stories behind 100 famous French quotes such as "Honni soit qui mal y pense" and "Je vous ai compris". |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £19.15 | ||
| Michelin | Michelin Camping France 2010 | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £11.99 | ||
| Minc, A. | Une histoire de France | A history of France from Vercingétorix to the present day written in short, readable chapters. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £8.99 | ||
| Muller, C. | Best of Paul Bocuse: Ses 10 plus grandes recettes tout en images | Step-by-step illustrated guide to Robuchon's 10 best recipes. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £10.50 | ||
| Nadeau, J-B. & Barlow, J. | Pas si fous, ces Français | French culture and the stereotypes of the Frenchmen treated from the perspective of an American. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2006. Price: £9.50 | ||
| Mundy, Liza | Michelle Obama: First Lady | A biography of the American first lady. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.35 | ||
| Obama, B. | L'audace d'espérer: Un nouveau rêve américain | Translation of "The audacity of hope". |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.99 | ||
| Obama, B. | Les rêves de mon père: l'histoire d'un héritage en noir et blanc | French translation of Obama's "Dreams from my father". |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Obama, Barack, & Franklin D. Roosevelt | Yes we can | "Les grands discours". Yes we can : discours de Barack Obama, candidat à la présidence des Etats-Unis, à Nashua (New Hampshire), 8 janvier 2008, suivi de Nous surmonterons nos difficultés : discours d'investiture à la présidence des Etats-Unis de Franklin D. Roosevelt, à Washington, le 4 mars 1933. Two famous speeches proposing change, bilingual English-French. With basic time-line. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £3.75 | ||
| Pease, A. & B. | Pourquoi les hommes n'écoutent jamais rien et les femmes ne savent pas lire les cartes routières? | Translation of 'Why men don't listen and women can't read maps'. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £7.50 | ||
| Perrin-Chattard, B. & J.-P. | La cuisine française | Pocket-sized recipe book containing 30 traditional French dishes. |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £3.35 | ||
| Rabin, Itzhak, David Ben Gourion, & Yasser Arafat | La paix a ses chances | "Les grands discours". La paix a ses chances : dernier discours d'Itzhak Rabin, prononcé sur la place des Rois d'Israël, le 4 novembre 1995, quelques minutes avant son assassinat, suivi de Nous proclamons la création d'un État juif : texte de la proclamation d'indépendance prononcée par David Ben Gourion, premier chef de gouvernement de l'Etat d'Israël, 14 mai 1948, suivi de La Palestine est le pays natal du peuple palestinien : déclaration d'indépendance de l'Etat palestinien, discours de Yasser Arafat, 15 novembre 1988. Three key speeches in the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Bilingual Hebrew/Arabic-French with time-line. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £4.15 | ||
| Robb, G. | Parisians: An adventure history of Paris | The history of Paris from 1750 to the present seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £18.99 | ||
| Robitaille, L.-B. | Ces impossibles Français | A warm and humorous portrait of 21st Century France and the French by a French Canadian journalist living in Paris. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Robuchon, J. | Best of Joël Robuchon: Ses 10 plus grandes recettes tout en images | Step-by-step illustrated guide to Robuchon's 10 best recipes. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.30 | ||
| Robuchon, Joël | Tout Robuchon | Each volume includes more than 400 of Robuchon's recipes for everyday meals, regional classics, special occasions, and also his signature dishes. Each recipe is explained simply step-by-step, with precise cooking times, so that even complete novices can follow! |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Rufin, J-C. | Un léopard sur le garrot | Writer, President of Action contre la Faim, winner of the Prix Goncourt, and French Ambassadeur to Senegal, Jean-Christophe Rufin is above all a doctor and medicine his life-long passion. An autobiography of thirty years in medicine across the world. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £8.70 | ||
| Sarkozy, N. | Ensemble | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Segond, Louis (Transl.) | Bible: Segond 21 | New translation of the Louis Segond Bible, first published in 2007. |
| Popular non-fiction. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Segond, Louis (Transl.) | Bible: Le Nouveau Testament et les Psaumes | A New Testament and Psalms taken from the Bible Segond 21version. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Price: £4.99 | ||
| Sempé, J.-J. | Quelques concerts | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £11.75 | ||
| Sempé, J.-J. | Quelques philosophes | |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £13.45 | ||
| Steele, R. | The French Way: A Key to the Behaviour, Attitudes and Customs of the French | An accessible guide for foreigners to understanding the French. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2006. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Steele, R. | When in France, Do as the French Do: The Clued-in Guide to French Life, Language and Culture | |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2001. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Tanet, C., & T. Hordé | Dictionniare des prénoms | Dictionary of more than 3000 names from France and around the world. Each name is listed with the etymology of the word, variations, history,and famous people of that name. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.75 | ||
| Thomazo, Renaud | Les petits précis de culture générale | A delightful little series of small illustrated books which present different aspects of French culture and history. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2010. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Timoney, C. | A Certain … Je ne sais quoi: The ideal guide to sounding, acting and shrugging like the French | "Vocabulary alone is not enough. To survive in the most sophisticated - and most scathing - nation on Earth you will need to understand the many peculiarities of the French culture." |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £8.99 | ||
| Toscano, A. | Critique amoureuse des Français | An affectionate look at how the French see themselves. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £22.45 | ||
| Various | Calendrier de l'histoire de France 2011 | A stand-up, spiral-bound desktop calendar (week per side), featuring 52 major events which form part of French history. Plus 126 stickers to note important personal events such as birthdays, doctor appointments and holidays. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Price: £18.80 | ||
| Various | French Magnetic Poetry Kit | Over 500 magnetized words and word fragments. Can be stuck on the fridge, locker, or any steel surface. Arrange the words into sentences and make poetry. For native speakers and learners alike. Includes a mini glossary of words translated. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.99 | ||
| Various | Guide Hachette des vins 2012 | A comprehensive guide to wine covering all tastes and price ranges. Wines are graded from 0 to 3 stars, and there is a list of restaurants and wine bars included. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2011. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Various | Quote unquote | A collection of famous French quotes and their translations. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £5.00 | ||
| Various | La vache qui rit: Sa vie, ses recettes | The history of this famous cheese, full of pictures of the advertising used over the years, and followed by sweet and savoury 50 recipes. A must for any Laughing Cow fans! |
| Popular non-fiction. Price: £12.30 | ||
| Veil, S. | Une vie | Autobiography of the former French minister for health who survived Auschwitz. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £8.50 | ||
| Witz, B. | Best of Alain Ducasse: Ses 10 plus grandes recettes tout en images | Step-by-step illustrated guide to Ducasse's 10 best recipes. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.30 | ||
| Lahouri, B. | Zidane, une vie secrète | Unauthorised biography of one of France's most popular footballers of recent years who, despite great media interest, has managed to keep his private life out of the press. |
| Popular non-fiction. Published 2008. Price: £25.85 | ||
