CC is trapped by a job she no longer loves in an unfriendly city. So when her new boyfriend decides its time to sell up & move to the South of France she decides in seconds to change her life. After all who wouldnt pick an azure sea aperitifs & sunshine over a dreary commute & a rainy climate? She hadnt expected a tumbledown farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. Or a motley assortment of surly builders eccentric farmers & a resentful terrifying neighbour
- who happens to be her boyfriends aunt. Suddenly CCs dream of a place in the sun is looking more like a nightmare. Does she have the courage to stick it out & make a home of her French house?
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Yes we know you know the Loire is the longest river in France. But did you know that one in every 702 203 Americans is named after the Loire Valley town of Nantes? Or that thirteen bottles of Loire Valley wine are sold & drunk somewhere in the world every second? Not all of them are imbibed by the author of this book though he did his best to up the consumption rate during his year in this fascinating part of France. George East has spent more than a quarter of a century living with the enemy & observing their sometimes funny little ways & the master raconteurs accounts of his rampaging around France have been enjoyed by millions. Inside these covers youll find very little about the grand chateaux of the Loire but a lot about the towns & villages & the people who live in them. Youll also learn about the history & culture & food & drink of the region. Particularly the food & drink. There are also dozens of easy-to-follow recipes for favourite Loirean dishes from sauteed frogs legs to roasted swan. One thing is for sure. You will find French Impressions: The Loire Valley different from any travel book you have read. Unless of course you are one of the army of fans who follow their flawed hero on his constant journeying in search of a Gallic paradise & the perfect coffee eclair - ...

Learn to speak French fast with this practical & entertaining course for beginners. Learn to speak French in three short months with Hugos world-renowned book & CD pack. Practise regularly using the three 70-minute CDs & book & youll learn to understand & speak French faster than you thought possible. Pick up essential grammar & build vocabulary through word lists key French phrases & model sentences. Develop conversation skills through exercises based on real-life scenarios. Learning French has never been so easy! ...

An entertaining & effective introduction to French for children aged 5-10 years old. Featuring the animated characters of Serge a lovable but cheeky monkey & his clever friend Pascale the parrot this fun-filled language pack will really make your children want to learn French. A range of activities on topics such as greetings colours sports animals likes & dislikes & food & drink will get children used to both hearing & speaking French. Course components: DVD Ten 15-minute television programmes each based on a separate topic give children a wide variety of interesting & relevant language. Extra features include subtitles in French & English plus interactive games to help reinforce language skills. Activity Book With its comical characters & absorbing activities this colourful activity book

Includes:: fun & effective language practice through 40 pages of games puzzles & cartoon stories. Audio CD Featuring songs & stories from the DVD this entertaining 80-minute CD also

Includes:: games & pronunciation practice linked to the activity book. Picture Cards 48 fun-to-use cards present key language & vocabulary in a clear & attractive format. The possibilities for games are endless! Song Sheets Sing along to all the catchy songs from the television programmes & CD. Parents' Guide Explains the key language & offers tips on helping your child to get the best out of the pack.



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This revision guide is essential reading for any pupil approaching French Common Entrance at 13+ or scholarship exams. The guide



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Thomas Keller chef/proprieter of the French Laundry in the Napa Valley--the most exciting place to eat in the United States " wrote Ruth Reichl in The New York Times--is a wizard a purist a man obsessed with getting it right. & this his first cookbook is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small impeccable highly refined intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple Kellers methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautees beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest clearest tastes. From innovative soup techniques to the proper way to cook green vegetables to secrets of great fish cookery to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monte to foie gras au torchon to a wild & thoroughly unexpected take on coffee & doughnuts The French Laundry Cookbook captures through recipes essays profiles & extraordinary photography one of Americas great restaurants its great chef & the food that makes both unique. One hundred & fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchen--no shortcuts have been taken no critical steps ignored all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens. If you cant get to the French Laundry you can now re-create at home the very experience the Wine Spectator described as "as close to dining perfection as it gets."" ...

French Law: A Comparative Approach provides a detailed entry point to the legal system of France. It introduces both the institutions & methodology that underpin the essence of the system as well as key substantive areas of law including property rights the law of contract & the law of tort. Steiner employs a comparative approach throughout which illuminates the unique aspects of French law & really helps the reader to understand the subtleties similarities & distinctions of French law when looked at alongside other jurisdictions. Online Resource Centre The book is accompanied by an online resource centre providing additional learning resources including: advice on where to find examples of French case law; a profile of the role of French judges; & legal exercises designed to consolidate understanding. ...

Three American sisters leave their chicken farm on Long Island for a holiday in Europe. In France they encounter the charming but penniless Marquis de Maufringneuse his writer son Jeff & the marquis tough American ex-wife. When they all find themselves together at the exclusive resort of St. Rocque
- one of the sisters in search of a husband the marquis in search of a fortune the writer in search of love
- Wodehousian complications ensue.

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Of all John Fowles novels The French Lieutenants Woman received the most universal acclaim & today holds a very special place in the canon of post-war English literature. From the god-like stance of the nineteenth-century novelist that he both assumes & gently mocks to the last detail of dress idiom & manners his book is an immaculate recreation of Victorian Engl&. Not only is it the epic love story of two people of insight & imagination seeking escape from the cant & tyranny of their age The French Lieutenants Woman is also a brilliantly sustained allegory of the decline of the twentieth-century passion for freedom ...

This is an epic love story of two people of insight & imagination seeking escape from the cant & tyranny of their age. To the last detail of dress idiom & manners John Fowles immaculately recreates Victorian England in the greatest of his novels which has been the subject of universal acclaim since its first publication. ...