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Paris to the Pyrenees

Author : David Downie
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639360603
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Paris to the Pyrenees written by David Downie and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part adventure story, part cultural history, this “enjoyably offbeat travelogue” explores the phenomenon of the spiritual pilgrimage (Booklist). Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises, Downie and his wife walk across Paris on the old pilgrimage route Rue Saint-Jacques then trek about 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain. The eccentric route would take 72 days on Roman roads and The Way of Saint James, the 1,100-year-old pilgrimage network leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater in Spain. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela - The Way for short. The object of any pilgrimage is an inward journey manifested in a long, reflective walk. For Downie, the inward journey meets the outer one. More than 20,000 pilgrims take the highly commercialized Spanish route annually, but few cross France. Downie had a goal: to go from Paris to the Pyrenees on age-old trails, making the pilgrimage in his own maverick way.

Boundaries

Author : Peter Sahlins
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520911210
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Boundaries written by Peter Sahlins and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an account of two dimension of state and nation building in France and Spain since the seventeenth century--the invention of a national boundary line and the making of Frenchmen and Spaniards. It is also a history of Catalan rural society in the Cerdanya, a valley in the eastern Pyrenees divided between Spain and France in 1659. This study shuttles between two levels, between the center and the periphery. It connects the "macroscopic" political and diplomatic history of France and Spain, from the Old Regime monarchies to the national territorial states of the later nineteenth century; and the "molecular" history--the historical ethnography--of Catalan village communities, rural nobles, and peasants in the borderland. On the frontier, these two histories come together, and they can be told as one.

The Rough Guide to France

Author : David Abram
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843530565
Total Pages : 1354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to France written by David Abram and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cosmopolitan Paris to the sunny Cote d'Azur, from historical Normandy to the rocky Pyrenes, this new edition updates the best of towns, attractions, and landscapes of every region. 100 maps. of color photos.

The Pyrenean Haute Route

Author : Ton Joosten
Publisher : Cicerone Press
ISBN 13 : 9781852845551
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Pyrenean Haute Route written by Ton Joosten and published by Cicerone Press. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed guide to 800km trek along the Franco-Spanish border, from Hendaye to Banyuls-sur-Mer. The unwaymarked route is described in 45 days, with 500 GPS waymarks, information on villages, mountain huts, guesthouses, hotels and campsites and variant routes to avoid difficult sections. Also ascents of ten classic Pyrenean summits beside the route.

The Pyrenees in the Modern Era

Author : Martyn Lyons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350024805
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Pyrenees in the Modern Era written by Martyn Lyons and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original study examines different incarnations of the Pyrenees, beginning with the assumptions of 18th-century geologists, who treated the mountains like a laboratory, and romantic 19th-century tourists and habitués of the spa resorts, who went in search of the picturesque and the sublime. The book analyses the individual visions of the heroic Pyrenees which in turn fascinated 19th-century mountaineers and the racing cyclists of the early Tour de France. Martyn Lyons also investigates the role of the Pyrenees during the Second World War as an escape route from Nazi-occupied France, when for thousands of refugees these dangerous borderlands became 'the mountains of liberty', and considers the place of the Pyrenees in recent times right up to the present day. Drawing on travel writing, press reports and scientific texts in several languages, The Pyrenees in the Modern Era explores both the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees to provide a nuanced historical understanding of the cultural construction of one of Europe's most prominent border regions. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Europe's cultural history in a transnational context.

Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees

Author : Henry David Inglis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees written by Henry David Inglis and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees

Author : Henry David INGLIS (Miscellaneous Writer.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees written by Henry David INGLIS (Miscellaneous Writer.) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Escape Through the Pyrenees

Author : Lisa Fittko
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810118034
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Escape Through the Pyrenees written by Lisa Fittko and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of a high school teacher whose students (underprivileged and Hispanic) have set standards in mathematics American education. A gripping memoir of German-Jewish leftist Fittko's life as an alien her path from concentration camp internee to underground rescue operative (the great philosopher and was one of many whom she and her comrades saved). Translated from the German edition of 1985 (Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography

Author : Graham Robb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393068825
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography written by Graham Robb and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A witty, engaging narrative style…[Robb's] approach is particularly engrossing." —New York Times Book Review A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was a minority language. Graham Robb describes that unknown world in arresting narrative detail. He recounts the epic journeys of mapmakers, scientists, soldiers, administrators, and intrepid tourists, of itinerant workers, pilgrims, and herdsmen with their millions of migratory domestic animals. We learn how France was explored, charted, and colonized, and how the imperial influence of Paris was gradually extended throughout a kingdom of isolated towns and villages. The Discovery of France explains how the modern nation came to be and how poorly understood that nation still is today. Above all, it shows how much of France—past and present—remains to be discovered. A New York Times Notable Book, Publishers Weekly Best Book, Slate Best Book, and Booklist Editor's Choice.

Lord of the Pyrenees

Author : Richard Vernier
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843833565
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Lord of the Pyrenees written by Richard Vernier and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the colourful life of 'enlightened despot' Gaston III, count of Foix, an enigmatic and brilliant figure in a turbulent period.

Paris on Air

Author : Oliver Gee
Publisher : Earful Tower Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781098301996
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Paris on Air written by Oliver Gee and published by Earful Tower Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join award-winning podcaster Oliver Gee on this laugh-out-loud journey through the streets of Paris. He tells of how five years in France have taught him how to order cheese, make a Parisian person smile, and convince anyone you can fake French (even if, like Oliver, you speak the language like an Australian cow). A fresh voice on the Paris scene, he shares the soaring highs and crushing lows that come with following your dreams to the French capital. He also befriends the city's too-cool-for-school basketballers, chases runaway crocodiles, and goes on a mammoth honeymoon trip around France on his little red scooter.

The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees

Author : Marc Dubin
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843531968
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees written by Marc Dubin and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2004 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees is the only guidebook available to the entire region, covering both the French and Spanish sides of this spectacular region, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. A full-colour section introduces the author''s pick of the attractions, from relaxing in the picturesque spa towns to watching the Tour de France wind up the mountains. There are detailed listings of the best places to eat, drink and stay, from boutique hotels in Biarritz to the most remote mountain refuges. For the outdoor enthusiast there are exhaustive accounts of the walking and climbing routes available and information on the host of other activities available, including skiing, paragliding, rafting, cycling and horse riding. There is also expansive coverage of all the cultural highlights including the prehistoric cave art at Ariege and an accesible history of the region from prehistory to the current day.

A Passion for Paris

Author : David Downie
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466841257
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book A Passion for Paris written by David Downie and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A top-notch walking tour of Paris. . . . The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful book. Readers visiting the city are advised to take it with them to discover countless new experiences." —Kirkus Reviews (starred) A unique combination of memoir, history, and travelogue, this is author David Downie's irreverent quest to uncover why Paris is the world's most romantic city—and has been for over 150 years. Abounding in secluded, atmospheric parks, artists' studios, cafes, restaurants and streets little changed since the 1800s, Paris exudes romance. The art and architecture, the cityscape, riverbanks, and the unparalleled quality of daily life are part of the equation. But the city's allure derives equally from hidden sources: querulous inhabitants, a bizarre culture of heroic negativity, and a rich historical past supplying enigmas, pleasures and challenges. Rarely do visitors suspect the glamor and chic and the carefree atmosphere of the City of Light grew from and still feed off the dark fountainheads of riot, rebellion, mayhem and melancholy—and the subversive literature, art and music of the Romantic Age. Weaving together his own with the lives and loves of Victor Hugo, Georges Sand, Charles Baudelaire, Balzac, Nadar and other great Romantics Downie delights in the city's secular romantic pilgrimage sites asking , Why Paris, not Venice or Rome—the tap root of "romance"—or Berlin, Vienna and London—where the earliest Romantics built castles-in-the-air and sang odes to nightingales? Read A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light and find out.

The Alps and Pyrenees

Author : Victor Hugo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alps and Pyrenees written by Victor Hugo and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Love And War In The Pyrenees

Author : Rosemary Bailey
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0297856170
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Love And War In The Pyrenees written by Rosemary Bailey and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid blend of history and travel and a sweeping story of collaboration and resistance, fear and heroism, pacifism and sacrifice all set against the backdrop of the Pyrenees. 'A beguiling mix of travel, memoir, history and good old-fashioned storytelling - a slice of hidden France' Kate Mosse 'Combining memoir, fact and storytelling, Bailey does an impressive job' INDEPENDENT 'A moving account of of the region during World War Two' TIME OUT Over the fifteen years Rosemary has been living in the region, the more she realised she didn't know about the war; about the French during the Occupation, the real role of the Resistance, the level of collaboration, the concentration camps in the Pyrenees and the treatment of Jews and other refugees. It is still very much a veiled history and most of the archives remain firmly closed. LOVE AND WAR IN THE PYRENEES is a portrait of human tragedy, heroism and cruelty that will create a picture of the period from a contemporary angle, the history linked to sights that can still be visited, and brought to life by letters, interviews and encounters with people today, including the historians currently trying to investigate what really happened.

The Pyrenees, and the South of France During the Months of November and December 1822

Author : Louis Adolphe THIERS (President of the French Republic.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Pyrenees, and the South of France During the Months of November and December 1822 written by Louis Adolphe THIERS (President of the French Republic.) and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Girl in the Blue Beret

Author : Bobbie Ann Mason
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679604944
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book The Girl in the Blue Beret written by Bobbie Ann Mason and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the wartime experiences of her father-in-law, Bobbie Ann Mason has crafted the haunting and profoundly moving story of an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe, and his wrenching odyssey of discovery, decades later, as he uncovers the truth about those who helped him escape in 1944. At twenty-three, Marshall Stone was a confident, cocksure U.S. flyboy stationed in England, with several bombing raids in a B-17 under his belt. But when enemy fighters forced his plane to crash-land in a Belgian field during a mission to Germany, Marshall had to rely solely on the kindness of ordinary Belgian and French citizens to help him hide from and evade the Nazis. Decades later, restless and at the end of his career as an airline pilot, Marshall returns to the crash site and finds himself drawn back in time, unable to stop thinking about the people who risked their lives to save Allied pilots like him. Most of all, he is obsessed by the girl in the blue beret, a courageous young woman who protected and guided him in occupied Paris. Framed in spellbinding, luminous prose, Marshall’s search for her gradually unfolds, becoming a voyage of discovery that reveals truths about himself and the people he knew during the war. Deeply beautiful and impossible to put down, The Girl in the Blue Beret is an unforgettable story—intimate, affecting, exquisite—of memories, second chances, and one intrepid girl who risked it all for a stranger.