Romania, the last months of the dictator`s regime. Adina is a young schoolteacher. Paul is a musician. Clara, Adina`s friend, works in a wire factory. Pavel is Clara`s lover. But one of them works for the secret police & is reporting on the group. One day Adina returns home to discover that her fox fur rug has had its tail cut off. On another day, a hindleg. Then a foreleg. The mutilation is a sign that she is being tracked
- the fox was ever the hunter. Images of photographic precision combine to form a kaleidoscope of reflections, deflections & deceit. Adina & her friends struggle to keep living in a world permeated with fear, where even the eyes of a cat seem complicit with the watchful eye of the state, & where it`s hard to tell the victim apart from the perpetrator.
...

Wintercroft masks have caught the imagination of creative people & festival-goers around the globe. Designed by Steve Wintercroft, an artist with a passion for craftsmanship & conservation, these masks have been used everywhere from music videos & fashion shoots to theatre productions & political campaigns. The Fox is considered a magical & even mischievous creature in many cultures. Nocturnal & secretive, often cultivating a little chaos, they are for the most part loved & revered. Whether you`re looking for an eye-catching accessory for a festival trip or simply a unique addition to a dressing-up party, this is the perfect choice. With a robust polygon design, the press-out templates for the mask are easy to put together with simple numbered tabs. Eye-catchingly illustrated, you can choose to wear the mask as it is or customise & embellish with feathers, lace, beads, or any trimming of your choice
- let loose your playful side!
...

Set in the cities & islands of the Mediterranean, & linked thematically, the eight stories in The Foxes Come At Night read more like a novel, a meditation on memory, life & death. Their protagonists collect & reconstruct fragments of lives lived intensely, & now lost, crystallized in memory or in the detail of a photograph. In ' Paula', the narrator evokes the mysterious, brief life of a woman he once loved; in ' Paula II', the same woman is aware of the man thinking of her. No longer a body, she is slowly fading into the distance, remembering the time they spent together, & his fear of the black night when the foxes appear. & yet the tone of these stories is far from pessimistic: it seems that death is nothing to be afraid of. Nooteboom is a superb stylist who observes the world with a combination of melancholy & astonishment. These stories are textured with humour, pathos & vast knowledge, the hallmarks of this outstanding & highly respected European writer. ...

Set in the cities & islands of the Mediterranean, & linked thematically, the eight stories in The Foxes Come at Night read more like a novel, a meditation on memory, life & death. Their protagonists collect & reconstruct fragments of lives lived intensely, & now lost, crystallized in memory or in the detail of a photograph. & yet the tone of these stories is far from pessimistic: it seems that death is nothing to be afraid of. ...

Assembled from hundreds of individual images from orbiting NOAA weather satellites, this cloud-free image shows Earth as if viewed from a point above the Mediterranean. It is enhanced with natural-looking colours to depict vegetation distribution & landscape variations. The Image is printed on special thick paper. ...

It is hard to describe Theodore Zeldin, he his at once a historian, a psychoanalyst & a sociologist. He is concerned less with facts & more of human emotions / ” He opens up before us a marvellouly varied landscape, not of fields & cathedrals, but of anger & passion, of love & ridicule, a subtle mosaic patiently constructed out of the daily experiences of French people � Like a talented film director, he makes the masks fall”
-"idien de Paris
...

Xenophobe’s Guide to the French is a pocket-size guide that takes a frank & funny look at what makes the French French.“ In conversation, French hands are never still. They display the state of mind, heart & soul of the parties involved.” Xenophobe’s guides attempt to forewarn readers of the main stereotypes & foibles that are associated with individual nationalities. Each guide explores the characteristics of a country’s people in a series of dedicated sections, encompassing nationalism & identity, behaviour, manners, character, obsessions, beliefs & values, leisure & pleasure, culture, custom & tradition, business, systems, health & hygiene, crime & punishment, government & bureaucracy, conversation & gestures & language. ...

The French cafe epitomises the French art of living. Through its timeless glass doors float the aromas of strong coffee & black-tobacco, hot milk & fresh croissants. The cafe, open early until late, is both focus & microcosm of society. Friends talk; lovers linger; the white saucers pile up as the world goes by; a lone customer comes in to read the newspapers or for a petit verre at the bar. The French cafe is a refuge, a place to meet, to sit inside or out, somewhere to see & be seen. For anyone interested in French life & culture, here is a an intimate look at a great institution, from the grand establishments dating from the all rural bistro from the workers` local cafes to the legendary Parisian cafes where the poets, painters & philosophers gathered. From Directoire decoration to Starck style, this book reveals the rich variety & extraordinary inventiveness of cafe design. Marie-France Boyer is a freelance journalist, & represents in Paris the magazine ” The World of Interiors”. Her last book wass ” Cabin Fever: Sheds & Shelters, Huts & Hideaways” (1993), also published by Thames & Hudson. Eric Morin is a Paris-based photographer who contributes to many magazines on interior design including ” The World of Interiors”. ...

At once touching, ethereal & warm, Rachael's unique viewpoint has made her one of the most successful animal photographers in the world today. When she recently embarked on a new life in France, it was inevitable that she would turn her talents to capturing the beauty of the new world around her. The result has been two stunning new books, The French Cat & The French Dog, in which Rachael has captured a host of captivating felines & canines in a variety of stunning locations, from stately chateaux, to chic Parisian addresses, to cobblestoned streets in quaint villages. These mini editions are the charming follow-ups to these highly popular books, with Rachael's stunning image accented by ephemera "es from famous French dog & cat lovers & literary greats. ...

Honest, fresh & satisfying food is the essence of French country cooking
- it's not expensive or complicated & never goes out
...