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Peter Mayle worked in advertising until he decided to live where he most longed to, Provence, and try his hand at writing. With the success of his first book describing his new life, A Year in Provence, his life took a notable turn for the better. This is his eleventh book including five novels. Recently, he received the Legion d'Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions. He has been living in Provence with his wife, Jennie, for 18 years now. A Good Year, Ridley Scott's film starring Russell Crowe based on Peter's novel of the same name, was out... Read More
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The Vintage Caper
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $24.95
Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $24.95
Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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A Year in Provence
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 4, 1991
Price: $13.00
In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 4, 1991
Price: $13.00
In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the... Read more >
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A Good Year
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $13.95
The writer with a claim to being the world’s foremost literary escape artist is back, with an intoxicating novel about the business and pleasure of wine, set in his beloved Provence.
Max Skinner has recently lost his job at a London financial firm and just as recently learned that he has... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $13.95
The writer with a claim to being the world’s foremost literary escape artist is back, with an intoxicating novel about the business and pleasure of wine, set in his beloved Provence.
Max Skinner has recently lost his job at a London financial firm and just as recently learned that he has... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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A Dog's Life
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 28, 1996
Price: $13.95
The bestsellling author of A Year in Provence and Hotel Pastis now surveys his territory from a differnt vantage point: the all-fours perspective of his dog, Boy--"a dog whose personality is made up of equal parts Boswell and Dr. Johnson, Mencken and A. A. Milne" (Chicago Sun-Times). Enhanced by 59 splendidly... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 28, 1996
Price: $13.95
The bestsellling author of A Year in Provence and Hotel Pastis now surveys his territory from a differnt vantage point: the all-fours perspective of his dog, Boy--"a dog whose personality is made up of equal parts Boswell and Dr. Johnson, Mencken and A. A. Milne" (Chicago Sun-Times). Enhanced by 59 splendidly... Read more >
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Toujours Provence
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 2, 1992
Price: $14.95
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know—of finding gold coins while digging in the garden, of indulging in sumptuous feasts at truck... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 2, 1992
Price: $14.95
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know—of finding gold coins while digging in the garden, of indulging in sumptuous feasts at truck... Read more >
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Hotel Pastis
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 8, 1994
Price: $14.95
With his national bestsellers A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence, Peter Mayle gave new meaning to the phrase "great escape." Now he has written a delightful novel of romance, adventure, and tongue-in-cheek suspense, set in the beguiling French region he has staked out as his own. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 8, 1994
Price: $14.95
With his national bestsellers A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence, Peter Mayle gave new meaning to the phrase "great escape." Now he has written a delightful novel of romance, adventure, and tongue-in-cheek suspense, set in the beguiling French region he has staked out as his own. Read more >
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Encore Provence
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2000
Price: $13.95
In his most delightful foray into the wonders of Provençal life, Peter Mayle returns to France and puts behind him cholesterol worries, shopping by phone, California wines, and other concerns that plagued him after too much time away.
In Encore Provence, Mayle gives us a glimpse into the secrets of the truffle... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2000
Price: $13.95
In his most delightful foray into the wonders of Provençal life, Peter Mayle returns to France and puts behind him cholesterol worries, shopping by phone, California wines, and other concerns that plagued him after too much time away.
In Encore Provence, Mayle gives us a glimpse into the secrets of the truffle... Read more >
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Provence A-Z
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2008
Price: $14.95
The ultimate “dictionary” for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayle—bestselling author of A Year... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2008
Price: $14.95
The ultimate “dictionary” for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayle—bestselling author of A Year... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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French Lessons
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $13.95
Peter Mayle, francophile phenomenon and author of A Year in Provence, brings another delightful (and delicious) account of the good life, this time exploring the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France.
The French celebrate food and drink more than any other people, and Mayle shows us just how contagious their enthusiasm... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $13.95
Peter Mayle, francophile phenomenon and author of A Year in Provence, brings another delightful (and delicious) account of the good life, this time exploring the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France.
The French celebrate food and drink more than any other people, and Mayle shows us just how contagious their enthusiasm... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Anything Considered
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1997
Price: $15.00
Peter Mayle sets his latest irresistible tale in the thyme- and lavender-scented south of France. Bennett, a suave if slightly threadbare English ex-patriot who is fast approaching the end of his credit, advertises his "services" in The International Herald Tribune. In no time, he is being paid handsomely to impersonate the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1997
Price: $15.00
Peter Mayle sets his latest irresistible tale in the thyme- and lavender-scented south of France. Bennett, a suave if slightly threadbare English ex-patriot who is fast approaching the end of his credit, advertises his "services" in The International Herald Tribune. In no time, he is being paid handsomely to impersonate the... Read more >
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Chasing Cezanne
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1998
Price: $14.95
Hanky-panky on the international art scene is the source of the hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayle's new novel. He flies us back to the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistible best-sellers believe him to have invented), on a wild chase through galleries, homes of prominent collectors... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1998
Price: $14.95
Hanky-panky on the international art scene is the source of the hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayle's new novel. He flies us back to the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistible best-sellers believe him to have invented), on a wild chase through galleries, homes of prominent collectors... Read more >
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The Vintage Caper
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately... Read more >
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A Good Year
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $27.95
BONUS FEATURE: Peter Mayle's commentary on his life in Provence.
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine, and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire, and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $27.95
BONUS FEATURE: Peter Mayle's commentary on his life in Provence.
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine, and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire, and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Confessions of a French Baker
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2005
Price: $16.95
Attention bread lovers!
In the first of his famous books about Provence, Peter Mayle shared with us news of a bakery in the town of Cavaillon where the baking and appreciation of breads “had been elevated to the status of a minor religion.” Its name: Chez Auzet.
Now, several hundred visits later, Mayle... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2005
Price: $16.95
Attention bread lovers!
In the first of his famous books about Provence, Peter Mayle shared with us news of a bakery in the town of Cavaillon where the baking and appreciation of breads “had been elevated to the status of a minor religion.” Its name: Chez Auzet.
Now, several hundred visits later, Mayle... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Provence A-Z
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $19.95
An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $19.95
An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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A Year In Provence
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1990
Price: $29.95
They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened.
Here is the month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations that Peter Mayle and his wife -- and their two large dogs -- experience their first year... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1990
Price: $29.95
They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened.
Here is the month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations that Peter Mayle and his wife -- and their two large dogs -- experience their first year... Read more >
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Confessions of a French Baker
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $16.95
Attention bread lovers!
In the first of his famous books about Provence, Peter Mayle shared with us news of a bakery in the town of Cavaillon where the baking and appreciation of breads “had been elevated to the status of a minor religion.” Its name: Chez Auzet.
Now, several hundred visits later, Mayle... Read more >
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $16.95
Attention bread lovers!
In the first of his famous books about Provence, Peter Mayle shared with us news of a bakery in the town of Cavaillon where the baking and appreciation of breads “had been elevated to the status of a minor religion.” Its name: Chez Auzet.
Now, several hundred visits later, Mayle... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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French Lessons
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 16, 2003
Price: $13.95
Peter Mayle, francophile phenomenon and author of A Year in Provence, brings another delightful (and delicious) account of the good life, this time exploring the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France.
The French celebrate food and drink more than any other people, and Mayle shows us just how contagious their enthusiasm... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 16, 2003
Price: $13.95
Peter Mayle, francophile phenomenon and author of A Year in Provence, brings another delightful (and delicious) account of the good life, this time exploring the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France.
The French celebrate food and drink more than any other people, and Mayle shows us just how contagious their enthusiasm... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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French Lessons
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 8, 2001
Price: $14.98
Peter Mayle, francophile phenomenon and author of A Year in Provence, brings another delightful (and delicious) account of the good life, this time exploring the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France.
The French celebrate food and drink more than any other people, and Mayle shows us just how contagious their enthusiasm... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 8, 2001
Price: $14.98
Peter Mayle, francophile phenomenon and author of A Year in Provence, brings another delightful (and delicious) account of the good life, this time exploring the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France.
The French celebrate food and drink more than any other people, and Mayle shows us just how contagious their enthusiasm... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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A Good Year
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $13.75
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $13.75
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed... Read more >
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A Good Year
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $13.95
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed... Read more >
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $13.95
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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A Good Year
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 4, 2004
Price: $14.95
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 4, 2004
Price: $14.95
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence.
Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed... Read more >
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Provence A-Z
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $10.00
An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $10.00
An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there... Read more >
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Provence A-Z
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2009
Price: $14.95
The ultimate “dictionary” for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayle—bestselling author of A Year... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2009
Price: $14.95
The ultimate “dictionary” for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun.
Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayle—bestselling author of A Year... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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