Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian Literature
This book analyses the work of writers, journalists, and academic critics producing work during and since the end of the Algerian Civil War, arguing that literature--and ideas we have about it--can restrain our understanding of the world at a time of conflict and further entrench the polarized discourses that lead to the conflict in the first ......
Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian Literature
This book analyses the work of writers, journalists, and academic critics producing work during and since the end of the Algerian Civil War, arguing that literature--and ideas we have about it--can restrain our understanding of the world at a time of conflict and further entrench the polarized discourses that lead to the conflict in the first ......
Despite numerous obstacles, Jean-Baptiste Louvet, author of the romance Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas, survived the French Revolution through a combination of luck, imagination, and determination. This book traces his journey from a frail bookstore clerk to a powerful pol...
This guidebook describes 18 day walks and 6 long distance routes. The treks include a 5-day traverse of the French Mercantour National Park and a 7-day traverse of the Alpi Maritime Park, and the walks range from 6 to 20km in length. The routes are suitable for novices and experienced trekkers alike.
Guidebook to the first 1110km of Canterbury-Rome pilgrimage route the Via Francigena, covering from Canterbury to Lausanne. The route passes through England, France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardie, Champagne-Ardenne and Franche-Comte) and Switzerland to finish by Lake Geneva. Described in 55 stages, with information on facilities and pilgrim ......
Guidebook detailing a 624km section of French long-distance route the GR34 (or Sentier des Douaniers, the Customs Officers' Path) along the scenic north coast of Brittany from Mont-Saint-Michel to Roscoff. The popular well-maintained trail takes in cliffs, beaches, seaside resorts and fishing villages and is rich in history and culture.
30 Day Walks Around Annecy, Valee de l'Arve, Samoens and the Chaine des
Second volume of a 2-part guide to walking in the Haute Savoie in the French Alps. This guidebook describes 30 half- to full-day routes in the area between Chamonix and Annecy. Walks are located near Samoens, Sixt, La Clusaz, Thones, la Roche-sur-Foron and Lake Annecy. Includes Chaine des Aravis, Plateau de la Borne and Haut Giffre.
South of Lake Geneva (Saleve, Valle Verte Chablais)
First volume of a 2-part guide to walking in the Haute Savoie in the French Alps. This guidebook covers the area south of Lake Geneva to the Swiss border including pre-Alp areas Saleve, Chablais, the Valle Verte, with Evian and Morzine amongst places to stay. 30 walks including local summits and ridges, but generally straightforward terrain.