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A Dog's Life
By: Peter Mayle
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Vintage: May 1996
Seller ID: 230033
ISBN: 0679762671
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - VeryGood
Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name--Boy. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible "memoir" that proves that the best vantage point for observing life may well be on all fours. As Boy recounts his progress from an overcrowded maternal bosom to unchallenged mastery of the Mayle household, he tells us why dogs are drawn to humans ("our most convenient support system") and chickens ("that happy combination of sport and nourishment"). We share in his amorous dalliances, his run-ins with Fr...
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A Year in Provence
By: Peter Mayle
Price: $7.48
Publisher: Vintage: May 1991
Seller ID: 254992
ISBN: 0679731148
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - VeryGood
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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 Lub ron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rh ne Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Proven al life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by s...View More...