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Wall Street Journal - Feb 17, 2012
One is archaeological: A researcher discovers trepanned Neolithic skulls in the deep caves of the Dordogne, where the cave paintings come from. The other is modern, describing the history of the Plain of Jars and the skull-mountains of Cambodia under ...

Travel: Digging for truffles in the Dordogne

The Wharf - Feb 7, 2012
By Simon Hayes on February 7, 2012 5:46 PM | The temperature was struggling to rise above freezing as the fog swirled in and dusk approached - not the sort of day to hang around a remote hillside in deepest France. But if what you're after is worth its ...

Penarth man's first adventure novel: Meet the author on Sunday

Penarth Times - Feb 17, 2012
“From the Louvre to the Dordogne, the Eiffel tower to London's West End, the four children find themselves in an adventure which takes each one of them into a new understanding of things.” The book is available for £7.99 from Windsor Bookshop in ...

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Dordogne books

Blackbird Fly

by: Lise McClendon
Want more Lise McClendon? Read her new thriller, JUMP CUT -- written as Rory Tate.

“This book brought me back to wanting to keep reading until the very end. Pour yourself a nice Merlot and keep turning the pages.”

“An intriguing story, a mystery with heart.”

“The characters were real and completely developed. All loose ends were tied up very nicely. This book climbed inside the main characters, flaws and all.”

“A very well written story, with characters that are interesting, likeable, and you care about them.
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Dordogne & Southwest France

by: DK Publishing
DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations.



DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are the only guides that work equally well for inspiration, as a planning tool, a practical resource while traveling, and a keepsake following any trip.

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The Crowded Grave: A Mystery of the French Countryside

by: Martin Walker
Another delectable serving of mystery and the pleasures of the Dordogne from our newest master of suspense, Martin Walker, and his inimitable chief of police, Bruno Courrèges.

It's spring in the idyllic village of St. Denis, and for Bruno that means lamb stews, bottles of his beloved Pomerol, morning walks with his hound, Gigi--and a new string of regional crimes and international capers. When a local archaeological dig looking for Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal remains turns up a distinctly contemporary corpse (a watch on its wrist, a bullet in its head), Bruno has a new case to solve.
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A Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France

by: Betsy Draine
A Castle in the Backyard chronicles the French adventures of American couple Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden, who in 1985 embarked upon a dream. After falling in love with a small stone house set beneath a medieval castle in Perigord, they bought the tranquil getaway located in one of the most beautiful river valleys in Europe. In this delightful memoir Betsy and Michael offer an intimate glimpse of a region little known to Americans - the Dordogne valley, its castles and prehistoric art, its walking trails and earthy cuisine, its people and traditions - and describe the charms and mishaps of setting up housekeeping thousands of miles from home.
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The Dordogne, France: A Taste of Sarlat

Sarlat is the pedestrian-friendly main town of France's Dordogne River valley. It's just the right size: everything in town is within an easy meander along traffic-free, cobblestone lanes lined with foie gras shops, and tourists. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

 

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The River Dordogne

A 3 minute view of this beautiful river.

 

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The Dordogne, France: Lascaux's Prehistoric Cave Paintings

From about 18000 to 10000 bc, long before Stonehenge and the pyramids, back when mammoths and saber-toothed cats still roamed the earth, prehistoric people painted deep inside caves in what is today the Dordogne region of France. These cave paintings are huge and sophisticated projects executed by artists and supported by an impressive culture — the Magdalenians. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

 

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The Dordogne, France: Perfectly Medieval Beynac

The feudal village of Beynac is a perfectly preserved medieval village, with the Dordogne River at its doorstep. In villages like this, there's nothing to really "tour." It's just plain pretty. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

 

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Village La Roque-Gageac (1/3), Dordogne, Périgord, Aquitaine, France

Village La Roque-Gageac, on the Dordogne river; in the cliffs above, caves inhabited since prehistoric times, then later, during the Middle Ages, taken over by troglodytes & converted into a fort.