New Books for Christmas

I've got some good reading coming up in 2011 - including plenty of research material for our planned trip to southwest France in October. To wit:

• The Mistress of Nothing- Kate Pullinger (won the Governor General's Literary Award last year)
  
• The Secret Life of France - Lucy Wadham
• From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and its Restaurant - Michael S. Sanders
• Families of the Vine: Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France - Michael S. Sanders
• Walnut Wine and Truffle Groves: Culinary Adventures in the Dordogne - Kimberley Lovato
• Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: An Artist's Country Estate - Alice Freylinghuysen (the official guide to the exhibition of the same name, which J. and I saw in 2007 at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC)
  
• Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran - Andy Taylor
• Ending on a High Note: 2010 Farewell Tour Program - a-ha