Some of Mr. Mayle's out of print books can sometimes be found at
AbeBooks.com
![]() | Elliott Erwitt’s Dogs Available in: Paperback | Hardback First Published: 2008 Description: One of the 20th century’s most celebrated image-makers, this collection, in a generously oversized format, focuses on Elliott Erwitt’s distinctive photographs of dogs. In a heartfelt and original tribute to man’s best friend, this photographic master captures all the diversity of the canine kingdom. We witness Fido’s many moods from playful, perky scamp to quiet and constant companion. Ranging from daring little imps to lumbering and gentle beasts, Erwitt’s images unveil the quirkiness that makes these creatures so beloved while combining an unerring sense of composition with the magic of the moment. Essay by Peter Mayle |
![]() | Provence A-Z Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 2006 Description: |
![]() | A Good Year Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 2004 Description: From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine and the business of wine and set in, Provence. |
![]() | French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 2001 Description: In this latest book, part travelogue, part guide to cuisine, Mayle leaves his beloved Provence behind and sets out to experience gastronomic pleasures available at food festivals and celebrations throughout France. The always curious and friendly Mayle befriends colorful locals at such events as a frog's-leg festival in Vitel, where "thigh tasting" is regarded as a reverent act. |
![]() | Encore Provence : New Adventures in the South of France Available in: Paperback | Hardback First Published: 2000 Description: Englishman Mayle has recounted his penchant for and residence in the south of France before, in the hits Toujours Provence (1992) and A Year in Provence (1991). He's back at it, with no diminishment in enthusiasm or charm. He and his wife returned to Provence after an absence of four years, time spent mostly in the U.S. Mayle certainly did not forget "the smell of thyme in the fields" or "the swirl and jostle of Sunday-morning markets" while he was away. And his new book is all about the renewal of his acquaintance with the land he so loves. |
![]() | Chasing Cezanne Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 1998 Description: Our hero, glamorous art photographer Andre Kelly, is on assignment for glamorous DQ Magazine --run by the glamorous Camilla Porter--in Cape Ferrat on the (you guessed it) glamorous C?te d'Azur. Snooping around an ancestral pile for some snaps, by chance he spies Old Claude, the ancient retainer of the immensely wealthy Denoyer family, packing the family Cezanne into a plumbing van. Puzzled, Andre investigates, and the game is afoot. Peter Mayle's latest effort, Chasing Cezanne, is a whodunit that shows good manners and impeccable taste. |
![]() | Anything Considered Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 1997 Description: It's no secret that Peter Mayle (author of A Year in Provence ) loves Provence, so it's no surprise that Mayle's new novel is set that area: it takes place in Saint Martin and in Monaco. Bennett is an Englishman scraping together his last few francs, desperate to stay in France. He places an ad promising "anything considered," a wealthy truffle entrepreneur hires him for slightly illicit work, and the plot is off--a combination of a thriller, romance, and page turner. And through it all emanates the whiff of lavender, the curve of country hills, the bubble of champagne, and the sounds and tastes of Provence. |
![]() | A Dog's Life Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 1996 Description: 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" |
![]() | Up the Agency Available in: Paperback First Published: 1995 Description: |
![]() | Hotel Pastis Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 1994 Description: This newest novel by Peter Mayle is once again set in rural France. The story centers around the adventures of three characters who are building and opening a hotel. Tangled up with the main plot are a bank robbery, a kidnapping and a Mafia hit man. |
![]() | Acquired Tastes Available in: Paperback | Hardback First Published: 1993 Description: Consumer catalogue of the world's finest luxuries, entries first published in GQ and Esquire, by Mayle (Toujours Provence, 1991, etc.). Mayle decided to write a monthly column for GQ on luxuries and the most refined ways to spend money, with GQ's financial support of his investigations--rough work, alas. |
![]() | Toujours Provence Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio First Published: 1992 Description: Peter Mayle offers us another funny and beautiful book about life in Provence. Here is a heart-warming portrait of a place where, if you can't quite "get away from it all," you can surely have the best of times trying. |
![]() | A Year in Provence Available in: Paperback | Hardback | Audio | DVD | VHS First Published: 1991 Description: Peter Mayle's account of his first year in Provence describes anything from the local cuisine, hilarious tips for wooing fickle French contractors, handicapping goat races, enduring winter's icy mistral and much more |
![]() | Where Did I Come From? Available in: Paperback First Published: 1990 Description: |
![]() | Wicked Willie's Guide to Women : Further Adventures of Mans Best Friend Available in: Paperback First Published: 1989 Description: |
![]() | How to be a Pregnant Father Available in: Paperback | Audio First Published: 1986 Description: Inside the Pregnant Father: The best way to start your pregnancy Tactics for the bathroom and the breakfast table A pocket-sized solution to the morning sickness problem Coping with cravings How to preserve your sex life The Pregnant Father's Cookbook Labor pains, true and false A complete hospital survival kit The nicest way of predicting your unborn baby's sex How to cash in on triplets Getting a birthday present from Uncle Sam Three ways to help your wife get back in shape |
![]() | Man's Best Friend Available in: Paperback First Published: 1985 Description: |
![]() | The Honeymoon Book Available in: Paperback First Published: 1984 Description: |
![]() | Baby Taming Available in: Paperback First Published: 1983 Description: |
![]() | Chilly Billy Available in: Paperback First Published: 1983 Description: |
![]() | What's Happening to Me? Available in: Paperback First Published: 1981 Description: |
![]() | Great Moments in Baby History Available in: Paperback First Published: 1980 Description: |
![]() | Will I Go to Heaven? Available in: Paperback First Published: 1978 Description: |


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![[ Provence A-Z ]](/images/works/w-provence.jpg)
![[ A Good Year ]](/images/works/w-good.jpg)
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![[ Encore Provence : New Adventures in the South of France ]](/images/works/w-encoreprovence.gif)
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![[ Anything Considered ]](/images/works/w-anything.gif)
![[ A Dog's Life ]](/images/works/w-adogslife.gif)
![[ Up the Agency ]](/images/works/w-agency.gif)
![[ Hotel Pastis ]](/images/works/w-pastis.gif)
![[ Acquired Tastes ]](/images/works/w-acquired.gif)
![[ Toujours Provence ]](/images/works/w-toujours.gif)
![[ A Year in Provence ]](/images/works/w-yearinprovence.gif)
![[ Where Did I Come From? ]](/images/works/w-where.gif)
![[ Wicked Willie's Guide to Women : Further Adventures of Mans Best Friend ]](/images/works/w-none.gif)
![[ How to be a Pregnant Father ]](/images/works/w-pregnant.gif)
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