Describes the reproductive process from intercourse to birth.

Discusses the mental and physical changes that take place during puberty.

A novel of wine, women and sun with a plot that offers more twists than a corkscrew. This is a captivating new novel from the internationally bestselling author of A YEAR IN PROVENCE and BON APPETIT!

Offers an account of an Englishman's life abroad. This book describes among other curiosities, a school for noses in Haute Provence, the mysterious death of an oversexed butcher, the quest for the finest bouillabaisse and an assortment of the characters who lie in wait in bars and on boules courts.

Despite having already made a spectacle of himself in front of the locals, Peter Mayle tries to settle into the relaxed Provencal way of doing things. However, he finds that there is still much to divert him from his endeavours to lead the quiet life. An urgent call from London requesting truffles leads Mayle to a shady rendezvous at the side of a dusty road; the discovery of antique gold coins at the bottom of the garden turns into a night-time treasure hunt; the prospect of forest fires has him nervously looking over his shoulder; and he even tracks down a man whose ambition is to make...

Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only image doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious 200-year-old farmhouse in the Luberon and began a new life. In a year that begins with a marathon lunch and continues with a host of gastronomique delights, they also survive the unexpected and often hilarious curiosities of rural life. From mastering the local accent and enduring invasion by bumbling builders, to discovering the finer points of boules and goat-racing, all the earthly pleasures of provencal...

Hollywood lawyer Danny Roth is the victim of a world-class wine heist - and he is devastated. Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, wine connoisseur, and expert on cultivated crime, is called in by Roth's insurance company, now saddled with a multi-million-dollar claim.

Lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back, in another light- hearted mystery set in the south of France.

Pětadvacet let před napsáním této knihy se Peter Mayle a jeho žena vypravili na dovolenou do jihofrancouzské Provence. Svět, který objevili, je okouzlil natolik, že se tam rozhodli přestěhovat – a nikdy toho nelitovali. I Provence se za to čtvrtstoletí změnila, i tamní idylu zasáhl ruch, byznys a globalizace. Přesto si stále uchovává své ospalé kouzlo, a i když za tu dobu i v Provenci šálek kávy podražil, ještě pořád stojí za to si ho zaplatit a usadit se s ním před kteroukoliv hospůdkou: je to zaručeně nejlepší umístění, ze kterého lze sledovat...