Overview

This essential guide to living and working in France is a ready reference for new and established resident and home-owners. You need not read it cover-to-cover to glean information, as it consists of more than 1,000 encyclopaedia-style entries, each containing key facts and many with references to more comprehensive printed and online publications for further information. Moreover, there are two indexes, one in English and one in French, so you can rapidly find facts by starting from either language. Contents include: 1. Arriving and settling; 2. Banking, insurance and money matters; 3. Business and work; 4. Cars, roads and traffic; 5. Character, customs and country; 6. Church, religion and belief; 7. Climate, environment and physical geography; 8. Clothing, footwear and fashion; 9. Concise gazetteer; 10. Crimes, wrongs and countermeasures; 11. Defence and security; 12. Drink, drugs and tobacco; 13. Education, science and technology; 14. Electrical and electronic goods; 15. Emergencies; 16. Entertainment and the arts; 17. Farms, farming and gardening; 18. Family and children; 19. Food and eating; 20. Foreigners and minorities; 21. Government, politics and administration; 22. Health care and social security; 23. Historical overview; 24. Holidays and festivities; 25. Housekeeping; 26. Housing; 27. Human rights and consumer rights; 28. Language; 29. Law, lawyers and courts; 30. Measurements and standards; 31. Media, information and documentation; 32. Museums, exhibitions and festivals; 33. Non-government organisations (NGOs); 34. Orders, societies and association; 35. Pets and animals; 36. Post and forwarding; 37. Prices; 38. Registrations and certificates; 39. Retirement; 40. Shopping; 41. Sport and leisure; 42. Statistics, analyses and polls; 43. Taxes, duty and excise; 44. Telecommunications, broadcasting and Information technology; 45. Trades; 46. Travel and transport; Useful Books; English Index; French Index.

Full Product Details

Author:   M. Michael Brady
Publisher:   Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:   How To Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.862kg
ISBN:  

9781845281328

ISBN 10:   1845281322
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   21 December 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. Arriving and settling; 2. Banking, insurance and money matters; 3. Business and work; 4. Cars, roads and traffic; 5. Character, customs and country; 6. Church, religion and belief; 7. Climate, environment and physical geography; 8. Clothing, footwear and fashion; 9. Concise gazetteer; 10. Crimes, wrongs and countermeasures; 11. Defence and security; 12. Drink, drugs and tobacco; 13. Education, science and technology; 14. Electrical and electronic goods; 15. Emergencies; 16. Entertainment and the arts; 17. Farms, farming and gardening; 18. Family and children; 19. Food and eating; 20. Foreigners and minorities; 21. Government, politics and administration; 22. Health care and social security; 23. Historical overview; 24. Holidays and festivities; 25. Housekeeping; 26. Housing; 27. Human rights and consumer rights; 28. Language; 29. Law, lawyers and courts; 30. Measurements and standards; 31. Media, information and documentation; 32. Museums, exhibitions and festivals; 33. Non-government organisations (NGOs); 34. Orders, societies and association; 35. Pets and animals; 36. Post and forwarding; 37. Prices; 38. Registrations and certificates; 39. Retirement; 40. Shopping; 41. Sport and leisure; 42. Statistics, analyses and polls; 43. Taxes, duty and excise; 44. Telecommunications, broadcasting and Information technology; 45. Trades; 46. Travel and transport; Useful Books; English Index; French Index.

Reviews

'This encyclopedia-style handbook leaves no stone unturned, covering every aspect thinkable for those relocating to France. Essential for new residents, a complete reference guide. A thoroughly informative book.' French Magazine'The information within the guide is catalogued in logical sections, with a useful index and is clearly laid out. In addition, the text is broken up with numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables to further ease reading, all of which makes it an easily navigable manual that will greatly benefit any newcomer to France' Living France

Author Information

Michael Brady, long-time Francophile is a thorough researcher and writer on matters of concern to new residents: his best-selling Living and Working in Norway has become the benchmark in its category. Over many extended visits to France he compiled copious notes and expanded them considerably after buying a property there in 2003. This book makes the results of that undertaking available for other new residents and long-term visitors from other countries.

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