The author of "Olives" takes readers on a tour of the French countryside and Paris, where he looks at the way the French live through how they cook, eat, and market their cuisine.
In 1986, the author bought a small overgrown olive farm in Provence. With it, he discovered, were 150 neglected olive trees. His neighbours helped him bring his grove back to life - and with it a passion grew in him to discover all there was to know about the olive.
Shows and describes the events leading to the emergence of democracy in Eastern Europe, and depicts what the changes have meant to everyday citizens
A long-time Associated Press foreign correspondent looks at America twenty years after he left it