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Portugal, Spain & Morocco   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Eyewitness Guide Seville and Andalusia  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 286 PAGES • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide fea-tures excellent maps, essays on the culture, history and geography of the region, and a practical block-by-block guide to Seville (SPN15, $23.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Seville and Andalusia
Eyewitness Guide Morocco  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 408 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Morocco, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations. (MRC58, $25.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Morocco
Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best  •   Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES
This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing -- all in a slipcover. (PGL40, $11.95)
  Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best
The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca  •  Tahir Shah
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 343 PAGES
Shah's entertaining account of the transformation of a spectacularly crumbled palace in Casablanca, abandoned for a decade. Shah is a marvelous writer and storyteller, interweaving Moroccan customs and history and deft portraits of neighbors, craftsmen and others. He captures the mix of old and new, absurd and moving, frustration and joy of Morocco. The house was not just crumbling but occupied by spirits. (MRC66, $14.00)
  The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca
Mediterranean Cruises Map  •   Freytag & Berndt
2008 •  MAP
A double-sided, full-color map of the Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula and Black Sea, North Africa and the Levant, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. Two Sides. 35.5X49 inches. (MED36, $14.95)
  Mediterranean Cruises Map
 

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Barcelona Map  •   Borch Maps    •  A detailed city map, laminated and folded for easy reference. (SPN105, $7.95)
 
 
Morocco Map  •   World Mapping Project    •  A detailed road map for travelers at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (MRC13, $9.99)
 
 
Spain & Portugal Map  •   Freytag & Berndt    •  This colorful, shaded relief map covers the entire Iberian Peninsula at a scale of 1:700,000. (SPN22, $14.95)
 
 
Eyewitness Guide Spain  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb, colorful guide covering all of Spain features bright photography, dozens of maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (SPN05, $30.00)
 
 
Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best  •   Fodors   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide includes an excellent map and essential information. (SPN136, $11.95)
 
 
Fodor's Madrid's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide includes an excellent pull-out map of the center of Madrid and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (SPN172, $11.95)
 
 
Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook  •  Dan Bacon   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (MRC15, $8.99)
 
 
The Food of Portugal  •  Jean Anderson   • FOOD  •  An award-winning cookbook featuring the cuisine of Portugal and background on Portuguese culture. Sure to please the palates of tourists interested in Portuguese food, and of emigrants in search of that authentic taste of home. (PGL10, $19.95)
 
 
A Traveller's History of Portugal  •  Ian Robertson   • HISTORY  •  A lively, admirably concise survey from prehistory to the present, great for travelers to Portugal who would like an overview of the country's history and culture. (PGL32, $14.95)
 
 
Ghosts of Spain  •  Giles Tremlett   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A British journalist living in Spain for 20 years, Tremlett captures the Spanish character, history and modern politics, with no small amount of his own life interwoven. (SPN323, $16.95)
 
 
Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • RELIGION  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present-day challenges. A Modern Library Chronicles book. (ISL15, $14.95)
 
 
Morocco Since 1830, A History  •  C. R. Pennell   • HISTORY  •  A strong scholarly history of modern Morocco, with a focus on the colonial influences that have helped shape the cultural landscape. (MRC31, $25.00)
 
 
Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women  •  Geraldine Brooks   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A highly readable overview of the role of women in Islamic society, drawn from the author's many interviews with women throughout the Arab World. (ARB06, $15.00)
 
 
Spain, The Root and the Flower  •  John A. Crow   • HISTORY  •  Take this book with you to Spain: it's an absorbing, well-written account of Spanish cultural history from prehistory to the Romans, Jews, Moors, Golden Age and on to Franco and his legacy in modern Spain. (SPN13, $24.95)
 
 
The Basque History of the World  •  Mark Kurlansky   • HISTORY  •  Popular author Mark Kurlansky offers an engaging portrait of the seven provinces of Basqueland, discussing everything from language to culinary heritage and seafaring traditions. (SPN116, $16.00)
 
 
The Conquest of Morocco  •  Douglas Porch   • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  Porch's scholarly yet lively history of the French conquest from 1903 to 1914 paints a vivid portrait of turn-of-the-century Morocco. (MRC25, $28.00)
 
 
The Ornament of the World, How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain  •  Maria Rosa Menocal  •  Harold Bloom   • RELIGION  •  A lively, illuminating portrait of the Andalucian Kingdom, its cultural achievements and religious tolerance from the eighth century to 1492. (SPN185, $15.99)
 
 
The Story of the Moors in Spain  •  Stanley Lane-Poole   • HISTORY  •  A wonderfully readable, sweeping tale of splendor and tragedy, first published in 1866. (SPN12, $18.95)
 
 
The Alhambra  •  Robert Irwin  •  Mary Beard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  In this brief, indispensable guide, Irwin introduces the stunning Moorish palace and fortress complex, revealing its mysteries, myths and significance with wit and insight. (SPN226, $19.95)
 
 
The Arts in Spain, From Prehistory to Modernism  •  John Moffit   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  From the cave painting at Altimira through the Golden Age, to the works of Picasso and Miro, this book documents the course of art in Spain, with 150 illustrations. (SPN102, $18.95)
 
 
Cork Boat, A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built  •  John Pollack   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This endearing tale of family, loss and friendship revolves around a deliciously absurd childhood quest to build a boat of cork and sail it 133 miles on Portugal's Douro River. (PGL42, $14.95)
 
 
Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood  •  Fatima Mernissi   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  This captivating memoir opens, "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, a ninth-century Moroccan city." Mernissi captures not only the spirit of the place, but also the hierarchy and decorum of a family compound in a Muslim household. (MRC10, $17.00)
 
 
Driving over Lemons, An Optimist in Andalucia  •  Chris Stewart   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Chris Stewart's memoir about moving with his wife to a farm in Alpujarras is charming and insightful. Unlike many expatriates, Stewart manages to ground himself far enough into the community to make lasting friends -- as well as a home for his young daughter. (SPN135, $13.95)
 
 
Homage to Catalonia  •  George Orwell   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  Orwell's portrait of the Barcelona uprising and the spirit of a city at war is a classic, an observant and heartfelt report from the streets. (SPN03, $14.00)
 
 
Iberia, Spanish Travels & Reflections  •  James Michener   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this best-selling travelogue, Michener presents a compulsively readable and well-observed account of his love affair with Spain and all things Spanish. It has achieved the status of a classic, rich in detail and insightful. (SPN16, $8.99)
 
 
Journey to Portugal, In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture  •  Jose Saramago   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Jose Saramago's richly detailed account of his journey across Portugal in 1979. He combines his vivid impressions of the Portuguese landscape and people with a dose of history, fiction and meditations. (PGL23, $17.00)
 
 
Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco  •  R B Cunninghame Graham   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Among the pleasures of this classic account of Cunninghame's trek to the forbidden city of Tarudant, originally published in 1898, is his portrait of Berber life in Morocco's High Atlas. (MRC11, $19.95)
 
 
Spanish Recognitions, The Roads to the Present  •  Mary Lee Settle   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A magical, meditative account of Spanish history, art, archaeology and travels from Castile to the southern coast. (SPN205, $15.95)
 
 
Marrakesh, Through Writers' Eyes  •  Barnaby Rogerson  •  Stephen Lavington   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A choice collection of travel writing on the Red City by 40 luminaries, including George Orwell, Winston Churchill, Gavin Maxwell and Peter Mayne. (MRC72, $33.95)
 
 
Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Peter R. Bush  •  Lisa Dillman   • ANTHOLOGY  •  These 30 short stories include a who's who of contemporary Spanish literature. (SPN173, $13.95)
 
 
A Small Death in Lisbon  •  Robert Wilson   • MYSTERY  •  Set in Lisbon in 1941 and 1999, this award-winning mystery intertwines a present day murder, some unsavory arms production, and smuggling in Nazi Germany. Be warned, there are some graphic passages dealing with the horrors of war and concentration camps. (PGL22, $7.99)
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls  •  Ernest Hemingway   • LITERATURE  •  Hemingway's great novel about the Spanish Civil War is a love story set during the four-day fight of anti-fascist units in the mountains. (SPN19, $16.00)
 
 
Leo Africanus  •  Amin Maalouf   • LITERATURE  •  A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. (MED55, $16.95)
 
 
The Spider's House  •  Paul Bowles   • LITERATURE  •  Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising, this richly descriptive novel may be the most evocative of Bowles' many novels and stories set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (MRC08, $14.99)
 
 


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