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SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS
Bilbao and Spain's Basque Country
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Cadogan Bilbao & the Basque Lands
• Michael Pauls
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 312 PAGES
With good maps as well as introductory chapters on the history and culture of the Basques, this guide covers Bilbao, San Sebastian, Pamplona and Biarritz in detail. Fifth Edition.
(SPN207, $21.95) |
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The Basque History of the World
• Mark Kurlansky
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
Popular author Mark Kurlansky offers an engaging portrait of the seven provinces of Basque Land, discussing everything from language to culinary heritage and seafaring traditions. It's a spirited, impressionistic history with a firm focus on the international contributions of the Basques and chapters on events such as the Spanish Civil War.
(SPN116, $16.00) |
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Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa
• Ralph Richter
• Kurt Forster
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 56 PAGES
A photographic tribute to Gehry's architectural masterpiece, the Guggenheim Bilbao, with an introductory essay by Kurt Forster, a selection of floor plans and full-page color photographs of the museum. The photographs show the museum in context along the river, exteriors and interiors.
(SPN103, $39.00) |
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Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja
• Michelin Travel Publications
2003 •
MAP
A regional map of Spain covering the Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja at a scale of 1:250,000. With an index, good topographic detail, roads, attractions and natural features. It includes plans of San Sebastian, Pamplona, and Bilbao. One Side. 40x54 inches.
(SPN204, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Discovering Wine Country, Northern Spain
• Susan Barrie
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN
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Both a guide to wine and to wine country, this handy book features 60 color photographs, maps, an overview of the wines of Northern Spain, suggested wine tours, traveler's tips and recommended producers.
(SPN309, $19.95)
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Life and Food in the Basque Country
• Maria Jose Sevilla
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A portrait of Basque life as seen through the people who practice its culinary traditions. Each chapter profiles the ways and history of the Basque butcher, fisherman, housewife, kaiku-maker or society cook, with some traditional recipes.
(SPN125, $14.95)
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A Traveller's History of Spain
• Juan Lalaguna
• HISTORY
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A swift survey from prehistory through the Romans, Goths and Moors to the present.
(SPN06, $14.95)
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Spain, The Root and the Flower
• John A. Crow
• HISTORY
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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, $29.95)
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The Spanish Labyrinth, An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War
• Gerald Brenan
• HISTORY
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A fine introduction to the issues driving the Spanish Civil War. Brenan was there, and he offers a vivid picture that loses nothing for being skewed slightly towards the left.
(SPN74, $25.00)
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Painting in Spain 1500-1700
• Jonathan Brown
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Velazquez and El Greco are but a few of the Spanish artists discussed in this in-depth study of the art produced during Spain's golden age.
(SPN183, $40.00)
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Travels with My Donkey
• Tim Moore
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this wickedly comic account of grand adventures on the 500-mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Campostela with a French-speaking donkey, Moore salts his anecdotes of fellow travelers and grand adventures with an account of the history and culture of the medieval Way of St. James.
(SPN242, $14.99)
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Don Quixote
• Miguel de Cervantes
• John Rutherford
• LITERATURE
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The most famous work in Spanish literature, rendered in a lively, modern translation. It is the picaresque tale of a romantic, mad gentleman who imagines himself a knight errant.
(SPN23, $14.00)
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Everything but the Squeal
• John Barlow
• LITERATURE
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Barlow, his wife (from Galicia but a vegetarian) and young son gallavant from roadhouse to fine dining establishments, villages and cities in this endearingly offhand, loving account of travels in honor of pork. A delightful, witty guide to the traditions, culinary and otherwise, of the region.
(SPN368, $25.00)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Ernest Hemingway
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Peter R. Bush
• ANTHOLOGY
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These 30 short stories form a who's who of contemporary Spanish literature, including writers from Galicia, Leon, the Basque Country, Madrid and Barcelona.
(SPN173, $13.95)
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