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Footprint Bilbao and the Basque Lands
Andy Symington
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 256 PAGES
A practical pocket guide to the Basque region of northern Spain, with excellent listings of attractions (including a section on the Guggenheim Bilbao), accommodations and cuisine.
(SPN311, $12.95)
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 Basqueland, 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)
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)
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)
Discovering Wine Country, Northern Spain
Susan Barrie
GUIDEBOOK
OUT OF PRINT
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)
Life and Food in the Basque Country
Maria Jose Sevilla
FOOD
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)
A Traveller's History of Spain
Juan Lalaguna
HISTORY
A swift survey from prehistory through the Romans, Goths and Moors to the present.
(SPN06, $14.95)
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 Spanish Labyrinth, An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War
Gerald Brenan
HISTORY
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, $23.99)
Painting in Spain 1500-1700
Jonathan Brown
ART & ARCHITECTURE
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)
Travels with My Donkey
Tim Moore
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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, $13.95)
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)
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
John Rutherford
LITERATURE
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, $13.00)
Everything but the Squeal
John Barlow
LITERATURE
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)
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)
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