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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSPN287) |
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Eyewitness Guide Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 216 PAGES
This guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and an island-by-island synopsis of attractions.
(SPN222, $20.00) |
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Ghosts of Spain
• Giles Tremlett
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2007 •
PAPER
• 396 PAGES
Tremlett captures the Spanish character, history and modern politics in this masterful portrait, interweaving the story of his love for the country (where he has lived for 20 years) with interview, anecdote and observation.
(SPN323, $18.00) |
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Mallorca Map
• Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A folded map of Mallorca at a scale of 1:100,000. Two Sides. 33x40 inches.
(SPN223, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Eyewitness Travel Top 10 Mallorca
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy, illustrated pocket guide with highlights and must-sees for the traveler.
(SPN380, $14.00)
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Lonely Planet Mallorca
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive practical guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style includes local and regional color maps, a section of photographs, and chapters on history, culture and attractions.
(SPN422, $19.99)
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Food and Wines of Spain
• Penelope Casas
• FOOD
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This classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with cultural commentary and culinary history, is a pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry.
(SPN100, $37.50)
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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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Bread and Oil, Majorcan Culture's Last Stand
• Tomas Graves
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An appreciative account of peasant traditions, especially food, in rural Majorca. Author Tomas Graves, the son of Robert Graves, was raised on the Spanish island.
(SPN179, $24.95)
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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 New Spaniards
• John Hooper
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A survey of the cultural, political and economic changes in Spain since the death of Franco. An authoritative and compelling look the everyday life of Spaniards.
(SPN08, $16.00)
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A Woman Unknown, Voices from a Spanish Life
• Lucia Graves
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir of growing up in the rarefied intellectual household of Robert Graves on the island of Majorca during the Franco years.
(SPN156, $15.95)
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A Year in the World, Journeys of a Passionate Traveler
• Frances Mayes
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A warm account of mostly Mediterranean travels -- Spain, Portugal, Greece, Sicily, Capri, Sardinia, the Turkish Coast, Naples, Burgundy, Scotland -- arranged by season.
(TVL109, $15.00)
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Iberia, Spanish Travels & Reflections
• James Michener
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Spanish Recognitions, The Roads to the Present
• Mary Lee Settle
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A magical, meditative account of Spanish history, art, archaeology and travels by the noted writer. Settle (Turkish Reflections) conjures Cervantes, El Cid, the Moors, Visgoths, Romans, Lorca and Balboa as she writes of a road trip from Castile in central Spain to the southern coast.
(SPN205, $15.95)
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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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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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Birds of the Mediterranean, A Photographic Guide
• Paul Sterry
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim, concise and clearly organized guide to 440 species of birds from the Mediterranean. Range maps and descriptions are opposite good, clear color photographs, digitally enhanced to aid in identification.
(MED82, $29.00)
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