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The Basque History of the World

by 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. (SPN116, $16.00)

Ghosts of Spain

by 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)

Cadogan Bilbao & the Basque Lands

by 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. (SPN207, $21.95)

Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja

by 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. (SPN204, $8.95)

 

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Michelin Asturias, Catabria Map 572

by Michelin

• 2003
• MAP

This road map at a scale of 1:400,000 covers Asturias and Cantabria in the northwest of Spain. (SPN491, $8.95)

Eyewitness Guide Northern Spain

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 264 PAGES

A literate, visually rich guide to Northern Spain from Galicia across Asturbias and the Basque Country to La Rioja to the Pyrenees. (SPN315, $25.00)

Michelin Green Guide French Atlantic Coast

by Michelin Travel Publications

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 474 PAGES

A practical guide to the western coast of France from Nantes and La Rochelle south to Biarritz, with a good fold-out map and helpful local and city maps. (FRN207, $21.99)

Culinaria Spain

by Marion Trutter

• FOOD
• 2008
• PAPER
• 487 PAGES

Organized by region, this profusely illustrated guide to virtually all aspects of Spanish cuisine is full of recipes, tips and cultural information. (SPN416, $24.95)

Ferran

by Colman Andrews

• FOOD
• 2011
• PAPER
• 321 PAGES

Co-founder and former editor of Saveur, Andrews portrays the great chef and the phenomenon he created at El Bulli. (SPN500, $16.00)

Life and Food in the Basque Country

by Maria Jose Sevilla

• FOOD
• 1992
• PAPER
• 170 PAGES

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)

Pintxos, Small Plates in the Basque Tradition

by Gerald Hirigoyen

• FOOD
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 201 PAGES

75 distinctive California-inflected versions of Spanish tapas and French Basque dishes. (SPN428, $24.99)

The Basque Table, Passionate Home Cooking from One of Europe's Great Regional Cuisines

by Teresa Barrenechea

• FOOD
• 2006
• PAPER
• 232 PAGES

A collection of 130 traditional recipes from the owner-chef of New York's Marichu. Barrenechea, who was raised in Bilbao, includes plenty of asides on Basque history, traditions and culture. (SPN218, $18.95)

The Finest Wines of Rioja and Northwest Spain, A Regional Guide to the Best Producers and Their Wines

by Jesus Barquin

• FOOD
• 2011
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A detailed and informative guide to ancient and contemporary winemaking in Spain's most prominent wine region. (SPN481, $39.95)

Spain, The Root and the Flower

by John A. Crow

• HISTORY
• 2005
• PAPER
• 455 PAGES

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)

Spain: A History

by Raymond Carr

• HISTORY
• 2002
• PAPER
• 335 PAGES

A clearly written, illustrated, concise overview of Spain, from prehistory through the Romans, Moorish Spain, imperial expansion, enlightenment, civil war and authoritarian rule, with contributions by leading scholars. (SPN235, $24.95)

The Basque Country, A Cultural History

by Paddy Woodworth

• HISTORY
• 2007
• HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES

A literary, cultural guide to the art, architecture, traditions and history of the Basque Country. (SPN325, $25.00)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World

by Andrew Jotischky

• HISTORY
• 2005
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations and full-color maps, this compact atlas explores the empires, people, cultures and religions of the Middle Ages, providing an excellent introduction to European history. (EUR384, $20.00)

Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa

by Ralph Richter | Kurt Forster

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1998
• HARD COVER
• 56 PAGES
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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. (SPN103, $39.00)

Late Roman Spain and Its Cities

by Michael Kulikowski

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2011
• PAPER
• 489 PAGES

Michael Kulikowski draws on the most recent archeological and literary evidence to integrate late antique Spain into the broader history of the Roman empire, providing a definitive narrative and analytical account of the Iberian peninsula from AD 300 to 600. (SPN474, $45.00)

Romanesque

by Norbert Wolf

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2007
• PAPER
• 95 PAGES

This slim volume introduces the Romanesque movement, the first universal style of the European Middle Ages dating to the 11th and 12th centuries, its artists and historical context. (ART105, $9.99)

Grammar Lessons

by Michele Morano

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2007
• HARD COVER
• 184 PAGES

Morano, who lived in Oviedo in the early 1990s, reflects on the humor and trials of living in a new language in these 13 essays on travel in Spain and search for self. (SPN345, $22.50)

Spanish Recognitions, The Roads to the Present

by Mary Lee Settle

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 358 PAGES

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)

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

• LITERATURE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 471 PAGES

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)

Guernica

by Dave Boling

• LITERATURE
• 2009
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

In this novel of the devestating Guernica bombing at the start World War II, Boling portrays a love affair in the midst of total war. (SPN367, $15.00)

Obabakoak, Stories from a Village

by Bernardo Atxaga

• LITERATURE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

Roughly tranlated as "the things and people of the village of Obaba," this collection of stories, winner of the National Literature Prize in Spain, evokes the life, culture and people of a Basque mountain village. (SPN502, $15.00)

Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by Peter R. Bush

• ANTHOLOGY
• 2003
• PAPER
• 242 PAGES

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)

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

• LITERATURE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

Hemingway's great novel, which encapsulates the angst of the post-WWI "lost generation," is the story of unmoored American and British expats travelling from Paris to Pamplona. (SPN33, $15.00)

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