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Northeast Spain, Across the Pyrenees   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $61, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSPN255)		  
Homage to Catalonia  •  George Orwell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1987 •  PAPER  • 234 PAGES • 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. In part, this book is the simply told story of a wide-eyed soldier caught up in revolutionary fervor and the allure of Spain. (SPN03, $14.00)		   Homage to Catalonia
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)		   Ghosts of Spain
Rough Guide The Pyrenees  •  Rough Guide
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 664 PAGES
A practical guide in the British series with good information on walking routes, excursions, accommodations and attractions on both sides of the border, including Catalonia, Basque Country and Andorra. (SPN146, $19.99)		   Rough Guide The Pyrenees
Northeast Spain Map, Aragon Cataluna, Andorra  •  Michelin
MAP
A travel map of northeastern Spain at a scale 1:400,000. With good topographic detail, it covers from Pamplona to the eastern Mediterranean Coast and south to Valencia. One Side. 40x58 inches. (SPN112, $12.95)		   Northeast Spain Map, Aragon Cataluna, Andorra



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Spain & Portugal Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications    •  A colorful, shaded relief map of the entire Iberian Peninsula at a scale of 1:1,000,000. With an index of principal place names. (SPN22, $11.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Barcelona & Catalonia  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this superbly illustrated guide features color photography, dozens of local maps and detailed information on the region's attractions. (SPN121, $20.00)
 		  
Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best  •  Fodors   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy pocket guide includes an excellent map and essential information for a making the most of a short visit. (SPN136, $11.99)
 		  
Through the Spanish Pyrenees: GR11  •  Paul Lucia   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, practical guide to the coast-to-coast sereis of trails and footpaths. (SPN229, $22.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Barcelona  •  Robert Hughes   • HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  A Longitude favorite, this big, thoroughly enjoyable cultural history of the city touches on architecture, art, religion and literature from Roman outpost to the present. (SPN01, $21.00)
 		  
Boundaries, The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees  •  Peter Sahlins   • HISTORY  •  A study of national identity in Catalonia, Cerdanya and the border lands between France and Spain, with an overview of their demarcation and arbitrary division in 1659. (SPN154, $29.95)
 		  
Love and War in the Pyrenees, A Story of Courage, Fear and Hope, 1939-1944  •  Rosemary Bailey   • HISTORY  •  Inspired by the people of St Laurent de Cerdans in French Catalonia, Bailey reconstructs the life during World War II in the region. (FRN928, $14.95)
 		  
Romanesque  •  Norbert Wolf   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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)
 		  
A Piano in the Pyrenees  •  Tony Hawks   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  British comic Hawks (Around Ireland with a Fridge) serves up another bumbling adventure in this account of buying a house in the French Pyrenees and trying to teach himself to play (not to mention move) a piano. (ITL870, $13.95)
 		  
Dali, The Impresario of Surrealism  •  Jean-Louis Gaillemin   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A marvelously illustrated pocket encyclopedia, this handy little book in the New Horizons series covers Dali's life and work in surprising detail. (SPN351, $15.95)
 		  
Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Peter R. Bush   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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 Shadow of the Wind  •  Carlos Ruiz Zafon   • LITERATURE  •  Set in the brooding atmosphere of post-WW II Barcelona, this gripping story-within-a-story has it all: murder, doomed love and a mysterious book which draws the young hero, Daniel Sempere, into the city's dangerous underworld. (SPN298, $16.00)
 		  
The Sun Also Rises  •  Ernest Hemingway   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  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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