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Antoni Gaudi
• Ignasi de Sola Morales
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A handsome, comprehensive portrait of Barcelona's great and eccentric architect, featuring 300 color illustrations. This magnificent book, originally published in 1992, helped to revive Gaudi's reputation.
(SPN55, $35.00)
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Aragon Cataluna (Northeastern Spain) Map
• Michelin
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A travel map of northeastern Spain at a scale 1:400,000.
(SPN112, $8.95)
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The Arts in Spain, From Prehistory to Modernism
• John Moffit
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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From the cave painting at Altimira through the Golden Age, to the works of Picasso and Miro, this book documents the course of art in Spain, with 150 illustrations.
(SPN102, $18.95)
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Asturias/Cantabria Map M572
• Michelin
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A folded, colorful map of the northwest Spain.
(SPN199, $8.95)
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Barcelona
• Robert Hughes
• HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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This masterful cultural history of the city takes a comprehensive look at its architecture, art, religion and literature from its days as a Roman outpost to the present. Thoroughly enjoyable and illustrated with 180 mostly black-and-white photographs, it's a Longitude favorite.
(SPN01, $18.95)
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Barcelona
• Warner Home Video
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An acclaimed comedy by Whit Stilman featuring American expatriates living in Barcelona.
(SPN64, $19.95)
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Barcelona Map
• Borch Maps
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A detailed map of Barcelona, laminated and folded for easy reference.
(SPN105, $7.95)
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Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja
• Michelin Travel Publications
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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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Bradt Guide Canary Islands
• Lucy Corne
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the popular Bradt series by a Las Palmas resident and journalist. With city and town plans and in-depth coverage of destinations throughout the archipelago.
(CNY06, $21.95)
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The Buried Mirror
• Carlos Fuentes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A fascinating, illustrated survey of Latin American culture and history by the great Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. With hundreds of color illustrations.
(SPN71, $29.95)
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The Camino, A Journey of the Spirit
• Shirley MacLaine
• RELIGION
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The much-reincarnated, ever-brave entertainer treks 500-miles across Northern Spain on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Campostela. She's a tough woman, spending 30 days on the road, sleeping in hostels en route.
(SPN127, $13.95)
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Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. It features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and plenty more information.
(MED07, $12.95)
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Companion Guide Madrid and Central Spain
• Alastair Boyd
• GUIDEBOOK
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A scholarly, entertaining and thorough guide to the region.
(SPN24, $27.95)
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Cultural Atlas of Spain and Portugal
• Mary Vincent
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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With its 40 maps, 240 photographs and insightful essays on all aspects of Iberian geography and culture, this handsome book is an excellent introduction to the region.
(SPN34, $45.00)
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Dali
• Dawn Ades
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A compelling, thoroughly illustrated overview of Dali's art by a leading Dali scholar, this book is a fine companion for a trip to the Dali Museum in Figueres.
(SPN59, $16.95)
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Dali
• Ignacio Gomez De Liano
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautiful oversize volume featuring more than 100 reproductions of Dali's works.
(SPN77, $29.95)
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Discovering Spain, An Uncommon Guide
• Penelope Casas
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wonderful, personable guide to Spain filled with history and culture and infused with the author's wit and love for her country. Casas dedicates a chapter to each of Spain's 12 parts. Highly recommended.
(SPN31, $25.00)
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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, $12.00)
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The End of Days, A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain
• Erna Paris
• HISTORY
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The story of the dramatic changes in Spain leading to the Spanish Inquisition.
(SPN56, $39.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Barcelona & Catalonia
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A superbly illustrated guide to the city, featuring full color maps, site plans and 500 color photographs. With a short chapter on attractions through Catalonia.
(SPN121, $20.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Madrid
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide features bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the attractions in and around Madrid.
(SPN122, $20.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Spain
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb, colorful guide covers all of Spain. It features bright photography, dozens of excellent maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(SPN05, $30.00)
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Farewell Espana, The World of the Sephardim Remembered
• Howard Morley Sachar
• HISTORY
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A history of Spanish Jews by a well known scholar. Sachar covers not only the rise, persecution, and expulsion of the Spanish Jews, but also their dispersion across Europe and in the Americas.
(SPN57, $20.00)
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Food and Wines of Spain
• Penelope Casas
• FOOD
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A classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with commentary on culture and culinary history. A pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry.
(SPN100, $30.00)
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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, $15.00)
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Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa
• Ralph Richter
• Kurt Forster
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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The French
• Theodore Zeldin
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• OUT OF PRINT
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A stimulating and very entertaining social history in the guise of a "how-to" book. Zeldin considers, for example, such imponderables as when to laugh at a joke, how to be friends with a peasant, and how to eat properly.
(FRN31, $17.00)
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From El Greco to Goya, Painting in Spain 1561-1828
• Janis Tomlinson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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With 100 color illustrations, a chronology and insightful text, this book evokes the splendor of Spain and the glorious artists it produced.
(SPN30, $24.95)
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Goya
• Jose Gudiol
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN AUGUST
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An overview of Goya's work in the excellent "Masters of Art" series. The book begins with an illustrated essay on Goya's art, and continues with reproductions of important works.
(SPN79, $34.00)
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Goya, Painter of Terrible Splendor
• Jeanine Baticle
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A pocket-size encyclopedia, this slim book is an illustrated overview of the life and times of Goya. It's an illuminating portrait of 18th-century Madrid.
(SPN35, $12.95)
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Guggenheim NY/Guggenheim Bilbao
• Jeff Goldberg
• Ezra Stoller
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The Guggenheim New York and the Guggenheim Bilbao are compared through photographs in this new, compact (small enough for your palm) book.
(SPN115, $14.95)
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Heart of Spain: Robert Capa
• Robert Capa
• HISTORY
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Capra's Civil War photography.
(SPN99, $29.95)
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A History of Medieval Spain
• Joseph F. O'Callaghan
• HISTORY
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A detailed history of the Medieval kingdoms of Iberia.
(SPN10, $29.95)
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Homage to Catalonia
• George Orwell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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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.
(SPN03, $14.00)
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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 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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Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
• John H. Elliott
• HISTORY
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An authoritative history of Imperial Spain.
(SPN138, $17.00)
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Insight Guide Barcelona
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated overview of Barcelona with essays on art, architecture, history and culture.
(SPN75, $19.95)
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The Jews of Spain
• Jane S. Gerber
• HISTORY
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A straightforward, readable history of Jewish life in Spain. The book covers life in Spain up to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, and continues with chapters on the Sephardic diaspora.
(SPN72, $21.50)
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Journey Through the Ice Age
• Paul Bahn
• Jean Vertut
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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Illustrated with extraordinary color photographs by Jean Vertut, this authoritative book is an excellent summary of Paleolithic art, and particularly of cave paintings, throughout Europe.
(EUR07, $27.50)
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Karen Brown's Spain, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries
• Lorena Aburto
• Clare Brown
• Cynthia Sauvage
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to lodging of character and itineraries.
(SPN149, $19.95)
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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself
• J.M. Cohen
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Utterly transformed by her religious experiences and converted at age forty, Saint Teresa feared false mysticism and maintained an analytical and critical view of ecstasy. This book is widely read in Spain.
(SPN18, $12.00)
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Lonely Planet Barcelona
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive city guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style.
(SPN158, $19.99)
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Madrid Map
• Borch Maps
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A detailed map of Madrid at a scale of 1:10,000, laminated and folded for easy reference.
(SPN106, $7.95)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals.
(FG61, $34.95)
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Marks of Identity
• Juan Goytisolo
• Gregory Rabassa
• LITERATURE
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Banned under Franco, this is the story of a man struggling to get along without love for his country or himself. The author has written a number of novels concerning Spain on the periphery of the Western and Islamic worlds.
(SPN25, $15.00)
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The Medieval Spains
• Bernard F. Reilly
• HISTORY
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A short scholarly history of Iberia.
(SPN98, $28.99)
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Michelin Green Guide Atlantic Coast: Poitou, Aquitaine, the Basque Country
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $21.95)
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Modern Spain
• Raymond Carr
• HISTORY
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A survey of Spanish history from 1875 to the advent of King Juan Carlos in 1980.
(SPN152, $24.95)
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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 the everyday life of Spaniards.
(SPN08, $16.00)
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Northeast Spain Map
• Kummerly & Frey Maps
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A colorful shaded relief map showing all of northeast Spain.
(SPN65, $12.95)
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Northeast Spain Map
• Michelin
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A map of the northeastern section of Spain.
(SPN120, $8.95)
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Northwest Spain Map 571
• Michelin Travel Publications
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A nicely detailed regional map of northwest Spain at a scale of 1:400,000. It covers from just north and west of Madrid to the Atlantic Coast, including northern Portugal.
(SPN53, $8.95)
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Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe
• Barry W Cunliffe
• HISTORY
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Dozens of experts contributed essays to this illustrated account of the sweep of early human history in Europe from the Paleolithic to the fall of the Roman Empire, featuring 300 well-integrated maps, photographs and site plans.
(EUR32, $31.95)
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Picasso
• Patrick O'Brian
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Patrick O'Brian, who knew the artist, covers the life and work of Picasso.
(SPN86, $18.95)
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Picasso
• Christian-Peter Warncke
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully illustrated color Tashen monograph featuring the works of Picasso.
(SPN90, $20.00)
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Picasso
• Timothy Hilton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An extended illustrated essay on Picasso's achievement and place in 20th-century art.
(SPN82, $16.95)
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Picasso
• Jean-Louis Ferrier
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This oversize paperback is a thoroughly illustrated study of Picasso's art over the decades. Each essay features gorgeous color reproductions.
(SPN84, $27.50)
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Picasso
• Hans L. Jaffe
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic overview of Picasso's art with reproductions of important works.
(SPN85, $19.98)
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Picasso, Master of the New Idea
• Paule du Bouchet
• Marie-Laure Bernadac
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A colorful pocket-size reference on the development of Picasso and his art. Includes hundreds of color and archival photographs, a useful chronology and long section of writing by and about Picasso.
(SPN27, $12.95)
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Pilgrim Stories, On and Off the Road to Santiago
• Nancy Louise Frey
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The sights, sounds -- and meaning -- of modern journeys along the "Camino de Santiago," according to interviews with those who travel it.
(SPN46, $22.95)
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The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago De Compostela
• William Melczer
• GUIDEBOOK
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This is the original guide used by 12th-century pilgrims along the sacred way, reprinted with an introduction by a professor of medieval studies, endnotes and a gazeteer. It's an excellent, hugely informative presentation of this curiosity.
(SPN42, $25.00)
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The Pilgrimage, A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
• Paulo Coelho
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The Portuguese author's experiences along the historic Road to Santiago.
(SPN47, $13.95)
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The Prado
• Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Highlights of the Prado Museum in Madrid, featuring 320 illustrations of art collected by the kings and queens over centuries, including Goya, Rubens, Velazquez and El Greco.
(SPN104, $35.00)
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Prehistoric Art in Europe
• N.K. Sanders
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An overview of European prehistoric art, well illustrated with black-and-white photos, line drawings and maps. This book places the cave art in southwestern France within the larger context of prehistoric art.
(EUR02, $37.00)
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The Quest for El Cid
• Richard Fletcher
• HISTORY
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A reevaluation of the legendary eleventh-century warrior El Cid.
(SPN141, $17.95)
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Road of Stars to Santiago
• Edward Stanton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A 30-day pilgrimage by foot across Northern Spain along the Camino de Santiago.
(SPN51, $30.00)
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Road to Santiago
• Michael Jacobs
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide to the Medieval pilgrimage route across the Pyrenees and Northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Jacobs is a lively, literate author.
(SPN139, $27.50)
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Roads to Santiago, A Modern-Day Pilgrimage Through Spain
• Cees Nooteboom
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An exhilarating but erudite portrait of modern and historic Spain. Nooteboom writes quite brilliantly of Spanish art, philosophy, history, architecture and culture, as well as of the people he encountered.
(SPN50, $16.00)
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Rough Guide Spain
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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For planning trips, this is an excellent, comprehensive and up-to-date guide.
(SPN159, $24.99)
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Rough Guide The Pyrenees
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Spain & Portugal Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A colorful, shaded relief map of the entire Iberian Peninsula at a scale of 1:700,000.
(SPN22, $12.95)
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Spain 1469-1714, A Society of Conflict
• Henry Kamen
• HISTORY
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A vivid history of the Golden Age of imperial Spain.
(SPN69, $68.40)
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Spain and Its World, 1500-1700
• John H. Elliott
• HISTORY
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A wide-ranging overview by the pre-eminent historian of the Imperial Age of Spain.
(SPN48, $24.00)
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Spain's Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century
• Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina
• HISTORY
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(SPN93, $40.00)
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The Spanish Inquisition
• Cecil Roth
• HISTORY
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This documents the events leading up to the Inquisition, the torment that spread from Spain to Portugal and the New World -- a fascinating exploration of the roots of the Inquisition and its effects on the country.
(SPN91, $15.95)
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The Spanish Inquisition, A Historical Revision
• Henry Kamen
• HISTORY
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A vivid, revisionist history of the Spanish Inquisition.
(SPN144, $23.00)
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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, $22.99)
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The Spanish Seaborne Empire
• J.H. Parry
• HISTORY
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A classic study of colonial Spain's impact on the Americas.
(SPN70, $26.95)
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Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes)
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook.
(SPN140, $21.95)
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The Story of the Moors in Spain
• Stanley Lane-Poole
• HISTORY
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A sweeping, wonderfully readable tale of splendor and tragedy, first published in 1866.
(SPN12, $18.95)
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Surrealism
• Fiona Bradley
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The history of the Surrealist movement including Magritte, Ernst, Dali, and others.
(SPN83, $19.99)
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Time Out Barcelona
• Time Out
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide by the hipsters at Time Out, with an overview of the city -- and excellent recommendations on where to eat, shop and loiter.
(SPN92, $19.95)
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To the Heart of Spain: Food and Wine Adventures beyond the Pyrenees
• Ann Walker
• Larry Walker
• FOOD
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A celebration of Spain and its food.
(SPN95, $14.95)
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The Trap
• Ana Maria Matute
• LITERATURE
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A feminist perspective on events surrounding the Spanish Civil War.
(SPN60, $15.95)
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Travelers' Tales Spain
• Lucy McCauly
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of mostly contemporary writing on Spain by such diverse luminaries as Calvin Trillin, Robert Hughes, Jan Morris and Garcia Lorca. It's a delightful portrait of the country.
(SPN09, $19.95)
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Trekking & Climbing in Northern Spain
• Jim Thompson
• Ilja Schroeder
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to favorite treks and climbs in the Pyrenees, Picos de Europa and Cantabrica.
(SPN196, $19.95)
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Trekking in the Pyrenees: France & Spain
• Douglas Streatfield-James
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to 80 day hikes, climbs and treks throughout the Pyrennes, focusing on route descriptions, maps and detailed travel information.
(SPN126, $19.95)
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Two Spanish Picaresque Novels: Lazarillo de Tormes, The Swindler
• Francisco de Quevedo
• Michael Alpert
• LITERATURE
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A pair of tales that helped lay the foundation for the Spanish novel.
(SPN108, $14.00)
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The Walker's Literary Companion
• Robert Gilbert
• Anne Wallace
• Jeffrey Robinson
• ANTHOLOGY
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A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara.
(WLK08, $24.00)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel.
(WLK04, $9.95)
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Walking in the Cordillera Cantabrica
• Robin Walker
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed, practical guide in the British series.
(SPN194, $24.95)
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Way Of St James: Pyrenees, Santiago, Finisterre
• Alison Raju
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to the Spanish half of the Pilgrim's Road.
(SPN202, $16.95)
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Western Picos de Europa Map
• Adrados Ediciones
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A folded topographic for walkers and hikers.
(SPN198, $11.95)
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Wild Spain, A Traveller's Guide
• Frederic Grunfeld
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief, illustrated survey of the national parks and wilderness areas of Spain, organized geographically.
(SPN96, $19.95)
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