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	501 Spanish Verbs • Christopher Kendris • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • The perennial favorite among students of Spanish. (GEN134, $16.99)
	The Age of the Baroque in Portugal • Jay A. Levenson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A catalog of the greatest works of art from Portugal's 18th-century Golden Age. (PGL21, $80.00)
	All-Audio Spanish • Irvin Stern • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A Spanish course on cassette tape. (SPN134, $29.95)
	The Ancient Mediterranean • Michael Grant • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $20.00)
	Antoni Gaudi • Ignasi de Sola Morales • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • 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)
	Art Spaces, GuggenheimBilbao • Francis Rambert • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A pocket-sized book, featuring 75 color illustrations. (SPN151, $7.95)
	Baltasar and Blimunda • Jose Saramago • LITERATURE • This tale of two unlikely lovers in Inquisition-era Portugal is arguably Saramago's masterwork: a philosophically charged, intellectually rigorous historical drama which is also a captivating read. (PGL26, $15.00)
	Barcelona • Warner Home Video • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An acclaimed comedy by Whit Stilman featuring American expatriates living in Barcelona. (SPN64, $19.95)
	Barcelona • Robert Hughes • HISTORY • FAVORITE • This masterful cultural history examines the city's 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, $19.95)
	Barcelona Map • Borch Maps • A detailed city map, laminated and folded for easy reference. (SPN105, $7.95)
	The Basque History of the World • Mark Kurlansky • HISTORY • Popular author Mark Kurlansky offers an engaging portrait of the seven provinces of Basqueland, discussing everything from language to culinary heritage and seafaring traditions. (SPN116, $16.00)
	Basque-English Dictionary and Phrasebook • Joseph Conroy • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A shirt-pocket guide to the Basque language, useful for travelers to Northern Spain and Southwest France. (SPN128, $11.95)
	Birds of Europe • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Killian Mullarney • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
	Blindness • Jose Saramago • Giovanni Pontiero • LITERATURE • In this challenging and disturbing allegory, an epidemic of "white blindness" strikes an anonymous city. A Nobel Prize-winning novel from the acclaimed Portuguese novelist. (PGL19, $15.00)
	Blood Wedding • Ted Hughes • Garcia Lorca • LITERATURE • The tragic story a woman loved by two men. (SPN161, $11.00)
	Blue Guide Portugal • Ian Robertson • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to the history, art and architecture of Portugal. (PGL20, $19.95)
	Bracebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, the Alhambra • Washington Irving • LITERATURE • This collection of Irving's writing, published by the Library of America, is the only book in print that contains "The Alhambra," his romantic account of travels in Southern Spain. (SPN45, $40.00)
	Bradt Guide Azores • David Sayers • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide to the Azores. The author David Sayers pays particular attention to the natural history and especially the botany of these lush Atlantic islands. (PGL29, $21.95)
	Bradt Guide Cape Verde Islands • Aisling Irwin • Colum Wilson • GUIDEBOOK • A practical travel guide to the Cape Verde islands, including its cultural and natural history. (ATL07, $24.99)
	Bread and Oil, Majorcan Culture's Last Stand • Tomas Graves • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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)
	The Buried Mirror • Carlos Fuentes • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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)
	Cadogan Guide Andalucia • Dana Facaros • GUIDEBOOK • A practical region-by-region guide in the British series, with good maps as well as introductory chapters on history and culture. (SPN14, $18.95)
	Cadogan Guide Madeira & Porto Santo • Cadogan Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A guidebook in the respected British Cadogan series, this comprehensive look at Madeira and Porto Santo provides insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information. (SPN21, $19.95)
	Cadogan Guide Northern Spain • Dana Farcos • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to northwest Spain from Santiago de Campostela across to Billboa, San Sebastian, Zaragoza and Pamplona. With details on attractions along with a good overview of culture and history. (SPN113, $21.95)
	Canary Islands Map • Nelles • A colorful shaded relief map of the Canary Islands. (SPN43, $9.95)
	Chronicles • Jean Froissart • Geoffrey Brereton • HISTORY • The classic account Europe at the eve of the Dark Ages. (EUR128, $16.00)
	Companion Guide Madrid and Central Spain • Alastair Boyd • GUIDEBOOK • A scholarly, entertaining and thorough guide to the region. (SPN24, $34.95)
	Convivencia: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Medieval Spain • Vivian B. Mann • Jerilynn Dodds • Thomas F. Glick • HISTORY • The "Golden Age" of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian coexistence in Spain. (SPN73, $39.95)
	Dali • Dawn Ades • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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, $18.95)
	The Discoverers • Daniel Boorstin • EXPLORATION • This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean. (EXP01, $18.95)
	The End of Days, A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain • Erna Paris • HISTORY • The story of the dramatic changes in Spain leading to the Spanish Inquisition. (SPN56, $39.98)
	Eyewitness Guide Barcelona & Catalonia • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superbly illustrated guide features color maps, site plans and 500 color photographs. (SPN121, $20.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Madrid • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide features bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the attractions in and around Madrid. (SPN122, $20.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, visual travel guide featuring hundreds of photographs and drawings, an excellent overview of the culture and history, and good information about where to go and what to do. With many excellent maps. (PGL05, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Spanish Phrase Book & Audio CD • Eyewitness Guides • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 114-page phrasebook and 90-minute audio cassette geared for the traveler (SPN147, $10.00)
	Farewell Espana, The World of the Sephardim Remembered • Howard Morley Sachar • HISTORY • 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, $20.40)
	Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best • Fodors • GUIDEBOOK • This slim guide includes an excellent map and essential information. (SPN136, $11.95)
	Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa • Ralph Richter • Kurt Forster • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	Frank O. Gehry, The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao • Coosje Van Bruggen • Frank O. Gehry • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • A beautifully illustrated testimonial to the celebrated architecture of the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, covering not only the finished building but documenting the process from idea to reality. Published by the Guggenheim. (SPN52, $55.00)
	Galicia Map 571 • Michelin Travel Publications • A nicely detailed regional map of Galicia (1,400,000), east to Oviedo and south to Porto and Salamanca. (SPN53, $12.95)
	Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palace of Islamic Spain • D. Fairchild Ruggles • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Spain's Moorish legacy is nowhere more evident than in its graceful Islamic architecture and sumptuous gardens. (SPN170, $37.95)
	Globetrotter Golfer's Guide Portugal: Over 50 Courses and Facilities • Michael Gedye • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to more than 50 golf courses throughout Portugal. (PGL33, $17.95)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $19.95)
	Goya • Jose Gudiol • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Each painting is given a full page, with commentary on the facing page, in this authoritative overview of Goya and his art. (SPN79, $34.00)
	Goya, Painter of Terrible Splendor • Jeanine Baticle • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	Gran Canaria Map • Reise & Verkehrsverlag • (ATL03, $11.95)
	Guggenheim NY/Guggenheim Bilbao • Jeff Goldberg • Ezra Stoller • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $15.00)
	A History of Medieval Spain • Joseph F. O'Callaghan • HISTORY • A detailed history of the Medieval kingdoms of Iberia. (SPN10, $29.95)
	Travelers' Tales Spain • Lucy McCauly • ANTHOLOGY • OUT OF PRINT • 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)
	Imperial Spain, 1469-1716 • John H. Elliott • HISTORY • An authoritative history of Imperial Spain. (SPN138, $17.00)
	Insight Compact Guide Gran Canaria • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A slim guide to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. (CNY04, $8.95)
	Insight Guide Barcelona • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN MAY • An excellent, illustrated overview with essays on art, architecture, history and culture. (SPN75, $19.99)
	Insight Guide Portugal • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An outstanding overview of the country, featuring hundreds of photographs and insightful essays on history, culture and art. (PGL13, $21.95)
	Insight Guide Spain • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This handsome travel guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of the region. (SPN123, $23.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide Madrid • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A convenient practical guide to Madrid. (SPN37, $12.95)
	The Jews of Spain • Jane S. Gerber • HISTORY • 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)
	Journey Through the Ice Age • Paul Bahn • Jean Vertut • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • 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)
	Journey to Portugal, In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture • Jose Saramago • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Jose Saramago's richly detailed account of his journey across Portugal in 1979. He combines his vivid impressions of the Portuguese landscape and people with a dose of history, fiction and meditations. (PGL23, $17.00)
	Karen Brown's Portugal, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • Cynthia Sauvage • Karen Brown • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to lodging of character and itineraries. (PGL24, $19.95)
	Karen Brown's Spain, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • Lorena Aburto • Clare Brown • Cynthia Sauvage • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to lodging of character and itineraries. (SPN149, $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)
	The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself • J.M. Cohen • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $13.00)
	Lisbon City Map • Turinta Maps • A detailed, color map of Lisbon. (PGL17, $12.95)
	Lonely Planet Andalucia • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style. (SPN157, $21.99)
	Lonely Planet Barcelona • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive city guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style. (SPN158, $19.99)
	Lonely Planet Canary Islands • Damien Simonis • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent practical guide to the Canary Islands geared for independent travelers. (CNY02, $18.99)
	Lonely Planet Portugal • Julia Wilkinson • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information. (PGL16, $22.99)
	Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook • Clara De MacEdo Vitorino • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy pocket phrasebook for Portuguese basics, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (PGL34, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet Spain • Damien Simonis • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to all Spain. (SPN153, $26.99)
	Madeira Map • Freytag & Berndt • A map of Madeira, shown at a scale of 1:75,000. (PGL18, $12.95)
	Madrid For Pleasure • Michael Jacobs • GUIDEBOOK • A cultural guide to the city, strong on its heritage in art and literature. (SPN94, $27.50)
	Madrid Map • Borch Maps • A detailed map of Madrid at a scale of 1:10,000, laminated and folded for easy reference. (SPN106, $7.95)
	The Maias • Jose Eca de Queiros • LITERATURE • This sprawling family epic is worthy of comparison to the greatest accomplishments of Proust and Tolstoy. It's the story of the decline of an affluent Lisbon family, beautifully capturing time and place. (PGL07, $17.95)
	Making of the Middle Ages • Richard W. Southern • HISTORY • A classic history of 10th to 13th century Europe, covering culture, politics and major personalites. (EUR105, $21.00)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • 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, $38.50)
	Marks of Identity • Juan Goytisolo • Gregory Rabassa • LITERATURE • 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)
	The Medieval Spains • Bernard F. Reilly • HISTORY • A short scholarly history of Iberia. (SPN98, $32.99)
	Mediterranean Cruises Map • Freytag & Berndt • A double-sided, full-color map of the Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula and Black Sea, North Africa and the Levant, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (MED36, $14.95)
	Michelin Green Guide Portugal • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • Michelin Green does Portugal, Madeira and the Azores (PGL15, $21.99)
	Michelin Green Guide Spain • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A survey of attractions, hotels and restaurants in the classic A-to-Z Michelin style. (SPN167, $21.95)
	Modern Spain • Raymond Carr • HISTORY • A survey of Spanish history from 1875 to the advent of King Juan Carlos in 1980. (SPN152, $24.95)
	Moorish Spain • Richard Fletcher • HISTORY • The history and culture of Islam in Spain geared for the curious traveler. (SPN110, $23.95)
	Northeast Spain Map, Aragon Cataluna, Andorra • Michelin • This regional map (1:400,000) covers from Pamplona and Perpignan to Barcelona and the Mediterranean, south to Valencia. (SPN112, $12.95)
	Pallas Guide Andalucia • Michael Jacobs • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, illustrated, and highly informative guidebook to the region. (SPN20, $29.95)
	Picasso • Patrick O'Brian • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Patrick O'Brian, who knew the artist, covers the life and work of Picasso. (SPN86, $18.95)
	Picasso • Hans L. Jaffe • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic overview of Picasso's art with reproductions of important works. (SPN85, $19.98)
	Picasso • Jean-Louis Ferrier • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This oversize paperback is a thoroughly illustrated study of Picasso's art over the decades. Each essay features gorgeous color reproductions. (SPN84, $27.50)
	Picasso • Timothy Hilton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An extended illustrated essay on Picasso's achievement and place in 20th-century art. (SPN82, $16.95)
	Picasso • Christian-Peter Warncke • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully illustrated color Tashen monograph featuring the works of Picasso. (SPN90, $20.00)
	Picasso, Master of the New Idea • Paule du Bouchet • Marie-Laure Bernadac • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	Pilgrim Stories, On and Off the Road to Santiago • Nancy Louise Frey • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The sights, sounds -- and meaning -- of modern journeys along the "Camino de Santiago," according to interviews with those who travel it. (SPN46, $24.95)
	The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago De Compostela • William Melczer • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, The Complete Cultural Handbook • David Gitlitz • Linda Kay Davidson • GUIDEBOOK • A kilometer-by-kilometer guide to the way of St. James. Organized geographically, this comprehensive guide is a survey of the pilgrimage route across northern Spain. (SPN137, $24.95)
	The Pilgrimage to Santiago • Edwin Mullins • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • Mullins travels (not always by foot) in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims from Paris, across the Pyrenees and through Northern Spain to Santiago de Campostela in this classic account. (SPN130, $15.00)
	The Pilgrimage, A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom • Paulo Coelho • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The Portuguese author's experiences along the historic Road to Santiago. (SPN47, $13.95)
	Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages • John Ure • HISTORY • Former British Ambassador Sir John Ure relates the stories of medieval Christian pilgrimage during the 500 years of its peak between 1066 and 1536. (EUR202, $15.95)
	Portugal Map • Michelin Travel Publications • A detailed map of Portugal at a scale of 1:400,000. (PGL08, $12.95)
	Portuguese, Start Speaking Today (Brazilian) • Language/30 • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 90-minute primer on Brazilian Portuguese following the foreign service method. (BZL36, $24.95)
	Prince Henry "the Navigator," A Life • Peter E. Russell • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A complicated, rewarding portrait, and the first biography of this empire-minded Portuguese prince in more than a hundred years. (PGL25, $25.00)
	The Quest for El Cid • Richard Fletcher • HISTORY • A reevaluation of the legendary eleventh-century warrior El Cid. (SPN141, $19.99)
	Requiem: A Hallucination • Antonio Tabucchi • Margaret Jull Costa • LITERATURE • Tabucchi's fever-dream tour of a vanishing Lisbon. The narrator, an "adopted Portuguese," returns after many years and visits cemeteries, brothels and gentlemen's clubs, in an ambiguous search for the ghosts of his past. (PGL09, $12.95)
	Road of Stars to Santiago • Edward Stanton • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A 30-day pilgrimage by foot across Northern Spain along the Camino de Santiago. (SPN51, $35.00)
	Road to Santiago • Michael Jacobs • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Roads to Santiago, A Modern-Day Pilgrimage Through Spain • Cees Nooteboom • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	Rough Guide Portugal • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, frequently revised and personable guide to Portugal, its history, culture and attractions, in the series by the British publisher. The book deftly combines an overview of the country with practical travel information. (PGL31, $22.99)
	Rough Guide Spain • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • For planning trips, this is an excellent, comprehensive and up-to-date guide. (SPN159, $24.99)
	A Season in Granada, Uncollected Poems & Prose • Garcia Lorca • Christopher Maurer • LITERATURE • A selection of poems and prose in celebration of Granada, where Garcia Lorca was raised, studied and spent much of his short life. (SPN117, $13.95)
	Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure • Lin Pardey • Larry Pardey • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Three years in the life of a married couple cruising the Mediterranean. (MED63, $14.95)
	South Wind Through the Kitchen, The Best of Elizabeth David • Elizabeth David • FOOD • A selection of 200 recipes and travel essays from Elizabeth David's nine influential books, including Book of Mediterranean Food and French Country Cooking. (MED30, $18.95)
	Spain 1469-1714, A Society of Conflict • Henry Kamen • HISTORY • A vivid history of the Golden Age of imperial Spain. (SPN69, $76.40)
	Spain and Its World, 1500-1700 • John H. Elliott • HISTORY • A wide-ranging overview by the pre-eminent historian of the Imperial Age of Spain. (SPN48, $35.00)
	Spain's Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century • Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina • HISTORY • (SPN93, $40.00)
	Spain: Interiors, Gardens, Architecture, Landscape • Angus Mitchell • Amparo Garrido • HISTORY • A handsomely illustrated survey of Spanish style. (SPN145, $24.95)
	The Spanish Civil War • Hugh Thomas • HISTORY • Called the best general history of the dramatic chain of events that tore apart a nation, led to the tragedy of a civil war, and captured the emotions of an entire world. This great subject receives serious treatment with rich detail and insight. (SPN26, $24.95)
	The Spanish Inquisition, A Historical Revision • Henry Kamen • HISTORY • A vivid, revisionist history of the Spanish Inquisition. (SPN144, $24.00)
	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)
	The Spanish Seaborne Empire • J.H. Parry • HISTORY • A classic study of colonial Spain's impact on the Americas. (SPN70, $26.95)
	Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes) • Educational Services Corporation • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook. (SPN140, $24.95)
	Surrealism • Fiona Bradley • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The history of the Surrealist movement including Magritte, Ernst, Dali, and others. (SPN83, $22.99)
	Teach Yourself Catalan • Alan Yates • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A basic course in Catalan, in the 'Teach Yourself' series, this book is divided into 30 lessons. Each incorporates key grammar, vocabulary and phrases. (SPN129, $17.95)
	Time Out Barcelona • Time Out • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	To the Heart of Spain: Food and Wine Adventures beyond the Pyrenees • Ann Walker • Larry Walker • FOOD • A celebration of Spain and its food. (SPN95, $14.95)
	The Trap • Ana Maria Matute • LITERATURE • A feminist perspective on events surrounding the Spanish Civil War. (SPN60, $15.95)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	Two Spanish Picaresque Novels: Lazarillo de Tormes, The Swindler • Francisco de Quevedo • Michael Alpert • LITERATURE • A pair of tales that helped lay the foundation for the Spanish novel. (SPN108, $14.00)
	Ultimate Spanish, Basic-Intermediate with Book • Irwin Stern • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A university-level Spanish course in a box with eight, 60-minute cassettes and a 400-page book. (SPN175, $75.00)
	Walking in Portugal • Bethan Davies • Ben Cole • GUIDEBOOK • An informative, comprehensive guide to exploring Portugal on foot. (PGL30, $20.00)
	Wild Spain, A Traveller's Guide • Frederic Grunfeld • GUIDEBOOK • A brief, illustrated survey of the national parks and wilderness areas of Spain, organized geographically. (SPN96, $19.95)
	Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries • Ornella D'Alessio • Marco Santini • FOOD • Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary. (EUR191, $35.00)
	A Woman Unknown, Voices from a Spanish Life • Lucia Graves • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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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