Andalucia   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $59, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSPN275)		  
Eyewitness Guide Seville and Andalusia  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 286 PAGES
This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide features excellent maps, essays on the culture, history and geography of the region, along with a practical block-by-block guide to Seville. (SPN15, $23.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Seville and Andalusia
The Alhambra  •  Robert Irwin
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 213 PAGES
In this brief, indispensable guide, Irwin introduces the stunning Moorish palace and fortress complex, revealing its mysteries, myths and significance with wit and insight. He opens with a romantic description of the fairytale structure, which he then deliciously demolishes. Includes a detailed floor plan, sketches and aerial photographs. A volume in the Harvard University Press series, Wonders of the World. Irwin is a British novelist and Islamic scholar. (SPN226, $14.95)		   The Alhambra
Driving over Lemons, An Optimist in Andalucia  •  Chris Stewart
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2000 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
Earthier than "A Year in Provence," Chris Stewart's memoir about moving with his wife to a farm in Alpujarras is charming and insightful. Unlike many expatriates, Stewart manages to ground himself far enough into the community to make lasting friends--as well as a home for his young daughter. Recommended by Tahir Shah. (SPN135, $14.95)		   Driving over Lemons, An Optimist in Andalucia
Andalucia Map 578  •  Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A travelers' map of Andalucia and the Costa del Sol at a scale of 1:400,000. The full color map features good shaded relief, index and With city plans of Seville, Malaga and Granada, the full color map, with dramatic shaded relief, includes an index. One Side. 39x56 inches. (SPN107, $11.95)		   Andalucia Map 578



Also Recommended

Seville Map  •  Streetwise Maps   • FAVORITE  •  A laminated, folded walking map of Seville. (SPN221, $7.95)
 		  
Cadogan Guide Granada, Seville & Cordoba  •  Dana Facaros   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Cadogan's expert authors focus on the three great cities of al-Andalus, covering the history, culture and arts of the region along with the best places to eat and stay, suggested excursions and other travel information. (SPN14, $17.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Spain  •  Marian Meaney   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture provides a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (SPN342, $9.95)
 		  
Pallas Guide Andalucia  •  Michael Jacobs   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, illustrated, and highly informative guidebook to the region. (SPN20, $29.95)
 		  
A Late Dinner, Discovering the Food of Spain  •  Paul Richardson   • FOOD  •  A resident of Spain for the last 15 years, Richardson searches out the diversity and delight of Spain and its food in this engaging account of travels in search of a meal. (SPN344, $24.00)
 		  
Ghosts of Spain  •  Giles Tremlett   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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)
 		  
Spain, The Root and the Flower  •  John A. Crow   • HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
The New Spaniards  •  John Hooper   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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)
 		  
The Story of the Moors in Spain  •  Stanley Lane-Poole   • HISTORY  •  A wonderfully readable, sweeping tale of splendor and tragedy, first published in 1866. (SPN12, $18.95)
 		  
Alhambra  •  Michael Jacobs  •  Francisco Fernandez   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A magnificent full color tribute to the palace complex with text by Michael Jacobs, a frequent writer on things Spanish, featuring hundreds of illuminating color photographs. Highly recommended. (SPN395, $29.95)
 		  
Iberia, Spanish Travels & Reflections  •  James Michener   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
The Tomb in Seville, Crossing Spain on the Brink of Civil War  •  Norman Lewis   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • COMING IN  •  Ostensibly in Spain with his brother-in-law to locate and report on the tomb of the title, Lewis finds their 1934 trip from north to south confounded by developing political events. He looks back at his adventure on the brink of the Spanish Civil War in this sharply observed account. (SPN264, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Platero and I  •  Juan Ramon Jimenez  •  Eloise Roach   • LITERATURE  •  In this autobiographical tale, the Nobel Prize-winner chronicles the wanderings of a donkey and his meditative master through Andalusia, capturing the rhythms and traditions of village life. (SPN214, $19.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
 
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