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Eyewitness Guide Spain
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 720 PAGES
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 accessible, this is the guide to carry.
(SPN05, $30.00)
Eyewitness Guide Lisbon
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2003 PAPER 192 PAGES
A compact illustrated guide to the city featuring excellent neighborhood maps, and hundreds of color photographs. It also includes chapters on the surrounding areas and Lisbon coast. With select listings of shops, restaurants, cafes, bars and hotels.
(PGL04, $20.00)
The Alhambra
Robert Irwin Mary Beard
ART & ARCHITECTURE 2004 HARD COVER 224 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, $19.95)
Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Peter R. Bush Lisa Dillman
ANTHOLOGY 2003 PAPER 242 PAGES
A well-selected anthology of contemporary fiction by writers from Spain, organized geographically. More than a traveler's companion, the book is a who's who of modern Spanish literature. The 30 stories, many appearing in English for the first time, include writers from Galicia, Leon, the Basque Country, Madrid and Barcelona.
(SPN173, $13.95)
Spain & Portugal Map
Freytag & Berndt
2006 MAP
A colorful, shaded relief map of the entire Iberian Peninsula at a scale of 1:700,000. With a 64-page booklet including an index and city plans of Barcelona, Lisbon and Madrid. Two Sides. 50x35 inches.
(SPN22, $12.95)
Lisbon Map
Borch Maps
A handy laminated street map of Lisbon in full color at a scale of 1:14,000.
(PGL54, $7.95)
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)
Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on its highlights.
(PGL40, $11.95)
Fodor's Madrid's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This slim guide includes an excellent pull-out map of the center of Madrid and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(SPN172, $11.95)
Food and Wines of Spain
Penelope Casas
FOOD
This classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with cultural commentary and culinary history, is a pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry.
(SPN100, $30.00)
The Food of Portugal
Jean Anderson
FOOD
An award-winning cookbook featuring the cuisine of Portugal and background on Portuguese culture. Sure to please the palates of tourists interested in Portuguese food, and of emigrants in search of that authentic taste of home.
(PGL10, $19.95)
A Concise History of Portugal
David Birmingham
HISTORY
A straightforward and informative account of Portugal from prehistory to its zenith as a seafaring power and current day realities.
(PGL01, $23.99)
A Traveller's History of Portugal
Ian Robertson
HISTORY
A lively, admirably concise survey from prehistory to the present, great for travelers to Portugal who would like an overview of the country's history and culture.
(PGL32, $14.95)
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)
Cultural Atlas of Spain and Portugal
Mary Vincent
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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)
Ghosts of Spain
Giles Tremlett
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Long-time Guardian correspondant Tremlett writes with nuance and flair in this engaging portrait of Spain, its people and recent history.
(SPN323, $16.95)
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, $22.95)
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 Ornament of the World, How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
Maria Rosa Menocal
Harold Bloom
RELIGION
A lively, illuminating portrait of the Andalucian Kingdom, its cultural achievements and religious tolerance from the eighth century to 1492.
(SPN185, $14.99)
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)
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)
Moorish Architecture in Andalusia
Marianne Barrucand
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An illustrated survey of the fantastic blend of Islamic and European architecture in Andalusia, including the Great Mosque in Cordoba and the Alhambra in Granada.
(SPN328, $14.99)
The Arts in Spain, From Prehistory to Modernism
John Moffit
ART & ARCHITECTURE
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)
The Prado
Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Highlights of the Prado Museum in Madrid, featuring 320 illustrations of art collected by the kings and queens over centuries, including works by Goya, Rubens, Velazquez and El Greco.
(SPN104, $35.00)
Driving over Lemons, An Optimist in Andalucia
Chris Stewart
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Chris Stewart's memoir about moving with his wife to 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.
(SPN135, $13.95)
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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.
(SPN03, $14.00)
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)
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)
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)
A Small Death in Lisbon
Robert Wilson
MYSTERY
Set in Lisbon in 1941 and 1999, this award-winning mystery intertwines a present day murder, some unsavory arms production, and smuggling in Nazi Germany. Be warned, there are some graphic passages dealing with the horrors of war and concentration camps.
(PGL22, $7.99)
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
Dan Zetterstrom
Killian Mullarney
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
COMING IN OCTOBER
A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent.
(FG47, $29.95)
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