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These 4 items are available for $58, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSPN168)

Eyewitness Guide Barcelona & Catalonia  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES A superbly illustrated, compact guide to the city and environs, featuring 500 photographs and dozens of full color maps, site plans and building diagrams. It also includes a select listing the hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars, and shops. One short chapter covers Girona, Tarragona, Figueres and other attractions throughout Catalonia. Excellent. (SPN121, $20.00)
Barcelona  •  Robert Hughes HISTORY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 570 PAGES • FAVORITE A masterful cultural history of the city, from its days as a Roman outpost to the present. Thoroughly enjoyable, this book takes a comprehensive look at the architecture, art, religion and literature of this great Catalan city and its surroundings. With 180 photographs. (SPN01, $18.95)
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)
Barcelona Map  •  Borch Maps 2005 •  MAP A detailed map of Barcelona at a scale of 1:11,000, laminated and folded for easy reference. (SPN105, $7.95)

Aragon Cataluna (Northeast Spain) Map  •  Michelin    •  A travel map of northeastern Spain at a scale 1:400,000. (SPN112, $8.95)
Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best  •  Fodors   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide includes an excellent map and essential information. (SPN136, $11.95)
Fodor's See It Barcelona  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring Barcelona. (SPN234, $22.95)
Insight Guide Barcelona  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent, illustrated overview with essays on art, architecture, history and culture. (SPN75, $19.95)
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)
Food and Wines of Spain  •  Penelope Casas   • FOOD  •  A classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with cultural commentary and culinary history. A pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry. (SPN100, $30.00)
Barcelona  •  Warner Home Video   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An acclaimed comedy by Whit Stilman featuring American expatriates living in Barcelona. (SPN64, $19.95)
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 the everyday life of Spaniards. (SPN08, $16.00)
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, $22.99)
Antonio Gaudi, Master Architect  •  Juan Bassegoda Nonell   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This lavishly illustrated collection of Gaudi's work captures the evolution, imagination and exhuberance of one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. (SPN374, $35.00)
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, $16.95)
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)
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)
Barcelona, The Great Enchantress  •  Robert Hughes   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Written ten years after Hughes's book Barcelona, this is a personal exploration of the history, art and architecture of the city. (SPN227, $10.95)
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)
Spain in Mind  •  Alice Powers   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This literary A-to-Z includes selections by Auden, Hemingway, Michener, Twain, Orwell, Trollope, Wharton and other luminaries. (SPN290, $14.95)
Travelers' Tales Spain  •  Lucy McCauly   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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)
Nada  •  Carmen LaForet  •  Mario Vargas Llosa  •  Edith Grossman   • LITERATURE  •  A classic of the literature of post-civil war Barcelona in a strong new translation by Edith Grossman. (SPN346, $15.95)
The Shadow of the Wind  •  Carlos Ruiz Zafon   • LITERATURE  •  Set in 1950s 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, $15.00)