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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Guide Barcelona & Catalonia
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this superbly illustrated guide features color photography, dozens of local maps and detailed information on the region's attractions.
(SPN121, $20.00) |
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Barcelona
• Robert Hughes
HISTORY •
1993 •
PAPER
• 570 PAGES
• 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, $21.00) |
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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) |
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Barcelona Map
• Borch Maps
2010 •
MAP
A detailed city map, laminated and folded for easy reference. Two Sides. 20x26 inches.
(SPN105, $8.95) |
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Also Recommended
Cadogan Guide Barcelona & Catalonia
• Dana Facaros
• GUIDEBOOK
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This savvy guide combines practical details and maps with illuminating background on history, culture and sightseeing.
(SPN414, $21.95)
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Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best
• Fodors
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handy pocket guide includes an excellent map and essential information for a making the most of a short visit.
(SPN136, $11.99)
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Lonely Planet Pocket Barcelona
• A. Ham
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical city guide to the city of Barcelona that fits in your pocket, with the top sites, the best walks, food, art, shopping, views, nightlife and more. Includes pull out city map.
(SPN513, $13.99)
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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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Food and Wines of Spain
• Penelope Casas
• FOOD
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This classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with cultural commentary and culinary history, is a pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry.
(SPN100, $37.50)
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A Traveller's History of Spain
• Juan Lalaguna
• HISTORY
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A swift survey from prehistory through the Romans, Goths and Moors to the present.
(SPN06, $14.95)
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Ghosts of Spain
• Giles Tremlett
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Spain, The Root and the Flower
• John A. Crow
• HISTORY
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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)
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Antonio Gaudi, Master Architect
• Juan Bassegoda Nonell
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This lavish little collection of Gaudi's work captures the evolution, imagination and exuberance of one of the most influential architects of the 20th century.
(SPN374, $11.95)
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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 love 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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Spain in Mind
• Alice Powers
• ANTHOLOGY
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This literary A-to-Z includes selections by Auden, Hemingway, Michener, Twain, Orwell, Trollope, Wharton and other luminaries.
(SPN290, $16.95)
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Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Peter R. Bush
• ANTHOLOGY
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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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The Shadow of the Wind
• Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• LITERATURE
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Set in the brooding atmosphere of post-WW II 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, $16.00)
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