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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $69, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSPN130)		  
Footprint Guide Northern Spain  •  Andy Symington
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 556 PAGES
A detailed, comprehensive guide published in Britain, nicely divided between a general overview of the region and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (SPN233, $24.95)		   Footprint Guide Northern Spain
Eyewitness Guide Portugal  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES
A compact, visual travel guide to the country featuring hundreds of photographs and drawings, an excellent overview of the culture and history of Portugal, and good information about where to go and what to do. With many excellent regional, local and neighborhood maps. We also carry a guide to Lisbon (PGL04, $20.00) in the same series. (PGL05, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Portugal
A Traveller's History of Portugal  •  Ian Robertson
HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
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. The author has also written the Blue Guides to both Portugal and Spain. (PGL32, $14.95)		   A Traveller's History of Portugal
Galicia Map 571  •  Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A nicely detailed regional map of Galicia (1,400,000), including northern Portugal and adjoining provinces east to Oviedo and south to Salamanca. One Side. 40x39 inches. (SPN53, $8.95)		   Galicia Map 571



Also Recommended

Discovering Spain, An Uncommon Guide  •  Penelope Casas   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A wonderful, personable guide to Spain filled with history and culture and infused with the author's wit and love for her country. Casas dedicates a chapter to each of Spain's 12 parts. Highly recommended. (SPN31, $25.00)
 		  
Rick Steves' Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Rick Steves   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (SPN178, $8.95)
 		  
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, $37.50)
 		  
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 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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Cork Boat, A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built  •  John Pollack   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This endearing tale of family, loss and friendship revolves around a deliciously absurd childhood quest to build a boat of cork and sail it 133 miles on Portugal's Douro River. (PGL42, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Spanish Recognitions, The Roads to the Present  •  Mary Lee Settle   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A magical, meditative account of Spanish history, art, archaeology and travels by the noted writer. Settle (Turkish Reflections) conjures Cervantes, El Cid, the Moors, Visgoths, Romans, Lorca and Balboa as she writes of a road trip from Castile in central Spain to the southern coast. (SPN205, $15.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
The History of the Siege of Lisbon  •  Jose Saramago  •  Giovanni Pontiero   • LITERATURE  •  In this historical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author, the past is rewritten when a Portuguese proofreader adds a false word to a history book, resulting in a whole new perception of the Siege of Lisbon. (PGL11, $14.00)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
 		  
 
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