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Lisbon, Seville & Madrid   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $71, including
U.S. shipping, a 20% discount (Item no. EXSPN176)
 
Eyewitness Guide Seville and Andalusia  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 286 PAGES
This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide features outstanding maps, essays on culture, history and geography and a practical block-by-block guide to Seville. (SPN15, $23.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Seville and Andalusia
Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best  •  Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES
This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing -- all in a slipcover. (PGL40, $11.95)
  Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best
Fodor's Madrid's 25 Best  •  Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 120 PAGES
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)
  Fodor's Madrid's 25 Best
Travelers' Tales Spain  •  Lucy McCauly
ANTHOLOGY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 504 PAGES
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)
  Travelers' Tales Spain
Spain & Portugal Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2006 •  MAP
A colorful, shaded relief map of the entire Iberian Peninsula at a scale of 1:700,000. (SPN22, $12.95)
  Spain & Portugal Map



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Eyewitness Guide Lisbon  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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's coast. (PGL04, $20.00)
 
 
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Rick Steves' Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Rick Steves   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (SPN178, $7.95)
 
 
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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)
 
 
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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 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 Spanish Inquisition  •  Cecil Roth   • HISTORY  •  This documents the events leading up to the Inquisition, the torment that spread from Spain to Portugal and the New World -- a fascinating exploration of the roots of the Inquisition and its effects on the country. (SPN91, $15.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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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)
 
 
Old Man Goya  •  Julia Blackburn   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Taking 1792--the year that Goya went deaf--as her starting point, Julia Blackburn chronicles the painter's fruitful last 35 years in captivating, imaginative detail. (SPN171, $13.95)
 
 
Spanish Lessons, Beginnings of a New Life in Spain  •  Derek Lambert   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A witty narrative of life as an ex-pat in a small town near Alicante by the erstwhile British journalist. The writer, who had spent a career covering conflicts across the globe, finds a keen eye and sharp humor for telling his tale. (SPN150, $19.00)
 
 
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Don Quixote  •  Miguel de Cervantes  •  John Rutherford   • LITERATURE  •  The most famous work in Spanish literature, rendered in a lively, modern translation. It is the picaresque tale of a romantic, mad gentleman who imagines himself a knight errant. (SPN23, $12.00)
 
 
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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)
 
 
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