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Grand Tour of Spain
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Guide Spain
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
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) |
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The Alhambra
• Robert Irwin
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 213 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, $14.95) |
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Spain in Mind
• Alice Powers
ANTHOLOGY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 372 PAGES
This literary A-to-Z includes selections by Auden, Hemingway, Michener, Twain, Orwell, Trollope, Wharton and other luminaries.
(SPN290, $15.95) |
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Spain & Portugal Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
2011 •
MAP
A colorful, shaded relief map of the entire Iberian Peninsula at a scale of 1:1,000,000. With an index of principal place names. Two Sides. 50x35 inches.
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Also Recommended
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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Fodor's Madrid's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $11.99)
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Rick Steves' Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary.
(SPN178, $8.95)
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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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Barcelona
• Robert Hughes
• HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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A Longitude favorite, this big, thoroughly enjoyable cultural history of the city touches on architecture, art, religion and literature from Roman outpost to the present.
(SPN01, $21.00)
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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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The Ornament of the World, How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
• Maria Rosa Menocal
• Harold Bloom
• RELIGION
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A lively, illuminating portrait of the Andalucian Kingdom, its cultural achievements and religious tolerance from the eighth century to 1492.
(SPN185, $15.99)
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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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Painting in Spain 1500-1700
• Jonathan Brown
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Velazquez and El Greco are but a few of the Spanish artists discussed in this in-depth study of the art produced during Spain's golden age.
(SPN183, $40.00)
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Driving over Lemons, An Optimist in Andalucia
• Chris Stewart
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Stewart's memoir about moving with his wife to a 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, $14.95)
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Homage to Catalonia
• George Orwell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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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)
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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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In Arabian Nights, A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
• Tahir Shah
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Shah (The Caliph's House) weaves his own family tradition of storytelling with commentary on Moroccan spiritual traditions, culture and history in this account of his adopted home on the sea in Casablanca.
(MRC80, $16.00)
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Spanish Lessons, Beginnings of a New Life in Spain
• Derek Lambert
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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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A Season in Granada, Uncollected Poems & Prose
• Garcia Lorca
• Christopher Maurer
• LITERATURE
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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)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Ernest Hemingway
• LITERATURE
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Hemingway's great novel about the Spanish Civil War is a love story set during the four-day fight of anti-fascist units in the mountains.
(SPN19, $16.00)
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Murder in the Central Committee
• Manuel Vazquez Montalban
• MYSTERY
• COMING IN FEBRUARY
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The general secretary of the Spanish Communist Party is murdered, and Pepe Carvalho, gourmet private detective, is the ideal man to track down the killer. This, the best-known title in the Pepe Carvalho series, captures a vivid sense of contemporary Spain.
(SPN402, $14.95)
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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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