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Barcelona & Northern Spain
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/AF9187. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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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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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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Travels with My Donkey
• Tim Moore
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 328 PAGES
Moore (the marvelous comic author of French Revolutions and Frost on My Moustache) telegraphs the message (and fun) of his Spanish book with a revealing subtitle: One Man and His Ass on a Pilgrimage to Santiago. And so it is! He's as entertaining as ever (and reflective too). Moore salts his anecdotes of fellow travelers and grand adventures with an informative account of the history and culture of the medieval Way of St. James. Moore's French-speaking donkey Shinto is the perfect foil.
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Also Recommended
Eyewitness Guide Madrid
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide features bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the attractions in and around Madrid.
(SPN122, $20.00)
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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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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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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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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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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 Basque History of the World
• Mark Kurlansky
• HISTORY
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Popular author Mark Kurlansky offers an engaging portrait of the seven provinces of Basque Land, discussing everything from language to culinary heritage and seafaring traditions.
(SPN116, $16.00)
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The Spanish Labyrinth, An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War
• Gerald Brenan
• HISTORY
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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, $25.00)
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Antoni Gaudi
• Ignasi de Sola Morales
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN
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A handsome, comprehensive portrait of Barcelona's great and eccentric architect, featuring 300 color illustrations. This magnificent book, originally published in 1992, helped to revive Gaudi's reputation.
(SPN55, $35.00)
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The Prado
• Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN
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Highlights of the Prado Museum in Madrid, featuring 320 illustrations of art collected by the kings and queens over centuries, including works by Goya, Rubens, Velazquez and El Greco.
(SPN104, $35.00)
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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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The Road to Santiago
• Kathryn Harrison
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The novelist's meditative, personal account of journeys along the route of St. James from St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela.
(SPN209, $20.00)
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Don Quixote
• Miguel de Cervantes
• Edith Grossman
• LITERATURE
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Grossman's sparkling new translation brings Quixote's 400-year-old novel into the 21st Century, abandoning the mock-chivalry of earlier translations for lively, uninflected prose.
(SPN211, $16.99)
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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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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, $15.95)
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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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Travelers' Tales Spain
• Lucy McCauly
• ANTHOLOGY
• COMING IN
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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)
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