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Eyewitness Guide Spain  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  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 up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (SPN05, $30.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Spain
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)
  Homage to Catalonia
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. (SPN242, $13.95)
  Travels with My Donkey
Northern Spain Map  •   World Mapping Project
2004 •  MAP
A detailed, double-sided map of Northern Spain from Pamplona to Santiago de Campostela at the very good scale of 1:350,000. The map does not include the Mediterranean coast and Catalonia to the east (For that portion of the country see SPN112). Using the latest cartography from the World Mapping Project, the full color map, printed on rip-proof and waterproof paper, includes topographic features, latitude and longitude, and key visitor attractions. (SPN246, $9.99)
  Northern Spain Map
 

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Eyewitness Guide Madrid  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb guide features bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the attractions in and around Madrid. (SPN122, $20.00)
 
 
Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best  •   Fodors   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide includes an excellent map and essential information. (SPN136, $11.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Food and Wines of Spain  •  Penelope Casas   • FOOD  •  A classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with cultural commentary and culinary history. A pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry. (SPN100, $30.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Barcelona  •  Robert Hughes   • HISTORY • 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, $18.95)
 
 
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, $22.95)
 
 
The Basque History of the World  •  Mark Kurlansky   • HISTORY  •  Popular author Mark Kurlansky offers an engaging portrait of the seven provinces of Basqueland, discussing everything from language to culinary heritage and seafaring traditions. (SPN116, $15.00)
 
 
The Spanish Labyrinth, An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War  •  Gerald Brenan   • HISTORY  •  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, $22.99)
 
 
The Prado  •  Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Road to Santiago  •  Kathryn Harrison   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 
 
Spain in Mind  •  Alice Powers   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This literary A-to-Z includes selections by Auden, Hemingway, Michener, Twain, Orwell, Trollope, Wharton and other luminaries. (SPN290, $14.95)
 
 
Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Peter R. Bush  •  Lisa Dillman   • ANTHOLOGY  •  These 30 short stories include a who's who of contemporary Spanish literature. (SPN173, $13.95)
 
 
Travelers' Tales Spain  •  Lucy McCauly   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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)
 
 
Don Quixote  •  Miguel de Cervantes  •  Edith Grossman   • LITERATURE  •  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, $16.95)
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls  •  Ernest Hemingway   • LITERATURE  •  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, $15.00)
 
 
The Shadow of the Wind  •  Carlos Ruiz Zafon   • LITERATURE  •  Set in 1950s 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, $15.00)
 
 


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