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Rick Steves' Spain (Rick Steves' Spain)
by Rick Steves

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Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best way to see Barcelona, the Basque Region, Madrid, Toledo, Salamanca, Andalucia, Sevilla, Arcos, Jerez, Granada, Gibraltar, and Morocco? With Rick Steves’ Spain 2008, travelers can experience the best... (read more)
 
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Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past
by Giles Tremlett

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“Part modern social history, part travelogue, Ghosts of Spain is held together by elegant first-person prose…an invaluable book…[that] has become something of a bible for those of us extranjeros who have chosen to live in Spain. A... (read more)
 
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Ornament of the World : How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain (02 Edition)
by Maria Rosa Menocal

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-292) and index.... (read more)
 
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Basque

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
by Mark Kurlansky

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The Basque History of the World is the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people. Signs of their civilization existed well before the arrival of the Romans in 218 B.C., and though theories abound, no one has ever been able to determine their... (read more)
 
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Portugal

The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
by Nicholas Shrady

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A riveting history of how the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake shook the religious and intellectual foundations of Enlightenment Europe Along with the volcanic destruction of Pompeii and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Lisbon quake of 1755 is one of... (read more)
 
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Spanish Civil War

The Tomb in Seville
by Norman Lewis

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While the rumblings of oncoming war shook a divided Spain, Norman Lewis and his brother-in-law Eugene Corvaja traveled through the Spanish countryside to the family tomb in Seville. Nearly seventy years later, in prose that is witty, understated, and... (read more)
 
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Travel Writing

Passes: The Art of the Bullfight: Seduction, Deception, Illusion and Truth
by Jose Luiz Ramon

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In theory, bullfighting is simple; you stand there, and either you move the bull or the bull moves you. The difficulty, however, lies in the execution; the objective is after all, to avoid a brutal confrontation. The matador, standing tall, exhibiting... (read more)
 
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Bullfighting

On Bullfighting
by Kennedy

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An Anchor Books Original One day, on the brink of despair and contemplating her own mortality, novelist A. L. Kennedy is offered an assignment she can’t refuse–an opportunity to travel to Spain and cover a sport that represents the ultimate... (read more)
 
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Franco Era

Franco: Soldier, Commander, Dictator (Brassey's Military Profiles)
by Geoffrey Jensen

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Before becoming one of the longest-ruling dictators of the twentieth century, Francisco Franco commanded troops in the kinds of wars that have since become all too familiar. He not only waged vicious counterinsurgency campaigns against Muslim warlords... (read more)
 
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by Gerda Taro

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In 1934, after reading John Dos Passos' 1919, Gerda Taro left her home in Stuttgart for Paris. There she met the now legendary photographer Robert Capa, with whom she traveled to Spain at the start of the Civil War. As his lover and photographic partner--... (read more)
 
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The Duke of Alba The Duke of Alba
by Henry Arthur Kamen

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An engrossing biography that attempts to fathom the motivations of an infamous sixteenth-century Spanish general. Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, the third duke of Alba (1507-82), is known to history as "the butcher of Flanders." The general who carried out... (read more)
 
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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain (Vintage Departures)
by Chris Stewart

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Driving Over Lemons is the contagiously entertaining account of one couple's beginning a new life as they turn a rundown peasant farm in southern Spain into a home. When Chris Stewart first sees El Valero, he's willing to overlook its lack of electricity,... (read more)
 
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Portugal (Lonely Planet Portugal)
by Lonely Planet

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Discover Portugal Hang on tight as tram 28 rattles you up to Lisbon's Castelo de Sao Jorge, p. 105. Step back in history as you enter Braganca's astonishingly well-preserved 13th-century citadel, p. 444. Savour the world's best port amid... (read more)
 
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Spain (Lonely Planet Spain)
by Damien Simonis

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Discover Spain Spot a nesting falcon at the top of Barcelona's soaring La Sagrada Familia, p294. Squelch in the warm mud baths by the beaches of the wild and beautiful Illa s'Espalmador, p657. Watch the sun set over the Sierra de... (read more)
 
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Travel

Rick Steves' Portugal (Rick Steves' Portugal)
by Rick Steves

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Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best way to visit Lisbon, the Algarve, Salema, Évora, Coimbra, Nazare, and Obidos? With Rick Steves’ Portugal, travelers can experience the best of everything Portugal has to offer —... (read more)
 
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Fodor's Madrid's 25 Best (Fodor's Madrid's 25 Best)
by Jonathan Holland

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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences. Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of... (read more)
 
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Lonely Planet Barcelona (Lonely Planet Barcelona)
by Damien Simonis

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Bordered by Mediterranean beaches and packed with beguiling architecture and stunning art, Barcelona is the Catalan capital of cool. Whether you’re here for the world-renowned restaurants, funky tapas haunts, lively festivals, or to find your... (read more)
 
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