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The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments From the author of "Cod" comes the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people. Kurlansky's passion for the Basque people and his exuberant eye for detail shine through this fascinating book which blends human stories with economic, literary... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain by Paul Preston Publisher Comments The remains of General Francisco Franco lie in an immense mausoleum near Madrid, built with the blood and sweat of twenty thousand slave laborers. His enemies, however, met less-exalted fates. Besides those killed on the battlefield, tens of thousands... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Homage to Catalonia (Harvest Book) by George Orwell Publisher Comments In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fascists. This famous account describes the war and Orwells experiences. Introduction by Lionel Trilling.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Barcelona by Robert Hughes Publisher Comments Barcelona is Robert Hughes's monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain. Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past (07 Edition) by Giles Tremlett Publisher Comments “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 country... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World by Carlos Fuentes Publisher Comments As the Los Angeles Times said: "Drawing expertly on five centuries of the cultural history of Europe and the Americas, Fuentes seeks to capture the spirit of the new, vibrant, and enduring civilization [in the New World] that began in Spain." Fuentes's... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War by Peter N. Carroll Publisher Comments A history of the 2,800 Americans who volunteered to fight against fascism in the Spanish Civil War, following their careers after their return to the US.... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Imperial Spain 1469-1716 by J H Elliott Publisher Comments Since its first publication, J. H. Elliott's classic chronicle has become established as the most comprehensive, balanced, and accessible account of the dramatic rise and fall of imperial Spain. Now with a new preface by the author, this brilliant... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dialogue with Death: The Journal of a Prisoner of the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War by Arthur Koestler Publisher Comments In 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, Arthur Koestler, a German exile writing for a British newspaper, was arrested by Nationalist forces in Málaga. He was then sentenced to execution and spent every day awaiting death—only to be... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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War Is Beautiful: An American Ambulance Driver in the Spanish Civil War by James Neugass and Peter N. Carroll and Peter Glazer Publisher Comments The newly discovered journal of an award-winning poet's experience on the front lines as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade—All Quiet On the Western Front for the Spanish Civil War. In 1937, James Neugass, a poet and novelist praised in the New... (read more) List Price $24.75 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Tomb in Seville: Crossing Spain on the Brink of Civil War by Norman Lewis Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Creolization and Diaspora in the Portuguese Indies: The Social World of Ayutthaya, 1640-1720 by Stefan Halikowski Smith Book News Annotation This is a micro-study of the Portuguese community (particularly focusing on the mixed-race Creole population neglected in many imperial histories) in the river state of Ayutthaya, Siam, during a period commonly seen as one of pell-mell imperial... (read more) Your price: $141.00 New - Hardcover
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The Revolt of the Catalans: A Study in the Decline of Spain (1598-1640) (Cambridge Paperback Library) by John Huxtable Elliott Publisher Comments The revolution of Catalonia in 1640 was a signal event in seventeenth-century Europe. Its causes and antecedents - essential for an understanding of the revolution itelf - form the basis of Professor Elliott's study of the Spanish monarchy at this time... (read more) Your price: $97.95 New - Trade Paper
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Moorish Spain (92 Edition) by Richard Fletcher Publisher Comments Beginning in the year 711 and continuing for nearly a thousand years, the Islamic presence survived in Spain, at times flourishing, and at other times dwindling into warring fiefdoms. But the culture and science thereby brought to Spain, including long... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Barcelona the Great Enchantress (National Geographic Directions) by Robert Hughes Publisher Comments Robert Hughes has been going to Barcelona regularly since the 1960s and was married in its Gothic city hall last year. Although in his new book Hughes is compelling and engaging in describing Barcelona's remarkable culture and history, his first subject... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Spanish Civil War: Revised Edition (Modern Library) by Hugh Thomas Publisher Comments A masterpiece of the historians art, Hugh Thomass The Spanish Civil War remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the twentieth century. Revised and updated with significant new material... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years 1868-1936 by Murray Bookchin Publisher Comments A long-awaited new edition of this seminal history of Spanish anarchism, with a new preface by the author. "The Spanish Anarchists" traces the movement's checkered but steady growth from the stirring visit of the Italian anarchist Fanelli in 1868 to the... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Homage to Catalonia/Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell Publisher Comments First published in 1955, C. S. Lewiss autobiographicalSurprised by Joyhas become a deeply important book for those concerned with the compatibility of the rational and the spiritual. It is an honest and intimate account of his own spiritual journey to... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Hardcover
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Spanish Civil War (99 Edition) by Gabriele Ranzato Publisher Comments Explains the actions of both the Republican and Nationalists forces during the war. And succeeds in uncovering the atrocities comitted by both sides on the civilian population.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Institutions of Modern Spain: A Political & Economic Guide by Michael T. Newton Publisher Comments This book provides a unique and comprehensive guide to Spain's political and economic institutions. The authors show how these have evolved over the past decade to reflect the increasing regionalization of public life and genuine integration of the... (read more) Your price: $150.75 New - Hardcover
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