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Battle for Spain the Spanish Civil War by Antony Beevor Publisher Comments Subtitled, "The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939". Unravels the complex political and regional forces that played such an important part in the origins and history of the war.... (read more) Your price: $14.98 Sale - 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 Orwell’s experiences. Introduction by Lionel Trilling.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 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: $21.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Helen Graham Publisher Comments Amid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the lay-reader alike. This Very Short Introduction integrates the political, social and cultural history of the... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor Publisher Comments The Spanish Civil War is a compelling account of one of the most hard-fought and bitter wars of the twentieth century: a war of atrocities and political genocide that was a military testing ground before the Second World War for the Russians, Italians... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The New Spaniards (Penguin Politics and Current Affairs) by John Hooper Publisher Comments A masterly portrait of contemporary Spainfully revised, expanded, and updated Modern-day Spain is a country changing at bewildering speed. In less than half a century, a predominantly rural society has been transformed into a mainly urban one. A... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Salazar: A Political Biography by Filipe Ribeiro De Meneses Publisher Comments Antonio de Oliveira Salazar entered the government of Portugal when Herbert Hoover was president and ended his political career at the end of the Johnson administration; he remained in power for forty years (1928-1968), one of the longest tenures in... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - 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 $19.95 Your price: $2.49 Used - 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 $28.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lieutenant Nun : Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World (96 Edition) by Cataline De Erauso Publisher Comments Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World Translated by Michele Stepto and Gabriel Stepto Foreword by Marjorie Garber The memoir of a 16th century Basque woman who escaped a convent dressed as a boy became a soldier in the Spanish army, killed her... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Buried Mirror : Reflections on Spain and the New World (92 Edition) 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: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Durruti in the Spanish Revolution by Abel Paz Publisher Comments "Durruti was the ultimate working-class hero: carrying the future in his heart and a gun in each pocket. Abel Paz's magnificent biography resurrects the very soul of Spanish anarchism."-Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums AK Press has commissioned an... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Portugal in European and World History by Malyn Newitt Publisher Comments Despite its modest size, Portugal has played a major part in the development of Europe and the modern world. In Portugal in European and World History Malyn Newitt offers a fresh appraisal of Portuguese history and its role in the world--from early... (read more) List Price $45.50 Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Male Delivery: Reproduction, Effeminacy, and Pregnant Men in Early Modern Spain by Sherry M. Velasco Publisher Comments Using the one-act comedy El parto de Juan Rana (John Frog Gives Birth) as a point of departure, Velasco argues that the figure of the pregnant man in early modern Spanish culture was not merely comic entertainment, but also served an important role as a... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain by William A Christian Review Dr. Christian is . . . To be congratulated for bringing these reports [of Philip II's chroniclers] to our attention. By targeting what he describes as the religion actually practiced by thousands of ordinary Spaniards, he has succeeded in opening a new... (read more) List Price $47.50 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Spanish Inquisition by Cecil Roth Publisher Comments From its establishment in 1478 until its abolishment in 1834, no one expected its tribunals, which relentlessly sought to destroy everyone who was not a Roman Catholic Christian. The terrible history of the Inquisition is told here by the distinguished... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War (Annals of Communism) by Ronald Radosh Publisher Comments This book presents a very different view of the role of the Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War. Based on previously unavailable Moscow archives, it provides the first full documentation of that country's duplicitous and self-serving activities... (read more) Your price: $64.95 New - Hardcover
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Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain During the Spanish Civil War by Judith Keene Publisher Comments During the Spanish Civil War many groups on the European right were galvanised by the Nationalist cause. This book recounts the experiences of a number of foreign volunteers, all of whom saw their engagement in Spain as a means of promoting their own... (read more) Your price: $50.75 New - Trade Paper
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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: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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