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The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
by Mark Kurlansky
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From Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and Birdseye—the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people Straddling a small corner of Spain and France in a land that is marked on no maps except their own, the Basques are a... (read more)

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The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
by Maria Rosa Menocal
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This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of "al-Andalus, " the kingdom in medieval Spain where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived... (read more)

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Battle for Spain : Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (2ND 06 Edition)
Battle for Spain : Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (2ND 06 Edition)
by Antony Beevor
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A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall Of Berlin 1945 To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised... (read more)

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Moment of War (91 Edition)
Moment of War (91 Edition)
by Laurie Lee
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In this gripping, poignant memoir--a #1 bestseller in the United Kingdom--Laurie Lee returns to the scene of his wartime coming of age, portraying the death of a young man's idealism. "For anyone who wants to understand what war is actually like... (read more)

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Dreamer of the Calle De San Salvador
Dreamer of the Calle De San Salvador
by Roger Osborne
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From the author of The Deprat Affair, history with a difference, presenting the dreams of a woman who lived at the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Spell-binding, poetic and apocalyptic, the dreams of Lucrecia de Léon lay in the archives of the... (read more)

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Empire : How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 (03 Edition)
Empire : How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 (03 Edition)
by Henry Kamen
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From the late-fifteenth to the mid-eighteenth century, Spain was the most extensive empire the world had seen, stretching from Naples and the Netherlands to the Philippines. This provocative work of history attributes Spain's rise to power to the... (read more)

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Spain
Spain
by John A Crow
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This is the late John A. Crow's classic study of the cultural history of Spain and its people, which he last updated in 1985 but which seems as fresh and pertinent as when he first wrote it. Crow devoted a lifetime to Hispanic studies and here provides a... (read more)

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Philip of Spain
Philip of Spain
by Henry Arthur Kamen
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This book, published four hundred years after Philip's death, is the first full-scale biography of the king. Placing him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times, it presents a startling new picture of his character and... (read more)

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Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings
Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings
by Antonio Lobo Antunes and Margaret Jull Costas
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Antunes crafts some of the world's most vivid and lively prose. The brief selections in The Fat Man and Infinity demonstrate that he is as masterful at creating brief vignettes as he is epic novels. As two-thirds of this book is comprised of... (read more)

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Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War
Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War
by Cecil D Eby
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In the summer of 1936, Generalissimo Francisco Franco led a group of right-wing nationalists in a military attack on the Republican government of Spain--the start of what would become the Spanish Civil War. Despite U.S. laws banning participation in... (read more)

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Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
by J H Elliott
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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 study... (read more)

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The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World
The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World
by Carlos Fuentes
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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)

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Durruti in the Spanish Revolution
Durruti in the Spanish Revolution
by Abel Paz
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"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... (read more)

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Making Waves: The Continuing Portuguese Adventure
Making Waves: The Continuing Portuguese Adventure
by Mary Soderstrom
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From early modern history to contemporary global influences, this resource captures the legacy of Portugal and its people. From adventurous sailors in search of spices more than 600 years ago and the pioneering city plans that rebuilt Lisbon—and the... (read more)

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Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939
Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939
by Gabriel Jackson
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Examines the factors which contributed to the failure of the Second Republic and the eruption of the Spanish Civil War.... (read more)

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Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
by Antony Beevor
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This is the story of the Spanish Civil War, one of the most bitter armed struggles of the 20th century, by the author of 'Stalingrad'.... (read more)

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Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II
Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II
by Stanley G Payne
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Was Franco sympathetic to Nazi Germany? Why didn't Spain enter World War II? In what ways did Spain collaborate with the Third Reich? How much did Spain assist Jewish refugees? This is the first book in any language to answer these intriguing... (read more)

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Barcelona
Barcelona
by Manuel Vazquez Montalban
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Dieser Bildband lädt Sie ein zu einem Rundgang durch die am Mittelmeer gelegene und durch den Berg Tibidabo begrenzte spanische Stadt Barcelona. Wunderschöne Fotos entführen Sie an die Ramblas, an den Hafen, in die Parks, an sonnige Pl... (read more)

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The Forging of a Rebel
The Forging of a Rebel
by Arturo Barea
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Originally published in the late 1940s, and never before available in paperback in the United States, Arturo Barea's astonishing Spanish trilogy is both the autobiography of a man and the biography of a nation during the first four decades of the... (read more)

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The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War
The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War
by Peter N Carroll
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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)

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