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Spain & Portugal   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Footprint Guide Northern Spain  •  Andy Symington
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 486 PAGES
A detailed, comprehensive guide published in Britain, nicely divided between a general overview of the region and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (SPN233, $23.95)
  Footprint Guide Northern Spain
Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES
A compact, visual travel guide to the country featuring hundreds of photographs and drawings, an excellent overview of the culture and history of Portugal, and good information about where to go and what to do. With many excellent regional, local and neighborhood maps. We also carry a guide to Lisbon (PGL04, $20.00) in the same series. (PGL05, $25.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores
A Traveller's History of Portugal  •  Ian Robertson
HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A lively, admirably concise survey from prehistory to the present, great for travelers to Portugal who would like an overview of the country's history and culture. The author has also written the Blue Guides to both Portugal and Spain. (PGL32, $14.95)
  A Traveller's History of Portugal
Northwest Spain Map 571  •   Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A nicely detailed regional map of northwest Spain at a scale of 1:400,000. It covers from just north and west of Madrid to the Atlantic Coast, including northern Portugal. (SPN53, $8.95)
  Northwest Spain Map 571
 

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Discovering Spain, An Uncommon Guide  •  Penelope Casas   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A wonderful, personable guide to Spain filled with history and culture and infused with the author's wit and love for her country. Casas dedicates a chapter to each of Spain's 12 parts. Highly recommended. (SPN31, $25.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Wines of Spain  •  Hugh Johnson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handy pocket reference to key regions, wine and winemaking in Spain. (SPN208, $14.95)
 
 
Food and Wines of Spain  •  Penelope Casas   • FOOD  •  A classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with commentary on culture and culinary history. A pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry. (SPN100, $30.00)
 
 
The Food of Portugal  •  Jean Anderson   • FOOD  •  An award-winning cookbook, featuring the cuisine of Portugal and background on Portuguese culture. Sure to please the palates of tourists interested in Portuguese food, and of emigrants in search of that authentic taste of home. (PGL10, $19.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Cultural Atlas of Spain and Portugal  •  Mary Vincent   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  With its 40 maps, 240 photographs and insightful essays on all aspects of Iberian geography and culture, this handsome book is an excellent introduction to the region. (SPN34, $45.00)
 
 
Spain, The Root and the Flower  •  John A. Crow   • HISTORY  •  This is the book to take with you to Spain: a well-written, absorbing account of Spanish cultural history from prehistory to the Romans, Jews, Moors and Golden Age, and on to Franco and his legacy in modern Spain. (SPN13, $22.95)
 
 
Cork Boat, A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built  •  John Pollack   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This endearing tale of family, loss and friendship revolves around a deliciously absurd childhood quest to build a boat of cork and sail it 133 miles on Portugal's Douro River. (PGL42, $14.95)
 
 
Roads to Santiago, A Modern-Day Pilgrimage Through Spain  •  Cees Nooteboom   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An exhilarating but erudite portrait of modern and historic Spain. Nooteboom writes quite brilliantly of Spanish art, philosophy, history, architecture and culture, as well as of the people he encountered. (SPN50, $16.00)
 
 
Spanish Recognitions, The Roads to the Present  •  Mary Lee Settle   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A magical, meditative account of Spanish history, art, archaeology and travels from Castile to the southern coast. (SPN205, $15.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
The History of the Siege of Lisbon  •  Jose Saramago  •  Giovanni Pontiero   • LITERATURE  •  In this historical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author, the past is rewritten when a Portuguese proofreader adds a false word to a history book, resulting in a whole new perception of the Siege of Lisbon. (PGL11, $14.00)
 
 
Birds of Europe  •  Killian Mullarney  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Peter J. Grant   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)
 
 


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