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Aragon Cataluna (Northeast Spain) Map
• Michelin
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A travel map of northeastern Spain at a scale 1:400,000.
(SPN112, $8.95)
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The Arts in Spain, From Prehistory to Modernism
• John Moffit
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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From the cave painting at Altimira through the Golden Age, to the works of Picasso and Miro, this book documents the course of art in Spain, with 150 illustrations.
(SPN102, $18.95)
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Barcelona
• Warner Home Video
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An acclaimed comedy by Whit Stilman featuring American expatriates living in Barcelona.
(SPN64, $19.95)
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Barcelona Map
• Borch Maps
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A detailed city map, laminated and folded for easy reference.
(SPN105, $7.95)
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The Basque Kitchen, Tempting Food from the Pyrenees
• Gerald Hirigoyen
• Cameron Hirigoyen
• FOOD
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Basque recipes, both traditional and modern, by the celebrated chef (and owner of San Francisco's Piperade), originally from Biarritz.
(SPN217, $39.95)
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Boundaries, The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees
• Peter Sahlins
• HISTORY
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A study of national identity in Catalonia, Cerdanya and the border lands between France and Spain, with an overview of their demarcation and arbitrary division in 1659.
(SPN154, $26.95)
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Bradt Guide Canary Islands
• Lucy Corne
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the popular Bradt series by a Las Palmas resident and journalist. With city and town plans and in-depth coverage of destinations throughout the archipelago.
(CNY06, $21.95)
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The Buried Mirror
• Carlos Fuentes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A fascinating, illustrated survey of Latin American culture and history by the great Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. With hundreds of color illustrations.
(SPN71, $29.95)
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The Camino, A Journey of the Spirit
• Shirley MacLaine
• RELIGION
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The much-reincarnated, ever-brave entertainer treks 500-miles across Northern Spain on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Campostela. She's a tough woman, spending 30 days on the road, sleeping in hostels en route.
(SPN127, $14.95)
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Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages featuring hundreds of drawings and color illustrations and a brief chronology.
(MED07, $12.95)
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The Cave Painters
• Gregory Curtis
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• NEW
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Curtis introduces the masterworks of cave art, the Paleolithic and paleoarchaeology in this tour of Altamira, Lascaux, Les Trois-Freres, Cosquer, Chauvet and other caves in France and Spain.
(FRN620, $14.95)
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Companion Guide Madrid and Central Spain
• Alastair Boyd
• GUIDEBOOK
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A scholarly, entertaining and thorough guide to the region.
(SPN24, $34.95)
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Cultural Atlas of Spain and Portugal
• Mary Vincent
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Dali
• Dawn Ades
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A compelling, thoroughly illustrated overview of Dali's art by a leading Dali scholar, this book is a fine companion for a trip to the Dali Museum in Figueres.
(SPN59, $16.95)
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Dali
• Ignacio Gomez De Liano
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautiful oversize volume featuring more than 100 reproductions of Dali's works.
(SPN77, $29.95)
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Discovering Spain, An Uncommon Guide
• Penelope Casas
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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The End of Days, A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain
• Erna Paris
• HISTORY
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The story of the dramatic changes in Spain leading to the Spanish Inquisition.
(SPN56, $39.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Madrid
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide features bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the attractions in and around Madrid.
(SPN122, $20.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Spain
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb, colorful guide covers all of Spain. It features bright photography, dozens of excellent maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(SPN05, $30.00)
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Farewell Espana, The World of the Sephardim Remembered
• Howard Morley Sachar
• HISTORY
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A history of Spanish Jews by a well known scholar. Sachar covers not only the rise, persecution, and expulsion of the Spanish Jews, but also their dispersion across Europe and in the Americas.
(SPN57, $20.40)
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Food and Wines of Spain
• Penelope Casas
• FOOD
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A classic collection of 400 recipes, interwoven with cultural commentary and culinary history. A pleasure to read, but prepare to become hungry.
(SPN100, $30.00)
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Frank O. Gehry, The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
• Coosje Van Bruggen
• Frank O. Gehry
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A beautifully illustrated testimonial to the celebrated architecture of the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, covering not only the finished building but documenting the process from idea to reality. Published by the Guggenheim.
(SPN52, $55.00)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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Goya
• Jose Gudiol
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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An overview of Goya's work in the excellent "Masters of Art" series. The book begins with an illustrated essay on Goya's art, and continues with reproductions of important works.
(SPN79, $34.00)
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Goya, Painter of Terrible Splendor
• Jeanine Baticle
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A pocket-size encyclopedia, this slim book is an illustrated overview of the life and times of Goya. It's an illuminating portrait of 18th-century Madrid.
(SPN35, $12.95)
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Guggenheim NY/Guggenheim Bilbao
• Jeff Goldberg
• Ezra Stoller
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The Guggenheim New York and the Guggenheim Bilbao are compared through photographs in this new, compact (small enough for your palm) book.
(SPN115, $14.95)
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Heart of Spain: Robert Capa
• Robert Capa
• HISTORY
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Capra's Civil War photography.
(SPN99, $29.95)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow.
(EUR189, $14.00)
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A History of Medieval Spain
• Joseph F. O'Callaghan
• HISTORY
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A detailed history of the Medieval kingdoms of Iberia.
(SPN10, $29.95)
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Iberia, Spanish Travels & Reflections
• James Michener
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this best-selling travelogue, Michener presents a compulsively readable and well-observed account of his love affair with Spain and all things Spanish. It has achieved the status of a classic, rich in detail and insightful.
(SPN16, $8.99)
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Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
• John H. Elliott
• HISTORY
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An authoritative history of Imperial Spain.
(SPN138, $17.00)
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Insight Guide Barcelona
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent, illustrated overview with essays on art, architecture, history and culture.
(SPN75, $19.95)
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The Jews of Spain
• Jane S. Gerber
• HISTORY
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A straightforward, readable history of Jewish life in Spain. The book covers life in Spain up to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, and continues with chapters on the Sephardic diaspora.
(SPN72, $21.50)
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Karen Brown's Spain, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries
• Lorena Aburto
• Clare Brown
• Cynthia Sauvage
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to lodging of character and itineraries.
(SPN149, $19.95)
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The Land of My Fathers, A Son's Return to the Basque Country
• Robert Laxalt
• Joyce Laxalt
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A portrait of the Basque culture and people through the eyes of Robert Laxalt, who traveled through Basque country in the 60s. This book is based on Laxalt's journals and complemented by his wife's photographs.
(FRN162, $21.00)
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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself
• J.M. Cohen
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Utterly transformed by her religious experiences and converted at age forty, Saint Teresa feared false mysticism and maintained an analytical and critical view of ecstasy. This book is widely read in Spain.
(SPN18, $13.00)
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Lonely Planet Barcelona
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive city guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style.
(SPN158, $19.99)
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Madrid Map
• Borch Maps
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A detailed map of Madrid at a scale of 1:10,000, laminated and folded for easy reference.
(SPN106, $7.95)
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Majorca Map
• Borch Maps
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A handy laminated road map of Majorca in full color at a scale of 1:160,000, with supplementary maps.
(SPN310, $10.95)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals.
(FG61, $34.95)
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Marks of Identity
• Juan Goytisolo
• Gregory Rabassa
• LITERATURE
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Banned under Franco, this is the story of a man struggling to get along without love for his country or himself. The author has written a number of novels concerning Spain on the periphery of the Western and Islamic worlds.
(SPN25, $15.00)
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The Medieval Spains
• Bernard F. Reilly
• HISTORY
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A short scholarly history of Iberia.
(SPN98, $29.99)
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Modern Spain
• Raymond Carr
• HISTORY
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A survey of Spanish history from 1875 to the advent of King Juan Carlos in 1980.
(SPN152, $24.95)
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Northern Spain Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A nicely detailed, overview map of Northern Spain and the Way of St. James at a scale of 1:500,000.
(SPN245, $11.95)
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Off the Road, A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route Into Spain
• Jack Hitt
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An American Abroad, popular NPR contributor Hitt unleashes his wit and wonder in this account of his trek, 500-miles across Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Naturally, he falls in with an odd assortment of fellow pilgrims and adventures ensue.
(SPN312, $13.00)
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Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe
• Barry W Cunliffe
• HISTORY
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Dozens of experts contributed essays to this illustrated account of the sweep of early human history in Europe from the Paleolithic to the fall of the Roman Empire, featuring 300 well-integrated maps, photographs and site plans.
(EUR32, $31.95)
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Picasso
• Christian-Peter Warncke
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully illustrated color Tashen monograph featuring the works of Picasso.
(SPN90, $20.00)
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Picasso
• Patrick O'Brian
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Patrick O'Brian, who knew the artist, covers the life and work of Picasso.
(SPN86, $18.95)
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Picasso
• Hans L. Jaffe
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic overview of Picasso's art with reproductions of important works.
(SPN85, $19.98)
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Picasso
• Jean-Louis Ferrier
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This oversize paperback is a thoroughly illustrated study of Picasso's art over the decades. Each essay features gorgeous color reproductions.
(SPN84, $27.50)
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Picasso
• Timothy Hilton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An extended illustrated essay on Picasso's achievement and place in 20th-century art.
(SPN82, $16.95)
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Picasso, Master of the New Idea
• Paule du Bouchet
• Marie-Laure Bernadac
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A colorful pocket-size reference on the development of Picasso and his art. Includes hundreds of color and archival photographs, a useful chronology and long section of writing by and about Picasso.
(SPN27, $12.95)
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Pilgrim Stories, On and Off the Road to Santiago
• Nancy Louise Frey
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The sights, sounds -- and meaning -- of modern journeys along the "Camino de Santiago," according to interviews with those who travel it.
(SPN46, $22.95)
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The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago De Compostela
• William Melczer
• GUIDEBOOK
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This is the original guide used by 12th-century pilgrims along the sacred way, reprinted with an introduction by a professor of medieval studies, endnotes and a gazeteer. It's an excellent, hugely informative presentation of this curiosity.
(SPN42, $25.00)
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The Pilgrimage to Santiago
• Edwin Mullins
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• OUT OF PRINT
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Mullins travels (not always by foot) in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims from Paris, across the Pyrenees and through Northern Spain to Santiago de Campostela in this classic account.
(SPN130, $15.00)
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Pilgrimage to the End of the World, The Road to Santiago de Campostela
• Conrad Rudolph
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An engaging, literary account of 11 weeks of travels from Le Puy along the way of St. James, 1,000 miles all told.
(SPN220, $15.00)
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The Pilgrimage, A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
• Paulo Coelho
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The Portuguese author's experiences along the historic Road to Santiago.
(SPN47, $13.95)
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Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions
• Simon Coleman
• John Elsner
• RELIGION
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An illustrated survey, organized thematically, of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Indian and Buddhist pilgrimages and sacred travel.
(REL07, $28.00)
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The Prado
• Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Highlights of the Prado Museum in Madrid, featuring 320 illustrations of art collected by the kings and queens over centuries, including works by Goya, Rubens, Velazquez and El Greco.
(SPN104, $35.00)
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Prehistoric Art in Europe
• N.K. Sanders
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An overview of European prehistoric art, well illustrated with black-and-white photos, line drawings and maps. This book places the cave art in southwestern France within the larger context of prehistoric art.
(EUR02, $40.00)
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Pyrenees & Andorra Map
• World Mapping Project
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A detailed, traveler's map at a good scale of the Pyrenees, including Andorra, based on World Mapping Project cartography.
(SPN249, $9.99)
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The Quest for El Cid
• Richard Fletcher
• HISTORY
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A reevaluation of the legendary eleventh-century warrior El Cid.
(SPN141, $17.95)
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Road of Stars to Santiago
• Edward Stanton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A 30-day pilgrimage by foot across Northern Spain along the Camino de Santiago.
(SPN51, $30.00)
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Road to Santiago
• Michael Jacobs
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide to the Medieval pilgrimage route across the Pyrenees and Northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Jacobs is a lively, literate author.
(SPN139, $27.50)
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The Road to Santiago
• Kathryn Harrison
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The novelist's meditative, personal account of journeys along the route of St. James from St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela.
(SPN209, $20.00)
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Roads to Santiago, A Modern-Day Pilgrimage Through Spain
• Cees Nooteboom
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Rough Guide Spain
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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For planning trips, this is an excellent, comprehensive and up-to-date guide.
(SPN159, $24.99)
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Spain & Portugal Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A colorful, shaded relief map of the entire Iberian Peninsula at a scale of 1:700,000.
(SPN22, $12.95)
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Spain 1469-1714, A Society of Conflict
• Henry Kamen
• HISTORY
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A vivid history of the Golden Age of imperial Spain.
(SPN69, $68.40)
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Spain and Its World, 1500-1700
• John H. Elliott
• HISTORY
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A wide-ranging overview by the pre-eminent historian of the Imperial Age of Spain.
(SPN48, $35.00)
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Spain's Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century
• Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina
• HISTORY
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(SPN93, $40.00)
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The Spanish Inquisition
• Cecil Roth
• HISTORY
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This documents the events leading up to the Inquisition, the torment that spread from Spain to Portugal and the New World -- a fascinating exploration of the roots of the Inquisition and its effects on the country.
(SPN91, $15.95)
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The Spanish Inquisition, A Historical Revision
• Henry Kamen
• HISTORY
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A vivid, revisionist history of the Spanish Inquisition.
(SPN144, $23.00)
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The Spanish Seaborne Empire
• J.H. Parry
• HISTORY
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A classic study of colonial Spain's impact on the Americas.
(SPN70, $26.95)
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Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes)
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook.
(SPN140, $21.95)
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The Story of the Moors in Spain
• Stanley Lane-Poole
• HISTORY
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A wonderfully readable, sweeping tale of splendor and tragedy, first published in 1866.
(SPN12, $18.95)
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The Sun Also Rises
• Ernest Hemingway
• LITERATURE
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Hemingway's great novel, which encapsulates the angst of the post-WWI "lost generation," is the story of unmoored American and British expats travelling from Paris to Pamplona.
(SPN33, $15.00)
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Surrealism
• Fiona Bradley
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The history of the Surrealist movement including Magritte, Ernst, Dali, and others.
(SPN83, $20.99)
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Sweet Promised Land
• Robert Laxalt
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir of a Basque sheepherders life in America and his return visit to the Pyrennes.
(SWU50, $18.00)
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Through the Spanish Pyrenees: GR11, A Long Distance Footpath
• Paul Lucia
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide to the coast-to-coast sereis of trails and footpaths.
(SPN229, $19.95)
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Time Out Barcelona
• Time Out
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide by the hipsters at Time Out, with an overview of the city -- and excellent recommendations on where to eat, shop and loiter.
(SPN92, $19.95)
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To the Heart of Spain: Food and Wine Adventures beyond the Pyrenees
• Ann Walker
• Larry Walker
• FOOD
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A celebration of Spain and its food.
(SPN95, $14.95)
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The Trap
• Ana Maria Matute
• LITERATURE
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A feminist perspective on events surrounding the Spanish Civil War.
(SPN60, $15.95)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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Two Spanish Picaresque Novels: Lazarillo de Tormes, The Swindler
• Francisco de Quevedo
• Michael Alpert
• LITERATURE
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A pair of tales that helped lay the foundation for the Spanish novel.
(SPN108, $14.00)
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Walking in the Cordillera Cantabrica
• Robin Walker
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed, practical guide in the British series.
(SPN194, $24.95)
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Way of St James: Pyrenees, Santiago, Finisterre
• Alison Raju
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to the Spanish half of the Pilgrim's Road.
(SPN202, $19.95)
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Western Picos de Europa Map
• Adrados Ediciones
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A folded topographic for walkers and hikers.
(SPN198, $11.95)
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Wild Spain, A Traveller's Guide
• Frederic Grunfeld
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief, illustrated survey of the national parks and wilderness areas of Spain, organized geographically.
(SPN96, $19.95)
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