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Sandy Guedes de Queiroz
Robert Irwin
2005, PAPER, 168 PAGES, $9.95
Culture Smart! Portugal
The Alhambra
A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local
customs, etiquette and culture. (Item PGL53)
Irwin's brief, indispensable guide introduces the stunning
Moorish palace and fortress complex, revealing its
mysteries, myths and significance with wit and insight.
(Item SPN226)
Marian Meaney
2004, PAPER, 213 PAGES, $16.00
James Michener
Iberia, Spanish Travels & Reflections
2015, PAPER, 960 PAGES, $18.00
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. (Item SPN16)
Peter R. Bush (Editor)
Spain, A Traveler's Literary Companion
2003, PAPER, 242 PAGES, $14.95
This collection of 30 stories from a who’s who of
contemporary Spanish literature, including writers from
Galicia, Leon, the Basque Country, Madrid and
Barcelona. (Item SPN173)
Eyewitness Guides
Eyewitness Guide Spain
2014, PAPER, 672 PAGES, $30.00
This superb, colorful guide covering all of Spain features
bright photography, dozens of maps and a region-byregion synopsis of the country's attractions. (Item SPN05)
Matthew Hancock
Culture Smart! Spain
2006, PAPER, 168 PAGES, $9.95
This concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs,
etiquette and culture provides a short overview of the
land and people along with practical travel advice. (Item
SPN342)
Steven Nightingale
Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of God
2015, HARD COVER, 320 PAGES, $28.00
Nightingale illuminates the long obscured medieval zenith
of Granada, considered an intellectual hotbed until it was
sacked by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492. Granada’s
cultural accomplishments include the first modern
translations of Greek philosophy and the introduction of
algebra. (Item SPN570)
Ian Robertson
A Traveller's History of Portugal
2002, PAPER, 352 PAGES, $14.95
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. (Item
PGL32)
Juan Lalaguna
A Traveller's History of Spain
2001, PAPER, 304 PAGES, $14.95
Pocket Rough Guide Lisbon
A swift survey from prehistory through the Romans,
Goths and Moors to the present. (Item SPN06)
By the savvy editors at Rough Guide, these just-right
guides are bundled with a pullout map. (Item PGL83)
Giles Tremlett
National Geographic
2007, PAPER, 396 PAGES, $20.00
2015, PAPER, 160 PAGES, $12.99
Spain & Portugal Adventure Map
2011, MAP, $12.95
A double-sided full color map of Spain and Portugal at a
scale of 1:1,000,000 with good shaded relief, topographic
detail, roads and waterways. (Item SPN22)
Ghosts of Spain
Tremlett captures the Spanish character, history and
modern politics in this masterful portrait, interweaving
the story of his love for the country (where he has lived
for 20 years) with interviews, anecdotes and observation.
(Item SPN323)
John A. Crow
Luis De Camoes
2005, PAPER, 455 PAGES, $29.95
2008, PAPER, 258 PAGES, $12.95
Spain, The Root and the Flower
The Lusiads
Take this book with you to Spain: it's an absorbing, wellwritten account of Spanish cultural history from
prehistory to the Romans, Jews, Moors, Golden Age and
on to Franco and his legacy in modern Spain. (Item
SPN13)
A 16th-century account of Vasco De Gama's voyage to
India modeled after Virgil's "Aeneid." (Item PGL12)
Maria Rosa Menocal, Harold Bloom (Introduction)
Set in the brooding atmosphere of post-WW II Barcelona,
this gripping story-within-a-story has it all: murder,
doomed love and a mysterious book which draws the
young hero, Daniel Sempere, into the city’s dangerous
underworld. (Item SPN298)
The Ornament of the World, How Muslims,
Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of
Tolerance in Medieval Spain
2003, PAPER, 272 PAGES, $16.00
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Shadow of the Wind
2005, PAPER, 512 PAGES, $17.00
A lively, illuminating portrait of the Andalucian Kingdom,
its cultural achievements and religious tolerance from the
eighth century to 1492. (Item SPN185)
Jose Saramago
Tomas Graves
A geological fantasy from the Nobel Prize-winning
author, in which the Iberian Peninsula becomes
unmoored from France. (Item PGL46)
Bread and Oil, A Celebration of Majorcan
Culture
2013, PAPER, 240 PAGES, $19.95
An appreciative account of peasant traditions, especially
food, in rural Majorca. Author Tomas Graves, the son of
Robert Graves, was raised on the Spanish island. (Item
SPN179)
Chris Stewart
Driving over Lemons, An Optimist in Andalucia
2000, PAPER, 256 PAGES, $15.95
Stewart's memoir about moving with his wife to a farm in
Alpujarras is charming and insightful. Unlike many
expatriates, Stewart manages to ground himself far
enough into the community to make lasting friends – as
well as a home for his young daughter. (Item SPN135)
The Stone Raft
1996, PAPER, 300 PAGES, $14.00
Albert Sanchez Pinol
Victus, The Fall of Barcelona
2014, HARD COVER, 464 PAGES, $29.99
A sweeping historical novel set in the early 1700s in the
Catalonia region of northeastern Spain. Pinol’s main
character is Marti Zuviria, a treacherous, young military
engineer who holds the fate of the War of Spanish
Succession in his hands. Dark, witty and profound, the
novel culminates in a great betrayal and the fall of
Barcelona and Catalonia. (Item SPN563)
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George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia
2015, PAPER, 256 PAGES, $14.95
Orwell's portrait of the Barcelona uprising and the spirit
of a city at war is a classic, an observant and heartfelt
report from the streets. (Item SPN03)
Jose Saramago
Journey to Portugal, In Pursuit of Portugal's
History and Culture
2002, PAPER, 464 PAGES, $17.00
Jose Saramago's richly detailed account of his journey
across Portugal in 1979. He combines his vivid
impressions of the Portuguese landscape and people with
a dose of history, fiction and meditation. (Item PGL23)
Nellie Bennett
Only in Spain, A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of
a Memoir About Food, Flamenco and Falling in
Love
2014, PAPER, 304 PAGES, $14.99
In this exuberant memoir, an enthusiastic young
Australian discovers a passion for Spanish culture
(especially flamenco) as she explores Seville and Madrid.
(Item SPN550)
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