Spain category: 3192 books
Parallel Histories
Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
The distinct religious culture of early modern Spain -- characterized by religious unity at a time when fierce civil wars between Catholics and Protestants fractured northern Europe -- is further understood through examining the expulsion of the Jews and suspected Muslims. While these two groups had...
The Battle for Spain
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought...
A Rose for Winter
Travels in Andalusia
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
A passionate ode to the magic of Spain, composed by one of its most ardent admirers
Fifteen years after the events described in his acclaimed autobiographies, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War, Laurie Lee returned to Spain, the land of his youth and experience. He found...
The Battle of Barrosa, 1811
Forgotten Battle of the Peninsular War
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Witness the critical campaign that changed the course of the Peninsular War, helped defeat Napoleon, and save Spain!
Napoleon’s armies were relentless in their campaign to claim the Iberian Peninsula, waging war against Spain and Portugal for six years. The upstart emperor’s ambition had already...
Spanish Civil War Tanks
The Proving Ground for Blitzkrieg
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The tanks used during the Spanish Civil War are not often examined in any great detail, and are often labeled as little more than test vehicles in a convenient proving ground before World War II. But, with groundbreaking research, armor expert Steven J Zaloga has taken a fresh look at the tanks deployed...
Homage to Caledonia
Scotland and the Spanish Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
The Spanish civil war was a call to arms for 2,300 British volunteers, of which over 500 were from Scotland. The first book of its kind, 'Homage to Caledonia' examines Scotland's role in the conflict, detailing exactly why Scottish involvement was so profound. The book moves chronologically through events...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Barcelona (Spain) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Mallorca (Spain) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Costa Brava (Spain) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
by Esteban Tarrio
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Ibiza, a Balearic island in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Valencia, Spain that is well known for its summer club parties which attract large numbers of tourists.
Noted Ibiza clubs include Space, Pacha, Privilege (ex Ku), Amnesia, DC10,...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Ibiza (Spain) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
The Forgetting River
A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
The unexpected and moving story of an American journalist who works to uncover her family’s long-buried Jewish ancestry in Spain.
Raised a Catholic in California, New York Times journalist Doreen Carvajal is shocked when she discovers that her background may actually be connected to conversos...
Raised to Rule
Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1601-1634
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
The children of Philip III of Spain (1578--1621) and Margarita de Austria (1584--1611) inherited great potential power: the abilities to declare war or make peace, to advocate religious doctrine, and to exert lasting influence over art, culture, and taste. The leadership provided by this generation...
Parables of Coercion
Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, competing scholarly communities sought to define a Spain that was, at least officially, entirely Christian, even if many suspected that newer converts from Islam and Judaism were Christian in name only. Unlike previous books on conversion in early modern...