Spain Portugal category: 3192 books
by James Mace
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
In the spring of 1812, the British army under Sir Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington, has driven the French from Portugal. With Napoleon obsessed by the invasion of Russia, Wellington turns toward Spain. The way is barred by two fortresses, Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. When Ciudad Rodrigo collapses...
by Melveena McKendrick
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2019
Out of the division and strife of the Middle Ages, Spain emerged from behind the Pyrenees to straddle the stage of European politics like some new colossus. Discoverer of a New World, it became the greatest power on earth and created a Golden Age of culture breathtaking in its quality and achievement....
by Martin Hume
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.
The Court of Philip IV of Spain is a fabulous history of Spain during its Age of Decadence.
by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Spain. Separated into sections such as its geography, its landmarks, famous Spanish figures from history and many more you will find some fascinating information inside! Whether you are planning on visiting Spain, working...
The Tomb in Seville
Crossing Spain on the Brink of Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
An account by “the finest travel writer of the last century” of his journey through 1930s Spain in search of an ancestral tomb (The New Yorker).
In the 1930s, Norman Lewis and his brother-in-law, Eugene Corvaja, journeyed to Spain to visit the family’s ancestral tomb in Seville. Seventy...
Late Dinner
Discovering the Food of Spain
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Vivid and richly textured, A Late Dinner is a delightful journey through Spain and Spanish cuisine. Paul Richardson is the perfect guide. In lush prose he brings to life the fascinating people who grow and cook and eat the hugely varied and still little-known food of Spain.
Richardson's vibrant...
by Dave Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
There are a hundred and one books available with recipes for tapas.
This is not one of them!
This is an introduction to tapas culture in Spain.
Learn to enjoy tapas like a local.
You need this e-book before you next visit Spain!
Constructing Spain
The Re-imagination of Space and Place in Fiction and Film, 1953–2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Does fiction do more than just represent space? Can our experiences with fictional storytelling be in themselves spatial? In Constructing Spain: The Re-imagination of Space and Place in Fiction and Film, Nathan Richardson explores relations between cultural representation and spatial transformation...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Madrid : (Spain) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Madrid : (Spain) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Madrid : (Spain) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
by Mary Cable
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2019
El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain's Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain's victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Barcelona : (Spain) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Barcelona : (Spain) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Barcelona : (Spain) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
by Clinton D. Young
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
From its earliest appearance in the mid-1600s, the lyric theater form of zarzuela captivated Spanish audiences with its witty writing and lively musical scores. Clinton D. Young’s Music Theater and Popular Nationalism in Spain, 1880–1930 persuasively links zarzuela’s celebration of Spanish history...
Only in Spain
A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of a Memoir about Food, Flamenco, and Falling in Love
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Why don't' you...run away with the gypsies?
Ten-hour shifts in a high-end department store and catering to snooty customers...Nellie Bennett's life wasn't supposed to turn out this way. But maybe all she needs to do is infuse a little passion into her routine—through flamenco dance lessons,...
Franco's Friends
How British Intelligence Helped Bring Franco to Power in Spain
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Falangist uprising in July 2011, Franco's Friends tells the little-known true story of how MI6 orchestrated the coup that brought General Franco to power in Spain in 1936, leading to the Spanish civil war and 40 years of right-wing dictatorship....