Spain Portugal category: 3192 books
by Martin Hume
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
For three hundred years a bitter controversy has raged around the actions of Philip the Second of Spain. Until our own times no attempt even had been made to write his life-history from an impartial point of view. He had been alternately deified and execrated, until through the mists of time and prejudice...
by Andy Symington
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
The Camino de Santiago has experienced a striking revival. Cutting across Spain from the Pyrenees in the east, to Santiago de Compostela in the west, it leads you through the varied and beautiful ancient kingdoms of northern Spain. This Footprint Handbook provides invaluable information on transport,...
The Sierras of Extremadura
32 half and full-day walks in western Spain's hills
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
This guidebook showcases 32 walks exploring the sierras of Cáceres and Badajoz, one of Spain's least known regions and a gem for walkers and nature lovers. Walks range in length from 6 to 20km are suitable for any reasonably fit walker. They can be done from a number of bases in the area including...
Atado y bien atado
Ejercito, Guerrilla, Iglesia y robo de niños
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Juan Busquets, former guerrilla and author of Twenty Years in Franco’s Jails. An Anarchist in Franco’s Prisons, explains how Franco’s victims, especially the maquis, have been deliberately written out of history by Spain’s post-Francoist governments. His starting point is that the current...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Catalonia and Bavaria today cling tightly to their linguistic distinctiveness, their cultural traditions, their culinary specialties, and their political particularity. Even after the passage of some centuries, these regions have not yet amalgamated into the nation states that contain them. And yet,...
by James Lowen, Carlos Bocos Gonzalez
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Covers more than 250 species regularly seen in mainland Spain and the Balearics
Concise text includes information on identification, songs and calls, behaviour, distribution and habitat
Packed with full-colour photographs, each carefully selected to guide identification
The ideal pocket-sized guide – perfect for nature-loving travellers and birdwatchers
The History of Moors in Spain: From the Islamic Conquest until the Fall of Kingdom of Granada
The Last of the Goths, Wave of Conquest, People of Andalusia, The Great Khalif, Holy War, Cid the Challenger, Kingdom of Granada
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This eBook edition of "The History of Moors in Spain: From the Islamic Conquest until the Fall of Kingdom of Granada" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. In 711 the Islamic Moors of Arab and Berber descent in North Africa crossed...
Valencia, Spain
The Key Sights, Places and Events
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2019
Valencia, the third largest city in Spain, has been a lively Mediterranean trading place since ancient times. The fascinating history is still present in the city for travelers to explore, along with recently created modern wonders. What makes Valencia a unique Spanish destination is not only the...
Death and the Sun
A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
A brilliant observer in the tradition of Adam Gopnik and Paul Theroux, Edward Lewine reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. There's nothing more Spanish than bullfighting, and nothing less like its stereotype. For matadors and aficionados, it is not a blood sport but an art, an ancient subculture...
Metaphors of Spain
Representations of Spanish National Identity in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
The history of twentieth-century Spanish nationalism is a complex one, placing a set of famously distinctive regional identities against a backdrop of religious conflict, separatist tensions, and the autocratic rule of Francisco Franco. And despite the undeniably political character of that story,...
by Júlio de Sousa e Costa
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 4, 2015
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 4, 2015
D. Pedro V de Portugal (1937-1861), cognominado por muitos de «Esperançoso», foi, nas palavras do autor deste livro «o mais infeliz da sua dinastia». Durante largos anos, e começando ainda em vida do monarca, circularam rumores sobre aquele que seria o seu segredo...
by Venice Kichura
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Lisbon is a city full of treasures and is a must-see for the serious traveler. Walk the cobblestone, narrow streets of the old Alfama District, see the tombs of Vasco da Gama and other notables in the Jerome Monastery and admire the Queluz Palace.Besides highlighting the popular tourist sites,...
by George Makepeace Towle
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Vasco da Gama, born at Sines, a small seaport of Portugal, of a noble family, discovered the route to the East Indies by sea — a discovery of the greatest importance, not only in regard to commerce, but to the civilization and political relations or Europe, and which laid the foundation of the commercial power of Portugal in the Indian seas.
by António Augusto Teixeira de Vasconcelos
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Em 1860, como em muitos períodos da sua história, em Portugal discutia-se a manutenção da independência do país, ou a sua união com Espanha para proveito mútuo. Foi neste contexto que o escritor e político português António...