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by Paul Preston
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Told for the first time in English, Paul Preston’s new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more at the end of the Spanish Civil War. This is the story of an avoidable humanitarian tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and...
The Spanish Civil War 1936–39 (1)
Nationalist Forces
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
The Spanish Civil War, 1936–39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. It was the first great clash of 20th-century ideologies, between the rebel Nationalist army led by General Franco (right-wing, and aided by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy), and...
The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes the Conqueror of Mexico
Addressed to the Emperor Charles V. Written During the Conquest, and Containing a Narrative of Events
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes, or the 'Cartas de Relacion', are several extraordinary documents written by the great Conquistador himself, explaining his actions in the remarkable conquest of Mexico directly to the Emperor Charles V of Spain. Not since Julius Caesar documented his own Conquest...
The Bull and The Ban
Exploring The Catalan Ban On Bullfighting
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2012
In 2012, Catalonia, an autonomous province of Spain, abolishes bullfighting, and Cat Tosko decides to make a documentary about it, "The Bull and The Ban". This is the book of the exclusive interviews, essays and photos with matadors such as Francisco Rivera Ordóñez (Death and...
by Alfonso Domingo
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
A portrait of Melchor Rodríguez García (also known as El Ángel Rojo - Red Angel; 1893, —February 14, 1972), a former bullfighter, was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist of the CNT - FAI (Iberian Anarchist Federation), and the Director-General of Prisons in Madrid during the Spanish...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
*Includes Cortes's letter to King Charles V describing Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Empire.*Includes descriptions of both the Aztec and Inca Empires.*Includes pictures of the Conquistadors and important people and places in their lives.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents....
The She-Apostle
The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Before dawn one morning in June 1612, an elderly Frenchman took charge of a carriage carrying a precious cargo near Tyburn Fields, London's notorious place of execution. It was heading for a house in Spitalfields, where a wizened Spanish woman was waiting to receive the mortal remains of freshly-martyred...
by mike morrison
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The Gordon family settled in Spain in the 18th century and became established quickly in the sherry and agricultural industries. They married Spaniards and became established in the Spanish Aristocracy.The gifts to Huntly of a Roman Catholic Church and school were appreciated by the Scots and the...
by Matthew Felix
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
When Matthew retreated to an isolated mountain village in Spain, he was looking forward to peace and quiet. A friendly old man, a pushy old woman, and an invasive swarm of hornets had other ideas. A humorous, lighthearted series of five very short travel stories.
by Michael Booth
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
The Turncoat Chronicles is the non-fiction story of a young man, born and raised in the U.S.A., who went looking for a better place to live--and found it in Spain. The narration weaves its way between the human-centered Spanish "estilo de vida" and the American way of life he left behind. It includes a critical look at what the United States has become over the past four decades.
Hell and Good Company
The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning and bestselling author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, “The most extraordinary book about the Spanish Civil War ever encountered” (The Washington Post).
The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) inspired and haunted an extraordinary number of exceptional artists...
Ghosts of Passion
Martyrdom, Gender, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
The question of what caused the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) is the central focus of modern Spanish historiography. In Ghosts of Passion, Brian D. Bunk argues that propaganda related to the revolution of October 1934 triggered the broader conflict by accentuating existing social tensions surrounding...
by Esteban Tarrio
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Costa Blanca a highly popular holiday destination in Spain with over 200 kilometres of coastline. The name "Costa Blanca" was devised as a promotional name used by BEA when they launched their air service between London and Valencia in 1957 and...
THE LAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia & On a Chinese Screen (Collection of autobiographical travel sketches and articles by the British Playwright & author of "The Painted Veil")
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The Land of the Blessed Virgin, also known as The Land of the Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham. It is a series of sketches and impressions he made and collected during his travels around Spain. On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese...