Spain Portugal category: 3192 books
by Alonso de Palencia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This is the most famous book by the author, a chronicle of the conquest of Granada, the last enclave of the Islamic world in Spain. It displays both sides of Fernando de Castilla, sometimes showing him as a cruel figure, and other times as a magnanimous forgiving leader.
A Cavalry Officer In The Corunna Campaign 1808-1809:
The Journal Of Captain Gordon Of The 15th Hussars
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Captain Gordon led a troop of the 15th Hussars during the first of the British army’s campaigns into Spain, commanded by Sir John Moore. Unearthed and published many years after it was written by the esteemed Regimental historian Colonel Wylly, his diary bears testimony to the events of the retreat...
Gang Wars on the Costa
The True Story of the Bloody Conflict Raging in Paradise
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
For more than a decade, an intense gang war has been raging between British and foreign criminals in Spain's sunny costal regions. The warring factions have left more than a hundred people dead and scores injured, making headlines around the world. These vicious conflicts for control of drugs turf,...
by Emilio Castelar y Ripoll
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
La abolición de la esclavitud is a plea for human freedom, delivered by Castelar in Spain in the 19th century. It had a direct influence on the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico.
WALKING IN WINTER ON THE CAMINO
A PILGRIMAGE ON THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Each year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims trek across Spain arriving at the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela where the tomb of the apostle of Saint James is located. As far back as the Middle Ages pilgrims have walked the way of Saint James often trekking hundreds of miles. The mountain ranges...
A Traveler's Highway to Heaven
Exploring the History and Culture of Northern Spain on El Camino de Santiago
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
"A Traveler’s Highway to Heaven" adds historical and cultural meat to the bones of the hiker’s happily convivial El Camino experience. Of even more import, the book enables that experience for the traveler who yearns to course El Camino de Santiago but is physically incapable...
Fodor's Barcelona
with Highlights of Catalonia
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years.
Barcelona is a top European destination for American travelers, and this stunning full-color guide covers the city's biggest draws, from cutting-edge cuisine to the dizzying...
Lucifer's Court
A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
Rahn’s personal diary from his travels as occult investigator for the Third Reich
• First English translation of the author’s journeys in search of a Nordic equivalent to Mt. Sinai
• Explains why Lucifer the Light Bringer, god of the heretics, is a positive figure
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by Andy Symington
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Footprintfocus Santander and Picos de Europa is the only dedicated guide available covering this popular Spanish region. Features an Essentials section with practical tips to help plan a trip, detailed information on attractions and comprehensive listings of where to eat, sleep and have fun.
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by Julian Jeffs
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Fully revised and updated for its sixth edition, this benchmark book recounts the exciting and turbulent evolution of the sherry region and explores how its history and culture are intertwined with the sherry trade. Julian Jeffs chronicles the changing face of sherry – its viticultural methods,...
by Paddy Dillon
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
This guidebook to 45 day walks and treks on Tenerife in the Canary islands explores the coast and mountains of Tenerife with walks ranging between 4 and 32km, with short, easy strolls suitable for walkers of all abilities, to long and challenging routes. Detailed route descriptions are illustrated...
Ready for Revolution
The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Seeing the writing on the wall, one of Spain's largest unions began secretly arming workers throughout the country. The anarcho-syndicalist union evolved from overseeing workers' defense to organizing armed resistance to the Fascist coup. From there, it administered entire militias and finally coordinated...
Mexico and the Spanish Civil War
Political Repercussions for the Republican Cause
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Based on first-hand diplomatic, political, and journalistic sources, most of which are previously unpublished, Mexico and the Spanish Civil War investigates the backing of the Second Republic by Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. This path-breaking account reveals the operations in Spain of Mexican...
Friend or Foe?
Occupation, Collaboration and Selective Violence in the Spanish Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
'Today with the Red Army captive and disarmed, the Nationalist [nacionales] troops have achieved their final military objectives. The war is over.' With these two sentences, on 1 April 1939, General Franco announced that his writ ran across the whole of Spain. His words marked a high point for those...