Spain Portugal category: 3192 books

This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state. The ETA’s armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending...

The food markets of Barcelona host thousands of customers daily, from tourists eager to sample fresh fruits and grilled seafood to neighborhood cooks in search of high-quality ingredients. While other countries experienced major shifts away from the public-market model in the twentieth century, Barcelona's...

El retrato heterodoxo de tres personajes clave del tardofranquismo y la transición: Suárez, Fraga y Areilza. En la historia política española, la figura de los ministros, «los interinos» en expresión afortunada, ha dejado muchos personajes para el recuerdo. El veterano editor Rafael...

La imponente historia comparada de Cataluña y Escocia de la mano del distinguido historiador John H. Elliott. John H. Elliott explora las raíces de uno de los problemas contemporáneos más acuciantes de Europa. En este esperado y elegante regreso al tema de uno de sus libros clave, La rebelión...

José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec construye un gran relato sobre los momentos cruciales y las figuras fundamentales de la historia de España. Se trata de un libro vertebrado por una serie de estudios, imaginativos e iluminadores, y al tiempo rigurosos, sobre la romanización, el perfil del pueblo visigodo,...

"Magnificent."—Paul Preston, author of The Spanish HolocaustBrick maker by trade, revolutionary anarchist and historian by default; this is a study of the life of José Peirats (1908–1989) and the labor union that gave him life, the CNT. It is the biography of an individual but also of a collective...

English-Spanish phrasebook and 250-word mini dictionary The collection of "Everything Will Be Okay" travel phrasebooks published by T&P Books is designed for people traveling abroad for tourism and business. The phrasebooks contain what matters most - the essentials for basic...

Takes the student from beginner and teaches them fast and effectively. All lessons are explained in simple plain English so as not to confuse the student with complex English grammar. Topics start with the basic grammar then continue on to include: Introductions Professions Checking into hotels Ordering...

Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475 1519), Spanish explorer of the New World, is perhaps most famous for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean. Balboa explored modern-day Panama, and on its west coast he discovered the South Sea, which was later renamed the Pacific Ocean by Ferdinand Magellan....

Learn how to speak and understand Spanish FAST with these 200 useful Spanish Phrases to help you get through everyday conversation! This book is broken down into the following language lessons: 1.Greetings and Common Expressions 2.Responses and Follow up Questions 3.Being Polite in Spanish 4.Resolving...

Los dichos son locuciones populares que expresan conceptos populares y ocurrencias pretéritas y en la mayor parte de ellas, graciosas. Es por ello que, son muchos los dichos recogidos por la tradición oral o por los diferentes diccionarios publicados en español a lo largo de los siglos, pero en...

A first-hand account by one of the participants in the epoch shaping battle of Austerlitz, in December 1805. Accounted by many to be Napoleon's finest victory, this account is alleged to contain his own commentaries in the text by Major-General von Stutterheim. Von Stutterheim's text is balanced and...

A short but very useful account of Napoleon’s most brilliant campaign as Emperor, culminating in smashing the Third Coalition against France. Lt.-Col. Burton dispenses with the extraneous elements and focuses primarily on the actions of Napoleon as he guides his troops from Boulogne, where they...

Originally published in 1957—years before he was Secretary of State and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize—, Henry Kissinger wrote A World Restored, to understand and explain one of history’s most important and dramatic periods; a time when Europe went from political chaos to a balanced peace that...