books about: spain     books:       The Story of Spain: The Dramatic History of Europe's Most Fascinating Country25 reviews Mark R. Williams Golden Era Books, 2004 A great introduction to Spain While visiting Spain with my wife we bought this book in Seville. I enjoyed every part of it especially the end of each chapter which holds a list of the monuments relevant to the history of that chapter. I took it on a trip to Spain with my wife and it made the trip magical. This book reviews the history of Spain from the Romans to nowadays. In his witty account, the author goes on to reveal ...             Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past12 reviews Giles Tremlett Walker & Company, 2008 The Bible for Spain-Lovers Tremlett incorporates personal anecdotes and experiences into each delightfully informative chapter to the extent that the writing is never dull or dry. As a Spanish-American trying to get in touch with his roots, this book, essential for those who have fallen for Spain, made me even prouder to call Spain my fatherland.             Spain (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)17 reviews DK Publishing DK Travel, 2006 Fun Fun Fun This informative book about Spain was an excellent purchase. The Seller is trustworthy and the book was in mint condition. It was every bit as great as I thought it would be. Seller is the BEST!!             Frommer's Spain 2008 (Frommer's Complete)4 reviews Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince Frommers, 2007 Great book I bought this book, read it, planned along their recommendation. Had a great grip to Spain. I love the idea that a map of Madrid & Barcelona is included, it was very helpful. We walked around a lot for sight-seeing, without the map, won't be as convinent.             The Rough Guide to Spain 12 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)7 reviews Rough Guides Rough Guides, 2007 Best guide for outside the major cities My husband and I just got back from a 2-week trip to Spain where we covered about 1000 miles by car. This was the guide that we depended on when we traveled through the Pyrenees, Rioja and Basque regions. The other guidebooks have maybe one or two sentences on the picturesque little medieval towns that we passed through, where this one had recommendations for meals and places to stay off the ...             Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience14 reviews Jane S. Gerber Free Press, 1994 A great introduction to the history of a great nation I came to this volume as part of a project to further my education about Islam and its relationship with the rest of the world, which had led me to an interest in the Golden Age of ha Sefarad, and to inform myself further about Judaism, about which I have had too little information to understand its relationship with the world at all. This book serves both purposes beautifully. While serious in ...             Spain (Country Guide)33 reviews Damien Simonis Lonely Planet, 2007 Going to Spain Seems to be pretty thorough. Using it to plan Spain and Andorra trip in June.             The Conquest of New Spain (Penguin Classics)21 reviews Bernal Diaz del Castillo Penguin Classics, 1963 Great Eyewitness account Diaz was one of the soldiers who accompanied Cortez to invade the Aztec Empire. His account is one of the best we have of the whole affair. It is not written with much bias and was written to discount historical myths after the invasion had taken place. It is very analytical at times and his analysis of what happened is given added authority since he was present at the events. If you want to ...             Imperial Spain: 1469-171611 reviews J. H. Elliott Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 A justly celebrated historical classic Over the years I have managed to read a fairly large number of historical works dedicated to surveying particular periods of history, but I have rarely found one that managed to combine learning with readability as well as this one. Although a historian, Elliott must of necessity tell a story, and that is how Spain went from being a relatively unimportant afterthought on the tip of Europe to ...             Rick Steves' Spain 2009 (Rick Steves)10 reviews Rick Steves Avalon Travel Publishing, 2008 As always, Rick gives great advice The book was great for our trip to spain. We are always able to see much more than if we went without the book             The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-193942 reviews Antony Beevor Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Francisco Franco is still dead.... le for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor is a much better book than the first full length book that I read on the Spanish Civil War--The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939 by Gabriel Jackson. Beevor is much more clear in his explanations and much more thorough in his description of the actual war. In defense of Jackson, he spent much of his book examining the ...             The History of Spain1 review Peter Pierson Greenwood Press, 1999 Interesting and easy to read history If you are an American, your touchstone of European history is always England. For much of the world, Spain is the "old country". This book made me see Spain in the way I see England. I now have a better feel for the land and its people. A good popular history.             Beggars in Spain69 reviews Nancy Kress Eos, 2004 Smart science fiction, sometimes dense but ultimately worth the work In total, "Beggars in Spain" is that kind of intellectual science fiction that you must consume slowly, if you don't want to choke. This is not a "rip-roaring good yarn;" it's a thoughtful, complex exploration of some essential questions of human nature and society--specifically, the de facto entitlement of the favorably born; the envy of those who aren't. Who would imagine that such a deep ...             Michelin the Green Guide Spain (Michelin Green Guides)2 reviews Paul Glassman Michelin Travel Publications, 2007 Fantastic travel guide As expected from the Michelin Green Guides series, this one too is a wonderful travel companion. Accurate and up to date, covers all important milestones and goes past the shallow surface barely scratched by other travel guides. This Michelin Green Guides is the best available, if you're going to travel to Spain don't leave home without it.             Spain: The Root and the Flower: An Interpretation of Spain and the Spanish People8 reviews John A. Crow University of California Press, 2005 Memorable, deep, and completely outstanding This history book has several things going for it. First, it's eminently readable; the author is a skillful writer who keeps you thinking about the subject matter, not his own style. Second, the reader's interest is doubled by the author's constant interweaving of the development of Spanish character into the history. Thirdly, the author always attempts explanations of the deeper historical ...             Moorish Spain17 reviews Richard Fletcher University of California Press, 2006 Riveting, accurate and succinct For all students of Islam, Richard Fletcher's 175 pages of text are critical reading that dispel the myths wide of a kind, gentle "golden age" of Andalusian Islam. Many accounts exist from Islamic conquerors and subjugated Christians, but only three important contemporary reports meet scientific tests---a "single but crucial administrative document from the Islamic side," "a small amount of ...             Spain: A History11 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 The Epitome of a Scholarly, European History Boook Words that define this book: accurate, engaging, reliable, fascinating, scholarly, solid... Even the Spaniards awarded this exacting Englishman with the famed "Prince of Asturias Award" and an honorable doctorate from the University of Madrid. This book is a must read for any Iberophile!             Rick Steves' Spain 2007 (Rick Steves)16 reviews Rick Steves Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006 An invaluable tool for travel in Spain Having Rick Steves' Spain book in my bag on our recent trip was like having a good friend whisper tips and suggestions into our ears everywhere we went. His advice was specific and trustworty. We went off the beaten-path quite a bit on our own to places we wouldn't otherwise have dared to visit, but we did so with confidence because Rick never steered us wrong. Honestly, the only bad move we ...             Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-176314 reviews Henry Kamen Harper Perennial, 2004 Good history with an important Caveat The caveat is that the Spanish Empire was in many ways not Spain's. Empire reminds us that many of those working, and fighting, for Spain were non-Spaniards. This is repeated throughout the book, for the most part to good effect. Empire is a truly academic work, in the sense that it presents us with the dark side of the Empire, without pretending that Spain of five centuries ago should be ...             Fodor's Spain 2008 (Fodor's Gold Guides) Fodor's Fodor's, 2007 Spain is the world’s second most popular tourist destination, and Fodor’s Spain 2008 covers everything visitors love----captivating culinary experiences, spectacular beaches and islands, red-hot nightlife, beautiful architecture, mountains for skiing and hiking, and excursions to Africa. Fodor’s understands the way people travel, and this user-friendly guide gives helpful tips, maps, and ample coverage to Spain’s ...              search for books 1469-1716, 1492-1763, 1936-1939, battle, became, beggars, classics, complete, conquest, country, dramatic, empire, experience, eyewitness, fascinating, flower, frommer, ghosts, history, imperial, interpretation, michelin, moorish, penguin, people, sephardic, spanish, steves, through, travels books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen HITACTILE GLOVES -- EXTRA LARGE home  impressum - about us