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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
| Author: | Chris Stewart |
| Publisher: | Sort of Books |
| Catalogue number: | 176949 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Driving Over Lemons begins with Chris Stewart, a one-time Genesis drummer, turned sheep-shearer, turned bestselling writer as he sees an old peasant farm on the wrong side of the river in southern Spain...
The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society
| Author: | Chris Stewart |
| Publisher: | Sort of Books |
| Catalogue number: | 176950 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In this sequel to Driving Over Lemons and A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society finds Chris Stewart and his family still living on their farm, El Valero, in Andalucia...
| Author: | Chris Stewart |
| Publisher: | Sort of Books |
| Catalogue number: | 176948 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A sequel of sorts to Driving over Lemons, A Parrot in a Pepper Tree combines a reflective look at Chris Stewart’s past life - from travelling with a circus in the north of England to sheep-shearing...
| Author: | Jason Webster |
| Publisher: | Black Swan |
| Catalogue number: | 120185 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
When Jason Webster heads off for Spain in search of “duende”, the intense emotional state - part ecstasy, part desperation - so intrinsic to flamenco, he has no idea what to expect.
What he finds is...
In the Glow of the Phantom Palace
| Author: | Michael Jacobs |
| Publisher: | Pallas Athene |
| Catalogue number: | 84278 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Jacobs is considered one of the leading Hispanists of his generation. This is his meditation on Andalusia, its Islamic heritage and the romantic allure it has exercised on generations of Western travellers...
| Author: | Washington Irving |
| Publisher: | Editorial Everest |
| Catalogue number: | 133104 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 3 - 4 weeks |
In Tales of the Alhambra, Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving (1783-1859), considered by many to be one of the fathers of American literature, relates the fascinating popular myths relating to the...
| Author: | Ian Gibson |
| Publisher: | Faber and Faber |
| Catalogue number: | 21152 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
Ian Gibson is the author of an acclaimed biography Frederico Garcia Lorca. In this book he describes ten walks around Granada each inspired the poets life. Each description is accompanied by a map extract...
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For my holiday, I travelled back in time. Or at least, that’s how it felt. I stayed in a whitewashed village in Spain where mules laden with panniers plod the narrow lanes; men sit in doorways weaving basketware, while women in black dresses sweep the paths outside their homes. Best of all there are no tourists…well, hardly any.
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Chris Stewart, the drummer from Genesis' first album, is today better known as the witty author of Driving Over Lemons, A Parrot in the Pepper Tree and The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society. He visited Stanfords to reveal how to write travel books.
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