Search Results for ‘Spain’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 25 matches found
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| Author: | Ernest Hemingway |
| Publisher: | Arrow |
| Catalogue number: | 44028 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
First published in 1932, Hemingway's account of the Corrida world still grips the reader for its rendition of the life of the matadors.
Our Lady of the Sewers and Other Adventures in Deep Spain
| Author: | Paul Richardson |
| Publisher: | Abacus |
| Catalogue number: | 78811 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Paul Richardson's mission - "to sieve out the ancient, perverse and eccentric from the new, nice and normal" - took him from coastal plain to mountainous peak. It also took him, often, by surprise.
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| Author: | Gerald Brenan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 166043 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Between 1920and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen, and “South from Granada” depicts his time there, vividly evoking the essence of his rural surroundings and the Andalucian...
Spanish Steps: Travels with my Donkey
| Author: | Tim Moore |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 132941 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Being larger than a cat, the donkey is the kind of animal Tim Moore is slightly scared of. Yet intrigued by epic accounts of a pilgrimage undertaken by one in three medieval Europeans, and committed...
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
| Author: | Ernest Hemingway |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 120566 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The Snows of Kilimanjaro contains some of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular early works of fiction. In all these stories, which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live, fight...
Trans-Iberian Challenge - Cycling Through Spain
| Author: | Reg Andlaw |
| Publisher: | Country Books |
| Catalogue number: | 102594 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 2 weeks |
A travelogue that will inspire many cyclists, young and not, to follow in the steps of these two friends that decided over a pint of beer to get back on their bikes and travel the length of Spain. Full...
| Author: | Norman Lewis |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Catalogue number: | 51867 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Shortly after the Second World War Norman Lewis made three successive summer visits to the remote Catalan fishing village of Farol, in the Costa Brava.
His book is a moving account of the hardships...
| Publisher: | Faber and Faber |
| Catalogue number: | 155982 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
“Ghosts of Spain” has been subtitled “Travels Through a Country’s Hidden Past” and the book is just that: a highly affecting travelogue through modern day Spain and its recent history.
The appearance...
| Author: | Cess Nooteboom |
| Publisher: | Harvill Press |
| Catalogue number: | 68269 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A pilgrimage through ten centuries of Spanish art, literature, architecture, politics and history by the distinguished Dutch poet and novelist.
"This book is a gem, or rather like the city of Toledo...
| Author: | Derek Lambert |
| Publisher: | Ebury Press |
| Catalogue number: | 144342 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Spanish Lessons is Derek Lamberts brilliant and humorous evocation of the culture and lifestyle of Spain and its people, in which he experiences the rewards and frustrations of being a stranger in...
Andalus: Unlocking the secrets of Moorish Spain
| Author: | Jason Webster |
| Publisher: | Black Swan |
| Catalogue number: | 128932 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Jason Webster attempts to uncover the secrets of Moorish Spain.
| 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...
| Author: | Simone Ortega |
| Publisher: | Phaidon |
| Catalogue number: | 158548 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
“1,080 Recipes” by Simone and Inés Ortega has been Spain’s bestselling cook book for over 30 years and is the bible of authentic Spanish cooking.
Spanish cooking is the fastest growing cuisine in popularity...
| Author: | Laurent De Brunhoff |
| Publisher: | Harry N Abrams |
| Catalogue number: | 136173 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The latest from venerable storyteller and brilliant artist Laurent de Brunhoff has Babar's family on a world tour! They visit a number of countries around the globe.
First stop is Italy where they learn...
The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales
| Author: | Malachy Doyle |
| Publisher: | Harry N Abrams |
| Catalogue number: | 136360 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Follow a journey to magical and memorable lands with this anthology of classic fairy tales from cultures around the world.
This marvellous collection includes twelve popular and lesser-known fairy tales...
| Publisher: | Windrush Press |
| Catalogue number: | 147688 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Fully updated edition of this invaluable history of the country.
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
| Author: | Chris Stewart |
| Publisher: | Sort of Books |
| Catalogue number: | 79806 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A charming and insightful account of the everyday dramas associated with running a farm in Spain. As well as his own story Chris Stewart tells the stories of his neighbours: peasant farmers, new age...
| Author: | Colm Toibin |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Catalogue number: | 103938 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
A celebration of Barcelona, moving from the city's origins and expansion to more recent history and the lives of its famous inhabitants. Written with deep knowledge and affection.
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 88768 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Republished in the Contemporary Penguin Classics series, this book remains one of the best accounts of the Spanish Civil War.
| Publisher: | Sigma Press |
| Catalogue number: | 94932 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
First published in 1974, this is a classic account of one of Europe's most stirring journeys. Following the route by car and by foot, Mullins recounts the legends and explores the ideological dimension...
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The famous attractions of Barcelona are well known. My three personal favourites are: the interior of the church of Santa Maria del Mar in the Barri Gotic. It's stunningly beautiful, the simple lines...
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Everything about Barcelona is refined and has the assurance of a great city. Aesthetically, the city is closer to Paris than it is to Madrid and it could have been the capital of a united Spain, were it not for Philip II's obsession with geometry and his desire to rule from the centre of his kingdom...
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Spain - Canary Islands - Fuerteventura
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After deciding to break my own travel code, (never to visit the same place twice), I looked forward to visiting Puerto Rico in Gran Canaria once again. Six years after I first enjoyed all that package holidays in the Canaries have to offer – cheap food and drink, baking hot sun and excellent fun - I was half hoping for a brand new...
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Spain - Girona and the Costa Brava
Girona has a quiet charm and a placid air about it. The best way to observe this is by walking the ancient city walls, stopping for contemplative rests at the intermittent observation towers. The views from here can be mixed – one glance throws up ugly cranes and scaffolding, the next red roofs and the soaring towers of Girona’s religious landmarks – but it is well worth the effort.
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The Pyrénées, rising to almost 3,500 metres, form a natural barrier between the Iberian peninsula and France. The heavily forested valleys and sharp rocky ridges are relatively unspoilt and are certainly under less pressure than the Alps. On either side of the chain, language and culture are distinct and it's not just French or Spanish...
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I was fourteen the first time I visited Toledo. My school in Vitoria (Northern Spain) organised a cultural trip to Madrid and a visit to Toledo was included. I remember I didn't enjoy the city that...
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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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