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Fatal Treasureby Jedwin Smith
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 16.95"In real life-especially off the Florida coast-things can have fatal consequences. Fatal Treasure is a truly compelling read." -Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice and All She Wanted In 1622, hundreds of people lost their lives to the curse of the Spanish galleon Atocha-and they would not be the last. Fatal Treasure combines the rousing adventure of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea with the compelling characters and local color of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It tells the powerful true story of the relentless quest to find the Atocha and reclaim her priceless treasures from the sea. You'll follow Mel Fisher, his family, and their intrepid team of treasure hunters as they dive beneath the treacherous... more...
An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indiesby Bartolomé De Las Casas; Franklin W. Knight; Andrew Hurley
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2003; US$ 11.50Fifty years after the arrival of Columbus, at the height of Spain?s conquest of the West Indies, Spanish bishop and colonist Bartolomé de Las Casas dedicated his Brevísima Relación de la Destruición de las Indias to Philip II of Spain. An impassioned plea on behalf of the native peoples of the West Indies, the Brevísima Relación catalogues in horrific detail atrocities it attributes to the king?s colonists in the New World. The result is a withering indictment of the conquerors that has cast a 500-year shadow over the subsequent history of that world and the European colonization of it. Andrew Hurley?s daring new translation dramatically foreshortens that five hundred years by reversing the usual priority of a translation; rather than bring... more...
Motagua Colonialby Lawrence H. Feldman
Boson Books 1998; US$ 10.95The Classic era centers of Quirigua and Copan are the eastern most outposts of early Mayan civilization. The Middle Motagua served as the source of Mesoamerica's most precious material. It was the home of the jade that was so highly valued by ancient peoples. With the fall, close to 1000 A.D. of Quirigua, Copan and their satellite communities, the lands of the Motagua drainage descend into an ahistorical void. Not until the end of the Hispanic colonial era do these lands receive any but the most cursory historical treatment. It is the intention of this book to explore this unknown time between the fall of the ancient cities and independence of Guatemala from the Spanish Crown. By using the earliest documents we can look at the end of prehistory,... more...
Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil Warby Herbert R. Southworth
Routledge 2001; US$ 226.00Written by one of the most celebrated historians of the Spanish Civil War, this book acts as both an outstanding introduction to the vast literature of the war, and a monumental contribution to that literature. more...
Britain, Spain and Gibraltar 1945-1990by J. Bossano; R. H. Haigh; D. S. Morris
Routledge 1992; US$ 232.00The authors document the actions and objectives of Gibraltarians in the sovereignty struggle against the wider map of Anglo-Spanish relations. more...
Revolution and War in Spain, 1931-1939by Paul Preston
Routledge 1984; US$ 38.95`This collection of essays constitutes a magnificent monument to recent scholarship on the Second Republic and the Civil War. It is indispensable for a full understanding of the period.' - Raymond Carr more...
Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Centuryby Sebastian Balfour; Paul Preston
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95Spain's pivotal role in the events of the modern world can hardly be over-estimated. This book traces the important topic of modern Spanish international relations, with due emphasis of both present and past. more...
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Cultureby Eamonn Rodgers
Routledge 1999; US$ 68.00Some 750 alphabetically-arranged entries provide insights into the exciting cultural and political features of contemporary Spain. Including Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque country, coverage spans from 1939 to the present. more...
Development of the Portugese Economyby David Corkhill
Routledge 1999; US$ 230.00David Corkhill analyses the Europeanization of the Portuguese economy in the context of closer European integration, globalization and the struggle to achieve international competitiveness. more...
Early Modern Spainby James Casey
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95Early Modern Spain: A Social History explores the solidarities which held the Spanish nation together at this time of conflict and change. Analyses the impact of these changes on family life and popular culture more generally. more...









