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Barcelona
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 21.00Barcelona is Robert Hughes's monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain. Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal... more...
Kinky Gazpacho
Atria Books 2008; Not AvailableMagazine writer and editor Lori Tharps was born and raised in the comfortable but mostly White suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she was often the only person of color in her school and neighborhood. At an early age, Lori decided that her destiny would be discovered in Spain. She didn't know anyone from Spain, had never visited the country, and... more...
Death in the Afternoon
Scribner 2002; Not AvailableStill considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is an impassioned look at the sport by one of its true aficionados. It reflects Hemingway's conviction that bullfighting was more than mere sport and reveals a rich source of inspiration for his art. The unrivaled drama of bullfighting, with its rigorous... more...
Death in the Afternoon
Scribner 2002; Not AvailableStill considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is an impassioned look at the sport by one of its true aficionados. It reflects Hemingway's conviction that bullfighting was more than mere sport and reveals a rich source of inspiration for his art. The unrivaled drama of bullfighting, with its rigorous... more...
The White Island
Transworld 2012; US$ 13.34The White Island is, and always has been, a magnet for hedonists. Its history reads like a history of pleasure itself. It is also a story of invasions and migrations, of artists and conmen, of drop-outs and love-ins. The Carthaginians established a cult to their goddess of sex there, and named the island after Bez, their god of dance. Roman... more...
The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El dia que nevo tortilla
Cinco Puntos Press 2003; US$ 12.95A Joe Hayes' classic, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hispanic New Mexico folklore. more...
Barcelona and Madrid
Bucknell University Press 2012; US$ 74.99Throughout history, Barcelona and Madrid have competed in practically every aspect of social life, politics, and culture. By delving deep into the myriad of cultural and political complexities that surround these two cities from the onset of Futurism (1909) to the arrival of Surrealism in Spain (1929), a complex social and cultural network is... more...
A Case Study of Ireland and Galicias Parallel Paths to Nationhood
The Edwin Mellen Press 2004; US$ 149.95This is an important original study that contributes new knowledge in the field of Celtic Studies as it offers serious consideration to the connections between Ireland and Galicia Dr. White traces the connections between these two Celtic lands through literature, history, mythology and science. White shows that Ireland and Galicia had parallel cultural... more...
Literature as a Response to Cultural and Political Repression in Franco's Catalonia
Boydell & Brewer 2011; US$ 99.00This book is a thoroughly researched and documented study of Catalan literature under the Franco regime. The author focuses on four important post-Civil War novels: 'Incerta glória' by Joan Sales, 'El Testament' by Xavier Benguerel, 'Laia' by Salvador Espriu, and 'Tino Costa' by Sebastià Juan Arbó. It... more...
Voices of the Old Sea
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 15.99After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. Voices of the Old Sea describes his three successive summers in that almost medieval community where life revolved around the seasonal sardine catches, Alcade's bar, and satisfying feuds with neighboring villages. It's... more...









