A Load of Bull - An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid |
 Tim Parfitt
ISBN: 1405046198
In the late eighties, Tim Parfitt blagged his way into a job at Conde Nast in London and, from there, into a six week stint in Madrid to help launch Spanish "Vogue". Six weeks turned into nine years, and helping out turned into running the...(read more) |
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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning |
 Laurie Lee
ISBN: 0140033181
This autobiographical volume describes the author's departure from Stroud, his walk to London, and his months in Spain on the eve of the Spanish Civil War. His other works include "A Moment of War" and "Cider With Rosie". |
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El Macca: Four Years with Real Madrid |
 Steve McManaman
ISBN: 0743489209
When Steve McManaman joined Real Madrid in 1999 he was, according to his former manager, 'the first of Los Galacticos' -- the nickname given to the increasingly starry line-up at the premier Spanish team. Soon the ex-Liverpool star was playing alongside...(read more) |
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Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life |
Ian Gibson
ISBN: 0571142249
Known primarily as a poet and dramatist, Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca published four books before his early death in the Spanish Civil War. This biography gives an account of his family, his homosexuality and his mysterious death, as well as...(read more) |
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Franco: A Biography |
 Paul Preston
ISBN: 0006862101
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the Caudillo of Spain from the Nationalists' brutal, Fascist-sponsored victory over the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War until his quiet death in 1975, is the subject of this book. The biography presents a...(read more) |
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Gaudi: A Biography |
 Gijs Van Hensbergen
ISBN: 0006548784
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Goya (Art & Ideas S.) |
 Sarah Symmons
ISBN: 0714837512
This is a study of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), the Spanish painter and graphic artist whose work ranges from elegant and opulent royal portraits to dark depictions of horror and evil. Goya's career was a great triumph in the history of Spanish art....(read more) |
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Guernica: A Biography |
 Gijs Van Hensbergen
ISBN: 0747568731
‘This history of a painting is an astonishing achievement, a cornucopia of startlingly original insights’ Paul...(read more) |
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The Lone Brit on 13: A Prisoner's Hell in Spain's Toughest Jail |
 Christopher Chance
ISBN: 1840189576
The Lone Brit on 13 is a gripping true story of violence, degradation and adventure penned in the confines of a grim Malaga prison cell. Imprisoned for almost two years for drug-smuggling, the lone Brit on Wing 13, Chance, reveals the horrors he...(read more) |
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When Beckham Went to Spain: Power, Stardom and Real Madrid |
 Jimmy Burns
ISBN: 0718147472
David Beckham's transfer to Real Madrid was football's worst kept secret. After he moved, it seemed the British press devoted more coverage to the Spanish game than their own. But while Beckham's arrival at Real Madrid captured the world's imagination,...(read more) |
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