The Great Book Of Spain
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Author | : Bill O'Neill |
Publisher | : Lak Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2020-05-18 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781648450488 |
A fun and interesting book about Spain. It comes packed with fun and juicy trivia, fun facts and interesting stories about the great country of Spain.
Author | : William D. Phillips, Jr |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2010-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521607213 |
Engaging history of the rich cultural, social and political life of Spain from prehistoric times to the present.
Author | : Giles Tremlett |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2008-03-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802716741 |
An eloquent odyssey through Spain's dark history journeys into the heart of the Spanish Civil War to examine the causes and consequences of a painful recent past, as well as its repercussions in terms of the discovery of mass graves containing victims of Franco's death squads and the lives of modern-day Spaniards. Reprint.
Author | : Sebastian Balfour |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2002-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134678061 |
Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Centuryexamines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics from 1898 to the present day. Spanish history is necessarily international, with the significance of Spain's neutrality in the First World War and the global influences on the outcome of the Spanish Civil War. Taking the Defeat in the Spanish American war of 1898 as a starting point, the book includes surveys on: *the crisis of neutrality during the First World War *foreign policy under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera *the allies and the Spanish Civil War *Nazi Germany and Franco's Spain *Spain and the Cold War *relations with the United States This book traces the important topic of modern Spanish diplomacy up to the present day
Author | : George Orwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Catalonia (Spain) |
ISBN | : 9780141025537 |
For an entire generation, the Spanish Civil War was the ultimate test of commitment and courage as Communism and Fascism faced each other across Europe. Nobody wrote more vividly or more painfully about this than Orwell (1903-1950), as he came face to face with the reality of the civil war in Catalonia. Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things- Great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.
Author | : Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-07-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472140885 |
'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' - Christina Hardyment, Times audiobook of the week 'A remarkable mixture of cold history, wide culture and personal experience' Ciro Paoletti, Secretary General of the Italian Commission of Military History Despite the Roman Empire's famous 500-year reign over Europe, parts of Africa and the Middle East, Italy does not have the same long national history as states such as France or England. Divided for much of its history, Italy's regions have been, at various times, parts of bigger, often antagonistic empires, notably those of Spain and Austria. In addition, its challenging and varied terrain made consolidation of political control all the more difficult. This concise history covers, in very readable fashion, the formative events in Italy's past from the rise of Rome, through a unified country in thrall to fascism in the first half of the twentieth century right up to today. The birthplace of the Renaissance and the place where the Baroque was born, Italy has always been a hotbed of culture. Within modern Italy country there is fierce regional pride in the cultures and identities that mark out Tuscany, Rome, Sicily and Venice to name just a few of Italy's many famous regions. Jeremy Black draws on the diaries, memoirs and letters of historic travellers to Italy to gain insight into the passions of its people, first chronologically then regionally. In telling Italy's story, Black examines what it is that has given Italians such cultural clout - from food and drink, music and fashion, to art and architecture - and explores the causes and effects of political events, and the divisions that still exist today.
Author | : Rick Smolan |
Publisher | : Collins Pub San Francisco |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1988-01 |
Genre | : Documentary photography |
ISBN | : 9780002179676 |
Extraordinary pictures of ordinary events capture twenty-four hours of Spain on May 7, 1987
Author | : Margarita Madrigal |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2012-09-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0307754871 |
Use the English you already know to quickly learn the basics of Spanish with this unique, accessible guide featuring original illustrations by Andy Warhol—from one of America’s most prominent language teachers. Read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks! Even the most reluctant learner will be astonished at the ease and effectiveness of Margarita Madrigal’s unique method of teaching a foreign language. Completely eliminating rote memorization and painfully boring drills, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish is guaranteed to help you: • Learn to speak, read, and write Spanish quickly and easily • Convert English into Spanish in an instant • Start forming sentences after the very first lesson • Identify thousands of Spanish words within a few weeks of study • Travel to Spanish-speaking countries with confidence and comfort • Develop perfect pronunciation, thanks to a handy pronunciation key With original black-and-white illustration by Andy Warhol, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish will provide readers with a solid foundation upon which to build their language skills.
Author | : Edward F. Stanton |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2002-05-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0313077290 |
Modern Spain is a revelation in this up-to-date overview. Stanton vibrantly describes the startling variety of landscape, people, and culture that make up Spain today. Included are a context chapter and others on religion, customs, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts. Students of Spanish and a general audience will be rewarded with engrossing insights into what writer Ernest Hemingway called the very best country of all. Spain is a modern European nation, yet Spaniards are fiercely tied to their individual towns and regions—with their distinct social customs, dialects or languages, foods, landscape, and lifestyles—more than to a united country. Culture and Customs of Spain conveys the extremes, such as the hard-working Catalan contrasted to the leisurely paced Castilian, coexisting in first and third world conditions, and the love/hate relationship with the Catholic Church. Spain's institutions are described, and its contributions to the world—from unparalleled literature and cuisine to flamenco and filmmaker Pedro Almodovar—are celebrated. A chronology and glossary complement the text.
Author | : Captivating History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2020-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781637160718 |