Books Reviews
Novels, History, Culture, Walking Guides, Food, Cooking, Spanish Language, Flora and Fauna.
Novels, History, Culture, Walking Guides, Food, Cooking, Spanish Language, Flora and Fauna.
There are numerous bookshops in all the major towns and cities of Andalucia. All markets are catered for, and there are a number of English language Bookshops and other international language book shops in Andalucia catering for the foreign resident.
Mark Williams takes the reader through the history of Spain in a descriptive way, unravelling the history of what he portrays to be Europe most fascinating country. The first page introduces us to the Romans in Spain and traces the reader through important topics such as Medieval Spain, Moorish Spain, the Spanish War and the Age of Franco.
Tapas a Bite of Spain is filled with scrumptious cold salads, sauces, dips and dressings, bite-sized bits of the best Spanish cured hams and aged cheeses, traditional flavours off the griddle and out of the frying pan and a host of options for serving up everything from Spanish potato tortillas to fresh anchovies or autumn mushrooms.
Michelle Chaplow has lived and worked in Spain since 1991. Her love of Spanish culture and traditions is evident in her collection of award-winning images of Andalucia. It’s one of the most extensive in the world. Her work has appeared worldwide in books (including National Geographic guide books), newspapers and magazines.
After more than 40 years sniffing out recipes across Spain and publishing them in highly successful cookbooks, journalist Janet Mendel has just published her sixth book full of delicious bites from Spain. And this time they really are bites as the focus is all on tapas.
Chris Stewart's "Driving Over Lemons" told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras. Find yourself laughing out loud as Chris is instructed by his daughter on local teenage mores bluffs his way in art history to millionaire Bostonians is rescued off a snowy peak by the Guardia Civil and joins an Almond Blossom Appreciation Society.
In The Garlic - a translation of the Spanish idiom 'in the know' - is a quirky vibrant book packed with helpful information, insights, anecdotes, stories, jokes and fascinating nuggets that illuminate the mysteries of everyday life in Spain.
Perhaps if Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny village, tucked in the Alpujarra mountains, would really be like, they might have hesitated...
Lord Byron, Benjamin Disraeli, the Duke of Wellington, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Graves... they, and countless others, had one thing in common: they all visited Spain and had plenty to say about the country.
Keidi Keating describes her life moving to the Costa del Sol and starting a magazine. A Fun-Filled Tale of a Modern Girl's Move to the Costa del Sol. Keidi Keating describes her life moving to the Costa del Sol and starting a magazine
My stomach wouldn't stop dancing, as I was meeting Mr Money about the world's longest job vacancy, at last! I was exuding excitement at the thought that my unemployment agony might be over by lunch time, but I desperately tried to retain a cool exterior.
During Granada's spectacular Easter processions, Sub-Inspector Max Romero has a visitor, his sister, Susanna. She is preparing a T.V. programme on San Juan de la Cruz, Spain's sixteenth century mystic poet. In the ruins of San Juan's monastery on the Alhambra hill, they meet a charismatic environmentalist, Francisco Yepes, who later that day finds the body of a gypsy guitarist in a cave.
The Alhambra palace complex is imposingly situated above the town of Granada, on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain. It is the most important surviving medieval Islamic palace in the world.
First published in 1998, the Instants have established themselves as the best-selling range of language titles from teach yourself. When published as part of the teach yourself relaunch in May 2003, they were given a new cover, internal text re-design and availability on CD
Few places in the world have such a diversity of wildflowers as the Iberian peninsular and Santana's beautifully produced new guide Common Wildflowers of Spain testifies well to that fact.
A phrase book by Liz Parry, together with an insight into Spanish customs. Do you know how to establish your turn in the queue to buy a loaf of bread? Or what to say when you answer the phone? Can you order coffee exactly the way you like it?
Andalucia is the quintessence of Spain and yet, historically and culturally, it is surprisingly unlike the rest of the country. Its literary history began to develop with the Romans and reached an early flowering when Arabic poets drew on centuries of literary tradition, together with the landscapes and passions of Moorish Spain.
Lilli Eden has never forgotten the summer she spent in Malaga, Spain, at her friend, Jimena's. Or Sanchez Varellano, Jimena's brother. They shared smouldering glances all that summer but no more for Sanchez was engaged. Or so she thought.
Four years on Lilli feels she's finally grown past their searing mutual attraction but upon gaining control of her parents' trust fund, she discovers her deceased Uncle Jeremy had secretly invested it in a Varellano business expansion.
As Islam and the West prepare to clash once again, Jason Webster embarks on a quest to discover Spain's hidden Moorish legacy and lift the lid on a country once forged by both Muslims and Christians.