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.

Author: Bob Lloyd
ISBN: 978-84-613-5099-5
Publisher: Synogenes.com
Date First Published: 26/10/2009

The Land of Woo is a place where the laws of the known universe are suspended.

Energy forces unknown to physical science abound. Unseen supernatural beings influence the behaviour of mankind.

The human body functions in ways that contradict our entire understanding of biology.

Magical substances cure our ills and can even reverse the ageing process.

First published by Heinemann in 1904, this is one of Somerset Maugham's lesser known works. It is, nevertheless, a perceptive account of his travels through Andalucia in the early part of the 20th Century.

Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home.

Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful, with an abandoned, sensuous nature that she cannot change.

Maggots, Mothers and Misdemeanours. Celia's 88-year-old mother's body was found in her home five days after her death - and in the summer heat of southern Andalucia. Offspring from several husbands and other indiscretions had been emerging before her death. Bloodlines is the true story of society, illegitimacy, and scandal and the author's search for her family roots.

Soon after their arrival in Spain the authors realized that the early Muslim art of Seville was curiously different from that of Cordova. This fascinated them and they undertook eight years of study in Seville, making use of the resources available to them in the city's libraries to bring their audience this history of the Muslims in Spain, first published in 1912.

Get to the heart of Andalucia with Footprint's critically acclaimed, fully revised and updated 7th edition guide. Taking you through gleaming hill-top towns and on to quiet windswept beaches, while sampling some of the tastiest tapas and sweetest sherry on offer. Whether you want to experience authentic flamenco and fiesta's aplenty, or just sit back and relax, this guide covers it all.

Why is the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona football clubs so fierce? Are Spaniards losing interest in bullfighting? How Catholic is Spain today? Do Spaniards resent foreign residents? Will Spain ever recover the sovereignty of Gibraltar?

The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Seville & Andalusia is the perfect guide for exploring this diverse region, with clear maps and up-to-date coverage of the best attractions. Discover Seville and Andalusia's highlights with the guides full colour introduction, showing everything from dramatic coastline and spectacular fiestas to stunning flamenco shows.

The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada, with its fountained courts and gardens, and intricate decoration, has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In a stimulating new book in the 'Wonders of the World' series Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its engrossing and often mysterious history.

William Kirkpatrick of Málaga was a leading figure in the foreign community in Southern Spain between 1790 and 1830. US Consul, industrialist, and famously the grandfather of the Empress Eugénie,

When my neighbour Caridad crashed through the front door, crying "What an opportunity! There's a bus trip to Córdoba. You can't miss a chance like this", I had no difficulty turning it down.

This was no time to go gallivanting around the country, I explained. Córdoba was out of the question. The last thing I needed was a village outing...

"Speak the Culture: Spain" picks at the surface to uncover the key events, themes and people that have shaped the nation, from green Galicia to dusty Andalucia.

It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building site. Then, knowing one Spanish phrase, he decided to see Spain. For a year he tramped through a country in which the signs of impending civil war were clearly visible.

This book is the first published English-language translation of the significant "History of Islamic Spain" by Ibn al-Qutiyyah (d. Cordoba 367 / 977). Including extensive notes and comments, a genealogical table and relevant maps, the text is preceded by a study of the author and his work.

The sierras of this book are the Serranía de Ronda merging with the Sierra de Grazalema and the highlands of the province of Cádiz. Author Alastair Boyd first came to the region in the late fifties and made a series of journeys by horse into the surrounding countryside which were magically captured in his book The Road from Ronda. He returned to Ronda in the nineties to see if the Arcadia that he had discovered all those years ago still existed.

The new full-colour "Rough Guide to Andalucia" is the essential guide to one of Europe's most vibrant destinations. The autonomous region of Andalucia is the part of the Iberian Peninsula that is most quintessentially Spanish, a land of flamenco, sherry and ruined castles.

This title presents the story of the passion and intensity of Flamenco, the culture of a dance, the death of a legend...In 1992, the greatest Flamenco artist of all time died at the age of 41 as a result of drug and alcohol abuse.

Yet, Camaron de la Isla is still known as the 'Flamenco Beatle', the singer who rescued this dramatic music from the clutches of General Franco and gave it back to the streets.

Take a cook's tour through the culinary regions of Spain. Savour slow-simmered stews, delicately spiced sauces, honeyed sweets. Learn how to make an authentic paella. Put together a menu for a tapas party.

Here are recipes for Spain's most famous dishes as well as many more of the world's most interesting preparations for seafood, meat, vegetables and puddings.

With a compelling sureness of touch, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Frederic V. Grunfeld offers the reader an intimate knowledge of Spain gained over twenty-five years. He takes the intending traveller south from the Pyrenees, across the central meseta of Castilla and Aragon and down to Andalucia.