The secrets of Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia, a taxi-ride in the nude, a fantastic model railway network below the central station, a mysterious hand, an extraordinary dissection hall, an unsuspected anti-aircraft shelter, a deadly kiss, a museum in the back shop, some very special toilets, romance in love hotels or helicopters, ants and scorpions ......
Southern Andalucia - Sierras Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama
Guidebook to 24 graded day walks in the mountains of the Sierras Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama in the region of Axarquia. All routes accessible from the holiday towns of Nerja and Velez-Malaga on the Costa del Sol. Routes range from easy strolls to strenuous climbs, some reaching summits over 2000m.
Antonio Lopez Garcia's Everyday Urban Worlds: A Philosophy of Painting is the first book to give the famed Spanish artist the critical attention he deserves. Born in Tomelloso in 1936 and still living in the Spanish capital today, Antonio Lopez has long cultivated a reputation for impressive urban scenes-but it is urban time that is his real ......
From Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun
Between 1850 and 1920 women's travel and travel writing underwent an explosion. It was an exciting period in the history of travel, a golden age. While transportation had improved, mass tourism had not yet robbed journeys of their aura of adventure. Although British women were at the forefront of this movement, a number of intrepid Spanish women ......
An important contribution to the still evolving field of 'urban cultural studies,' Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience is the first book to thoroughly apply the French urban philosopher's thoughts on cities to the culture and literature of Spain. Fraser shows how Lefebvre's complex view of the city as a mobile phenomenon is relevant to ......
Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World explores the representation of political, economic, military, religious, and juridical power in texts and artifacts from early modern Spain and her American viceroyalties. In addition to analyzing the dynamics of power in written texts, chapters also examine pieces of material culture including ......
This first English-language guide describes the best
mountain and coastal walking near Tortosa, Southern
Catalunya, Spain, in the Parc Natural dels Ports, on the
Cardo and Montsia massifs and along the coast, all easily
accessible from Barcelona, Valencia and Reus. 30 idyllic
winter walking routes for walkers of all experience and
abilities ......
