A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. Barcelona, 1945-just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child,...

At the Castellana Hilton in 1957 Madrid, eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson connects with Ana Moreno through photography and fate as Daniel discovers the incredibly dark side of the city under Generalissimo Franco's rule.

After American Robert Jordan is ordered to bomb a bridge during the Spanish Civil War, he must make an uneasy alliance with Pablo, a guerilla leader; Pilar, Pablo's strong-willed wife; and the beautiful Maria, rescued from a prison train.

¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado qué país tuvo el primer imperio verdaderamente global? Pues siga leyendo... La gente solía decir que «el sol nunca se pone en el Imperio británico» como forma de declarar la grandeza de Gran Bretaña. Pero fueron los portugueses quienes forjaron el primer imperio verdaderamente global. Los principales dominios de los portugueses envolvían el globo en línea recta, desde Brasil hasta Angola, desde Mozambique a la...

Uncover the secrets of Spain's past with this amazing book! From its earliest settlers to the modern era, discover the fascinating stories and cultures that have shaped Spain over the centuries. Learn how the country has developed through empires, wars, and revolutions, and how the unique culture of today has been shaped by its history. Spanning centuries of conquest, revolution, and civil war, the book dives into the history of the Spanish people...

The term Moor is a historical rather than an ethnic name. It is an invention of European Christians for the Islamic inhabitants of Maghreb (North Africa), Andalusia (Spain), Sicily and Malta, and was sometimes use to designate all Muslims. It is derived from Mauri, the Latin name for the Berbers who lived in the Roman province of Mauretania, which ranged across modern Algeria and Morocco. Saracen was another European term used to designate Muslims,...

Explore the grand history of Spain with this incredible book! Take a journey through the ages and discover the stories and cultures that have shaped Spain from ancient times to the present. Discover how the country has been influenced by its empires, wars, and revolutions, and learn about the vibrant culture of today. We'll explore the people who have shaped and been shaped by this vibrant nation over time, examining their contributions to literature,...

Thinking of Spain as a modern nation state today distorts the complicated reality that the Iberian Peninsula faced in the past. Spain was a nation in progress, consisting of regions united under the Spanish crown, but with strong regional identities based on different historical and cultural experiences. The largest entities were the kingdoms of León and Castile, but Spain also included the kingdoms of Navarre, Andalusia, Granada, Jaén, Aragon,...

Historian Fox offers this first dual biography of the daughters of Spain's Ferdinand and Isabella whose entwined royal relationships helped define the 15th- and 16th-century European political landscape.

This bundle consists of two books: Ancient China - It's hard to cover all of China's vast history in a short book, but for the sake of leaving out details, we will still give it a try. In this guide, you will be able to learn more about the most important turning events, eras, dynasties, leaders, wars, and cultural aspects of ancient China. Ancient China has different historic periods. The first we will talk about in this book is the Xia Dynasty....