Spain

'BRILLIANT, REVEALS DELIGHTFUL DETAILS ABOUT EMERY' The Times Featuring exclusive interviews with Unai Emery, Monchi, Morgan Rogers and more, this is the behind-the-scenes account of Unai Emery's Aston Villa revolution, from the award-winning bestseller Guillem Balagué. In October 2022, Unai...

Ernest Hemingway's classic exploration of the history and pageantry of bullfighting, and the deeper themes of cowardice, bravery, sport and tragedy that it inspires. Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that...

This audiobook tells the story of how Spain managed to conquer the Americas in the span of half a century, from the late 1400s to the mid-1500s....

AD 796. Sailing in search of an object of great power, Hunlaf and his comrades are far from home when they are caught up in a violent skirmish against pirates....

Occupying a small corner of Spain and France, the Basque people truly believe they should live in their own private country - and in this engaging history, best-selling author Mark Kurlansky explains why....

In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived....

In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain....

The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery—and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal’s monopoly...

In 1474, a 23-year-old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest kingdom in Spain. Ahead of her lay the challenge of being a young female ruler....

The War of the Spanish Succession, fought at the beginning of the 18th century, was the last major war engaged in by French King Louis XIV, the legendary Sun King, and it was also the most famous of all military conflicts during his reign....

The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation....

A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital...

Throughout the centuries, Spain has been subject to the lordship of other countries. It was occupied by the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Visigoths, the French, and the Muslims. It has been the playground of both the respectful and the ruthless....

Best-selling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious listeners and hispanophiles....

Drawing from both Christian and Islamic sources, this book recounts the clash of arms between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula that began in the early eighth century....

Por primera vez un volumen reúne la historia de España escrita por Arturo Pérez-Reverte durante más de cuatro años en su columna «Patente de corso» del XL Semanal....

Wander through echoing courts and jasmine-scented halls, where the whisper of Moorish kings still lingers in the painted air.

In just over a hundred years - from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 - the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East....

A concise and very listenable history that explores not just the history of Spain itself but of Spain in the world, from Columbus' first voyage, in 1492, that was central to Spain's global impact, to the loss of Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico in 1898. Spain's colonies were vitally...

In August of 1588, a Spanish fleet of 130 ships departed from La Coruña under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia....

Michael Reid overturns the stereotypical view of Spain as a country haunted by its Francoist past and presents an incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond....

Este volumen se centra en el tránsito que va de los orígenes de la Guerra de Sucesión tras la muerte de Carlos II a las transformaciones borbónicas y los ecos ilustrados del siglo XVIII, mostrando cómo la pugna dinástica entre Borbones y Austrias reconfigura la legalidad catalana.

Brought to you by Penguin. For over 1,400 years, Muslims have been an integral part of Europe’s story, yet their contributions have been pushed to the margins or erased altogether. In Muslim Europe, award-winning author Tharik Hussain restores this forgotten history. In a revelatory journey...

In February 1981, just as Spain was finally leaving Franco's dictatorship and during the first democratic vote in parliament for a new prime minister....

Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, where he marched under the burning sun, weighed down by his kit and great-coat, plus all the tools and leather he had to carry as the...

La Armada española encarna una gran historia de éxito, a pesar de las numerosas mentiras que persiguen sus principales victorias y sus supuestas derrotas. En estas páginas se analiza la rivalidad con Inglaterra que ha dado lugar a tanta desinformación. Ni España perdió el tridente de los mares en el siglo XVI ni la Armada Invencible fue la gran derrota militar que la propaganda anglosajona dejó escrita. Lejos de ser una fuerza anticuada o en decadencia, el poderío español se mantuvo en vanguardia desde los albores de la Edad Moderna hasta comienzos del siglo XX.

En el Madrid de 1936 surge la conmovedora historia del doctor Georges Henny, delegado de Cruz Roja Internacional, uno de los héroes humanitarios que tuvo el valor de enfrentarse a los horrores de una guerra sin cuartel, despiadada y brutal. Alrededor del joven pediatra suizo confluyeron las iniciativas a favor de todas las víctimas de la contienda en una ciudad golpeada por el asedio de las tropas franquistas y por la represión republicana, que tuvo en Paracuellos del Jarama uno de sus capítulos más siniestros.

Este nuevo libro de Pío Moa expone con rigor historiográfico y agilidad periodística la apasionante evolución de un partido, cambiante como también lo ha sido, a veces traumáticamente, la historia del país en los ciento cuarenta años largos de existencia del PSOE. Salvo en la etapa franquista, el PSOE es el partido que más ha influido en la historia de España desde 1917 hasta la actualidad, y de modo determinante en dos periodos cruciales: la II República y la democracia actual desde su triunfal acceso al poder en 1982.

Operaciones de desinformación; atentados contra altos mandos del Ejército; sabotajes a bordo de submarinos; o viajes desde Marruecos a bordo de un caza robado por un as de la aviación española. Alberto Laguna y Victoria de Diego reconstruyen un puñado de historias exhumadas de los archivos y contrastadas con los descendientes de los protagonistas. Algunas fueron protagonizadas por personajes públicos como Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, o Alejandro Goicoechea, inventor del Talgo y otras por hombres y mujeres anónimos y pertenecientes a ambos bandos.

Éxodo y poder es la jugosa crónica de la historia de medio siglo de vida del Partido Popular y, por tanto, de muchos momentos decisivos de la política española en las últimas décadas. En sus páginas, nos acerca de primera mano a la personalidad de quienes han pilotado el devenir del centroderecha en España, con sus convicciones y sus complejos, en medio de pugnas internas o frente a sus rivales de los otros partidos.