A sweeping history of the great Mediterranean city of culture and commerce, including a detailed history of the Catalán region, people and culture, as well as material about the successive political structures that have presided from the Catalán capital.

The incomparable story of the Western Caliphate of Al-Andalus, radiating from Córdoba, praised by a medieval European nun as "the ornament of the world" and known for its library of 400,000 volumes and its culture of tolerance and cooperation.

This travel narrative brilliantly, though gently interweaves the story of the author's time in Spain with the history of the influence of the literary masterwork by Miguel de Cervantes on that country's enigmatic and inspired character.

Webster is an English expatriate, who travels to Spain in search of the mysterious art of traditional flamenco. His misadventures are well-told, and at intervals captivating, disheartening, and moving.

En este libro Martí se sorprende una y otra vez ante el dinamismo de la sociedad norteamericana. El capital está asociado con la movilidad de las clases sociales y remueve una y otra vez, con extrema perversidad los órdenes establecidos.

An English writer recounts his move to the Valencian coast, artfully telling of the misadventures which enriched and defined the experience of settling in a foreign country. This books is light and inviting reading, and gives meaningful perspective about what makes connecting with the local culture so vital.

A moving and intimate portrait of rural Mallorca, seen through the eyes of a hopeful, if at times unlucky, expatriate Scottish writer and farmer. Snowball Oranges is rich with insight into the Mallorcan culture, which resounds in the characters that inhabit the local community.

Humorous account of English sheep shearer who moves to mountains of Granada in the South of Spain and faces the process of cultural and practical adjustment to life in the balmier, remote region.

The author is a university professor and poet who discovers the joys of Tuscany and buys a villa, hoping to make a new life for herself and to bring all the romance of her imagination into the everyday.