A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern Spain
By: Paul Preston
4.00
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
Nowhere does the ceaseless struggle to maintain democracy in the face of political corruption come …
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1. El árbol de la ciencia
By: Pío Baroja
3.67
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Publicada en 1911, El árbol de la ciencia (para el propio Pío Baroja «el libro más acabado y comple… read more
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- spanish literature
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"En España, lo que se paga no es el trabajo, sino la sumisión."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"Respecto de la justicia, yo creo que lo justo en el fondo es lo que nos conviene."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"Sin duda no los juilaban por sus influencias y por esa simpatía y respeto que ha habido siempre en España por lo inútil."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"El instinto de conservación del cuerpo social es bastante fuerte para rechazar todo lo que no puede digerir. Por muchos gérmenes que se siembren, la descomposición de la sociedad será biológica."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
2. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
By: Antony Beevor
3.91
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and … read more
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- spanish civil war
- history
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- spain
- war
- spanish history
- nonfiction
- european history
3. Pan de limón con semillas de amapola
By: Cristina Campos
4.18
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Durante el invierno de 2010, en un pequeño pueblo del interior de Mallorca, Anna y Marina se reencu… read more
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- spanish literature
- audiobook
"Seguramente, esas dos amigas no volverían a verse en meses, quizás pasaría un año, tal vez más. Pero [...] eran de esas mujeres afortunadas a quienes la vida les había regalado un tesoro. Una amistad…"-Cristina Campos, Pan de limón con semillas de amapola
4. Los santos inocentes
By: Miguel Delibes
4.12
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Un relato a un tiempo realista, poético y trágico que contiene algunas de las mejores páginas del g… read more
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- spanish literature
- spain
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5. Hijos del Nilo
By: Xavier Aldekoa
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
El Nilo no es un río. El mayor de los ríos africanos es el corazón de cientos de pueblos y testigo … read more
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- spanish literature
- politics
- nonfiction
6. Yerma
By: Federico García Lorca , Gwynne Edwards , Chris Megson
3.55
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lo… read more
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- spanish literature
- spain
7. La familia de Pascual Duarte
By: Camilo José Cela , Alan Hoyle
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Family of Pascual Duarte is the story of Pascual Duarte--a Spanish peasant born into a brutal w… read more
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- spanish literature
- spain
8. The Melancholy of Resistance
By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of… read more
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9. Il cinico non è adatto a questo mestiere
By: Ryszard Kapuściński , Maria Nadotti
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"E sbagliato scrivere di qualcuno senza averne condiviso almeno un po' la vita". Questo e uno dei t… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
10. Entre visillos
By: Carmen Martín Gaite , Marina Mayoral
3.99
Format: 272 pages,
Entre Visillos, narra la vida en una ciudad de provincias -probablemente Salamanca llena de rutina,… read more
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- spanish literature
- spain
11. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.99
Format: 272 pages,
Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- european history
12. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
By: Mary Wollstonecraft , Miriam Brody , Bebi Fernández
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France,… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
13. Historia de una escalera
By: Antonio Buero Vallejo
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Historia de una escalera, originalmente llamada La escalera, poseia el mismo titulo de una obra de … read more
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14. La colmena
By: Camilo José Cela
3.89
Format: 575 pages,
En el Madrid de la posguerra, un bullicioso enjambre humano se afana en comer caliente, esquivar el… read more
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15. La plaça del diamant
By: Mercè Rodoreda
3.73
Format: None pages,
La vida de Natalia, la protagonista i narradora de La placa del Diamant, es capgira quan coneix Qui… read more
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16. Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past
By: Giles Tremlett
3.66
Format: 32 pages,
The appearance, more than sixty years after the Spanish Civil War ended, of mass graves containing … read more
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17. Los asquerosos
By: Santiago Lorenzo
3.81
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
Manuel acuchilla a un policía antidisturbios que quería pegarle. Huye. Se esconde en una aldea aban… read more
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- spain
"La suerte estaba echada y no había otra que salir arreando: ARREA jacta est." · Los asquerosos - Santiago Lorenzo"-Santiago Lorenzo, Los asquerosos
"No acoplaba bien, acaso por el chorro excesivo de ansias que tenía de acoplar [...] angustias derivadas del que si me arrimo o que si me despego."-Santiago Lorenzo, Los asquerosos
18. España: A Brief History of Spain
By: Giles Tremlett
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric … read more
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- history
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- spain
- nonfiction
- european history
19. Trilogía
By: Jon Fosse
3.90
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more
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20. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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- european history
- audiobook
"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
21. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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- politics
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22. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
By: Andreas Malm
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appea… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it."-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
"I once asked Bill McKibben, after an energising speech to a capacity crowd, when – given that the situation is as urgent as he portrayed it and we all know it is – we escalate. He was visibly ill at …"-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
23. Esclava de la libertad
By: Ildefonso Falcones
3.82
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Una historia fascinante que narra la apasionada lucha por la libertad de dos mujeres negras en époc… read more
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24. Emperor: A New Life of Charles V
By: Geoffrey Parker
4.13
Format: 737 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world’s f… read more
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- politics
- spain
- nonfiction
- european history
- audiobook
25. A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern Spain
By: Paul Preston
4.00
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
Nowhere does the ceaseless struggle to maintain democracy in the face of political corruption come … read more
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- history
- politics
- spain
- war
- spanish literature
- spanish history
- nonfiction
- european history
- audiobook
26. Iron and Blood
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.98
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'No one interested in the history of Europe can afford not t… read more
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- politics
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- nonfiction
- european history
- audiobook
27. Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain
By: Brian Catlos
4.00
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the foundin… read more
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- spain
- spanish history
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- european history
28. El Verí del Teatre
By: Rodolf Sirera
3.36
Format: 68 pages, Rústica
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29. L'assassinat del Doctor Moraleda / El verí del teatre
By: Rodolf Sirera
3.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Aquestes dues peces ens acosten a ficcions històriques, El verí del teatre al París de la Il·lustra… read more
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30. Una violencia indómita: El siglo XX europeo
By: Julián Casanova
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Casanova contempla desde un punto de vista innovador y aplicando un análisis comparado la relevanci… read more
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