The Best Hiking Trails Close to Andalucia's Mediterranean and Atlantic C
Over 40 half- and full day walks along Andalucia's Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. The guidebook features the best of the Subbetica range, nearly all walks falling within Natural Parks and Reserves, from Vejer to Tarifa on the Atlantic and from Estepona, Marbella and Mijas to Nerja and Almunecar on the Mediterranean. Year-round walking.
The Bernia Ridge and other multi-activity adventures
A multi-activity guide to outdoor adventure in Spain's Costa Blanca, with 60 route suggestions covering ridge scrambles, via ferrata, canyoning, sport climbing, trad climbing, hiking, trail running and mountain biking. Many routes require climbing experience, although they vary in difficulty, with options suitable for a range of abilities.
Guidebook detailing the 850km cycle route from St Jean-Pied-de-Port in southern France to Santiago de Compostela, following the original pilgrim route, with optional road variants. Suitable for most abilities and bikes, the route is presented in 19 stages averaging 45km each, with notes on the religious significance and local sites of interest.
On and off-road options on the Camino from Seville to Santiago and Gijon
Guidebook to cycling the Ruta Via de la Plata through western Spain, covering the 924km route from Seville to the coastal city of Gijon and a pilgrimage variant to Santiago de Compostela. With both road and off-road alternatives (the latter suitable for gravel bikes), the route offers fantastic cycling and rich cultural and historical interest.
A comprehensive historical, social, and linguistic overview of Spanish in contact with other languages in all of its major contexts - in Spain, the United States, and Latin America.
Enables English speakers with no prior knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese to develop the basic communication skills and cultural knowledge needed to visit Brazil and to function in a work environment in which Portuguese is spoken.
The lives and mutually supportive friendship of Queen Ena (Victoria Eugenia), consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, and her cousin Bee, Infanta Beatrice, wife of his cousin Infante Alfonso, set to a background of bitter court intrigues during the unsettled monarchical and then republican era of a country in which divisions led to civil war.
From Santiago de Compostela in the north-west to Granada in the south-east via Madrid in the centre, Enchanting Spain reveals the fascinating breadth and depth of this exuberant country.
A Crisis of Identity explores the construction of identity and society's influence in four Spanish plays and discusses parallels to these works in popular culture. Through close reading and analysis covering race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, the author uncovers what lies behind the mask of each play's characters.
