The Winds of the Night
Peter Bush and Joan Sales
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"Perhaps the worst thing about war is the peace that follows ..." Winds of the Night is the...
Four War Boer: The Century and Life of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler
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The amazing life of Pieter Krueler (1885-1986) provides a window into a full century of conflict...
Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot
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After recounting his early days as a naval cadet, including a voyage to the Far East aboard the...
Jorge Semprun: The Spaniard Who Survived the Nazis & Conquered Paris
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Spanish by birth, Parisian by adoption, Semprun (1923-2011) was a legendary figure on the front...
Franco: A Personal and Political Biography
Stanley G. Payne and Jesus Palacios
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General Francisco Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and...
There Your Heart Lies
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From the award-winning novelist Mary Gordon, here is a book whose twentieth-century wisdom can help...
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Sicilian Uncles
Leonardo Sciascia, N.S. Thompson and Arthur Oliver
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The expression 'Sicilian uncle' has the same sense in Italian as 'Dutch uncle' does in English, but...
Leon Trotsky
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The name 'Leon Trotsky' is a controversial one. For some, he was a betrayer or a totalitarian. For...
From Guernica to Greatness: Eighty Years of Los Rojos
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Nowadays, the Premier League is increasingly dominated by Spanish stars, from David Silva to David...
The Map
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1613: Shimon Mendiluze, a Spanish Jewish alchemist fleeing the Inquisition, is found guilty of...