Durruti in the Spanish Revolution (Paz Abel)(Paperback)

Durruti in the Spanish Revolution (Paz Abel)(Paperback)

Durruti was the ultimate working-class hero: carrying the future in his heart and a gun in each pocket. Abel Paz's magnificent biography resurrects the very soul of Spanish anarchism.'--Mike Davis, author of Planet of SlumsAK Press has commissioned an elegant, new and unabridged translation of the

Lessons of the Spanish Revolution: 1936-1939 (Richards Vernon)(Paperback)

Lessons of the Spanish Revolution examines the many ways in which Spain's revolutionary movement contributed to its own defeat. Was it too weak to carry through the revolution? To what extent was the purchase of arms and raw materials from outside sources dependent upon the appearance of a

Piedra de Sol = Sunstone (Paz Octavio)(Paperback)

Presented in Eliot Weinberger's excellent new translation with the Spanish texts en face, this is the 1957 poem 'that definitively established Paz as a major international figure' (Sagetrieb). Written as a single cyclical sentence (at the end of the poem the first six lines are written again),

Spanish Short Stories(Paperback / softback)

Excellent reading in either Spanish or English, the eight short stories in this collection by authors including Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia M rquez and Camilo Jos Cela have been chosen for their readability and literary merit. Seven are from Spanish America, only one from Spain, an

Colour in Spanish (Hutchinson Sam)(Paperback / softback)

Revisit the busy, vibrant scenes from Hello Spanish - A Beginner's Guide to Spanish with these colouring pages that encourage Spanish language learners to focus on vocabulary. Build confidence and give children the basic Spanish skills they will need as they grow. Spark a lifelong passion for

Contemporary Spanish Cinema (Jordan Barry)(Paperback)

'Contemporary Spanish Cinema' offers an essential analysis of the main trends and issues in Spanish film since the death of Franco in 1975. While taking account of cinema during the Franco dictatorship, the book focuses principally on developments in the last two decades. Acknowledging the sheer

Cavo (Cepeda Joe)(Paperback)

Now in Spanish Two brothers and a dog have fun at the beach In this delightful book, now in Spanish, two brothers are having fun in the sun, listing all of the different and exciting things that they discover as they explore. These characters return from their appearances in Joe Cepeda's other

Lost in the Spanish Quarter (Goodrich Heddi)(Paperback / softback)

Told with intimacy and ferocity and set in the passionate and crumbling Spanish Quarter of Naples, comes a poignant tale of first love - of a place, of a person - where languages and cultures collide while dreams soar and crash in spectacular

The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision (Kamen Henry)(Paperback)

In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen's classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new--and thought-provoking--view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader

A Brief History of the Spanish Language (Pharies David a.)(Paperback)

Since its publication in 2007, A Brief History of the Spanish Language has become the leading introduction to the history of one of the world's most widely spoken languages. Moving from the language's Latin roots to its present-day forms, this concise book offers readers insights into the origin

The French Revolution: A History in Documents (Alpaugh Micah)(Paperback)

The French Revolution: A History in Documents explores the rapidly evolving political culture of the French Revolution through first-hand accounts of the revolutionary (and counterrevolutionary) actors themselves. It demonstrates how radical Enlightenment philosophy fused with a governmental crisis

The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Knight Alan)(Paperback)

The Mexican Revolution defined the sociopolitical experience of those living in Mexico in the twentieth century. Its subsequent legacy has provoked debate between those who interpret the ongoing myth of the Revolution and those who adopt the more middle-of-the-road reality of the regime after 1940

Russian Revolution - A New History (McMeekin Sean)(Paperback / softback)

Now in paperback, the first major new history of the Russian Revolution in a decade combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on a great turning point of the twentieth

Reflections on the Revolution in France (Burke Edmund)(Paperback / softback)

The Labyrinth of Solitude (Paz Octavio)(Paperback)

Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this international classic, Paz has written one of the most enduring and powerful works ever created on Mexico and its people, character, and culture. Compared to Ortega y Gasset's The Revolt of the Masses for its

101 Conversations in Social Media Spanish (Richards Olly)(Paperback)

Future-proof your Spanish with the unique slang & cool expressions of 'Social Media Spanish' If you're trying to learn Spanish, the hardest thing is making the leap from the textbook to the real world. But in the age of the smartphone, there's a brand new challenge - online Spanish Social media

The French Revolution in Global Perspective (Desan Suzanne)(Paperback)

Situating the French Revolution in the context of early modern globalization for the first time, this book offers a new approach to understanding its international origins and worldwide effects. A distinguished group of contributors shows that the political culture of the Revolution emerged out of

The Russian Revolution (Fitzpatrick Sheila)(Paperback)

The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it has become possible to step back and see the full picture. Starting with an overview of the roots of the revolution,

Monaghan: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 (Dooley Terence)(Paperback)

In 1912, a bloodless revolution had already taken place in Monaghan that resulted in the overthrow of one ruling elite, which was replaced by another. What began in 1912 with the signing of the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant, followed the next year by the founding of the Ulster Volunteer Force,

Spanish Dictionary and Grammar - Two Books in One (Collins Dictionaries)(Paperback / softback)

The home of trusted Spanish dictionaries for everyday language

Including Gifted, Able and Talented Children in the Primary Classroom (Fleetham Mike)(Paperback / softback)

The Urban Revolution (Lefebvre Henri)(Paperback)

Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre's first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely

The French Revolution: A study in Democracy (Webster Nesta)(Paperback)

The French Revolution is no dead event; in turning over the contemporary records of those tremendous days we feel that we are touching live things; from the yellowed pages voices call to us, voices that still vibrate with the passions that stirred them more than a century ago - here the desperate

The Poems of Octavio Paz (Paz Octavio)(Paperback)

The Poems of Octavio Paz is the first retrospective collection of Paz's poetry to span his entire writing career from his first published poem, at age seventeen, to his magnificent last poem. This landmark bilingual edition contains many poems that have never been translated into English before,