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Crow (Culture) The substance of Spanish culture—its art, literature, architecture, and
music—is emphasized over straight politics in this cultural history that taps the marrow of
Spanish consciousness. This expanded 3rd edition of Crow’s book has coverage of the post-
Franco period.

Portugal

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Bergreen (Biography) The swashbuckling life of Portugal’s famed navigator Ferdinand
Magellan is front and center in this book, which focuses on his famous three-year journey
around the world. The same author is releasing a version of this book aimed for young adult
readers called simply Over the Edge.

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A Cottage in Portugal by Richard and Barbara Hewiit (Travel Narrative) A Massachusetts couple
recounts their high-spirited adventures after moving to the Portuguese village of Sintra, where
they set out to renovate a 300-year-old cottage.

The Portugal Story by Henry W. Stephens (History) Chronicles three centuries of Portuguese
exploration and discovery, and examines Portugal’s impact on the world as the founder of the
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Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago (Historical Fiction) Winner of the 1998 Noble Prize in
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the late 18th century. Set in 1711, in the midst of the terrors of the Inquisition and the plague,
it follows a seemingly mismatched couple as they discover the wonders of love.

France

Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik (Travel Essays) A self-described “comic-sentimental
essayist,” Gopnik spent the years from 1995 to 2000 in Paris writing the “Paris Journals” for
the New Yorker. Collected here are his most charming, insightful, heartfelt, and humorous
dispatches on the Parisian people, culture, food, economy, and lifestyle.
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personalities of postwar Paris come to life in this vibrant portrait from a Pulitzer Prize-
winning author who was there.

, 8ZaPLMWP 1PL^_ by Ernest Hemingway (Memoir) Personal reminiscences and sketches of Paris,
which Hemingway created during his time there between 1921 and 1926.

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the Renaissance, the French Revolution, and on through the events of 20th-century
French history.

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