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Ich bin dann mal weg. Meine reise auf dem Jakobsweg

Ich bin dann mal weg. Meine reise auf dem Jakobsweg
  • Author(s): Hape Kerkeling
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Travelogue

11 kilos on his back, Hape Kerkeling set out on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Any doubts disappear over the 800km or so, and he writes a delightful travelogue of his undertaking. In German.

Isla and the Happily Ever After

Isla and the Happily Ever After
  • Author(s): Stephanie Perkins
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Barcelona, Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on brooding artist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And, after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer break, romance might be closer than Isla...

It’s Not About the Tapas: A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels

It’s Not About the Tapas: A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels
  • Author(s): Polly Evans
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Single, stressed, and living amid the hustle and hurry of modern Hong Kong, Polly Evans had a vision: of mountains and orange groves, matadors and promenades–and of a glorious, hassle-free journey across Spain by bicycle. But like any decent...

José Pizarro’s Spanish Flavours

José Pizarro’s Spanish Flavours
  • Author(s): José Pizarro
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink
  • Era(s): 2017

Following on from Seasonal Spanish Food, Pizarro takes a closer look at the regions of Spain and the exceptional local ingredients that make each area so special. With these ingredients, Pizarro uses his knowledge and flair to create alluring...

Journey To A Dream

Journey To A Dream
  • Author(s): Craig Briggs
  • Location(s): Galicia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Like many of us Craig Briggs dreamt of living a different life, free from the stresses and strains of modern living. But unlike most of us, he decided to pursue his dream. In May 2002 Craig, his wife Melanie...

Just Add Spice

Just Add Spice
  • Author(s): Carol E Wyer
  • Location(s): England, Lanzarote
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Escape from reality comes in patent-leather Prada kneeboots Dawn Ellis needs to escape from her painfully dull existence. Her unemployed husband spends all day complaining about life, moping around, or fixing lawnmowers on her kitchen table. The local writing...

Lanzarote

Lanzarote
  • Author(s): J H Wallace
  • Location(s): Lanzarote
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

In the repressive religious environment of Lanzarote in the early 1700s, Milagro, young, beautiful and naïve, is the target of every man who sees her, including her wealthy stepfather. But when she lets herself be seduced by the handsome...

Lanzarote

Lanzarote
  • Author(s): Michel Houellebecq
  • Location(s): Lanzarote
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

Realising that his New Year is probably going to be a disaster, as usual, our narrator, on impulse, walks into a travel agency to book a week in the sun. Sensitive to his limited means and dislike of Muslim...

Legacy

Legacy
  • Author(s): Hannah Fielding
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Love, intrigue and redemption under the scorching Spanish sun, Legacy is Book 3 in the Andalucian Nights Trilogy by Hannah Fielding, award-winning author of Indiscretion and The Echoes of Love. A troubled young journalist goes undercover in Spain, and...

Lord of All the Dead

Lord of All the Dead
  • Author(s): Javier Cercas
  • Location(s): Extremadura
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas’ family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war. The author revisits Ibahernando, his parents’ village in southern Spain, to research the life of...

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