Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The second Umayyad Caliphate The second Umayyad Caliphate Janina M Safran "In 929 C.E. the eighth Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia) assumed caliphal titles and prerogatives and reasserted Umayyad dynastic claims to the leadership of the Muslims against contempor… OL12004968W
Anatomía de un instante Anatomía de un instante Javier Cercas "Javier Cercas quería escribir una novela sobre 23 F, pero tras reunir toda la información existente sobre ese momento decisivo de la reciente historia de España, se dio cuenta que ninguna ficción po… OL1647058W
Juan Ponce de Leon and the discovery of Florida Juan Ponce de Leon and the discovery of Florida Sandra Wallus Sammons A biography of the explorer responsible for discovering Florida. OL17871424W
Isabella Isabella Kirstin Downey Drawing on new scholarship, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Woman Behind the New Deal presents a biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher … OL19664233W
The Battle of Barrosa, 1811 The Battle of Barrosa, 1811 John Grehan By the winter of 1810?11, the armies of Napoleon had overrun most of Spain and Joseph Bonaparte sat on the throne in Madrid. But the Spanish Government had found refuge in the fortress-port of Cadiz … OL21187279W
Spanish Society, 1400 - 1600 Spanish Society, 1400 - 1600 Teofilo Ruiz "Spanish Society depicts a complex and fascinating country in transition from the late Middle Ages to modernity. It describes every part of society from the gluttonous nobility to their starving peas… OL8402145W