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Young Princess Isabel of Spain bravely steps up to protect her younger brother, Alfonso, when he is accused of treason.

Introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Spain.

Presents brief narrative poems set in fifteenth-century Spain, when apprentice scribe Ramon witnesses the atrocities of the Inquisitions while Amir, born a Muslim and forced to give up his faith, is taken in by Ramon's family of Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity.

Shares the story of Paul Robeson and his visit to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, focusing on his global activism by singing to the unfortunate.

Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever". The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific breakthrough that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos. Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain's Royal Palace itself.

Presents an abridged version of the epic tale of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil in sixteenth-century Spain.

"This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family"--Provided by the publisher.

Describes the settlement of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Texas, covering changes and conflicts under Spanish rule, and discusses the Mexican Revolution.

A young Christian in Islamic Spain flees C?rdoba and takes refuge in the monastery of Ripoll, where he is viewed with suspicion for studying the Arabic number system.