spain

Examines the land, people, and history of Spain and discusses its current state of affairs and place in the world today.

Describes Spain's efforts to colonize and spread Christianity in the New World in the eighteenth century by building twenty-one missions along the coastal areas of what is now the state of California.

Provides information on the history, economy, literature, art, music, social customs, cultural life, and historic sites in each of Spain's eighteen regions, arranged alphabetically, and including a discussion of provincial cuisine, detailed maps, and photographs.

A biography of the king and queen whose marriage led to the unification of Spain and who increased the country's power by conquering the Moors and sending Columbus to America.

Presents the Spanish rulers Alfonso El Sabio, Isabella and Ferdinand, Charles V, Philip II, and Philip V, with lavish illustrations of art objects they owned or commissioned.

An introduction to Spain, providing facts about the country's land, people, town and country life, farming and fishing, resources and industry, transportation, education, sports and leisure, daily life and religion, arts and media, government, and place in the world.

Simple retelling of the adventures of the middle-aged Spanish man who imagines himself a knight in armor and goes into the world to battle injustice.

Fourteen-year-old Jerry Luna, mute since her mother's disappearance, is sent to her great-great-aunt Constanza's house, where she discovers a trunk that draws her into the world of her ancestors during the Spanish Inquisition.