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Aesop, FablesIs it the fault of the Greeks that the Germans are the way they supposedly are?
Al Khamissi, KhaledTaxiWorld Heritage taxi
Amades, JoanEl pessebrePere Botero's
Amato, Joseph AnthonyOn foot: a history of walkingRun like a gypsy
Anam, TahmimaThe good MuslimEtymology of Salafi clarified
Aub, MaxCampo cerradoBush, the greatest intellectual of our time
Aub, MaxCampo cerradoBush, the greatest intellectual of our time
Barea, ArturoThe forgeMagic oranges from Spain
Baroja, PíoAventuras, inventos y mixtificaciones de Silvestre ParadoxMore churchy coppers
Belpoliti, MarcoIl corpo del capoThe fundamental difference between Mussolini and Berlusconi
Bennett, AlanThe madness of George IIIThe madness of King George, authorised for all pubics
Bidwell, Margaret and RobinMorocco: the traveller's companionTales of German technological failure
Boccaccio, GiovanniThe DecameronBrazilian pastor to his flock (f): "My penis emits sacred milk"
Booth, MartinGweilo: memories of a Hong Kong childhoodRecession rations
Bork, Robert HCoercing virtue: the worldwide rule of judgesAnglocabron judicial colonialism
Borrow, GeorgeRomany RyeFrench, Cockney, Dutch in Borrow
Boswell, JamesThe life of Samuel JohnsonSblood Spaniard you get no wall here
Bou, LluísEl Carmel ignoratHistorical leak
Brandes, StanleyMetaphors of masculinity: sex and status in Andalusian folkloreMore incompetence from the Real Academia Española
Brenan, GeraldSouth from GranadaGerald Brenan's children
Brenan, GeraldSouth from GranadaThe Orotava Valley agricultural workers strike
Brisset, Jean-PierreLa natation ou l'art de nager appris seul en moins d'une heureJean-Pierre Brisset's false etymologies: proto-Derrida, demented fun
Butler, SamuelErewhonEwerthon
Calvo-Sotelo, Luis EmilioBienvenido, Mister MarshallSpain, la gran puta
Candel, FranciscoHan matado un hombre, han roto el paisajeCat for hare
Casas, PenelopeThe foods and wines of SpainBrazo de gitano with flesh-coloured filling
Casas, PenelopeThe foods and wines of SpainOnly sensible use for cheap red wine at 30C+
Cela, Camilo JoséA bote prontoFrench exam
Cela, Camilo JoséDiccionario secretoDogs' bollocks
Chase, RichardAmerican folk tales and songsMerchant of Texas
Chatterjee, UpamanyuMammaries of the welfare statePara tener buenos melones
Clark, FrancisThe "Gregorian" dialogues and the origins of Benedictine monasticismRevealed, the identity of the horny apparition in the story of St Benedict, the blackbird, and the nettles
Cohen, Patricia ClineA calculating people: the spread of numeracy in early AmericaCounting the corrupt
Condon, RichardThe Manchurian candidateMore on the hack attack: Adolfo Daine/adol77dai51, Manchurian candidate?
Crystal, DavidThe Fight For English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and LeftOpportunist orthography
Delicado, FranciscoLa lozana andaluzaProstitution in 16th century Rome
Díaz, JunotThe brief wondrous life of Oscar WaoSpanglish, an important new literary language
Doyle, RoddyThe commitmentsRoddy Doyle's niggers of Europe explained
Duncker, PatriciaHallucinating FoucaultFoucault clarified
Eco, UmbertoBaudolinoCastells, for real
Eco, UmbertoTravels in hyperrealitySpanish traditional theme park architecture
Ellmer, BrunoClassical and Contemporary Italian Cooking for ProfessionalsOlder sources for portobello mushrooms
Erofeev, VenediktMoscow to the End of the LineWhat drunks think of morning and evening people
Escott, ColinRoadkill on the three-chord highwayHeavy-drinking baby
Everett, RupertThe hairdressers of St TropezEls perruquers de Saint Tropez
Everett, RupertThe hairdressers of St TropezEls perruquers de Saint Tropez
Farage, NigelFlying freeThe better the host, the worse his accommodations
Farfan de los Godos, AntonioCartas d'el Rei Don Fernando, O Catholico, a varios reis e principes do mundo, e suas respostas: colligidas e comentadas por Frey Antonio Farfan de los Godos, comendador na Ordem de São João de Jerusalem, no anno de 1499Imaginary correspondence between Ferdinand the Catholic and Suleyman the Magnificent
Fernández de Soria y Villanueva, FernandoArrendamientos rústicos protegidos. Comentarios a la ley de 15 de julio de 1954.A Spaniard's home is his castle ... except when utilities are involved
Fielding, HenryA Journey from This World to the NextI'll get it back, she said
Friedland, MartinThe case of Valentine ShortisFrench and Russian cavalry rode backwards in retreat?!
Fuligni, BrunoL'État c'est moiTrouble on the Trans-Saharan line
Fussell, PaulThe Great War and Modern MemoryGibraltarización / gibraltarisation
Giménez Caballero, ErnestoMemorias de un dictadorHitler's failed Falangist marriage
Giordano, PaoloThe solitude of prime numbersSpanish mis-translation of Paolo Giordano The solitude of prime numbers
Goknil, CanThe Neighbor's CatsWe're all going on a (hick) summer holiday
Gordimer, NadineA guest of honourNerd riot
Gordon, FlashBlood, Sweat & Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and MedicineBlack Hitler
Gouguenheim, SylvainAristote au Mont Saint-Michel"Islamic bridge of civilisation to the West over-rated"
Gould, Stephen JayAdam's navelWhy God created Adam with a belly button
Goytisolo, JuanSeñas de identidadPigeon poo
Goytisolo, JuanSeñas de identidadPigeon poo
Goytisolo, JuanCampos de NíjarThe lurch and fall of the Almería coast
Grahame-Smith, SethPride and prejudice and zombiesTwo Brad Pitt exclusives
Groppa, CarlosThe tango in the United States: a historyLithos by Xavier Cugat at Brok
Harris, BenjaminRifleman HarrisDrunk and disorderly
Harrow and Unwin, Joie de vivre in French literature and cultureWordsworth's take on the French revolution cast in doubt by a French corpus n-gram
Hillgarth, The mirror of SpainA league and a turd/Legua y mierda
Howson, GeraldThe flamencos of Cadiz BayMore mystifications
Hugo, VictorLes miserablesHedgehogs @ €600
Jansson, ToveComet in MoominlandHunting Spanish trolls
Jardiel Poncela, EnriqueAmor se escribe sin hacheAlbacete / Birmingham / New York
Jardiel Poncela, EnriqueAmor se escribe sin hacheAlbacete / Birmingham / New York
Jardiel Poncela, EnriqueAmor se escribe sin hacheErrar es umano
Johnson, James WilliamA Profane Wit: The Life of John Wilmot"Chaste, pious, prudent": to which British king does the poem below the break refer?
Kasmir, SharrynThe Myth of MondragonMondragón
Khadra, YasminaThe Swallows of KabulOrenetes
Labanyi, JoConstructing Identity in Contemporary Spain: Theoretical Debates and Cultural PracticeTaken by the gypsies
Lancaster, OsbertWith an eye to the futureSome day I'll fly away, or how to freak out swallows
Lane Fox, RobinThe classical worldIncompatibility of science and corrupt society
Larkin, PhilipHigh windowsWindows Vista: Error en el servicio Servicio de perfil de usuario al iniciar sesion. No se puede cargar el perfil de usuario
Lenin, VIOne step forward, two steps backTwo views of progress
Lenin, Vladimir IllichCollected worksThe Asociación de Familias Adoptantes en China promotes itself with a picture of slitty-eyed chinkies
León, RicardoCristo en los infiernosTrafalgar dreaming
Lévi-Strauss, ClaudeThe raw and the cookedFrom cooked to raw in Almería
Llull, RamonBook of the beastsBestiaries (ii): Llull and Orwell
López et al, AlbertArqueologia, història i art de l'església de Sant Valentí de les CabanyesChiste de indignados
Maalouf, AminThe Crusades through Arab eyesSpurious history: the origins of shepherd's pie
Maalouf, AminThe Crusades through Arab eyesSpurious history: the origins of shepherd's pie
MacDonald Fraser, GeorgeFlashman and the TigerCrisis, what crisis?
MacFarlane, RobertMountains of the Mind: How Desolate and Forbidding Heights Were Transformed into Experiences of Indomitable SpiritVuilnis
Machiavelli, NiccolòThe princeOutsourcing in the Spanish military
Margueritte, VictorLa garçonneThe Spanish Prostitute Moment in pre-war French popular novels
Mellers, WilfridTwilight of the GodsKarlheinz Stockhausen, "one of the most important ... composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries"?
Menéndez Pelayo, MarcelinoHistoria de los heterodoxos españolesBollocks in 16th century Spanish writing
Menéndez Pelayo, MarcelinoHistoria de los heterodoxos españolesBollocks in 16th century Spanish writing
Minsheu, JohnPleasant and delightfull dialoguesInterchangeability of nominative and genitive forms of Spanish patronymics?
Monette, PaulNosferatu The VampyreWe're fixing Nosferatu/Estem arreglant Nosferatu
Moravia, AlbertoBoredomThe end of boredom and the last adult
Morrell, DavidFirst Blood: RamboMy First Blood moment
Nabokov, VladimirStrong opinionsThe decline of psychoanalysis charted
Ortega Munilla, JoséChispas del yunquePejorocracy, government of the worst
Ortega y Gasset, JoséEspaña invertebradaAnti-guiri? yes, but...
Ortega y Gasset, JoséLa rebelión de las masasSinn Fein-IRA joke
Ortínez, ManuelUna vida entre burgesosFranco and inflation
Parker Willis, NathanielSummer cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigateCappuccino
Patterson, John HenryThe Man-eaters of TsavoJ'suis pas Cecil
Pearson, HarryRacing pigs and giant marrows: travels around the north country fairsPersistent rains produce more giant Spanish plants
Pérez Galdós, BenitoThe disinheritedHemp horses
Poikolainen, KariPerfect drinking and its enemiesStatistically speaking I've got my drinking about right
Remarque, Erich MariaThe Road BackRemarque, The Road Back
Roth, JosephRebellionBlackletter OCR
Ruiz Zafón, CarlosShadow of the windHilarious Shadow of the wind reviews
Sagan, EliAt the Dawn of TyrannySqueezing it for all it's worth
Schiavelli, VincentBruculinu, AmericaPan di Spagna?
Scott, MichaelThe cruise of the midgeBacalado
Scott, MichaelThe cruise of the midgeBacalado
Semprun, JorgeNetchaïev est de retourMore Francophone condemnations of the US
Sender, RamónLa tesis de NancyThe oldest surname in the world
Sirera Miralles, CarlesCuando el fútbol no era el reyCollserola bike accident anecdotes
Thompson, ChristopherThe Tour de France: a cultural historyThe cycling Cartesian
Tóibín, ColmA long winterSpecs on the beach
Toseland, MartinThe Ants are my Friends: Misheard Lyrics, Malapropisms, Eggcorns and Other Linguistic Gaffes"Amaral pide que el estadio sea una hoya a presión"
Townsend Warner, SylviaWith the Hunted: Selected WritingsSylvia Townsend Warner, The scapegoat, and the Diodorus phallic thimble quatrain
Tschiffely, A.F.Tschiffely's RideTschiffely's Ride
Vallmitjana, JuliSota MontjuïcBirthday pics
Vargas Llosa, MarioThe feast of the goatThe perejil shibboleth
Waugh, EvelynDecline and fallNgram: afternoon nap vs siesta
Wittgenstein, LudwigPhilosophical InvestigationsDuck-billed dog
Zamora Vicente, AlonsoDialectología españolablimey es para que te suba el blood pressure


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