Tag: book
James Bond inspired by iconic expat and British spy Alan Hillgarth who lived in Mallorca
The author confessed ‘the Bond character is a compound of all the secret agents I knew'
EXTRACT: A Chancer’s Guide to Rural Spain by Andy Bailey
BRIT Andy Baily, an ex-farm manager, rugby player and inseminator, moves his family from Somerset to a remote mountainous region in Andalucía. In his book,...
EXCLUSIVE: This is no comedy – Madeleine McCann prime suspect has no right to call a new book on...
THE author of a new book on Madeleine McCann has hit back at claims by the current prime suspect that it is ‘no better...
Troll campaign on Amazon aims to stifle sales of a new book on the Madeleine McCann case
Anti-McCann lobby launch evil attack on well-researched book My Search for Madeleine
EXCLUSIVE: Brave WPC confirms hunt for ‘blonde accomplice’ of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner
It came after she arrested Brueckner in a children's park during a local fiesta
MADDIE MCCANN: From Portugal to Spain and Germany, the search goes on
OLIVE Press editor Jon Clarke is publishing an explosive new book on the Madeleine McCann case.
His investigation is the most comprehensive look at the...
LIMITED TIME OFFER: Free book download from Andalucia-based author
EXCLUSIVELY for Olive Press readers, author Sabina Ostrowska is offering a free download of her book The Crinkle Crankle Wall: Our First Year in...
Religion blocks progress and the advancement of science, claims author ahead of Gibraltar visit
Moller’s book charts the way scientific discoveries were brought into Europe by Arabic writers.
Revealing new book chronicles the founding of the Olive Press, ‘Spain’s most popular expat newspaper’
"A publisher wanted to cut out all the juicy bits so I said no and put it in a draw and only discovered it again recently."
That perfect Spanish afternoon can prove more elusive than first thought, writes Lesley Keith
When I first moved here I had an impression in my mind of how it was going to be
PAGE-TURNER: Pedro Sanchez becomes first Spanish leader to publish book while in office
As well as current affairs, readers will be treated to ‘the unknown side of the President’, who acts as the book’s narrator
Learn how to cook like a true Andalucian with new expat recipe book
In the third part of our exclusive serialisation, Fiona Dunlop shares two tasty fish recipes from her book Andaluz – a Food Journey through Southern Spain, available on amazon.es at the end of November
BOOK REVIEW: Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Labyrinth of the Spirits
In the second part of our new book review section, Alicia Duggan immerses herself in the long-awaited final instalment of the Zafon quartet that began with The Shadow of the Wind
The beef about The Story of Ferdinand – Spain’s most controversial children’s book
Franco banned it, Hitler burnt it and Gandhi loved it. How a loveable Spanish toro in a children’s book has raised hackles all over the world
Rare book printed by Spanish Civil War Republicans goes on display
Soldiers made books from bandages in Catalunya’s Montserrat monastery in 1938
Sotogrande expat reveals touching life journey in new golf love novel
Sotogrande-based Calum McGregor, who said the sport helped him battle his ‘demons’, has released Touching Distance From Africa
Expat novel banned from Granada’s Alhambra Palace in surprise censorship
Song of Granada, by Anne Sikking, has been banned from all three of the Alhambra’s bookshops as well as the state-run hotel, The Parador
New book set to honour British actress Diana Dors
A Diana Dors fan is compiling a book on the life of the British actress
New tax threatens Spain’s budget-bereft libraries
Critics say the financial crisis has already pushed libraries to the limit
School book accused of airbrushing Franco’s rule
The children's history book brushes over the real details of Spain's civil war
New expat book about exploring Almeria
Kevin Borman’s 'Flamingos in the desert – Exploring Almeria' has been four years in the making
Expat author releases latest novel
Jane Finch, of Almeria, hopes 'The Black Widows' will be a success
New book reveals web of spies in First World War Spain
During the Great War, Britain’s ambassador to Spain got caught out by a female spy, who was the sister of the man who later inspired dictator Franco
Wild wonders of yesteryear
A new book will trace the steps of two 19th century naturalists across the Iberian Peninsula
The last of the Spanish Nazis
Author Neil Forsyth shares extracts from his new book, San Carlos, in which he attempts to track down the last remnants of Nazi Germany in Spain.
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Spain’s oldest man dies in León senior home at the age of 110
Spain’s oldest man, Antonio Alvarado, has just died at the age of 110 years old. According to Spanish news agency EFE, he passed away...
