Here is the story of two families in small-town Basque country, pitted against each other by the ideology and violence of the terrorist group ETA (Basque Homeland and Liberty), from the unrelentingly grim 1980s to October 2011 when the group proclaimed an end to its savage insurgency. Erstwhile lifetime friends--especially the generation of parents on both sides--the two families become bitter enemies when a father of one is killed by ETA militants,...

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky has drawn enthusiastic praise for his books, which are sharply-focused studies as well as glorious celebrations of their subjects. In The Basque History of the World, he turns his eye toward Europe's oldest surviving culture-a culture as mysterious as it is fascinating. Settled in the western Pyrenees Mountains of France and Spain, the Basque nation is not drawn on maps and the origin of their forbidden language...

In the mountainous north of Spain, on a quiet Sunday morning, a Basque terrorist group kidnaps the country's wealthiest woman after a violent ambush along a winding country road. At the same time, in New York City, a murderous shootout alongside Central Park leaves two dead and Spain's ambassador to the United Nations held hostage. NYPD Detective First Grade Brian McKenna and his partner Cisco Sanchez (the self-described world's greatest detective)...

"Experience Basque Country, a land of gorgeous sunsets which borders the Pyrenees and is the home of the famous Bay of Biscay. Learn of this region's ancient autonomy, proud people, and Poleta, the unusual sport that helps to make the country famous"--Container.

Mikel has a lifelong dream: to become a writer. Seeking to inject some extra cash and inspiration into his life, he uproots his family from their sleepy village to the Basque country, where he takes a job protecting politicians from the armed separatist group ETA. But financial security comes at a price: fear, uncertainty and family breakdown.

""El intruso retiró el muñeco y observó la carita de la niña [...]. No había ya luz en su rostro y la sensación de estar ante un receptáculo vacío se acrecentó al llevarse de nuevo el muñeco a la cara para aspirar el aroma infantil, ahora enriquecido por el aliento de un alma." Ha pasado ya un mes desde que la inspectora de la Policía Foral recuperó a su hijo y pudo detener a Berasategui. Pero a pesar de que tanto la Guardia Civil como...

Detective Amaia Salazar leads an investigation of the murder of two young women which takes her back to her village in the middle of Basque country where secrets, myths and superstitions await. Ainhoa Elizasu fue la segunda víctima del basajaun, aunque entonces la prensa todavía no lo llamaba así. Fue un poco más tarde cuando trascendió que alrededor de los cadáveres aparecían pelos de animal, restos de piel y rastros dudosamente humanos,...