Under the unforgiving heat of the Spanish sky and in a country burnt by tourism, one man goes in search of recipes for living another life, accompanied by a chef who can only look at the ground, a hound who looks behind everything and a history that reveals the future for a country still charred by the burning touch of tourism.

In this preview you meet the narrator, the old quarter, Andres (the Spanish/American hang gliding chef) who, suffering from spondylitis in the neck cannot see the Hound Dog from Hell perched on the roof of the abandoned house. But then, he produces the skin of a Brontosaurus from his bag.... and... well you'll have to listen to the rest. 

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Inside the tortilla

Inside the Tortilla

Sample: Inside the Tortilla - Recipes for Living another Life

Try to imagine that the city of Malaga is to be evacuated overnight. 150.000 people will have to walk 200km along the coastal road in search of a safe refuge whilst being pursued by Italian tanks, bombed by German aircraft and shelled by Rebel Nationalist ships. Unarmed men, women and children will be shot from planes or killed by blasts from the boats that pursue them off-shore, their bodies will be left at the roadside, abandoned to the chaos and inhumanity of adults at war. There will be little food, transport or fresh water. Nourished only by hope and driven by fear, exposed to the elements and to enemy fire, they will walk through the day and through the night. Many will be too weak to reach the safe port of Almería and will only survive because a Canadian doctor comes to help. A doctor who will later be accused of spying and betrayal, and will be unwillingly pushed out of Spain by the very people he had come to assist.

Sample chapter from the audio book - more https://gum.co/Ambulanceman

Ambulance Man and Spanish Civil War

The Ambulance Man and the Spanish Civil War

Laurie Lee is synonymous with Spain and travel writing, but how much of what he wrote bears any relationship to the events and moments described in his works?

Find out the what the villagers got to say of the man who put their town on the map.

Part 1 of the investigation into Laurie Lee in Spain

Sample audio chapter. See links for complete book. In 1937, George Orwell spent six months witnessing the rise and fall of a popular revolution on the streets of Barcelona and Catalonia. Alone amongst his contemporaries, Orwell understood what the success or failure of that Spanish Revolution would mean for the rest of the world.

1984 And The Spanish Civil War explores the background to the Civil War and the hidden anarchist revolution within a revolution. As Orwell arrives in Catalunya, he observes something bright and new in the world. But when Orwell returns from fighting on the front, he is confronted by the Communists conducting a misinformation campaign against this revolutionary spirit and he is forced to flee from their purges. He returns home to England, where he begins to write his account, but finds few are prepared to listen. In order to tell his story, he writes literally (Homage to Catalunya), then when that fails, he adopts the structure of allegory (Animal Farm) and finally that of a dystopian fictional Britain in 1984.

Yet publication is a constant struggle for Orwell in a world that refuses to criticise the role of the USSR. Though he dies in despair, his words are not lost, for their message is picked up once more on the streets of the same country he fought for back in the 1930's.

1984 and the Spanish Civil War (Sample Chapter)

How do you cope when the summer heat appears one day at your door, like an unwanted relative? How do you survive without a pool or a beach within reach? - Find out the best 9 practices for dealing with the heat - in this short sample from the audio book: Inside the Tortilla.

The 9 Point Guide to Coping with Summer Heat

Black belt in Gazpacho and aficionado of all things with olive oil and garlic

The Gazpachomonk