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  • Bullfighting is not for the casual interloper; it can only be practiced on animals that have been specially bred to charge.

    Matador for a Day 2010

  • Bullfighting is not one of my greatest affections, but as a Spanish, I know a little about the stories about it.

    Filmstalker: Brody and Cruz in tragic Matador tale 2006

  • The "Bullfighting" series is more observation than condemnation, capturing the action with astonishing fluidity and movement.

    In Paris, Goya's Engraved Visions 2008

  • Simply and beautifully presented, it offers a unique retrospective of Goya's four powerful graphic series: "The Caprices," "The Disasters of War," "Bullfighting" and "The Disparates."

    In Paris, Goya's Engraved Visions 2008

  • Photos: Bullfighting School Brown Canon III for The Wall Street Journal Mr. Borba's grandfather raised fighting bulls in the Azores Islands, and his father organized some of the first bloodless bullfights, a California variation that uses Velcro in place of the traditional steel blades.

    Matador for a Day 2010

  • The three-day course for amateur bullfighters at the Dennis C. Borba Bullfighting School costs $300 per person.dennisborba. com

    Matador for a Day 2010

  • Brown Canon III for The Wall Street Journal The Dennis C. Borba Bullfighting School is one of only a handful outside of Spain that initiate outsiders into one of the world's most exclusive pastimes.

    Learn to Be a Matador 2010

  • True to the authors' style, Mr. Barnes, perhaps best-known for the 1984 novel "Flaubert's Parrot," gives us a muted and measured portrait of the no-longer-young stage of life in "Pulse" (Knopf, 227 pages, $25) , while the rougher-edged Mr. Doyle—his "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" won the 1993 Booker Prize—takes a more rumpled view in "Bullfighting" (Viking, 214 pages, $25.95) .

    Stories of Midlife Crises And Motherhood Dilemmas Sam Sacks 2011

  • At the Dennis C. Borba Bullfighting School in Escalon, Calif., students study under a master of classical bullfighting, learning the moves and postures of the sport.

    Learn to Be a Matador 2010

  • Three of us had come to Escalon, Calif., to study at the Dennis C. Borba Bullfighting School.

    Matador for a Day 2010

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