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  Alhambra The: A Series Of Tales...

  Washington Irving

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  This is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Irving lived at the Alhambra Palace while writing some of the material for his book. In 1828, Washington Irving traveled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as "a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen." He immediately asked the then-governor of the historic Alhambra Palace as well as the archbishop of Granada for access to the palace, which was granted because of Irving's celebrity status. Aided by a 35-year old guide named Mateo Ximenes, Irving was inspired by his experience to write Tales of the Alhambra. Throughout his trip, he filled his notebooks and journals with descriptions and observations though he did not believe his writing would ever do it justice. He wrote, "How unworthy is my scribbling of the place." A commemorative plaque in Spanish at the Alhambra reads, "Washington Irving wrote his Tales of Alhambra in these rooms in 1829". The book was instrumental in reintroducing the Alhambra to Western audiences. (Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales)

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  How to See - Looking Talking and...

  David Salle

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  How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates the work of many of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries—from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others—How to See explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres. 
  Salle writes with humor and verve, replacing the jargon of art theory with precise and evocative descriptions that help the listener develop a personal and intuitive engagement with art. The result: a master class on how to see with an artist's eye.

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  Philomena Begley - My Life My...

  Philomena Begley

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  She recorded and performed with stars like Billie Jo Spears, Ray Lynam, Foster and Allen, Charley Pride, Big Tom and Brian Coll, shared festival line-ups with Tammy Wynette, Glen Campbell, Don Williams, Hank Locklin and many more and was awarded gold, silver and platinum discs.
  Yet, throughout her extraordinary career, she has never forgotten where she came from, and it is the love and inspiration of her husband, Tom, her close family and her worldwide fan base that have made her the warm and generous star we know and love.
  Here Philomena Begley takes us from her happy beginnings as a bread-man's daughter in Pomeroy through the devastating loss of her brother Patsy and the risks of touring Ireland at the height of the Troubles, right up to her fiftieth anniversary in show business in 2012 – her 'gold and silver days'.
   

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  Sheffield in the 1980s

  Mark Metcalf, Justine Jenkinson

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  A visual portrait of a British city and its people fighting to survive an era of industrial decline, captured by a steelworker-turned-photographer. 
   
  The social, industrial, and economic changes imposed on the Sheffield area during the 1980s are captured with remarkable clarity in this volume featuring the work of steelworker-turned-photographer Martin Jenkinson. Like many northern England and Scottish cities during that decade, Sheffield went through troubled times, even as parts of southeast England, especially the City of London, boomed. The gap between north and south became a chasm. 
   
  Jenkinson photographed people in their everyday lives at work and at play. However, where he particularly excelled was his work with the trade union and labor movement, in workplaces and on protests, demonstrations, and pickets. Some of the images in this book capture joy and laughter; some portray suffering. They provide a loud cry for social justice, a better world where unemployment is no more, poverty is swept away, and everyone, black and white, male and female, can enjoy a life where their talents are used for the collective improvement of all. In reflecting on the not-so-distant past, Jenkinson’s photographs are about a world we still must aim to obtain.

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  Central European History 7 Books...

  HISTORY FOREVER

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  Book 1 - The History Of Hungary: Pagan Nomads To Kingdom Of Hungary: Magyars, Austro-Hungarian Empire And The Royal Hungarian Army In World War 1 & 2 
  Book 2 - Hungarian History: Hungary In World War 1 & 2, The Golden Age Of Football, The Worst Inflation Ever Recorded And The Collapse Of Communism  
  Book 3 - History of Czech Republic & Yugoslavia: Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic & Czechia 
  Book 4 - History of Czechoslovakia: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Czechia & Habsburg Monarchy 
  Book 5 - History of Poland between 966-1919: The Rise and Fall of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth 
  Book 6 - History Of Poland Between 1933-1945: Holocaust In Auschwitz & Genocide Of The European Jews 
  Book 7 - Polish History Between 1919-2022: Communism To Capitalism: The Sovietization Of Poland, Poznan Protest And Modern Capitalist Poland

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  The Depths of Poetry

  Janet Gillooly

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  This  is poetry about my life experiences. It is about good times and bad.

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