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Author : Washington Irving
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Treasures of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537146249
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins.
Author : Robert Irwin
Publisher : Profile Books(GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781861974877
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (748 download)
Download or read book The Alhambra written by Robert Irwin and published by Profile Books(GB). This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada, with its fountained courts and gardens, and intricate decoration, has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In this title in the 'Wonders of the World' series, Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its engrossing and often mysterious history.
Author : Owen Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780486465241
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (652 download)
Download or read book Ornament and Design of the Alhambra written by Owen Jones and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the rugged natural beauty of southern Spain's Sierra Nevada mountain range stands the Alhambra, one of the world's great architectural gems. The grand medieval palace arose in the fourteenth century, and it remains a peerless example of Moorish art that developed in a European setting, apart from direct Byzantine influence. This splendid volume ventures inside the stone walls, gates, and towers for a lavishly illustrated survey of the castle's hidden treasures—the majestic decorations within its grand halls, corridors, patios, and balconies. This unequaled collection was assembled by the influential Victorian artist and architect Owen Jones, who introduced his contemporaries to a thrilling range of interior designs from around the world. Jones' full-color plates expertly reproduce the intricate, elegant patterns of the palace's windows, ceilings, wall panels, door arches, and porticos. Unique and affordable, this volume offers a magnificent source of inspiration for art and architectural designs.
Author : Len Camarda
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477290028
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)
Download or read book The Seventh Treasure written by Len Camarda and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman is killed in an apparent traffic accident in the mountains outside of the city of Granada, Spain. Her brother, who heads up the Attack on Principle training unit of the U.S. Secret Service, travels to Spain to bring her body back to America. There, and in the company of a female lieutenant in the National Police Force, it is discovered that there may have been foul play associated with his sister Ginas death. Soon, the consequence of this incident generates a cascade of mysterious murders that confounds local authorities and shuts down all leads to why Gina Cerone was killed. Eugene Cerone, after a thirty year career in the Secret Service, retires so that he can participate in the investigation of Ginas apparent murder. Working with Lieutenant Mercedes Garcia Rico, an attractive, strong willed and competent investigator, the two uncover an unfathomable conspiracy that dates back to the time the Moors surrendered their kingdom in Spain to the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabela in 1492. Driven first by the mission to bring the killer of his sister to justice, Cerone is forced to confront a true evil empire, one that could threaten the stability of an allied nation, Europe as well as the security of the United States. Without official sanction from either government, Cerone builds an unlikely support network and investigative team that includes resources from the Secret Service, a Hollywood film studio, the CIA and the Spanish Police Scientific Unit. Innovative behavioral analysis techniques, financial forensics and intelligence systems are used to link historical events and Arabian fables to crimes and conspiracies of the 21st century. Cerone and Lieutenant Garcia must decipher fact from fable, evidence from whispered rumors and leads from legends, to solve the mystery and stop a silent revolution and convince both Spanish and American authorities, that the conspiracy is real and not fantasy.
Author : Bernard O'Kane
Publisher : Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Treasures of Islam written by Bernard O'Kane and published by Duncan Baird Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the impact of Islam on the cultural heritage of diverse communities around the world, focusing on how works of art and architecture have been influenced and inspired by Islamic traditions, beliefs, and practices.
Author : Gina Kingsley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692713938
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (139 download)
Download or read book A Magic Carpet Ride written by Gina Kingsley and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Magic Carpet Ride is more than just a travel memoir. It is a story within a story about personal journeys as well as travel journeys. Of the many themes, the strongest is the author's rediscovery of her mother's spirit while traveling "Mother Earth." A cosmic theme unfolds, as well as a theme of preparing for the empty nest. The first generation Greek American author describes what it is like to take her own children back to her ancestral homeland to discover the essence of their roots, much like the author did in her childhood trips to Greece. Over 20 countries are described in A Magic Carpet Ride, as well as an educational unit that the author and her three sons designed to build their own trip itineraries and research components. This book is about travel, history, love, pain, goals, fears, risk, adventure, humor, understanding, letting go and faith. Come take a magic carpet ride!
Author : Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004425810
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Islamic Granada written by Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Islamic Granada gathers, for the first time in English, a number of essays exploring aspects of the Islamic history of this city from the 8th through the 15th centuries from an interdisciplinary perspective. This collective volume examines the political development of Medieval Gharnāṭa under the rule of different dynasties, drawing on both historiographical and archaeological sources. It also analyses the complexity of its religious and multicultural society, as well as its economic, scientific, and intellectual life. The volume also transcends the year 1492, analysing the development of both the mudejar and the morisco populations and their contribution to Grenadian culture and architecture up to the 17th century. Contributors are: Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo, María Jesús Viguera-Molíns, Alberto García-Porras, Antonio Malpica–Cuello, Bilal Sarr-Marroco, Allen Fromherz, Bernard Vincent, Maribel Fierro–Bello, Ma Luisa Ávila–Navarro, Juan Pedro Monferrer–Sala, José Martínez–Delgado, Luis Bernabé–Pons, Adela Fábregas–García, Josef Ženka, Amalia Zomeño–Rodríguez, Delfina Serrano–Ruano, Julio Samsó–Moya, Celia del Moral-Molina, José Miguel Puerta–Vílchez, Antonio Orihuela–Uzal, Ieva Rėklaitytė, and Rafael López–Guzmán.
Author : Mitchell Codding
Publisher : Ediciones El Viso
ISBN 13 : 9780875351643
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library written by Mitchell Codding and published by Ediciones El Viso. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955), son of one of the wealthiest men in America, decided that his passion for Spain had to be reflected by creating a museum and a library that would make his knowledge of Spanish art and culture available to his compatriots and that is how he founded in 1904 The Hispanic Society of America in New York. A section of more than two hundred of these treasures is being presented at important museums, such as the Museo del Prado (Madrid), el Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), and the Albuquerque, Cincinnati and Houston museums in the United States. This volume gathers the content of this great exhibition including a detailed file of each piece and an introductory essay telling the story of the Hispanic Society's creation and the scope of its collections.
Author : Clive Cussler
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553394924
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)
Download or read book Night Probe! written by Clive Cussler and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of an international crisis, Heidi Milligan, a beautiful, brilliant American naval commander, accidentally discovers an obscure reference to the long-buried North American Treaty, a precedent-shattering secret pact between the United States and Great Britain. The President believes that the treaty offers the single shot at salvation for an energy-starved, economically devastated nation, but the only two copies plummeted into the watery depths of the Atlantic in twin disasters long ago. The original document must be found—and the one American who can do the job is Dirk Pitt. But in London, a daring counterplot is being orchestrated to see that the treaty is never implemented. Brian Shaw, a master spy who has often worked hand in hand with American agents, now confronts his most challenging command. Pitt’s mission: Raise the North American Treaty. Shaw’s mission: Stop Pitt. Praise for Night Probe! and the Dirk Pitt® novels “A rich tale . . . an absorbing, carefully told mystery with plenty of surprises.”—Los Angeles Times “Dirk Pitt is a combination James Bond and Jacques Cousteau.”—New York Daily News
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Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Seuberling
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1403335648
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Treasures of the Spanish Main written by Mike Seuberling and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You might ask, why document your estate? Why do individuals create a will? Why do individuals spend countless hours and dollars in planning their estate? For the same reason you created your will and planned your estate, documenting your estate is the last and most important step in having your affairs in order. It allows you, your executor, administrator, and beneficiaries the ability to find your assets and execute your wishes and intentions, in the event that you are incapacitated or pass away. As well, it serves as a confidential checklist giving peace of mind in knowing you have reviewed and made aware your wishes and intentions. How To Document Your Estate is a practical guide for organizing your affairs. The book shows you step by step, how to create, compile, and update one concise report for reference and due diligence in the event of an emergency. How To Document Your Estate includes countless examples and practical tips. The book is broken into sections where each segment stands alone and can be done in any order. Topics include: Estate Papers Financial Information Safekeeping Healthcare Insurance Property and Inventories Contacts How To Document Your Estate will benefit you, your beneficiaries, administrators, and executors. Whatever your age or situation, the information is priceless. Testimonials: "It's about time somebody wrote something like this. There's more to croaking than writing a will." --An Estate Attorney, Texas "I do want a copy of Steve's book for me . . . I wish I had something like that when Jim was so sick." --Mary, North Carolina The author's web site is www.estatedocumentation.com.
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Total Pages : 794 pages
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Author : Washington Irving
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Irving's Works written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810114852
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (148 download)
Download or read book My Half Century written by Anna Andreevna Akhmatova and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anna Akhmatova is known as one of twentieth-century Russia's greatest poets, a member of the quartet that included Mandelstam, Pasternak, and Tsvetaeva. This is the first paperback collection of her prose available in English." "The subjects of her memoirs are extraordinary: she describes Modigliani as she knew him in Paris, Blok near the end of his days, and Mandelstam as a close friend. The autobiographical prose section reveals the elusive poet's personality more clearly than any biography could, including her thoughts about how difficult it was to be a poet at a time when women writers were rarely taken seriously." --Book Jacket.
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Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church (earlier "for Younger Members of the English Church") written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Martin-Márquez
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300152523
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Disorientations written by Susan Martin-Márquez and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the fraught processes of Spaniards' efforts to formulate a national identity - from the Enlightenment to the present - this book focuses on the nation's Islamic-African legacy, disputing the received wisdom that Spain has consistently rejected its historical relationship to Muslims and Africans.
