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This is a Romanian Hall of Fame - a Selective Anthology of critical Biographies, Quotations and References intended for the speciallist and the layman alike.
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The Women's voices are presented in a separate volume Anthology "Blouse Roumaine" whose title is inspired from the painting by Henri Matisse
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Libraries are important because they offer knowledge to everyone. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of going to the library to learn new things. Reading gives us all opportunities to explore, even if it is just with our minds.
My library is a place that helps me to encourage creativity and allows my daughter to be enriched by the amazing programming the library brings to us.
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One way to lose friends is to say something which is not fashionable about somebody like Boris Johnson: it is so much easier not to think for oneself and to regurgitate what the tabloids say. I noticed it the other day at a drinks party in south London (yes I do have friends south of the river!):
it struck me as plain lazy if not outright silly to repeat like a parrot headlines splashed on the news stand billboards... and caused me not to think much of the person whom I considered until then moderately intelligent before he gave 'his' opinion...
Why not see for myself, judge for myself, rather than recycle cliches?
Boris Johnson's kind of books , although inexpensively sold in paperback (some even in WH Smith at Victoria station - a bad omen) I would not normally read - it is not my thing! However, out of curiosity I decided to order several at my local Waterstone's bookshop (whose native salesmen do not even know how to spell such authors as Glendinning or Ondaatje...):when I put in the order I was looked at with a mixture of incredulity, amusement, suspicion and superiority by the young temp - thankfully I was not going to face him for much longer - these people do not stick for long in such places)...
Back to the story of my Saturday "drinks spotty" (sic) what my friend reproached Boris, among others, was that he appeared to be dressed casually at the Beijing Olympics ceremony, compared with the Chinese official who gave him the flag... I asked myself, where have I seen a British politician doing the same before? was it perhaps at the Cenotaph , the died-in-the wool "old Labour" Michael Foot?
Oh, but you see, Foot had plenty of excuses which would not apply to Boris in a society redolent with the resentment of class war typical of the best Stalinist practices, a society stuck in the mould of political correctness and global lukewarming.
Back to Johnson's books I finished his biography which i found amusing and informative giving a more rounded view of Boris and making him more humane than he otherwise appears, spontaneous, refreshing, cultivated, intelligent, predictable in his unpredictability....
"Cultivated" you say? but this is a cardinal sin which is looked at with greatest suspicion! Come on, who wants to be cultivated?
The other books I decided to read at intervals, a short story at a time and more of it later, For now all I can say from an incomplete trawl is that i would strongly recommend that you make up your own mind (unless it is too arduous or painful) and read for yourself.
Great gems of information about historic figures and situations - an absolute must!
Among the pages of the Diary one could find an insightful comment on his lunch with king Carol, at the Royal Palace in Bucharest.
www.romanianstudies.org/content/2010/04/quotations-how-ot...
My library inspires me to find princess books. It's a bright, welcoming place where there's always something new to discover.
My library inspires me with access to the wit, wisdom, and worth of the universe. Have had a library card since age 11 when my mother would give me 50 cents to ride the bus 13 miles to the only library within 13 miles. Could only check out 3 books. Back on the bus and cherished my checked out treasures! Go LIBRARY!!
My Books: Library of Intentions...
Book I read, Books I intend to read later on, books I consult, books I read intermittently, in dribs and drabs: all in all reflecting an eclectic taste broadly fitting an interest in 20th c History and Politics, Biography, architecture, Ireland, France, Basque Country, Romania, paintings, History of Art, poetry, a sprinkle of Fiction, dictionaries, reference books
I love my library because it allows the mind to travel and as Twain says, travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Books are wonderful.
Ski the Rockies
by Marc Muench
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books / #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly non #fiction, #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary
Originally published in 1945, written and illustrated by Clarke Hutton.
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-911571-6
Published by Oxford, University Press
we're about to release the video portion of the diversity cmte's needs assessment study. i made the cover. :-)
I remember going home with a huge stack of books from hands to chin as a kid ... now I love to bring home new books to read to my daughter, so she'll be ready for a visit of her own!
My Books: Library of Intentions...
Book I read, Books I intend to read later on, books I consult, books I read intermittently, in dribs and drabs: all in all reflecting an eclectic taste broadly fitting an interest in 20th c History and Politics, Biography, architecture, Ireland, France, Basque Country, Romania, paintings, History of Art, poetry, a sprinkle of Fiction, dictionaries, reference books
Dermot James
The Gore-Booths of Lissadell
ISBN 0-9534293-8-5
Pbk 25.00
(€25.00, 380 pp. the Woodfield Press, 2004)
The Gore-Booths of Lissadell charts the lives and works of nine members of the family over a period of almost 200 years. Lissadell is one of Ireland’s most famous country houses and in it lived one of its most fascinating families.
Constance Markievicz may have been the most famous of the Gore-Booths, but her ancestors and other family members also lived remarkable lives. From arctic explorers to campaigners for women’s rights, from soldiers to pacifists, from landlords to revolutionaries, this Anglo-Irish family attained an astonishing breadth and range of achievements.
With new information on Constance, this book gives new insights into one of the heroines of nationalism. But taken altogether, the book questions many assumptions about landlordism, and about the Anglo-Irish. In the complexities of the tales of this one family are revealed many of the subtleties and nuances of Irish identity and its relationship with Great Britain.
The Gore-Booths of Lissadell deserves to be read not only for the tales of these exceptional people, but also for the mirror it holds up to much of modern Irish history..
A Book
Family History
History of Science
and History of Ireland
"Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic." Carl Sagan
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Olympic Tribute Wall
Sydney Olympics 2000
Photo date : July 2008
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I remember going home with a huge stack of books from hands to chin as a kid ... now I love to bring home new books to read to my daughter, so she'll be ready for a visit of her own!
A real compendium of information focusing on the "hip" for those who want to reminisce or those who never quite made it and would like to know what might have been like.
A few elements of the bygone era are still extant, but on the whole one has to admit that every dog had its day: currently King's Rd is less exciting than it used to be and the downturn took its toll: between Sloane Square and Land's End there are just six pubs, eh... perhaps five because the sixth one had become a wine bar... the girls there in did not even know what happened to the former minuscule theatre which once made the venue so special...
As for the fashion boutiques... forget it - you'll probably be better in Soho or Covent Garden!
This period stretches from the author's return from Paris and his literary debut (first memoirs) to his last days in the Spanish Civil war and return to England. This is the most meaningful metamorphosis of his life during which time he realizes the underlying workings of Communism which he ditches to fully refute it in his future best sellers; "1984", "The Animal Farm", etc: an inteligent's man flirting with left-wing dictatorship (and Civil War) and his subsequent full rejection of it.
That is precisely the very reason for which George Orwell's books were completely banned behind the iron Curtain, to the last days of Communism.
Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis
Book by Peter Evans
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books / #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly non #fiction, #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary
Wollongong city Library Images - c.1986. For more Illawarra Images visit www.mylibrary.wollongong.nsw.gov.au
My library inspires me to read more and to explore my neighborhood. Also, it lets me read even when I am away and it lets me read the exact books I want to read.
Author: Karlos Zurutuza
ISBN: 978-84-939229-9-3
EAN: 9788493922993
Editorial: GAUMIN
Language: Spanish
Edizio urtea:2012
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Karlos Zurutuza is an academic and freelance journalist and photographer, specialising in current affairs, of North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus and Asia (Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan).
For the past ten years he has reported from troubled areas, being often "ahead of the pack".
He is a correspondent of International news agencies and also of his native Basque language periodicals. Besides his career in education, in the Basque country, Karlos is a frequent guest speaker to Government agencies, public Institutions and Societies and a prolific foreign affairs correspondent. For his endeavors, in June 2012, Karlos received a prestigious medal of the Autonomous Basque region (see further):
Constantine: Roman Emperor, Christian Victor
by Paul Stephenson
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books / #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly non #fiction, #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary