Peacock Room
Peacock Room

Author: Merryn Corcoran

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2020-02-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1913062236

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Set against the stunning backdrop of Sammezzano Castle, past meets present in the glorious Tuscan sun.Allegra O'Brien has it all: a beautiful family, a loving husband and a stunning west London home. But when she discovers her husband's infidelity, that world crashes down around her. With an ageing mother and two teenagers to support, Allegra seeks solace in the bosom of her Italian family. But it is the ramblings of her elderly grandpapa that awaken an interest in historic, interior architecture, and their legendary Mama Cosima. Inspired and invigorated, Allegra takes a trip to her grandpapa's birth village in Tuscany to learn more about her heritage. Whilst there, a dangerous encounter with a handsome Italian man throws her off course, but in the wake of her grandpapa's illness, Allegra makes an unexpected discovery and commits to the promise she made to solve a family mystery.

Moorish Children's Guide to History & Culture
Moorish Children's Guide to History & Culture

Author:

Publisher: Califa Media Publishing

Published: 2014-11-08

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1497550904

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A collection of images from the early days of the Moorish movement. Compiled to introduce and encourage Moorish pride among our youth. Great for adults too!! Search Terms: Moorish American, Moors, Moorish Children, Moorish History, Moorish Literature, MSTA, Moorish Science, Moorish Science Temple of America, Noble Drew Ali

Real Castles around the World
Real Castles around the World

Author: Duling

Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Published: 2024-08-23

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 1731658214

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Take a trip around the world as you read about the most impressive castles ever built! Explore fierce fortresses, castles that have inspired stories, uniquely colorful castles, and the history behind them all as you Travel to... Real Castles Around the World! Part of the Travel to... Children’s Book Series, this 48-page nonfiction book explores castles both past and present, the kings that inhabited them, and knights that fought to protect them! Lower the drawbridge, cross the moat, and travel to real castles from all around the world as you learn about our magical history with fun-filled facts and vibrant photos. History Book Features: Before- and after-reading activities Extension activity Glossary About Rourke Educational Media: We proudly publish respectful and relevant nonfiction and fiction titles that represent our diverse readers, and are designed to support reading on a level that has no limits!

The Peacock Room at Sammezzano Castle
The Peacock Room at Sammezzano Castle

Author: Merryn Corcoran

Publisher:

Published: 2017-12

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780473412524

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The peacock room in Sammezzano Castle is an actual place in Tuscany, Italy. This story is a liberating, romantic read - an absolute page turner. It will take you to magical places, both in the past and the present; you will never want the story to end.

The Peacock Room
The Peacock Room

Author: Merryn Corcoran

Publisher: Reddoor Press

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781910453810

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"When Allegra discovers her husband's infidelity. Her world crashes down around her. It is the ramblings of her elderly grandfather that awaken her interest in historic, interior architecture. On a trip to Florence she is visits her grandfather's birth village in Tuscany. Ready to meet someone new, Allegra ends up beguiled by a handsome Italian man and involved in a dangerous situation that becomes the catalyst for an unexpected discovery. Allegra returns to London only to be confronted with bad news. In the wake of her grandfather's demise she commits to the promise she gave him to solve a family mystery. Sammezzano Castle reveals the perfect historic backdrop to stimulate Allegra's love of architecture, to discover her true heritage and to indulge in a passionate love affair"--Back cover.

Truth and Experience
Truth and Experience

Author: Gaetano Chiurazzi

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-01-14

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1443887943

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The spirit of this book is explorative. It meets the contemporary challenge posed by experience and truth with a critical openness that allows for the full complexity of these concepts to be investigated.The distinction between experience and truth has become subject to finitude; how then can these words and concepts be defined? What might be understood by experience and truth, when the distinction between them is not transformed once and for all (eternally), but once and again (historically)?The contributors to the book investigate a wide range of questions revolving around this challenge to the contemporary understanding of experience and truth. They do so through the perspectives of phenomenology and hermeneutics, while also shedding new light on phenomenological and hermeneutic thought as such – on the distinction between phenomenology and hermeneutics, as well as on the interrelation between such philosophical thought and other fields of thought and culture.

Abandoned Palaces
Abandoned Palaces

Author: Michael Kerrigan

Publisher:

Published: 2025-06-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781838865221

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Built to last, built to impress, built with style and grandeur - it is all the more remarkable when the most ostentatious of buildings fall into disrepair and become ruins. From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, Abandoned Palaces tells the stories behind dilapidated structures from all around the world. From ancient Roman villas to the French colonial hill station in Cambodia that was one of the final refuges of the Khmer Rouge, the book charts the fascinating decline of what were once the homes and holiday resorts of the most wealthy. Ranging from crumbling hotels in the Catskill Mountains or in Mozambique to grand mansions in Taiwan, and from an unfinished Elizabethan summerhouse to a modern megalomaniac's estate too expensive ever to be completed, the reasons for the abandonment of these buildings include politics, bankruptcy, personal tragedies, natural and man-made disasters, as well as changing tastes and fashions. With 150 outstanding colour photographs exploring more than 100 hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Palaces is a brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left behind.

After the Final Curtain
After the Final Curtain

Author: Matt Lambros

Publisher: Jonglez Photo Books

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782361951641

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Most of the time, there is nothing remarkable about a movie theater today; but that wasn't always the case. When the great American movie palaces began opening in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings ever seen. However, they wouldn't last -- with the advent of in-home television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them open. Some were demolished, some were converted, and some remain empty to this day. After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theatre will take you through 24 of these magnificent buildings, revealing the beauty that remains years after the last ticket was sold.