Joseph Henry Zerbey History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Author: Joseph Henry Zerbey
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 436
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Author: Martin Parr
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMartin Parr has become well known for his collections of photography books and postcards,but he is also a jackdaw collector of photographic and other themed objects. Some collections have already achieved notoriety for instance his collection of Saddam Hussein watches (wrist watches featuring photographs of Saddam Hussein, highly popular in Iraq prior to his downfall), and his collection of photographic trays, both exhibited at the 2004 Rencontres d’Arles festival in southern France, but until now they have not been published in book form. This comprehensive account of eccentric objects collected by Parr over 25 years includes his memorabilia of political leaders and movements (Lenin, Margaret Thatcher and the Miners strike, for example), other mythologized characters (Osama bin Laden and the Spice Girls), his collections of photographic trays and kitsch wallpaper, objects commemorating the M1 motorway, 9/11, and the Sputnik mission. Ranging between the banal and poignant, they are always hilarious.
A Journey Through Ruins
Author: Patrick Wright
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2009-02-26
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 0191580082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA unique evocation of Britain at the height of Margaret Thatcher's rule, A Journey Through Ruins views the transformation of the country through the unexpected prism of every day life in East London. Written at a time when the looming but still unfinished tower of Canary Wharf was still wrapped in protective blue plastic, its cast of characters includes council tenants trapped in disintegrating tower blocks, depressed gentrifiers worrying about negative equity, metal detectorists, sharp-eyed estate agents and management consultants, and even Prince Charles. Cutting through the teeming surface of London, it investigates a number of wider themes: the rise and dramatic fall of council housing, the coming of privatization, the changing memory of the Second World War, once used to justify post-war urban development and reform but now seen as a sacrifice betrayed. Written half a century after the blitz, the book reviews the rise and fall of the London of the post-war settlement. It remains one of the very best accounts of what it was like to live through the Thatcher years.
The Champions of the Bann
Author: Ronnie Gamble
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-06-11
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0244965447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work sets out to explore the history of competitive rowing on the River Bann in Coleraine, County Londonderry, N.I. from 1841 until 1987. An extensive amount of original material has been collated by Keith Ferguson and Ronnie Gamble. This material has been used to portray that history on the River Bann and much further afield as the skill and reputation of the Bann rowers evolved.
Tony Harrison and the Classics
Author: Sandie Byrne
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0198861079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTony Harrison and the Classics comprises fifteen chapters examining the lasting importance of Tony Harrison's classical education, the extent of the influence of Greek and Roman texts on his subjects, themes, and styles, his contribution to knowledge and understanding of classical literature, his popularization of classical works, and his innovative treatment of classical drama in plays which have been performed globally. Harrison's work fosters debates about the role and perception of the classics and adaptations of classical literature in relation to education, 'high' and 'popular' culture, accessibility, and reception. A unifying theme of the collection is the way in which Harrison finds in classical literature fruitful matter for the articulation and dramatization of his longstanding preoccupations: language, class, access to art, and the causes and effects of war. Through his adaptations and translations, Harrison uses classical drama to stage interventions in modern politics, but neither idealizes nor romanticizes the ancient world, depicting inequality, bigotry, greed, and brutality.
The Linen Houses of the Bann Valley
Author: Kathleen Rankin
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781903688700
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book provides an illustrated commentary on the major linen families and the magnificent houses they lived in along the Bann Valley in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
Representing the Nation
Author: Jessica Evans
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780415208697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRepresenting the Nation gathers key writings from leading cultural thinkers to ask what role cultural institutions play in creating and shaping our sense of ourselves as a nation.
Design and Art Direction
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 556
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Author: Gale Huntington
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2010-06-01
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 0820336254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Ireland—its graces and shortcomings, triumphs and sorrows—is told by ballads, dirges, and humorous songs of its common people. Music is a direct and powerful expression of Irish folk culture and an aspect of Irish life beloved throughout the rest of the world. Incredibly, the largest single gathering of Irish folk songs had been almost inaccessible because, originally newspaper based, it was available in only three libraries, in Belfast, Dublin, and Washington D.C. Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” makes the music available to a wider audience than the collector ever imagined. Comprising nearly 690 selections, this thoroughly annotated and indexed collection is a treasure for anyone who performs, composes, studies, collects, or simply enjoys folk music. It is valuable as an outstanding record of Irish folk songs before World War II, demonstrating the historical ties between Irish and Southern folk culture and the tremendous Irish influence on American folk music. In addition to the songs themselves and their original commentary, Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” includes a glossary, bibliography, discography, index of titles and first lines, melodic index, index of the original sources of the songs and information about them, geographical index of sources, and three appendixes related to the original song series in the Northern Constitution.
