Spain: Interiors, Gardens, Architecture, Landscape

Arts & Photography

Bell, Tom

Mitchell, Angus

Garrido, Amparo

Photography & Video

Orion Publishing Co

Dramatic coastlines, rolling hills, and verdant olive groves: Spain is a land of contrasts, its varied architecture and gardens a result of many influences through the centuries. Over 400 color photographs reveal the diversity and magnificence of Spain's heritage. A patio garden with trickling fountains combines Islamic traditions and Roman design. Monumental city walls date back as far as the eleventh century, and whitewashed buildings dot the remote countryside of the central tablelands. Everywhere, the image of the bull--a national symbol--appears, in exquisitely crafted bronze fountainheads and fine iron rings decorating doors. In Catalonia, houses with colorful facades line the waterfront, home to one of the most perfectly restored Jewish quarters in Europe; while lofty arcades rise in Gothic churches. Here, Islamic minarets adorn Christian cathedrals, and Moorish fortresses loom. From silverwork and ornate interiors to large, lush gardens: it's an unforgettable tour through a unique country. 256 pages, 400 color illus., 10 1/8 x 10.

Computers & Technology

Graphics & Design

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement 1914-1916

One Bold Deed of Open Treason describes the astonishing journey by Roger Casement to Germany in 1914, via USA and Norway, to secure support from the German government for the Irish Volunteer's military plan against the British, and to recruit an "Irish Brigade" from the 2,000 Irish prisoners-of-war taken in the early months of the war. Through his vivid and gripping diary entries - that read like a spy novel and reveal the motives behind his pivotal role in the Easter Rising - his mission to seek arms and ammunition from Germany was to be the deciding factor in the outcome of the Irish insurrection. Casement's story is an essential component in understanding the European context of the Rising and the reference to 'our gallant allies in Europe' within the Proclamation of the Republic. A prolific diarist, Casement recorded his daily movements and efforts to complete his mission and ultimately return to Ireland with enough guns and ammunition for the planned Rising; but in a terrible irony, his diary was to seal his fate following his capture on the sands of Banna Strand in North Kerry in April 1916, on board the Aud Norge with a cargo of rifles, machine guns and ammunition. With an expert editorial hand, Angus Mitchell provides clear context to Casement's diaries, also revealing his gruelling visit to the Western Front, the shocking interplay between the Easter Rising and the international theatre of the First World War, and the grand, self-destructive conclusion of an unremitting life. [Subject: Irish History, World War I, Military History]

History

Military

Merrion Press

A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into atrocities in the Congo led Casement to anti-Imperialist views. Ultimately, this led him to side with the Irish Republican movement, leading up to the 1916 rising. Arrested by the British for gun trafficking, he was incarcerated in the Tower of London and then placed in the dock at the Royal Courts of Justice in an internationally-publicised state trial for high treason. He was hanged in Pentonville prison on the 3 August—two years to the day after Britain’s declaration of war in 1914.

Roger Casement: 16Lives

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The O'Brien Press

Roger Casement's revolutionary fire was lit in the Congo where he saw at first hand some of the worst abuses of the colonial project. The fire burned hotter in Brazil, where he gradually became convinced that exploitation and abuse were inextricably linked with the exercise of imperial power.

Casement (Life&Times)

Haus Publishing

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