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BOOKS 
24th October 2021 VALENCIA BOOKS (FOOTBALL) / ‘HISTORIAS DEL LEVANTE UD…’
##«HISTORIAS DEL LEVANTE UD. 110 años de resistencia (1909-2019)» Felip Bens • José Luis García Nieves Marking the occasion of the foundation of Levante UD, García Nieves and Bens, with the encyclopedic ‘Historias del Levante UD’, have written an impressive selection of the 40 most emotional episodes and characters in the history of the oldest […]
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16th October 2021 VALENCIA BOOKS & PHOTOGRAPHY ‘HOUSES FROM EL CABANYAL’
##(EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WRITER & CABANYAL RESIDENT FELIP BENS) What is the concept and philosophy of ‘HOUSES from El Cabanyal’? The first edition of the book came out in 2007, in the middle of the harassment of the city council of Valencia, with Rita Barberà at the head… to promote the extension of the Blasco […]
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BOOKS 
6th October 2021 VALENCIA BOOKS… ‘LA COCINA DEL CABANYAL’
##24/7 VALENCIA: Could you tell us more about the book? LA COCINA DEL CABANYAL: In the film ‘Million Dollar Baby’, Morgan Freeman says that “It seems that there are Irish people everywhere, or that they would like to be…” to explain the sympathies that the boxer Maggie Fitzgerald aroused. Sometimes, it almost seems like there […]
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BOOKS 
20th September 2021 VALENCIA BOOKS…LUCRECIA BORGIA (1480-1549) “Under a new light”
##‘LUCRECIA BORGIA (1480-1549)… Under a new light’, is a new and informative biography that pays attention to the significant aspects of the life of the protagonist and the society in which she lived. Writer Isabel Barceló Chico deals with the life of Lucrecia Borgia, daughter of the Valencian pope Alexander VI, through a very interesting […]
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BOOKS 
14th May 2021 VALENCIA FOOTBALL AND VALENCIA BOOKS… ‘LIBRE’ THE BIOGRAPHY OF RICARDO ARIAS
##Born in 1957 in Catarroja (Valencia), Ricardo Arias played 521 matches for Valencia CF, from 1976 to 1992. On 14th May of 1980, he scored the deciding penalty for Valencia CF v Arsenal…that won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup for the Spanish side. 24/7 VALENCIA: Could you tell us more about the biography of Ricardo […]
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BOOKS 
1st May 2021 BOOKS IN VALENCIA… ‘RE-READ LIBRERIA LOW COST’ (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
“It’s like selling culture”: Interview with Lorena Sanchis from Re-Read Librería Lowcost Working in a bookshop is about more than sales; it’s about talking to people and selling culture, says Lorena Sanchis. She has been working full-time at second-hand bookstore, Re-Read Librería Lowcost, for two years, but has helped out since the beginning when her […]
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BOOKS 
4th April 2021 VALENCIA BOOKS…JASON WEBSTER
##24/7 VALENCIA:What is your view of the political stalemate in Spain in recent years? JASON WEBSTER: This feels like a transitionary phase in many ways. My hope was that the elections would usher in a new generation of politicians and help sweep away the old guard – of both persuasions. That only happened partially, and […]
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BOOKS 
11th March 2021 WILLIAM SHAKESBEER (BASED IN VALENCIA)
24/7 VALENCIA: Could you tell us more about William Shakesbeer? WILLIAM SHAKESBEER: “William Shakesbeer is an online, secondhand, English bookstore, based in Valencia. It’s run by myself, Nic (Nicola) and my husband, Nick. I’m Irish/British and Nick is British. We wanted to make secondhand English books for adults and children available and affordable in Valencia. […]
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BOOKS 
5th February 2021 BOOKS: ‘THE HIPPIE TRAIL: A HISTORY’ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SHARIF GEMIE
## 24/7 VALENCIA: 1. What was the inspiration for your book, ‘The Hippie Trail: A history’? SHARIF GEMIE:Two things inspired me. One was a conversation with an Afghan friend; probably back in the early 1990s. He’s almost the same age as me, and he just threw in the comment: “And then there were the hippies—they […]
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BOOKS 
13th November 2020 VALENCIA BOOKS…LAMAR HERRIN
24/7 VALENCIA:Could you tell us something about your background and experiences? LAMAR HERRIN: I first wanted to be a professional baseball player, then an actor. But I was never much of an actor. While working on a film called ‘Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’ for eight weeks (I was the sonar operator in […]
