Istanbul: Memories and the City Istanbul: Memories and the City Istanbul: Memories and the City ("İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir") is a largely autobiographical memoir by Orhan Pamuk that is deeply melancholic. It talks about the vast cultural change that has rocked Turkey – the unending battle between the modern and the receding past. It is also a eulogy to the lost joint family tradition. Most of all, it is a book about Bosphorus and Istanbul's history with the strait. It was translated into English by Maureen Freely in 2005. Pamuk wrote the book when he was on the verge of depression. In an interview he
Strait Out of the Box Yes or No" and "I Know She Still Loves Me" were both released from this set as singles. Respectively, they reached number 1 and number 5 on the "Billboard" country charts. As of 2006, it was the best-selling country music box set of all time, selling more than two million copies, and is second only to the "Live 1975–85" box set by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in sales. Strait Out of the Box Strait Out of the Box is the first box set album by American country music artist George Strait. It contains four albums worth of