Contemporary Ireland

Reducere. Description1972. It is four years since Martha Ryan's world crashed around her. Fleeing to England to study teaching, she had left everything behin...

Reducere. One of the greatest historical fiction adventures in children's literature. Marita Conlon-McKenna's Children of the Famine series brings to life as...

Reducere. One of the greatest historical fiction adventures in children's literature. Marita Conlon-McKenna's Children of the Famine series brings to life as...

An unforgettable new novel set in Boston and Ireland in 1968, it is an enthralling tale of mothers and daughters, love and cruelty, that combines t...

In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring...

The lives of a troubled and emotionally abusive mother and her ten-year-old daughter are thrown off kilter over the course of one summer holiday. S...

Dorries' saga of rural Ireland, in which two women make designs on the local schoolteacher, set to connect with the extended stories of other Nadin...

DescriptionReading Roisin Meaney's novels is like 'sitting down with a good friend over a cup of tea' (Irish Mail on Sunday)It's Una Darling's seve...

Ireland is a collection of 300 contemporary images of the beauties of Ireland, covering every one of the 32 counties.

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, this sold over 36, 000 copies in its first edition alone, and was a number one bestseller in Ireland for 5...

Another fabulously funny rom com from the author of }From Notting Hill With Love... Actually{. Darcy McCall is left the legacy of a small island of...

A reclusive ex-film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells is a woman whose first instinct, when a stranger approaches her home, is t...

A critically acclaimed collection of stories from a young Irish writer, winner of the Frank O'Connor short story award, and longlisted for the Guar...

Two sisters are forced by a sudden death to evaluate the choices that have led them down divergent paths since their arrival together in America fr...

An exhilarating, anarchic look at contemporary Ireland, from one of the country's most exciting new voices

3 reissues of McGahern's moving and accomplished novels set in Ireland. From the author of the acclaimed }That They May Face The Rising Sun{.

Reducere. Chesapeake Shores has always represented home and family for the O'Briens, but in Lilac Lane, the community extends its healing powers to a woman r...

Tales of the Elders of Ireland is the first complete translation of the late Middle-Irish Acallam na Sen rach, the largest literary text surviving ...

'A master of both language and storytelling' HILARY MANTEL'Compact and ordinary, it was a town in a hollow that had grown up there for no reason th...

DescriptionIreland's Green Larder tells the story of food and drink in Ireland, for the first time. From the ancient system of the C ide Fields, es...

To make a revolution is to subvert the ancient state of our country; and no common reasons are called for to justify so violent a proceeding Burke ...

The Forward Book of Poetry is the indispensable annual guide to contemporary poetry. In bringing together the best new work published in the UK and...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "I came here, where freedom is...

Reducere. DescriptionThis slim volume, privately printed in 1884, was based on hand-written records in a note-book kept in Ayr Barracks. It consists of a yea...

DescriptionTaking poetry as an act of witness and restorative memory, this essay traces the development of poems relating to Ireland's Great Hunger...

DescriptionJust when you think that you know everything there is to know about mummies, new ones are discovered Packed with facts but light in tone...

STAGE WHISPERS is an omnibus collection of novellas featuring Timmy Quinn, who made his first appearance in the Bram Stoker Award-winning story THE...

Reducere. Biologist by training, journalist and author by vocation, Tom s Mac S om in takes a provocative look at 21st century Irish society with "The Broken...

Reducere. Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel--now an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards in...

Reducere. First published in hardcover to vigorous praise, Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel is about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the...

DescriptionReeling from the Night of Nights, an unexpected blockbuster art show, Floss, a transgender New York gallery owner, invites subversive in...

Reducere. Celebrated poet Julie Kane returns to her Boston Irish Catholic roots in this collection about mothers and daughters shaped by the forces of Irish ...

Reducere. The wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island and the resultant rumors of insurance fraud, mutiny, treason, and cannibalism was one of the most...

Reducere. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You, the basis for the major motion picture, comes the touching, unforgettable story of ...

Reducere. From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.Drawing on his vast experience a...

Reducere. DescriptionA Man with a Past... Liam O'Donnell fled his native Ireland years ago after one of his missions ended in tragedy and he was accused of k...

Reducere. DescriptionCharm, beauty, and the promise of a new adventure had Heidi Rustler eagerly flying across the ocean to visit her best friend, Rhea Conne...

Reducere. The Real World of Fairies is a privileged glimpse into a joyous, animated universe. Dora's enchanting vision of her encounters with the fairy realm...

Reducere. In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for NewYork. On board are hundreds of ref...

Reducere. Chesapeake Shores has always represented home and family for the O'Briens, but in Lilac Lane, the community extends its healing powers to a woman r...

Call of the Lark by Maura Mulligan is a chronicle of life in rural Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s, a testament to the challenges of emigration to t...

Reducere. Celtic Christianity-the form of Christian faith that flourished among the people of Ireland during the Middle Ages- has gained a great deal of atte...

Reducere. Updated and Revised 2nd Edition Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch is a delightful mixture of academia and accessibility; a book that explores Wi...

Reducere. DescriptionCarmel is stuck. The future could be bright, but something is stopping her. Despite the promise of a bright future away from Ireland, Ca...

Reducere. DescriptionDescription: ""Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to co...

A life touched by tragedy and deprivation--childhood in her native Ireland ending with the potato famine, immigration to Canada and then to the Uni...

Reducere. A beautiful hardcover anthology of stories by a brilliant and surprising mix of classic and contemporary writers who have been inspired by trees Tr...

Reducere. In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien's A Fanatic Heart pulls the reader into a woman's experience. Her sto...

Reducere. Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning ...

Reducere. The Pirate Queen begins in Ireland with the notorious Grace O'Malley, a scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish...

Return to Sender pairs pioneering colour photographer John Hinde's instantly recognisable iconic postcards from Ireland in the 1950s, '60s and '70s...

An exhilarating, anarchic look at contemporary Ireland, from one of the country's most exciting new voices

DescriptionAperture's "Los Angeles" issue explores how one of America's most photographed cities is also an essential hub for some of today's most ...

Reducere. A selection of the best of three decades of writing about poetry, a celebration of the "tenacious curiosity" (Los Angeles Times) of the Nobel laure...

Connecting Lives: Inter-Belief Dialogue in Contemporary Ireland, Paperback

On 2 April 1792, John Kimber, captain of the Bristol slave ship Recovery, was denounced in the House of Commons by William Wilberforce for flogging...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kevin O'HaraKevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat do we really know about the background to the conflict that began in Ireland in the late 1960s? Up to now little has been written a...

Reducere. Sister Fidelma-an Eognacht princess and sister to the king of Cashel, a religieuse of the Celtic Church and an advocate of the Brehornn court-is on...

Reducere. "The Brehon Laws" explores early Irish--or "Brehon"--law, which shaped everyday life in Early Medieval Ireland. It looks at the history, influences...

This text draws on original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate...

Reducere. PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult ReadersPeople of all ages love to watch the escapades of tricksters. In modern times, we watch Bugs Bunny, Ro...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jill BennettThis book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of count...

Referendums have become an undeniably important, and perhaps inescapable, peacemaking tool in contemporary peace processes. As such, understanding ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn anthology of eight important new plays, each of which is concerned with questions of identity and unfinished business in Ireland. Inc...

DescriptionThis book discusses the development of 'dissident' Irish republicanism and considers its impact on politics throughout Ireland since the...

DescriptionThis volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and ac...

DescriptionTaking a major textile artwork, the Knitting Map, as a central case study, this book interrogates the social, philosophical and critical...

Ireland has rarely been out of the news during the past thirty years. Whether as a war-zone in which Catholic nationalists and Protestant Unionists...

Canada to Ireland explores the poetry and prose of twelve Irish writers and nationalists in Canada between 1788 and 1900. The book demonstrates tha...