Download or read book The Irish Connection and Other Stories written by Michael Corrigan and published by Publish America. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irish Connection and Other Stories is a collection, each short story self-contained, yet interconnected and focused on the "Irish" experience. Michael Mulligan flees the famine with the wife of a tyrannical Anglo Irish landlord; over a century and a half later, Declan Mulligan researches the legacy of his mysterious great great grandfather, the same Michael Mulligan: cavalry officer at Gettysburg, secret assassin and theatre producer. Between these bookends appear other stories: two sisters survive the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, a young black woman goes to Ireland to find her Irish roots, a promising woman writer faces cancer, and an ailing retired Jewish lawyer has a magical moment on the Aran Islands.
Download or read book Irish Roots in County Down written by Stanley R. Megraw and published by . This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Green Shadows White Whale written by Ray Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beowulf and Other Stories written by Joe Allard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beowulf & Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that the study of Old English – and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman – can be a genuine delight, covering a period as replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature. Now in a fully revised second edition, the collection of essays written by leading academics in the field is set to build upon its established reputation as the standard introduction to the literatures of the time. Beowulf & Other Stories captures the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles. Fresh interpretations give new life to the spiritual ecstasy of The Seafarer and to the imaginative dexterity of The Dream of the Rood, andprovide the student and general reader with all they might need to explore and enjoy this complex but rewarding field. The book sheds light, too, on the shadowy contexts of the period, with suggestive and highly readable essays on matters ranging from the dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon input into The Lord of the Rings, from the great religious prose works to the transition from Old to Middle English. It also branches out into related traditions, with expert introductions to the Icelandic Sagas, Viking Religion and Norse Mythology. Peter S. Baker provides an outstanding guide to taking your first steps in the Old English language, while David Crystal provides a crisp linguistic overview of the entire period. With a new chapter by Mike Bintley on Anglo-Saxon archaeology and a revised chapter by Stewart Brookes on the prose writers of the English Benedictine Reform, this updated second edition will be essential reading for students of the period.
Download or read book Byron written by Michael Corrigan and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byron Duffy is an English teacher recently divorced who doesn't expect trouble teaching English for an Idaho university. A female student enlists his help protecting her boyfriend, Ted, a filmmaker who is secretly filming paramilitary maneuvers by white supremacists called the Posse. He inadvertently films evidence of a murder. A mysterious order of assassins, including a schizophrenic college teacher, is killing the Posse members. When Byron starts an affair with Mary Goldstein, an undercover FBI agent, Byron's life turns complex and dangerous. Agent Goldstein investigates the Posse; armed and paranoid, theft worst conspiracy theories are coming true. As tension builds, Byron is drawn into a conflict that includes the Indian reservation, avenging Indian spirits from another era, local extremists, the FBI and The Mafia. Their love affair turns poisonous when Byron discovers he has a rival: another FBI agent The investigation reveals a cabal no longer local but international. When Mary takes out a Jamaican drug thug, Byron realizes he is a liability to Mary's safety. "Byron" is an action noir thriller with mordant wit and unexpected action. Along the way, Corrigan manages to satirize higher education, latter day hippies, law enforcement, and popular culture.
Download or read book Nothing But the Same Old Story written by Liz Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roots of Anti-Irish Racism First published in 1984, this classic sold over 21,000 copies. Traces the long and shameful tale of anti-Irish prejudice in Britain from the Norman Conquest of Ireland in the 12th century up to present day.
Download or read book The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn Other Stories written by John Buchan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-01-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn' and the other stories in this collection, peculiar worlds of temptation, adventure or iniquity are perilously close at hand. Mr Hawthorn himself steps outside to allow his porridge to cool and disappears for five years and more, a Glasgow grocer is shipwrecked and ultimately worshipped as a god, a young mathematician discovers an entirely new aspect of reality and becomes terrified by what he finds there, and an ageing sinner clings grimly, weakly to a hard-won life of decency: John Buchan in each demonstrating his abilities as a gripping writer of short stories. In his introduction, Giles Foden explores Buchan's innate sense of the fascination held by sudden jeopardy and vanished comfort, and the themes of the will and fate in his work.
Download or read book Murder in Ireland Other Stories written by Tom O'mara and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five stories about how people choose to navigate lifes problems.
Download or read book Phelim O toole s Courtship and Other Stories written by William Carleton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Phelim O ́toole ́s Courtship and Other Stories by William Carleton
Download or read book The British and Irish Short Story Handbook written by David Malcolm and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. It includes a wide-ranging analysis of non-canonical and non-realist writers as well as the major authors and their works, providing a comprehensive and much-needed appraisal of this area. Guides readers through the development of the short story and critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction Offers a detailed discussion of the range of genres in the British and Irish short story Includes extensive analysis of non-canonical writers, such as Hubert Crackanthorpe, Ella D’Arcy, T.F. Powys, A.E. Coppard, Julian Maclaren-Ross, Mollie Panter-Downes, Denton Welch, and Sylvia Townsend Warner Provide a wide-ranging discussion of non-realist and experimental short stories Includes a large section on the British short story in the Second World War
Download or read book Ireland s Farthest Shores written by Malcolm Campbell and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish people have had a long and complex engagement with the lands and waters encompassing the Pacific world. As the European presence in the Pacific intensified from the late eighteenth century, the Irish entered this oceanic space as beachcombers, missionaries, traders, and colonizers. During the nineteenth century, economic distress in Ireland and rapid population growth on the Pacific Ocean's eastern and western shores set in motion large-scale migration that exerted a deep political, social, and economic impact across the Pacific. Malcolm Campbell examines the rich history of Irish experiences on land and at sea, offering new perspectives on migration and mobility in the Pacific world and of the Irish role in the establishment and maintenance of the British Empire. This volume investigates the extensive transnational connections that developed among Irish immigrants and their descendants across this vast and unique oceanic space, ties that illuminate how the Irish participated in the making of the Pacific world and how the Pacific world made them.
Download or read book How the Irish Saved Civilization written by Thomas Cahill and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
Download or read book The Village of Bernadette Lourdes Stories Miracles and Cures written by Colm Keane and published by Capel Island Press. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Bernadette’s impoverished childhood, her work as a shepherdess, visions of Our Lady, harsh treatment as a nun, and tragic death at the age of 35 are recalled in this groundbreaking book. Numerous Irish miracles and cures at Lourdes are recollected. Recoveries from cancer, epilepsy, lung problems, skin disease, pain, paralysis and physical disability are included. John F. Kennedy, Grace Kelly, Brendan Behan and Seamus Heaney are among the millions who have visited the shrine. You can read their stories, along with those of other Irish pilgrims. Using first-hand testimony, this moving and inspirational book brings you up-close to the wonders of Lourdes in a way you have never experienced before. Reviews 'Riveting story of St. Bernadette and why the Pyrenean town is a place of pilgrimage and peace’ -RTĖ Radio 1 'A deeply felt, warmly sympathetic and humane book' - The Irish Catholic 'Terrific read'’ - Belfast Telegraph 'A book that will make you believe in miracles’ - C103 'Brings readers close up to the many wonders of Lourdes' - Shannonside FM
Download or read book Estranging the Novel written by Katarzyna Bartoszyńska and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author's comparative approach to studying literary form makes a forceful case for a more geographically and formally expansive vision of the novel"--
Download or read book A Widow s Tale and Other Stories written by Mrs. Oliphant and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel "A Widow's Tale" was written by means of Margaret Oliphant below the name Mrs. Oliphant, who become a success Scottish author inside the 1800s. The tale is ready the main man or woman, Mrs. Catherine Vernon, who reveals herself dealing with the difficulties of being a widow. Catherine has currently lost her husband and now has to address social expectations and financial problems even as additionally coping with her grief. The book takes location in Victorian instances and looks at how tough it is to be a widow in a society that often limited girls's roles and alternatives. Mrs. Oliphant effectively weaves a story that delves into the social and emotional elements of being a widow. She gives readers a transferring and insightful take a look at one woman's adventure thru loss and adjustment. Catherine modifications as she deals along with her new fact, and the unusual gives us a hazard to observe resilience and personal growth in an extra complex way. Mrs. Oliphant's memories are regarded for the way sensitively they show how human beings feel and the way well they display how things had been in society on the time. "A Widow's Tale" is an outstanding instance of Mrs. Oliphant's writing competencies; it indicates what it become want to be a widow in Victorian England with expertise and story-telling talent.
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