Download or read book The Corncrake s Welcome written by William D. Hanna and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-01-28 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Corncrake's Welcome continues the story of William Hanna’s family, introduced in Voyages with my Grandfather. Spanning a hundred years, these memoirs delve into the turbulent birth of Northern Ireland, wartime Belfast, and the 1960s, when Hanna was growing up in Windsor Manse, next to the Presbyterian Church where his father was the Minister. Join the young boy, enthralled by both the orange sashes of Belfast and the green rugby jerseys of Dublin. See the teenager confronted by the Troubles, beginning to question his religious and national inheritance. Follow Hanna’s coming-of-age journey, from Ireland to Scotland, Switzerland, and France, and watch him set out on a diplomatic career in Dublin and in Brussels. Share his joy and sorrow when he returns to Ireland, after many years serving as EU Ambassador around the world; recalls his father’s historic meeting with Pope John Paul II; and makes poignant discoveries about events a century ago. Praise for Voyages with my Grandfather: ‘Beautifully written. Very moving’ Alexander McCall Smith ‘Extraordinary insight into life of Northern Ireland Presbyterians’ Gail Walker, Belfast Telegraph ‘Wonderful book. A remarkable family story very well told’ Sir Jonathan Faull

Download or read book The Currach and the Corncrake written by E. Piotrowicz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widowed and now the last lonely inhabitant of a small island in Northwestern Ireland, Seán is tired, grieving, and ready to be done with his life. Long estranged from his only child, and spurred by his wife’s last words to him, Seán dreams up an elaborate plan that cannot fail to heal the rift between them—a plan that will test the strength and resolve of an elderly hero who would rather stay in his chair by the fire with a cup of tea. The Currach and the Corncrake is a heroic journey of hope and reconciliation. It is about monks, monsters, and manuscripts; boats, birds, and old bones.

Download or read book Gods and Fighting Men written by Isabella Augusta Gregory and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Gods and Fighting Men by Isabella Augusta Gregory

Download or read book The Sands Of Time written by Barbara Silverman and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sands of Time is a series of short stories dealing with both the wildlife of today, prehistoric and ancient cultures, and the history behind astronomy. In this time period, Barbara Silverman writes about unusual animal species, many unfamiliar to the average person. Then traveling back into the past you, the reader, will share the lives of people from long ago. You will listen to animal mythology and see how it affected their daily lives. You will look at the skies through the eyes of these cultures from long ago, listening to their stories and visiting some of the astronomically aligned structures that have been left behind. While, in more modern times there are several stories about various astronomers that helped to shape our knowledge of the stars and planets. These astronomers lived in different times, different places, but united by their love of the stars. The Sands of Time was written for the average reader. Well researched, well written, sometimes with a sense of humour, this book contains something for everyone, whether you are a casual reader or someone looking for in-depth reading, you will not be disappointed.

Download or read book The Time of the Corncrake written by Kevin M. McDermott and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Time of the Corncrake is about the author's life as he grew up from boy to man in the austere conditions that existed in Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s. Although it is a serious, informative, and sometimes sad account of growing up in a small Irish town, it is also full of humour. He tells in great detail of his schooldays, his teenage years, and his inevitable migration to England. He also writes from an Irish perspective, of his time in the Royal Air Force, and of his first year in his chosen career, the London Fire Brigade.

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Download or read book The Essential Lady Gregory Collection written by Lady Gregory and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 1433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Lady Gregory Gods and Fighting Men The Kiltartan History Book The Kiltartan Poetry Book New Irish Comedies Poets and Dreamers Three Wonder Plays Unicorn From The Stars

Download or read book Gods and Fighting Men written by Lady Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Food and Farming in Prehistoric Britain written by Paul Elliott and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From spit roasting pig to hanging cream cheese from the rafters, from baking roast pork under the ground in pits to cooking trout on wicker frames over an open fire, cooking techniques in prehistoric Britain are ingenious and revealing. There were no ovens and many vegetables and breeds of animal familiar to us today had not yet arrived. In reconstructing some of these techniques and recipes, the author has discovered a different world, with a completely different approach to food. This is native cuisine, cooked in a manner that persisted through the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. This book first tells the story of prehistoric settlement, and moves on to explore the hunting and foraging techniques of the Mesolithic. After discussing the way in which the Britons farmed, and what they grew, the book moves into the roundhouse and the tools and utensils available. The final half of the book examines the varied techniques used, from covering fish in clay, to baking meat underground, spit roasting, brewing mead, boiling water with hot stones and so on. All the techniques have been carried out by the author.

Download or read book Bird Notes and News written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Hunt for the Golden Mole written by Richard Girling and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting – what prompts us to do this? what good might come of our need to catalog all the living things of the natural world? Girling, named Environmental Journalist of the Years 2008 and 2009, has here chronicled – through the hunt for the Somali golden mole – the development of the conservation movement, the importance of diversity in the animal kingdom, including humankind within this realm, as well as a hard look at extinction. The Somali mole of the title, first descibed in print in a text book published in 1964, had as sole evidence of its existence only the fragment of a jaw bone found in an owl pellet, a specimen that seemed to have vanished as Girling began his exploration. Intrigued by the elusiveness of this creature and what the hunt for the facts of its existence might tell us about extinction, he was drawn to the dusty vaults of museums of natural history where the most rare artifacts are stored and catalogued, as he found himself caught up in the need to track it down. Part quest, part travelog, the book that results not only offers an important voice to the scientific debate about extinction and biodiversity it becomes an environmental call to arms.