Ros - Ireland 1

The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known……続きを見る

Fifty years after the Guildford bombings, the case remains profoundly relevant today. This new edition is completely updated and revised with startling new material. The Guildford Four endured 15 ye……続きを見る

A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. From hedgerows to meadows, wildflowers can be found throughout our green and pleasant land. In this book, jou……続きを見る

From the acclaimed author of the “wonderfully funny and openhearted” (NPR) Drinking with Men comes a poignant, wrenching, and ultimately hopeful bookーequal parts memoir and social historyーthat fol……続きを見る

From mermaids to dragons, 16 ancient Celtic fairy tales retold with their histories The Celtic cultures of the British Isles – Ireland, Scotland and Wales – have produced some of the richest traditi……続きを見る

Wexford has always had a close relationship with the sea. One of the county's most famous sons, John Barry, is known as the Father of the US Navy and, in Maritime Wexford, columnist Jack O'Leary and……続きを見る

Wexford is one of the few towns or cities in Ireland where Main Street is still the main retail and commercial street of the town. In Dublin this honour goes to O'Connell and Grafton Street; in Cork……続きを見る

The Little Book of Wexford is a compendium of fascinating information about the town, past and present. Here you will find out about Wexford's trade and industry, crime and punishment, music and lit……続きを見る

The Little Book of County Wexford is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange, entertaining and often-overlooked facts about one of Ireland's most historic counties. This selection, compiled ov……続きを見る

For many of its participants, the Second World War was the most intense period of their lives - with horizons widened by grief, strangeness and excitement. Peter Ross, graduated from Trinity College……続きを見る

3 works of Edmund Crosby Quiggin Instructor of Celtic languages at Cambridge University (1875-1920) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Edmund Crosby Quiggin. A dynamic table of conten……続きを見る

In June 1941 the Ark Royal won one of Britain's most famous naval victories. The German destroyer, Bismarck, had been ravaging the British fleet in the Atlantic. Sailing through a ferocious storm th……続きを見る

Lloyd George once spoke of 'a very powerful combination - in its way the most powerful in the country'. Its proceedings were invariably conducted at Cliveden, the country estate of the fabulously we……続きを見る

In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. Inventors, industrialists and entrepreneurs ushered in the age of powered machinery an……続きを見る

Some Irish Yesterdays delves into the rich tapestry of Irish life with a collection of stories that spotlight varied themes from nostalgia and cultural identity to the vivid portrayal of rural lands……続きを見る

'Emer O'Sullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature … Compelling, informative and fascinating' - Stephen Fry The Fall of the House of Wilde identifies Oscar Wilde as a memb……続きを見る

M. Gustave de Beaumont, dans la préface de son excellent livre, remarque, avec beaucoup de raison, qu’aucun pays plus que l’Irlande ne mérite l’attention du moraliste et de l’homme politique. Il n’e……続きを見る

We think of fairies as little winged people with magic wands, but Irish fairies were flesh-and-blood extraterrestrials who towered over humans. Chalk-white humanoids with piercing blue eyes, and fla……続きを見る

In "Fairies and Folk of Ireland," William Henry Frost delves into the rich tapestry of Irish folklore, illustrating the enchanting world inhabited by fairies, mythical creatures, and the vibrant spi……続きを見る

'It is not that Ulysses excludes us; it is, rather, that it includes us in ways that no other work prepares us for. The question is not 'what is a novel?', but what can a novel be? Ulysses is the an……続きを見る