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The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650by John MorrisISBN 0297176013 (0-297-17601-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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All Soulsby John BradyISBN 0312097352 (0-312-09735-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Annotated Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, David M. ShapardISBN 0307278107 (0-307-27810-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:This first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels in the world is a sheer delight for Jane Austen fans. Here is the complete text of Pride and Prejudice with more than 2,300 annotations on facing pages, including:
" Explanations of historical context
Rules of etiquette, class differences, the position of women, legal and economic realities, leisure activities, and more.
" Citations from Austens life, letters, and other writings
Parallels between the novel and Austens experience are revealed, along with writings that illuminate her beliefs and opinions.
" Definitions and clarifications
Archaic words, words still in use whose meanings have changed, and obscure passages are explained.
" Literary comments and analyses
Insightful notes highlight Austens artistry and point out the subtle ways she develops her characters and themes.
" Maps and illustrations
of places and objects mentioned in the novel.
" An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events
Of course, one can enjoy the novel without knowing the precise definition of a gentleman, or what it signifies that a character drives a coach rather than a hack chaise, or the rules governing social interaction at a ball, but readers of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice will find that these kinds of details add immeasurably to understanding and enjoying the intricate psychological interplay of Austens immortal characters.
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Arthurby Steve LawheadISBN 0310205077 (0-310-20507-7)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arthur'Book summary:An enchanting tale of love and loss, glory and grandeur, set in the twilight of Rome's power . . . Where the Celtic chieftains of Britain battle to save their land from an onrushing darkness. . . . In this modern classic, Stephen Lawhead presents a majestic retelling of Western literature's most compelling epic. The Sword of Britain. While many strove to claim it, one hand alone could remove the blade of Kingship from its stone sheath. He came -- a raw youth among ambitious lords too blind to recognize their king. He came -- to a Britain divided, ripe for conquest by barbarian hordes. The songs of Taliesin the master bard had foretold his rising. The vision of Merlin the prophet would guide him. He was Arthur, Pendragon of the Isle of the Mighty. His courage would be lauded; his enemies, legion; his reign, legendary. Under Arthur, by wisdom as much as might, Britain would unite. Through Arthur would arise a kingdom of peace, prosperity, and righteousness -- the long-awaited Kingdom of Summer. Yet, in the midst of flourishing virtue, an evil would arise to challenge Britain's most brilliant Crown. . . . Arthur is book three in the Pendragon Cycle. Look for Taliesin and Merlin, books one and two in this award-winning Arthurian series by Stephen Lawhead. [via]
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The Atlantic Celts: Ancient People or Modern Invention?by Simon JamesISBN 0299166740 (0-299-16674-0)
Softcover, University of Wisconsin Press
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Beowulf: An Imitative Translationby Ruth LehmannISBN 0292707711 (0-292-70771-1)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: An Imitative Translation'Book summary:The name "Beowulf" lingers in our collective memory, although today fewer people have heard the tale of the Germanic hero's fight with Grendel, the dreadful Monster of the Mere, as recounted in this Anglo-Saxon epic.
This edition of Beowulf makes the poem more accessible than ever before. Ruth Lehmann's imitative translation is the only one available that preserves both the story line of the poem and the alliterative versification of the Anglo-Saxon original. The characteristic features of Anglo-Saxon poetry-- alliterative verse with first-syllable stress, flexible word order, and inflectional endings--have largely disappeared in Modern English, creating special problems for the translator. Indeed, many other translations of Beowulf currently available are either in prose or in some modern poetic form. Dr. Lehmann's translation alone conveys the "feel" of the original, its rhythm and sound, the powerful directness of the Germanic vocabulary.
In her introduction, Dr. Lehmann gives a succinct summary of the poem's plot, touching on the important themes of obligation and loyalty, of family feuds, unforgivable crimes, the necessity of revenge, and the internal and external struggles of the Scandinavian tribes. She also describes the translation process in some detail, stating the guiding principles she used and the inevitable compromises that were sometimes necessary.
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Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fableby Sean McMahon, Maeve Binchy, Jo O'DonoghueISBN 0304363340 (0-304-36334-0)
Hardcover, Cassell P L C
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British High Politics and a Nationalist Ireland: Criminality, Land and the Law Under Forster and Balfourby Margaret O'CallaghanISBN 031212497X (0-312-12497-X)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837by Linda ColleyISBN 0300107595 (0-300-10759-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Cappaghglassby Peter Somerville-LargeISBN 0241115418 (0-241-11541-8)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Captain Boycott and the Irishby Joyce MarlowISBN 0233964304 (0-233-96430-4)
Hardcover, Deutsch
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Cattle Lords and Clansmen: The Social Structure of Early Irelandby Nerys Thomas PattersonISBN 0268008000 (0-268-00800-0)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Celtic Dawn: A Portrait of the Irish Literary Renaissanceby Ulick O'ConnorISBN 0241112451 (0-241-11245-1)
Hardcover, H. Hamilton
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Celtic Music: A Complete Guideby June Skinner SawyersISBN 0306810077 (0-306-81007-7)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Celtic Music: A Complete Guide'Book summary:Celtic music means many things to many people. To some it recalls the Irish rebel songs of the Clancy Brothers, to others the ensemble playing of the Chieftains or Enya's ethereal vocals. Yet Celtic music is much more than reels, jigs, and sentimental ballads. It is also unaccompanied singing, feverish fiddle tunes, the sweet strains of the Irish uileann pipes. It comes not just from Ireland and Scotland but from Wales, Brittany, the Isle of Man, and Cornwall. It informs the musical roots of Van Morrison and U2, the performances of Riverdance, and the scores for such films as Braveheart and Titanic. Celtic Music explores all aspects of this musicfrom its roots to the exciting developments on the contemporary scene. Sawyers profiles hundreds of artists, and compiles suggestions for recommended listening as well as the one hundred essential Celtic recordings. Lists of Celtic festivals and publications are also included, together with record outlets, record labels, and music schools, making this book essential for all lovers of the music.[via]More editions of Celtic Music: A Complete Guide:
The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Presentby Bernhard Maier, Kevin WindleISBN 0268023611 (0-268-02361-1)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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A Century of Irish Drama: Widening the Stageby Stephen Watt, Eileen Marie Morgan, Shakir M. MustafaISBN 025321419X (0-253-21419-X)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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The Cistercian Monasteries of Ireland: An Account of the History, Art and Architecture of the White Monks in Ireland from 1142 to 1540by Roger StalleyISBN 0300045468 (0-300-04546-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Clean Sweep: The Story of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakeby Arthur WebbISBN 0245591621 (0-245-59162-1)
Hardcover, Harrap
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The Crack: A Belfast Yearby Sally BelfrageISBN 0233979557 (0-233-97955-7)
Hardcover, A. Deutsch
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Dark and Light: The Story of the Guinness Familyby Derek A. WilsonISBN 0297817183 (0-297-81718-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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The Dimensions of British Radicalism: The Case of Ireland, 1874-95by Thomas William HeyckISBN 025200423X (0-252-00423-X)
Hardcover, University of Illinois Press
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Disestablishment in Ireland and Walesby P.M.H. BellISBN 0281023360 (0-281-02336-0)
Hardcover, S.P.C.K. for the Church Historical Society
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Dublin Castle and the 1916 Risingby Leon O BroinISBN 028398094X (0-283-98094-X)
Hardcover, Sidgwick & Jackson
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Edmund Burke: A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautifulby Edmund Burke, J.T. BoultonISBN 0268000859 (0-268-00085-9)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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The Encyclopedia of the Irish in Americaby Michael GlazierISBN 0268027552 (0-268-02755-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Englishmen and Irish Troubles; British Public Opinion and the Making of Irish Policy, 1918-22by D.G. BoyceISBN 0262020939 (0-262-02093-9)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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The Enlightenment & the Book: Scottish Authors & Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, & Americaby Richard B. SherISBN 0226752526 (0-226-75252-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Europe's Wonderful Little Hotels and Inns, 1996: Great Britain and Irelandby Hilary RubinsteinISBN 0312134886 (0-312-13488-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Europe's Wonderful Little Hotels and Inns, 1996: The Continentby Hilary RubinsteinISBN 0312134894 (0-312-13489-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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An Evening of Long Goodbyesby Paul MurrayISBN 0241141818 (0-241-14181-8)
Softcover, Hamish Hamilton
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Finnegan's Wake Chapter One: The Illness Traited Colossick Editionby James Joyce, Tim AhernISBN 0295959916 (0-295-95991-6)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Fitzgeralds and the Kennedysby Doris Kearns GoodwinISBN 0312063547 (0-312-06354-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys'Book summary:In its drama and scope, Doris Kearns Goodwin's The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys is one of the richest works of biography in the last decade. From the wintry day in 1863 when John Francis Fitzgerald was baptized, through the memorable moment ninety-eight years later when his grandson and namesake John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States, the author brings us every colorful inch of this unique American tapestry. Each character emerges unmistakenly, with the clarity and complexity of personal recollection: "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, the mayor of Boston and founder of his dynasty; his independent and shrewdly political daughter, Rose, and her husband, the cunning, manipulative Joseph P. Kennedy; finally, the "Golden trio" of Kennedy children--Joe Jr., Kathleen, and Jack--whose promise was eclipsed by the greater power of fate. With unprecedented access to the Kennedy family and to decades of private papers, Doris Kearns Goodwin has crafted a singular work of American history: It is at once the story of an era, of the immigrant experience, and--most of all--of two families, whose ambitions propelled them to unrivaled power and whose passions nearly destroyed them.[via]More editions of Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys:
The Follies and Garden Buildings of Irelandby James Howley, Roberto D'Ussy, Duncan MossISBN 0300102259 (0-300-10225-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Further Chronicles of Avonleaby Lucy Maud MontgomeryISBN 0245508066 (0-245-50806-6)
Hardcover, State Mutual Book &Periodical
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The Fury of the Northmen: Saints, Shrines and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age Ad 793-878by John MarsdenISBN 0312130805 (0-312-13080-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Golden Ages And Barbarous Nations: Antiquarian Debate And Cultural Politics In Ireland, C.1750v1800by Clare O'HalloranISBN 0268037213 (0-268-03721-3)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Great Irish Humorous Stories: An Anthology of Laughter and Witby Peter HainingISBN 0285632507 (0-285-63250-7)
Hardcover, Souvenir Press
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The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from Cruiskeen Lawnby Flann O'BrienISBN 0246108754 (0-246-10875-4)
Hardcover, Hart-Davis, MacGibbon
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 0261102664 (0-261-10266-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'Book summary:Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.
This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]
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Illustrated Guide to Irelandby Reader's Digest EditorsISBN 0276427300 (0-276-42730-0)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association (Canada)
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Ireland: A Photographic Portraitby Michael O'Mara, J. P. DonleavyISBN 0312142099 (0-312-14209-9)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Ireland and Anglo-American Relations, 1899-1921by Alan J. Ward, London School of Economics and Political ScienceISBN 0297177117 (0-297-17711-7)
Hardcover, London School of Economics and Political Science, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Ireland and Postcolonial Theoryby Patricia KingISBN 0268022879 (0-268-02287-9)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Ireland Divided: The Roots of the Modern Irish Problemby Michael HughesISBN 0312122306 (0-312-12230-6)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Ireland's Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation's Soul, 1500-2000by Marcus TannerISBN 0300090722 (0-300-09072-2)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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An Irish Country Christmasby Alice TaylorISBN 0312135238 (0-312-13523-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Irish Diaspora in Americaby Lawrence John McCaffreyISBN 0253331668 (0-253-33166-8)
Hardcover, Indiana University Press
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Irish Eccentrics: A Selectionby Peter Somerville-LargeISBN 0241891892 (0-241-89189-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, Beth NewmanISBN 0312095457 (0-312-09545-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Johnny I Hardly Knew Youby Edna O'BrienISBN 0297772848 (0-297-77284-8)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Jonathan Swift, the Complete Poemsby Jonathan Swift, Pat RogersISBN 0300029675 (0-300-02967-5)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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Joysprick: An Introduction to the Language of James Joyceby Anthony BurgessISBN 0233962646 (0-233-96264-6)
Hardcover, Deutsch
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Lantern Slides: Short Storiesby Edna O'BrienISBN 0297840193 (0-297-84019-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Leaders of Public Opinion in Irelandby William E. LeckyISBN 0306705745 (0-306-70574-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
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Let's Go: The Budget Guide to Britain & Ireland 1995/Including England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Irelandby Daniel George Charles Glover, Emily Katherine HobsonISBN 0312114001 (0-312-11400-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Let's Go the Budget Guide to Ireland 1997by Ryan Hackney, Emily J. StebbinsISBN 0312146566 (0-312-14656-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John Frenchby Richard HolmesISBN 0297846140 (0-297-84614-0)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0307122131 (0-307-12213-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Lolitaby Vladimir Nabokov, Appel, Alfred, Jr.ISBN 0297819100 (0-297-81910-0)
Hardcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lolita'Book summary:Despite its lascivious reputation, the pleasures of Lolita are as much intellectual as erogenous. It is a love story with the power to raise both chuckles and eyebrows. Humbert Humbert is a European intellectual adrift in America, haunted by memories of a lost adolescent love. When he meets his ideal nymphet in the shape of 12-year-old Dolores Haze, he constructs an elaborate plot to seduce her, but first he must get rid of her mother. In spite of his diabolical wit, reality proves to be more slippery than Humbert's feverish fantasies, and Lolita refuses to conform to his image of the perfect lover.
Playfully perverse in form as well as content, riddled with puns and literary allusions, Nabokov's 1955 novel is a hymn to the Russian-born author's delight in his adopted language. Indeed, readers who want to probe all of its allusive nooks and crannies will need to consult the annotated edition. Lolita is undoubtedly, brazenly erotic, but the eroticism springs less from the "frail honey-hued shoulders ... the silky supple bare back" of little Lo than it does from the wantonly gorgeous prose that Humbert uses to recount his forbidden passion:
She was musical and apple-sweet ... Lola the bobby-soxer, devouring her immemorial fruit, singing through its juice ... and every movement she made, every shuffle and ripple, helped me to conceal and to improve the secret system of tactile correspondence between beast and beauty--between my gagged, bursting beast and the beauty of her dimpled body in its innocent cotton frock.
Much has been made of Lolita as metaphor, perhaps because the love affair at its heart is so troubling. Humbert represents the formal, educated Old World of Europe, while Lolita is America: ripening, beautiful, but not too bright and a little vulgar. Nabokov delights in exploring the intercourse between these cultures, and the passages where Humbert describes the suburbs and strip malls and motels of postwar America are filled with both attraction and repulsion, "those restaurants where the holy spirit of Huncan Dines had descended upon the cute paper napkins and cottage-cheese-crested salads." Yet however tempting the novel's symbolism may be, its chief delight--and power--lies in the character of Humbert Humbert. He, at least as he tells it, is no seedy skulker, no twisted destroyer of innocence. Instead, Nabokov's celebrated mouthpiece is erudite and witty, even at his most depraved. Humbert can't help it--linguistic jouissance is as important to him as the satisfaction of his arrested libido. --Simon Leake [via]More editions of Lolita:
The Loony-Bin Tripby Kate MillettISBN 0252068882 (0-252-06888-2)
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Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Workby Jonathan J.G. AlexanderISBN 0300060734 (0-300-06073-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work'Book summary:Who were the medieval illuminators and how were their hand-produced books illustrated and decorated? In this book, Jonathan Alexander presents a survey of manuscript illumination throughout Europe from the fourth to the 16th century. He discusses the social and historical context of the illuminators' lives, considers their methods of work, and presents a series of case studies to show the range and nature of the visual sources and the ways in which they were adapted, copied or created anew. Alexander explains that in the early period, Christian monasteries and churches were the main centres for the copying of manuscripts, and so the majority of illuminators were monks working in and for their own monasteries. From the 11th century, lay scribes and illuminators became increasingly numerous and by the 13th century professional illuminators dominated the field. During this later period, illuminators travelled in search of work, joined guilds and included nuns and secular women among their ranks. Work was regularly collaborative and the craft was learned through an apprenticeship system. Alexander analyzes surviving manuscripts and medieval treatises in order to explain the technical processes of illumination - its materials, methods, tools, choice of illustration and execution. The book is illustrated with examples chosen from religious and secular manuscripts made all over Europe. [via]
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Michael Collins--the Lost Leaderby Margery ForesterISBN 0283484489 (0-283-48448-9)
Hardcover, Sidgwick and Jackson
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Mujercitas / Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0307349942 (0-307-34994-2)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mujercitas / Little Women'Book summary:Este es un libro que raro será encontrar una mujer que no lo haya leído, sea joven o mayor. Mujercitas es más que un clásico, que ha sido llevado al cine y a la TV en más de una ocasión y que narra las aventuras de las cuatro hijas de la familia March, Meg, Jo, Beth y Amy en un soberbio retrato de la vida americana, en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, con el que tuvo tanto éxito que publica la continuación en 1869. La obra tiene tintes autobiográficos de la autora, que se basó en sus padres, sus hermanas, sus amigos de Nueva-Inglaterra y de Europa. Las cuatro hermanas realizan un aprendizaje, a veces doloroso, a veces fascinante, de la vida y del amor. Van creciendo y abandonando, una a una, el hogar familiar para casarse y crear sus propias familias. Sólo se queda Jo, que quiere ser escritora. A pesar de la sensación que tiene de que ya ha terminado su tiempo de felicidad, sigue escribiendo y consigue publicar su primera obra. [via]
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My Brother's Keeper: James Joyce's Early Yearsby Stanislaus JoyceISBN 030681210X (0-306-81210-X)
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Old Ironsides : The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwellby Frank KitsonISBN 0297846884 (0-297-84688-4)
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A Pagan Placeby Edna O'BrienISBN 0297000276 (0-297-00027-6)
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Picking up the Linen Threads: A Study in Industrial Folkloreby Betty MessengerISBN 0292764464 (0-292-76446-4)
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Picnic in a Foreign Land: Eccentric Lives of the Anglo-Irishby Ann MorrowISBN 0246132043 (0-246-13204-3)
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Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund Burke, Frank M. Turner, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Alan Wolfe, Jack N. Rakove, Darrin M. McMahonISBN 0300099797 (0-300-09979-7)
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Riverdance: The Storyby Sam SmythISBN 0233990585 (0-233-99058-5)
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Rottenby John Lydon, Keith Zimmerman, Kent ZimmermanISBN 031211883X (0-312-11883-X)
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So writes author John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten, in his introduction to the book Rotten, an oral history of punk: angry, honest, and crackling with energy. Seventies punk has been romanticized by the media and the up-and-coming punk bands of today, but the sneering, leering disaffection of that time has been lost. Now, Lydon candidly and at times, dare we say it, fondly looks back at himself, the Sex Pistols, and the "no future" attitude of the time. Rolling Stone calls Lydon a "pavement philosopher whose Dickensian roots blossom with Joycean color," and the San Francisco Chronicle calls Rotten an "invaluable [book] ... sheds welcome light on that short period of great music and spasmodic cultural change."
Bollocks you say? Read, sneer, and enjoy or die. [via]
Sacred Waters: Holy Wells and Water Lore in Britain and Irelandby Janet Bord, Colin BordISBN 0246120363 (0-246-12036-3)
Hardcover, Granada
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Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernistby Anthony CroninISBN 0306808986 (0-306-80898-6)
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Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarcticaby John Mackenna, Jonathan ShackletonISBN 0299186202 (0-299-18620-2)
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Shadows from the Fireby Mary RyanISBN 0312131682 (0-312-13168-2)
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The Singapore Gripby James G. FarrellISBN 029777445X (0-297-77445-X)
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Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Yearsby Brian FeeneyISBN 0299186741 (0-299-18674-1)
Softcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Years'Book summary:Sinn Féin ("ourselves alone") is one of the most controversial political movements in Ireland. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of the rise and falland rise againof a party that repeatedly has reshaped its identity over the course of a hundred years, moving from dual monarchy to dual strategythe gun and the ballot box.
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From Arthur Griffith to Gerry Adams, this is a roll-call of major personalities from Irish and British history and politics, including Eamon de Valera, Countess Constance Markievicz, David Lloyd George, Michael Collins, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Cathal Goulding, Tomás MacGiolla, Margaret Thatcher, and Martin McGuinness.
Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Sinn Féin seems poised to play a pivotal role in the Irish political arena, north and south, well into the future. Its place in history is still being written.
Copublished with the OBrien Press, Dublin.
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The Tides of Sligoby L. G. ShreveISBN 0312026552 (0-312-02655-2)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Transformations in Irish Cultureby Luke GibbonsISBN 0268018936 (0-268-01893-6)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Tribes of Britainby David MilesISBN 0297830864 (0-297-83086-4)
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Twentieth-Century Irelandby Dermot KeoghISBN 0312127782 (0-312-12778-2)
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The Uncrowned Queen of Ireland: The Life of Kitty O'Sheaby Joyce MarlowISBN 0297769553 (0-297-76955-3)
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An Unweaving of Rainbows: Images of Irish Writersby John MinihanISBN 0285634585 (0-285-63458-5)
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The Wild Geese: The Irish Soldier in Exileby Maurice N. HennessyISBN 0283979534 (0-283-97953-4)
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Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from Historyby Marian BroderickISBN 0299195848 (0-299-19584-8)
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Women in Ireland: Voices of Changeby Jenny BealeISBN 0253364612 (0-253-36461-2)
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The World of Samuel Beckett 1906-1946by Lois G. GordonISBN 0300064098 (0-300-06409-8)
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