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Absolution by Murderby Peter TremayneISBN 0312139187 (0-312-13918-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Absolution by Murder'Book summary:In A.D. 664, when someone murders the Abbess Etain during the synod between the Roman and Celtic churches, Sister Edelma of the Celtic Church and Brother Eadulf of the Roman must find the killer and prevent civil war. [via]
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All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mummingby Henry H. GlassieISBN 0253304709 (0-253-30470-9)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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The Anatomy Schoolby Bernard Mac LavertyISBN 0224062026 (0-224-06202-6)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Ancestral Voices: Religion and Nationalism in Irelandby Conor Cruise O'BrienISBN 0226616525 (0-226-61652-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetryby Keith TumaISBN 019512894X (0-19-512894-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry'Book summary:Presenting a wide-ranging and inclusive selection of 20th century work, this anthology features over 450 poems by 125 poets, beginning with Thomas Hardy and Gerard Manley Hopkins and ending with Catherine Walsh and Helen Macdonald. Offering ample selections from canonical poets including Edward Thomas, W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, D.H. Lawrence, Dylan Thomas, W.H. Auden, Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney, this extensive collection also presents work from many poets who have not previously been included in this type of anthology. It covers many groups and movements - from the Georgians to the poets of the New Apocalypse, and the Auden group and from the Movement to the New Generation. It pays special attention to the neglected modernist traditions in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and also includes work from post-1945 black British poets and a range of post-1960 avant-garde poetry from Britain and Ireland. [via]
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Belindaby Maria Edgeworth, Kathryn J. KirkpatrickISBN 0192837095 (0-19-283709-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Beowulfby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Charles KeepingISBN 0192723693 (0-19-272369-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:This is the story of a young man who travelled far across the sea to fight two terrifying monsters-one who could rip a man apart and drink his blood, the other who lived like a sea-wolf at the bottom of a dark, blood-stained lake. The young hero's name was Beowulf, and his story, first written in Anglo-Saxon in the eighth century, has become one of the world's most famous epics. Kevin Crossley-Holland retells the story for children in quick-paced, rhythmical prose accompanied by Charles Keeping's striking illustrations. Together they bring to life the beauty and power of one of the first great English poems. [via]
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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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Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburhby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Heather O'DonoghueISBN 0192833200 (0-19-283320-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburh'Book summary:The finest literary work passed down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf celebrates the existence of heroism in a dark world of feuds, violence, and uncertainty. Set in the legendary Scandinavian past, Beowulf comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar by killing the terrifying monster Grendel and its vengeful mother. A lifetime later, Beowulf courageously prepares for another great battle when a fiery dragon threatens his own kingdom. This acclaimed translation contains a critical introduction, a full index of names, and extensive notes. [via]
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Beyond Shannon and Sean: An Enlightened Guide to Irish Baby Namingby Linda Rosenkrantz, Pamela Redmond SatranISBN 0312069057 (0-312-06905-7)
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Brian Boruby Morgan LlywelynISBN 0312856237 (0-312-85623-7)
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Complete Plays/Playboy of the Western Worldby J. M. Synge, Ann SaddlemyerISBN 0192826115 (0-19-282611-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Plays/Playboy of the Western World'Book summary:Synge was one of the key dramatists in the flourishing world of Irish literature at the turn of the century. This volume offers every one of his plays, which range from racy comedy to stark tragedy, all sharing a memorable lyricism. The introduction to this new, definitive edition sets the plays in the context of the Irish literary movement, with special attention to Synge's role as one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre and his work alongside W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. [via]
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Crazy John and the Bishop: And Other Essays on Irish Cultureby Terry EagletonISBN 0268008329 (0-268-00832-9)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939by F. S. L. LyonsISBN 0192851217 (0-19-285121-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Damnable Question: A Study in Anglo-Irish Relationsby George DangerfieldISBN 0316172006 (0-316-17200-6)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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Dancerby Colum McCannISBN 0312423187 (0-312-42318-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dancer'Book summary:Dancer, like Colum McCann's previous novels This Side of Brightness and Songdogs, is an elegant weave of historical fact and fictional imagining. Here his central character is the late, great, Rudolf Nureyev--the Soviet dancer who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War, partnered Margot Fonteyn and became ballet's first international male superstar. The "real" Nureyev remains an enigmatic, even iconic figure--as infamous for his petulance, lavish lifestyle, voracious sexual appetite and tragic AIDS-related death as for his dancing. McCann wisely eschews a straightforward account of Rudolf's outrageous life. His sympathetic portrait of the priapic star, which seems oddly weak on dance itself but certainly has scenes to rival The Satyricon, is ingeniously discursive. Nureyev is often more omnipresent than actually present--his story related through a serious of diary entries, reports and different narrative perspectives and voices, including the dancer's own. (On occasions, he even briefly drops from view entirely and the travails of his family, friends and his mentors, the Vasilevas, come to the fore.)
Divided into four loosely chronological sections, the novel spans the length of Nureyev's dancing career, opening in Stalin's war-ravaged Russia, where the young Rudolf earned sugar lumps for entertaining wounded soldiers, and closing with his last sickly, performance and a final, fleeting, visit home. Exile and displacement are really the chief themes of the book and McCann's Nureyev is a man scarred and agitated by the decision to abandon his homeland. "I dance", he notes at one point, "so much--too much--in order not to think of home". McCann seems to imply, however, that it is his disapproving father, who never saw him dance, who fuelled his relentless ambition. Forays into cod-Freudian psychoanalysis aside, this gripping reinvention of Nureyev, rich in period detail and characterisation, is well conceived, marvellously wrought and eminently readable. --Travis Elborough [via]
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Daughter of the Forestby Juliet MarillierISBN 0312875304 (0-312-87530-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daughter of the Forest'Book summary:At the heart of this surprisingly accomplished first novel, first book of the Sevenwaters trilogy, is a retelling of an ancient Celtic legend. Marillier's story, however, is much more than a slightly disguised fairy tale. Young Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Irish Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, a domain well protected from invading Saxons and Britons by dense forest where, legend says, fey Deirdre, the Lady of the Forest, walks the woodland paths at night. Colum is first and foremost a warrior, bent on maintaining his lands against all outsiders. Not all of his sons are so bound to the old ways, and that family friction leads to outright disobedience when Sorcha and her brother Finbar help a Briton captive escape from Colum's dungeon. Soon after, Colum brings home a new wife who ensorcels everyone she can't otherwise manipulate. By her spell Sorcha's brothers are cursed to become swans. Only Sorcha, hiding deep in the forest, can break the spell by painfully weaving shirts of starwort nettle--but then Sorcha is captured by Britons and taken away across the sea. Determined to break the curse despite her captivity, Sorcha continues to work, little expecting that ultimately she will have to chose between saving her brothers and protecting the Briton lord who has defended her throughout her trials. Marillier's writing is deft and heartfelt, bypassing the usual bombast of fantasy fireworks for a rich, magical story of loyalty and love. --Charlene Brusso [via]
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Dictionary of Celtic Mythologyby Peter Berresford EllisISBN 0195089618 (0-19-508961-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dictionary of Celtic Mythology'Book summary:The Celts were one of the great founding civilizations of Europe and the first North European people to emerge into recorded history, producing a vibrant labyrinth of mythological tales and sagas that have influenced the literary traditions of Europe and the world.
The first A-Z reference of its kind, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology is fascinating and accessible guide to the gods and goddesses, the heroes and heroines, the magical weapons, fabulous beasts, and otherworld entities that populate the myths of this rich European culture. Like A Dictionary of Irish Mythology before it, this is a who's who and what's what of the epic Celtic sagas and tales. Predated only by Greek and Latin by virtue of the fact that the Celtic languages were not written until the early Christian era, Celtic mythology is a development from a far earlier oral tradition containing voices from the dawn of European civilization. The peoples of these Celtic cultures survive today on the western seaboard of Europe--the Irish, Manx, and Scots, who make up the Goidelic- (or Gaelic) speaking branch of Celts, and the Welsh, Cornish, and Brentons, who represent the Brythonic-speaking branch. And it is in these languages that their vibrant and fascinating mythology has been recorded and appreciated throughout the world. In his introduction, Ellis discusses the roles of these six cultures, the evolution (or demise) of the languages, and the relationship between the legends, especially the Irish and Welsh, the two major Celtic cultures. From Celtic legends have come not only the stories of Cuchulainn and Fionn MacCumhail, of Deidre of the Sorrows and the capricious Grainne, but the stories of the now world-famous Arthur, and the romantic tragedy of Tristan and Iseult.
An easy-to-read handbook, The Dictionary of Celtic Mythology presents a fascinating window to centuries of rich oral and written tradtion from the mists of Europe's origins. [via]More editions of Dictionary of Celtic Mythology:
The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridanby Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Cecil John Layton PriceISBN 0198118562 (0-19-811856-2)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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A Drink With Shane Macgowanby Shane MacGowan, Victoria Mary ClarkeISBN 0283062991 (0-283-06299-1)
Hardcover, Sidgwick & Jackson
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Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North Americaby Kerby A. MillerISBN 0195051874 (0-19-505187-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Foggageby Patrick McGinleyISBN 0312296940 (0-312-29694-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Folktales of Irelandby Sean O'SullivanISBN 0226639983 (0-226-63998-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Foreverby Pete HamillISBN 0316341118 (0-316-34111-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forever'Book summary:This is the magical, epic tale of Cormac O'Connor, who arrives in New York City from Ireland in 1741 and remains, well, forever. For Cormac has been given the gift of immortality, but only on the condition that he never leave the island of Manhattan. Through Cormac's eyes, we watch the city transform from a burgeoning settlement on the tip of an untamed wilderness to the romantic, gaslit world of Edith Wharton's time, and finally to the pulsing, thriving metropolis of the present day. But this is also Cormac's story, as he explores the mysteries of time and immortality, death and loss, sex and love. Though his life is proof of enduring magic, the living of it takes place in a world that can be gloriously, or terribly, real. [via]
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A Game With Sharpened Knivesby Neil BeltonISBN 0297848143 (0-297-84814-3)
Softcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Getting It in the Headby Mike McCormackISBN 0224040871 (0-224-04087-1)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Good Behaviourby Molly KeaneISBN 023397332X (0-233-97332-X)
Hardcover, A. Deutsch
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The Guardsby Ken BruenISBN 0312320272 (0-312-32027-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Gulliver's Travels and Other Writingsby Jonathan Swift, Louis A. LandaISBN 0192812068 (0-19-281206-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Happy Princeby Oscar Wilde, Jean ClaverieISBN 0192797506 (0-19-279750-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Ireland since the Famineby F. S. L. LyonsISBN 0297002236 (0-297-00223-6)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Irish Mistby Andrew M. GreeleyISBN 0312865694 (0-312-86569-4)
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The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Irelandby R. F. FosterISBN 0195168879 (0-19-516887-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Irish Writing: An Anthology of Irish Literature in English 1789-1939by Stephen ReganISBN 019284038X (0-19-284038-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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James Joyce A to Z: The Essential Reference to the Life and Workby A. Nicholas Fargnoli, Michael Patrick GillespieISBN 0195110293 (0-19-511029-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce A to Z: The Essential Reference to the Life and Work'Book summary:(series copy) These encyclopedic companions are browsable, invaluable individual guides to authors and their works. Useful for students, but written with the general reader in mind, they are clear, concise, accessible, and supply the basic cultural, historical, biographical and critical information so crucial to an appreciation and enjoyment of the primary works. Each is arranged in an A-Z fashion and presents and explains the terms, people, places, and concepts encountered in the literary worlds of James Joyce, Mark Twain, and Virginia Woolf. As a keen explorer of the mundane material of everyday life, James Joyce ranks high in the canon of modernist writers. He is arguably the most influential writer of the twentieth-century, and may be the most read, studied, and taught of all modern writers. The James Joyce A-Z is the ideal companion to Joyce's life and work. Over 800 concise entries relating to all aspects of Joyce are gathered here in one easy-to-use volume of impressive scope. [via]
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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 Swiftby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0192813374 (0-19-281337-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Swift'Book summary:The numerous selections in this volume give, for the first time, a true idea of the range of Swift's writing over half a century. Besides many familiar works, the editors have included correspondence, political pamphlets, poetry, a sermon, and pieces for the popular press. [via]
The Killing Of The Tinkersby Ken BruenISBN 0312339283 (0-312-33928-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Lady Windermere's Fan/Salome/a Woman of No Importance/an Ideal Husband/the Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde, Peter RabyISBN 0192822462 (0-19-282246-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Windermere's Fan/Salome/a Woman of No Importance/an Ideal Husband/the Importance of Being Earnest'Book summary:Oscar Wilde was already one of the best-known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. This collection offers newly edited texts of Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, Salome, An Ideal Husband, and, arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English, The Importance of Being Earnest. [via]
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Lambby Bernard Mac LavertyISBN 0224018159 (0-224-01815-9)
Hardcover, Cape
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Lucia Joyce: To Dance In The Wakeby Carol Loeb ShlossISBN 0312422695 (0-312-42269-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Mabinogionby Alan Lee, Charlotte SchreiberISBN 0261103911 (0-261-10391-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mabinogion'Book summary:A major illustrated edition of the classic fantasy with over 50 full-colour paintings by the celebrated artist of The Lord of the Rings. Before The Lord of the Rings there was THE MABINOGION. Widely recognized as the finest arc of Celtic mythology, the eleven stories were preserved in two Welsh collections, The White Book of Rhydderch (c.1300-1325) and The Red Book of Hergest (1375-1425), though the stories themselves hail from an oral tradition dating back to the tenth century. At its core are tales of heroes and men, birth and death, gods and beasts, penance and vindication, kinship and kingship, battles and quests. THE MABINOGION embraces much of ancient and early British culture, combining the numinous world of Celtic mythology, Arthurian legend and feudal Europe's Age of Chivalry. Indeed, scholars have identified that it was out of THE MABINOGION that the Arthurian legends were born. This new edition contains the definitive translation of the work by Lady Charlotte Guest, undoubtably the most accessible of those published, and includes the tale of Taliesin, which has been missing from the collected tales of the Mabinogion for over twenty years. It also contains 50 colour paintings by Alan Lee, many appearing here for the first time. Best known for his work on the illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, it was always Alan Lee's ambition to illustrate THE MABINOGION, as it combines his main interests of folklore, legend and the supernatural. His style lends itself perfectly to the work and his interpretation will give enormous pleasure as the stories enter their third millennium. [via]
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The Mabinogionby Sioned DaviesISBN 0192832425 (0-19-283242-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mabinogion'Book summary:Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, and an intriguing interpretation of British history--these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up the Welsh medieval masterpiece known as the Mabinogion. They tell of Gwydion the shape-shifter, who can create a woman out of flowers; of Math the magician whose feet must lie in the lap of a virgin; of hanging a pregnant mouse and hunting a magical boar. Dragons, witches, and giants live alongside kings and heroes, and quests of honour, revenge, and love are set against the backdrop of a country struggling to retain its independence.
This new translation, the first for thirty years, recreates the storytelling world of medieval Wales and re-invests the tales with the power of performance. [via]More editions of The Mabinogion:
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McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Irelandby Pete McCarthyISBN 0312311338 (0-312-31133-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland'Book summary:The premise of Pete McCarthy's first book, McCarthy's Bar, is that you should never pass up the opportunity of having a drink in a bar that shares your name. There is clearly more to this plan than the obvious publicity stunt, since it could work with books as well--try reading Cormac McCarthy after reading this hilarious, informed and intelligent book, and you may well be tempted to buy books by every other McCarthy around.
Born in Warrington, Pete McCarthy decides to go back to rural Ireland, to rediscover his Irishness. The feeling that you have heard this sort of thing all before doesn't last for long. There is a serious writer struggling to make himself heard above the many excellent jokes and this is what makes McCarthy's book so distinctive. Although he can crack Brysonesque quips with the best of them ("I've often wondered how businessmen used to cope before [mobile phones] were invented. How did they tell their wives they were on the train?"), and take us through hilarious and largely drunken set-pieces, McCarthy is equally at home discussing Celtic standing stones and the potato famine.
The resulting book is a wonderful debut. By the end, we, too, would like to move to Ireland. You sense that McCarthy has such a genuine feeling for Ireland, Irishness and Irish history that he can only temper his writing with side-splitting humour. In this way, his first book successfully embodies much of what it is to be Irish. --Toby Green [via]
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McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in the West of Irelandby Pete McCarthyISBN 0312272103 (0-312-27210-3)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Meat Eatersby Michael CollinsISBN 0224032151 (0-224-03215-1)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Medieval Ireland: The Enduring Traditionby Michael Richter, Brian Stone, Adrian KeoghISBN 0312158122 (0-312-15812-2)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Mother Irelandby Edna O'BrienISBN 0297771108 (0-297-77110-8)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brienby Anthony CroninISBN 0246128364 (0-246-12836-4)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Occasional, Critical, and Political Writingsby James Joyce, Kevin Barry, Conor DeaneISBN 0192833537 (0-19-283353-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Oscar Wilde: The Major Worksby Oscar Wilde, Isobel MurrayISBN 0192840541 (0-19-284054-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Oxford Companion to Irish Historyby S. J. ConnollyISBN 0198662408 (0-19-866240-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Irish History'Book summary:The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a radically new and eminently readable introduction to all aspects of the history of this fascinating and complex land. Written by a team of 87 specialists, its 1,800 entries explore Irish history from earliest times to the recent past. Key figures and events are re-evaluated in the light of recent research, while emerging areas of scholarship, such as women's history and public health, are discussed in depth. Many entries focus on enduring themes of Irish history, including nationalism, unionism, and Catholicism, breaking away from a purely chronological approach to examine the contexts and traditions that underpin Irish identity.
In a field bedeviled by controversy, The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a reference that is both authoritative and innovative. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Irish History:
The Oxford History of Irelandby R. F. FosterISBN 019280202X (0-19-280202-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Pagan Placeby Edna O'BrienISBN 0297000276 (0-297-00027-6)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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The Partsby Keith RidgwayISBN 0312327692 (0-312-32769-2)
Hardcover, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
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The Playboy of the Western World: And Other Playsby J. M. Synge, Ann SaddlemyerISBN 0192834487 (0-19-283448-7)
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Playsby Richard Brinsley Butler SheridanISBN 0192541692 (0-19-254169-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays'Book summary:This edition of the complete plays of Sheridan, English dramatist, theatre manager, and politician, includes The Rivals and The School for Scandal, as well as six lesser-known works: St. Patrick's Day, The Duenna, A Trip to Scarborough, The Camp, The Critic, and Pizarro. the only one available in paperback B [via]
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The Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: Bearla-Gaeilge/Gaeilge-Bearla English-Irish/Irish-Englishby Valerie Grundy, Breandan O CroininISBN 0198602545 (0-19-860254-5)
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Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within the Ira's Soulby Kevin ToolisISBN 0312156324 (0-312-15632-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Serviceby Erskine ChildersISBN 0192823183 (0-19-282318-3)
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Offering some of the most influential literary myth-makers of the last 150 years, the Oxford Popular Fiction series introduces or reintroduces, bestselling works of American and British fiction that have helped define new styles and genres, and that continue to resonate in popular memory today. From crime and historical fiction to romance, adventure, and social comedy, these books are ideal for anyone interested in the prototypical, controversial, groundbreaking, and sometimes notorious fiction of which classics are made. Complete with critical introductions, the Oxford Popular Fiction series is a personal library that lies a the heart of American and British culture.
One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. Bored with his life in London, a young man accepts an invitation to join a friend on a sailing holiday in the Baltic. A vivid exploration of the mysteries of seamanship, the story builds in excitement as these two young adventurers discover a German plot to invade England. [via]More editions of The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service:
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The Salesmanby Joseph O'ConnorISBN 0312204310 (0-312-20431-0)
Softcover, Picador
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Salesman: A Novel'Book summary:"A Good Salesman can sell anything." So says the protagonist of Joseph O'Connor's remarkable third novel, who is selling nothing less than a justification to commit murder. A divorced, middle-aged recovering alcoholic, Billy Sweeney is in a world of trouble. His beloved younger daughter was brutally beaten during an attempted robbery and now lies comatose in a Dublin hospital; worse, Donal Quinn, the ringleader of the gang who put her there, has escaped from prison before his trial, and the police can't find him. Then one day, Sweeney spots a disguised Quinn in an electronics store. He considers calling the police--even goes so far as dialing the number--before "a thought occurred to me, as clear as the moment when a migraine lifts." The bereaved salesman decides to take justice into his own hands. What follows is a clever, at times terrifying game of cat and mouse as Sweeney first stalks Quinn and then catches him--with wildly unexpected results.
Though The Salesman has elements of a noir-ish thriller, it is, first and foremost, an examination of love. Written in the form of a journal from Sweeney to his comatose daughter, the book leapfrogs back and forth in time, chronicling Sweeney's courtship and troubled marriage to Grace Lawrence, his alcoholism, and his eventual divorce--even as it describes his hunt for Quinn. The love between friends, between a man and a woman, and between a father and a child are all poignantly limned here; what sets The Salesman apart, however, is the relationship that develops between Sweeney and his nemesis. O'Connor has written a novel that brims with emotion while avoiding sentimentality. Moving, disturbing, at times grimly humorous, this is Irish fiction at its best. --Alix Wilber [via]
Samuel Beckett: A Biographyby Deirdre BairISBN 0156792419 (0-15-679241-9)
Softcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Sheridan's Playsby Cecil PriceISBN 0192811584 (0-19-281158-4)
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Sons and Loversby D. H. Lawrence, David TrotterISBN 0192838601 (0-19-283860-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sons and Lovers'Book summary:Sons and Lovers was the first modern portrayal of a phenomenon that later, thanks to Freud, became easily recognizable as the Oedipus complex. Never was a son more indentured to his mother's love and full of hatred for his father than Paul Morel, D.H. Lawrence's young protagonist. Never, that is, except perhaps Lawrence himself. In his 1913 novel he grappled with the discordant loves that haunted him all his life--for his spiritual childhood sweetheart, here called Miriam, and for his mother, whom he transformed into Mrs. Morel. It is, by Lawrence's own account, a book aimed at depicting this woman's grasp: "as her sons grow up she selects them as lovers--first the eldest, then the second. These sons are urged into life by their reciprocal love of their mother--urged on and on. But when they come to manhood, they can't love, because their mother is the strongest power in their lives."
Of course, Mrs. Morel takes neither of her two elder sons (the first of whom dies early, which further intensifies her grip on Paul) as a literal lover, but nonetheless her psychological snare is immense. She loathes Paul's Miriam from the start, understanding that the girl's deep love of her son will oust her: "She's not like an ordinary woman, who can leave me my share in him. She wants to absorb him." Meanwhile, Paul plays his part with equal fervor, incapable of committing himself in either direction: "Why did his mother sit at home and suffer?... And why did he hate Miriam, and feel so cruel towards her, at the thought of his mother. If Miriam caused his mother suffering, then he hated her--and he easily hated her." Soon thereafter he even confesses to his mother: "I really don't love her. I talk to her, but I want to come home to you."
The result of all this is that Paul throws Miriam over for a married suffragette, Clara Dawes, who fulfills the sexual component of his ascent to manhood but leaves him, as ever, without a complete relationship to challenge his love for his mother. As Paul voyages from the working-class mining world to the spheres of commerce and art (he has fair success as a painter), he accepts that his own achievements must be equally his mother's. "There was so much to come out of him. Life for her was rich with promise. She was to see herself fulfilled... All his work was hers."
The cycles of Paul's relationships with these three women are terrifying at times, and Lawrence does nothing to dim their intensity. Nor does he shirk in his vivid, sensuous descriptions of the landscape that offers up its blossoms and beasts and "shimmeriness" to Paul's sensitive spirit. Sons and Lovers lays fully bare the souls of men and earth. Few books tell such whole, complicated truths about the permutations of love as resolutely without resolution. It's nothing short of searing to be brushed by humanity in this manner. --Melanie Rehak [via]
Tales of the Elders of Ireland: Acallam Na Senorachby Harry Roe, Ann DooleyISBN 0192839187 (0-19-283918-7)
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This Side of Brightnessby Colum McCannISBN 0312421974 (0-312-42197-4)
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The Troubles: Irelands Ordeal 1966-1996and the Search for Peaceby Tim Pat CooganISBN 0312294182 (0-312-29418-2)
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W. B. Yeats: A Life The Arch-Poet 1915-1939by R. F. FosterISBN 0198184654 (0-19-818465-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'W. B. Yeats, a Life: II The Arch-Poet, 1915-1939'Book summary:The first volume in Roy Foster's magisterial biography of W.B. Yeats was hailed as "a work of huge significance" (The Atlantic Monthly) and "a stupendous historiographical feat" (Irish Sunday Independent). Now, the eagerly awaited second volume explores the complex poetic, political, and personal intricacies of Yeats's dramatic final decades, a period that saw the Easter Rebellion, the founding of the Irish state in 1922, and the production of Yeats's greatest masterpieces.
In the conclusion of this first fully authorized biography, Foster brilliantly illuminates the circumstances--the rich internal and external experiences--that shaped the great poetry of Yeats's later years: "The Wild Swans at Coole," "Sailing to Byzantium," "The Tower," "The Circus Animals Desertion," "Under Ben Bulben," and many others. Yeats's pursuit of Irish nationalism and an independent Irish culture, his continued search for supernatural truths through occult experimentation, his extraordinary marriage, a series of tempestuous love affairs, and his lingering obsession with Maud Gonne are all explored here with a nuance and awareness rare in literary biography. Foster gives us the very texture of Yeats's life and thought, revealing the many ways he made poetry out of the "quarrel" with himself and the upheaval around him. But this consummate biography also shows that Yeats was much more than simply a lyric poet and examines in great detail Yeats's non-poetic work--his essays, plays, polemics, and memoirs. The enormous and varied circle of Yeats's friends, lovers, family, collaborators and antagonists inhabit and enrich a personal world of astounding energy, artistic commitment and verve; while the poet himself is shown returning again and again to his governing preoccupations, sex and death.
Based on complete and unprecedented access to Yeats's papers and written with extraordinary grace and insight, W.B. Yeats, A Life offers the fullest portrait yet of the private and public life of one of the twentieth century's greatest poets. [via]More editions of W. B. Yeats: A Life The Arch-Poet 1915-1939:
W.B. Yeats a Life: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914by R. F. FosterISBN 0192880853 (0-19-288085-3)
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Westies: Inside the Hell's Kitchen Irish Mobby T. J. EnglishISBN 0312924291 (0-312-92429-1)
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Whispers of the Dead: Fifteen Sister Fidelma Mysteriesby Peter TremayneISBN 0312303823 (0-312-30382-3)
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Whitethorn Woodsby Maeve BinchyISBN 0307265781 (0-307-26578-1)
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The Wild Irish Girlby Morgan, (Sydney), Kathryn J. KirkpatrickISBN 0192832832 (0-19-283283-2)
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