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A love letter to all things great and Irish that reveals some surprising facts about what it means to be Irish. Featuring a distinguished cast including Pierce Brosnan, Jeremy Irons, and Prince Albert II, enter a glamorous world of castles, palaces, and presidents that reveals fascinating views on the Irish and their vast influence.
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Poems Written Abroad is the first publication of the earliest collection of poetry by the famous poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and radical, Sir Stephen Spender (1909-1995). Spender wrote and compiled this manuscript in 1927, when he was living in Nantes and Lausanne. In tone and diction, Spender's poems range from creatively traditional to unexpectedly innovative. They reflect his reading in Shakespeare and French poetry, as well as...
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It is a few weeks before Christmas and everyone except Catherine seems to be gearing up for the big day with excitement. Catherine is a single mum, struggling to bring up her five year old daughter, she has little time for romance, and when she learns she has lost her job and her flat is deemed unliveable, she wonders just what else life is about to fling at her. Where or to whom can she turn to for help? Kismet in the shape of handsome, bachelor,...
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Over the years several pieces of my poetry have been reprinted across the Internet on a multitude of sites. In the majority of these cases the poster has credited me in some way, and in a couple of instances credited Edgar Allan Poe which I took as a massive compliment. Unfortunately not everyone on the Internet follows a decent moral code, and I have found pieces of my work posted with different people credited as the author. There was even an online...
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Transport yourself to the green hills and sun-dappled shores of Ireland with The Irish Summer Kitchen. Indulge in the vibrant and mouthwatering tastes of summer with this delightful collection of Irish recipes, lovingly crafted to bring a taste of the season to your kitchen.From sizzling barbecue feasts to refreshing salads bursting with seasonal produce, each recipe is a celebration of Ireland's rich culinary heritage and the bountiful flavors of...
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Croydon, England, was the setting of the famous three-way friendship of D. H. Lawrence, Jessie Chambers, and Helen Corke, all of whom made literary records of their association, and all of whom appeared as characters in Lawrence novels. Perhaps the most objective of these records were Helen Corke's, which became difficult to acquire. Their scarcity and their continuing usefulness were the stimulus for publication of this volume, which contains in...
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Self PortraitAre we the sum of our partsOr what makes us humanUnderneath?Are we our faceOr our passions?Are we a body? Or a soul?This collection of poetry by E.M. McConnell is designed to be more introspective, looking at nature, how it affects us, our inner worlds, how mirth can lift us, and of course what drives us, inspiration, and love.
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At the outset of "King Richard the Second," England stands on the brink of civil war. The King - attempting to fund a war against the Irish rebels - seizes the estate of his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, and banishes him from England for six years. Bolingbroke, in turn, accuses the king of mismanagement and assembles an army to confront Richard, depose him and place Bolingbroke himself on the throne.
A powerful and celebrated story of loyalty,...
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"King Henry the Fourth - Parts I and II" are two of most popular and celebrated of William Shakespeare's history plays and feature some of the finest characters in the canon, including the troubled monarch Henry IV, the choleric rebel Hotspur, Henry's profligate and wastrel son Hal and the larger-than-life braggart and drunkard Sir John Falstaff.
At the outset of the story, there is unrest in England. The previous king, Richard, is dead and...
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In this hilarious and controversial play, William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" introduces the audience to the fiery Katherine - daughter of the rich merchant Baptista - whose temper and independent spirit has driven away every suitor who has dared to ask for her hand.
Enter Petruchio, who has eyes for both Katherine and her considerable dowry. Can Petruchio marry and "tame" this wild and irascible hellcat? (Should such women be "tamed"...
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The most admired and celebrated romantic tragedy in history, William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is perhaps his best-known and oft-quoted play.
Chronicling the tragic tale of young love gone wrong, we are introduced to two warring families: the Montagues and the Capulets. When young Romeo of the Montague clan falls in love with Juliet from the house of Capulet, it sets the stage for a star-crossed and ultimately disastrous end as the two...
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William Shakespeare's hilarious fairy tale (with actual fairies!) of love, magic potions and teenage rebellion, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" might be the most performed play in the history of the English-speaking theatre.
The play begins as Athenian Duke Theseus is preparing to wed Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. As they ready for their nuptials, Theseus is asked to settle a dispute between a prominent local citizen Egeus and his headstrong...
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William Shakespeare's epic three-part chronicle of the events known as the Wars of the Roses, "Henry the Sixth Parts I-III" are among the finest of his history plays and features some of his most beloved characters, including "Mad" Queen Margaret and the scheming Duke of Gloucester, who will go on to become the infamous King Richard III in a later play.
Here, the story picks up after the death of King Henry V, who has left behind his infant...
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Featuring one of the greatest villains in the Shakespearean canon, "Richard the Third" is among the most popular of Shakespeare's history plays.
The story begins with England at peace after a long period of tumult and civil war. The War of the Roses has concluded with the York faction victorious and Edward IV on the throne. But all is not well at court.
Edward's younger brother Richard - brilliant, ruthless and bitter about his physical...
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The poems in this collection were composed using only words that appear in the following texts attributed to the legendary, notorious, and infamous Irish-Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, who lived from 1854 to 1880: The Jerilderie Letter, The Cameron Letter, The Babington Letter and The O'Loghlen Letter.
The poems use Kelly's spelling and mimic his punctuation and capitalisation. This collection was partly inspired by Peter Carey's novel True...
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From crumpets to beans on toast, Cornish pasties to sausage rolls, fish and chips to cottage pie, spotted dick to rhubarb crumble, British cuisine is as unique as it comes and, despite many of the stereotypes about British food being bland or boring, the truth is, British foods whether a full English breakfast, Yorkshire pudding, strawberry trifle or cauliflower cheese, is packed full of flavorful ingredients that combine in some of the world's most...
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The second poetry collection from the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellow and author of Play With Me-with illustrations by Scott Hutchison.
From festive nights in Grez-sur-Loing, France, to sizzling summers stretched out in the Edinburgh Meadows, Michael Pedersen's unique brand of poetry captures a debauchery and a disputation of characters. It is narrated with an intense honesty and a love of language that is playful, powerful and penetrative. He vividly...
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How did this nineteenth-century novelist change the way we think?
What are the sources of the commonly held presumption that reading literature should make people more just, humane, and sophisticated? Looking at literary history in relation to the cultural histories of reading, publishing, and education, The Pleasures of Memory illuminates the ways in which Dickens's serial fiction shaped not only the popular practice of reading for pleasure and...
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British women writers were enormously influential in the creation of public opinion and political ideology during the years from 1780 to 1830. Anne Mellor demonstrates the many ways in which they attempted to shape British public policy and cultural behavior in the areas of religious and governmental reform, education, philanthropy, and patterns of consumption. She argues that the theoretical paradigm of the "doctrine of the separate spheres"may no...
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A collection of critical writings on music from the Nobel Prize—winning playwright behind Saint Joan and Man and Superman.
The Critical Shaw: On Music is a comprehensive selection of renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate Bernard Shaw's extensive writings on a wide range of musical topics. Still recognized as one of Great Britain's most important music critics, Shaw enriched London's musical scene for some twenty years with his provocative,...
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