2 brandon books house of memories alice taylor following his brutish father s unlamented death young danny conway strives to rescue the family farm from ruin when all seems hopeless help comes from the most unexpected quarter house of memories tells a story of resilience in the face of family tragedy a story too of bereavement and grief and of trying to cope with loss in ireland where scribblers are ten a penny she has become the most popular and universally loved author in memory mail on sunday there is no writer more full of the milk of human kind ness books ireland this season we welcome our newest press brandon books brandon has been a leading imprint in ireland since 1982 with an established international reputation for fiction and non-fiction many of the bestselling books ever published in ireland have been published by brandon see page 25 for brandon s complete backlist bockety desmond ellis bockety is the childhood memoir of desmond ellis an irish native who now works as an
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6 fiction two new collections from director ken russell ken russell has worked on both the big and small screens with such unforgettable films as women in love the music lovers the devils the boyfriend tommy and altered states to his credit he also directed a number of innovative opera productions from madam butterfly and la bohème to gounod s faust he has written several books and lives in england with such legendary films as elgar delius song of summer and mahler ken russell long ago blew apart the notion that classical composers were as stately in their private lives as in their music beethoven confidential brahms gets laid ken russell in these new `novel-biographies based on the known facts of two of the greatest musicians that ever lived russell reinterprets the lives of ludwig van beethoven 1770-1827 and johannes brahms 1833-1897 for the printed page with his customary wit imagination and irreverence he provides the reader with biographical novels that are simultaneously reveal
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irish history politics 9 fighting for dublin the british battle for dublin 1919-21 william sheehan this new book details the official british history of the irish war of independence on the streets of dublin biographies of the main british officers responsible for fighting the campaign are provided and new information about the british officers killed on bloody sunday in 1920 undermines traditional beliefs about them also included are sections of detailed orders distributed to british officers and guidelines for conducting military operations of interest is the technology used aircraft wireless radio armored cars and a listening set in the cellars of dublin castle to detect ira mining the records also show evidence of strong criticism of politicians familiar names and events described include kevin barry s arrest dan breen s injuries burning the custom house the searching of michael collins offices the arrests of de valera and erskine childers and bloody sunday at croke park the iris
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12 biography memoir serious sounds john moriarty a wonderful walk through the story of moriarty s childhood on a small farm in north kerry and his lifelong engagement with traditional catholic sacraments taking as his point of departure philip larkin s poem `church going a richly meditative essay of extraordinary resonance that begins with a visit to the island of inis fallen on loch leine ireland quintessentially irish and universal irish news moriarty has drawn together the mysticism of [australian aboriginals with that of christian europeans irish echo t rin in p k bac the last of the name charles mcglinchy charles mcglinchey 1861-1954 weaver and tailor lived his entire life on the inishowen peninsula in donegal never married he outlived his brothers and sisters none of whom left an heir and so he became `the last of the name on winter evenings in the 1940s and `50s mcglinchey would talk about his life and times on visits with the local schoolmaster who would carefully record h
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nature folklore travel music 15 the butterflies and moths of northern ireland robert thompson and brian nelson this unique book is the first complete account of the butterflies and moths of northern ireland the species their habitats the threats they face the places to find them and the best ways to study them in the field written for the general naturalist and every day collector the butterflies and moths of northern ireland gives an account of each of the almost five hundred species that have been recorded in northern ireland including information on their status habitat and flight period individual species accounts are complemented by a distribution map and photographs the road to gobblers knob from chile to alaska on a motorbike geoff hill hilariously funny thoughtful and entertaining the road to gobblers knob follows journalist geoff hill on a motorbike tour of the american continents from the difficulties of getting bikes to chile and the trials of south american border crossin
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18 religion the development of peoples challenges for today and tomorrow international jesuit network for development to mark the fortieth anniversary of the publication of populorum progressi writers and practitioners concerned with issues raised in the document look at it again themes and aspects of the problem mentioned in the encyclical such as debt trade poverty and human rights are revisited in light of forty years of experience the authors look at the inspiration offered through the lens of response both then an now recalling the vision and goals of populorum progressio and asking how we as a global family have fared in realizing that vision and achieving these goals new areas which have been recognized since the publication of the document like gender the environment and hiv/aids are addressed in the light of principles outlined the scientist and the theologian on the origin and end of creation james mackey with critical clarity and cogency of argument this book takes the dialo
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poetry 21 collected poems anthony thwaite anthony thwaite s collected poems published in his seventy-seventh year gives readers an opportunity to see gathered together all the poems he wants to preserve from the sixteen collections he has published since his debut in 1953 he has developed a distinctive style and a range of concerns which have defined his poetry from the beginning memory history archaeology travel the intricacies of relationships and now the frustrations of age i am twenty people third anthology from the poetry school edited by mimi khalvati stephen knight the third of an ongoing series of anthologies i am twenty people celebrates the poetry school s tenth anniversary adventurous unorthodox playfully serious and seriously playful these new poets explore their different worlds with confidence and panache nothing it seems is off limits neither political engagement nor experimental audacity from the intimate lyric to the historical narrative the poetry gathered in i am tw
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24 art humor childrens the art economy an investor s guide to the art market clare mcandrew the art economy looks at the development of the global market for works of art and focuses on the value of art as a financial investment explaining the features of the market and breaking down some of the myths about the art economy it marries the worlds of finance and art into an understandable guide that appeals to aspiring art collectors and investors as well as providing an invaluable resource for those already in the art trade the book will guide art collectors and investors towards new and existing art markets with the help of a number of well-respected experts in the spheres of art and finance and the latest economic research october 5½ x 8½ 280 pages liffey isbn 978-1-905785-09-4 1-905785-09-7 cloth $51.95 titanic tragedy vincent mcdonnell since it sank on a cold april night in 1912 the titanic has held a special mystery and fascination it is the most famous sea tragedy in which over 1
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some reviews mark ii chris farnell losing a best friend at thirteen is almost too much for phil to endure and dealing with the physically improved clone of mark makes it bet ter and worse at the same time as an ethical exploration of cloning and a philosophical examination of what gives a human his or her identity the book succeeds admirably a powerful novel about love loss and the intractability of human longing for what is known and familiar bulletin of the center for children s books of recent titles 27 behind you linda regan regan s novel is a slightly odd mix a brutal murder mystery with touches of british cozy there are plenty of suspects-indeed everyone involved in the performance seems to have at least one guilty secret and a possible motive for murder offbeat characters and forceful prose booklist 272 pages creme de la crime isbn 978-0-9551589-2-6 0-9551589-2-3 paper $16.95 164 pages tindal street isbn 978-0-9547913-9-1 0-9547913-9-8 paper $14.95 field knowledge morri cr
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30 paperback backlist fiction poetry houseboating in the ozarks gary forrester isbn 0-8023-1341-8 $14.95 tideland mitch cullin isbn 0-8023-1340-x $12.95 city of light kerstin ekman isbn 1-870041-54-2 $25.95 dead old maureen carter isbn 0-9547634-6-7 $16.95 donegal suite john mcnamee isbn 0-8023-1343-4 $13.95 now brendan kennelly isbn 1-85224-749-5 $24.95 yielding ice about to melt richard penna isbn 0-8023-1339-6 $14.95 selected tales hugo von hofmannsthal isbn 0-946162-74-3 $22.95 six german romantic tales heinrich von kleist isbn 0-8023-1295-0 $19.95 london boulevard ken bruen isbn 1-899344-77-2 $14.95 collected poems of georges bataille mark spitzer tr isbn 0-8023-1325-6 $15.95 duino elegies ranier marie rilke isbn 1-904634-23-0 $27.95 behold faith and other stories tom noyes isbn 0-8023-1338-8 $14.95 the hundred-yen singer naomi suenaga isbn 0-7206-1274-8 $16.95 the ice palace tarjei vesaas isbn 0-7206-1122-9 $23.95 hackman blues ken bruen isbn 1-899344-22-5 $15.95 modern irish p
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