2 fiction fox swallow scarecrow Éilís ní dhuibhne anna kelly sweeney is a writer of popular fiction intent on worldly success leo is an idealist who lives in rural county kerry and devotes himself to poetry culture and innumerable worthy causes when anna falls in love with the handsome and enigmatic vincy and leo with troubled publicist kate the consequences of their glimpsed happiness reverberate beyond their own insulated worlds inspired by tolstoy s anna karenina this panoramic and compulsively readable new novel is an intelligent witty and fiercely humane insight into modern ireland r ape in p new in love alfred hayes fifty years ago alfred hayes was regarded as one of the most interesting and original american novelists and he deserves to be better known today in love is set in the manhattan bar scene of the forties and reads like a edward hopper painting a middle aged man tells a young woman on an adjacent bar stool the story of his last love affair a relationship in the thorough
|
romance erotic fiction 7 helter skelter della galton brought up on a seaside fairground vanessa knows all about what a rollercoaster ride life can be tragedy forces her to flee but when she discovers that her husband a property developer is cheating on her she returns but the fair has gone the land bought by her husband is now covered by luxury flats going back can be painful but this is just the start of the helter skelter for vanessa while she feels her life is spiraling ever downwards there are the strong arms of a passion from her past to catch her at the end vintage babes elizabeth oldfield divorced fifty-plus and a reporter on a small-town newspaper carol has just one grumble the way friends and family will try to fix her up with a mr wonderful no thanks she s perfectly content on her own then life shifts into the kick-ass mode steve a tyrannical new editor arrives her elderly father morphs into a babe magnet her daughter and granddaughter land on her doorstep and black hairs s
|
12 history politics queen s rebels ulster loyalism in historic perspective david miller queen s rebels is an interpretive essay on the history of the ulster protestant community from the seventeenth-century plantations to the mid 1970s a central concern of the essay is the seemingly contradictory pattern of `conditional loyalty on the part of twentieth-century ulster protestants the book was written in the mid-1970s during some of the most violent years of `the troubles when the author spent a year in belfast and it has been long unavailable in a new introduction john bew places queen s rebels in the context of subsequent literature on northern ireland and brings the story up to date may 5 x 8 224 pages ucd isbn 978-1-904558-88-0 1-904558-88-7 paper $42.95 harold wilson s eec application jane toomey britain s policy towards europe in the latter half of the twentieth century has been the subject of endless interest scrutiny and debate this book seeks to further our knowledge of one o
|
sociology health 17 lives in crisis homeless young people in dublin paula mayock lives in crisis reports on the findings of a qualitative study of 40 homeless young people in dublin city it documents their journeys into homelessness and traces the life experiences and events subsequent to their becoming homeless among other issues the book deals with the experience of being homeless the challenge of surviving on the street relationships and friendships drug use and criminal activity experiences of bullying violence and victimization health and health-related behavior help-seeking and coping strategies and service use and service utilization may 5½ x 8½ 260 pages liffey isbn 978-1-905785-07-0 1-905785-07-0 paper $29.95 diary of a diet a little book of big hannah jones hannah jones is magazine editor for the western mail her column diary of a diet is a must-read for women of every shape and size around wales and thanks to the internet way way beyond her new book which shares its title
|
poetry 21 stone milk anne stevenson the poems of stone milk address the way the written word preserves yet distorts the lives depending on it for fame or survival anne stevenson s highly engaging new collection opens with a lament for the makers an experimental sequence based on medieval dream poetry that plays with a dantesque yet modern scientific vision of an underworld of poets this is followed by a series of shorter poems mostly related to aging and the prospect even the comfort of dying the myth of medea ends the book on a note both stoic and merry despite its frank look at the reality of death no lover of poetry in english should not know stevenson s work booklist darling jackie kay humor gender sexuality sensuality identity racism cultural difference when do any of these things ever come together to equal poetry when jackie kay is part of the equation darling brings together into a vibrant new book many favorite poems from her four bloodaxe collections the adoption papers othe
|
26 mercier press non-fiction mercier press is ireland s oldest independent publishing house based in cork founded in 1944 their list is very strong in history folklore and politics i ll stop tomorrow paul campbell to paul campbell s mind family members are usually the silent victims of alcoholism this book was not written by an academic or a doctor with charts and diagrams describing a variety of personalities and behavior patterns this book is written by someone who had everything and lost it who went through the living hell of chronic alcoholism and recovery ultimately though he is proof that there is hope even for the most crazy out-of-control self-destructive alcoholic paul campbell discovered that giving up drink was only half the battle living and enjoying life is the real challenge remember it s for ireland a family memoir of tomas maccurtain fionnuala maccurtain tomas maccurtain took an active role in the war of independence he was involved with the gaelic league the irish r
|
religion 31 the gospel of matthew a commentary michael mullins this commentary on matthew s gospel is offered as a textbook for students of theology and as a guide for serious readers in the hope that it will deepen their spiritual and theological insight and bring them to a level of academic competence it is also aimed at those many preachers who wish to underpin their preaching with serious reading and to people who practice lectio divina and other forms of spiritual reading no prior technical knowledge of biblical scholarship is assumed terms are explained in the book and important greek and hebrew words and expressions translated jesus our teacher reflections on the sunday readings for matthew s year martin hogan the reflections in this book on the sunday readings for the year of matthew year a are offered as a resource to homilists to members of prayer groups and bible reflection groups and to anyone who wishes to prayerfully reflect on the sunday readings the year of matthew is a
|
veritas 35 freedom licence or liberty harry bohan paul reynolds taken from ceifin s ninth annual conference of the same title this book explores the new freedoms available in ireland and whether that freedom constitutes true liberty or is engendering a licence that is ultimately threatening to the fabric of its `new society new wine old wineskins the catholic church and change in ireland today martin tierney a collection of inspirational essays on aspects of irish society at the beginning of the twenty-first century writing from a unique perspective the author offers spiritual nourishment through issues such as loneliness second marriages contemporary culture and lapsing faith conscience and forgiveness may 5½ x 8½ 180 pages veritas isbn 978-1-84730-028-7 paper $23.95 the light of his face spirituality for teachers john bollan invaluable for teachers and those entering the profession this book offers a series of reflections on the ways in which the vocation of teaching has clear spir
|
40 mercier backlist john b gus smith in this biography gus smith and des hickey chart the progress of keane s drama and its reception by critics and the public and explore the man behind the work isbn 978-1-85635-431-8 1-85635-431-8 paper $24.95 canaries bernard farrell canaries is a hilarious comedy about tommy marie and marie s father who go on holiday to the canary islands and meet up with jane richard and their gang isbn 978-1-873223-65-9 1-873223-65-9 paper $11.95 blasket memories padraic tyers an account of life on the blasket island and on the island s eventual demise isbn 978-1-85635-230-7 1-85635-230-7 paper $18.95 forty-four sycamore and the last apache reunion bernard farrell for the first time in print two plays by one of ireland s leading dramatists 1995 188 pages isbn 978-1-85635-124-9 1-85635-124-6 paper $17.95 business don t leave it to the children starting building and sustaining a family business alan crosbie starting building and sustaining a family business isbn
|
mercier backlist 45 annie moore the golden dollar girl eithne loughrey second book in the annie moore trilogy which sees annie finding her feet and romance in the new world isbn 978-1-85635-296-3 1-85635-296-x paper $12.95 when heaven answers stories of hope and healing teresa nerney stories of physical emotional and spiritual healing that give us the courage to believe that there is always hope 2006 isbn 978-1-85635-532-2 1-85635-532-2 paper $19.95 irish leprechaun stories bairbre mccarthy this collection of ten stories sheds light on the mischievous figure known as the leprechaun isbn 978-1-85635-229-1 1-85635-229-3 paper $12.95 unterm keltenkreuz antpohler werner a celtic pilgrimage through ireland and scotland isbn 978-1-873223-65-9 3-89060-023-9 paper $21.95 penny goes undercover eileen o hely next in series to childrens books ireland/bisto award 2006 shortlisted penny the pencil 2006 isbn 978-1-85635-518-6 1-85635-518-7 paper $13.95 poetry place too small for secrets paddy kenn
|
