Gerard Murphy
Author
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Every spy who was shot in Cork was buried so that nothing was known about them. They just disappeared.' These are the words of an IRA commander recalling the War of Independence in Cork city. The Year of Disappearances examines this claim and others like it. It uncovers a web of suspicion and paranoia that led to scores of men and boys being abducted from their homes before being executed as 'enemies of the Republic' and their bodies buried. While
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Language
English
Description
Pain and Experience are life's greatest teachers
Gerry & Lorraine are from Glasgow, Scotland. In Now I Understand they share openly and honestly their struggles with life, recovery and change. Their own lived experience and pain became their greatest teacher.
The book explains the story of life in simple layman's terms and offers insights to anyone who is looking to heal from the pain they feel. Wise guidance, which explains the process of life...
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities. The Bard's original poetic phrases are printed side-by-side and line-by-line with the modern translation on each facing page. While Shakespeare's immortal plays have endured, the English language has changed -- which is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend....
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
English
Description
Rosalind, daughter of the deposed Duke Senior, is exiled from the court by her wicked uncle. Disguising herself as a young man and accompanied by her cousin Celia and their loyal fool Touchstone, she takes refuge in the Forest of Arden. In the forest Rosalind meets young Orlando with whom she is in love, but her male disguise complicates matters, expecially when Rosalind finds she has unwittingly attracted the shepherdess Phebe.
Author
Series
Irish Texts Society volume 7, 28, 43
Publisher
for the Irish texts Society, by D. Nutt
Pub. Date
1908
Language
English
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c1999
Language
English
Description
A terrific story of reknown rebel lovers, James Joyce and Nora Barnacle. Follows the famous literary lovers from the dark streets of Dublin to the sun-kissed Italian coast. Bold, earthy and honest, their volatile sexually-charged relationship broke all social and religious bounds and became the basis for Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses.
