This interesting and informative work on personal religious change examines the lives of Irish evangelical Christians and develops from their personal narratives a broader discussion of how people mai
Includes stories of the IRA's daring escapes and rescues during the War of Independence 1918-1921. This title features the factual accounts of these rescues, rescue attempts and jailbreaks which raise
Brooke (1908-1966) pursued the elusive Orchis militaris, the militaryOrchid, as an amateur naturalist. This semi-autobiographical work by a former UK military man blends poetic botanical and satirical
A feat of straightforward folksy storytelling, The People of Hemso is set on an island in Strindberg's beloved Stockholm archipelago. Written during a difficult period in exile from Sweden, the novel
Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07) is truly unique. Starting life as a commissioned school reader designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, it quickly wo
People Who Like Meatballs brings together two contrasting poem sequences about rejection by ‘this brilliant lyricist of human darkness’ (Fiona Sampson). The title-sequence, People Who Like Meatballs,
H.E. Bates carried a woodland in his imagination. He fell under its spell as a boy growing up in the Midlands, becoming increasingly enchanted each time he stepped below the wooded canopy. Memory magn
The 11 essays in this collection emerged from a September 2009 conference on the Irish lord lieutenancy at Dublin Castle and Academy House. Historians of Ireland and Britain address a little studied a
Thirty academics, from Ireland, Scotland, England, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, and the USA, have joined together to honor Professor Seamas O Cathain, Emeritus Professor of Irish Folklo
It's December 1836, Paris. Chopin falls in love with the novelist George Sand - and also with her ancestral home, Nohant, deep in the Berry countryside. In this collection, we hear from Chopin and San
Irish psychiatrist Ivor Browne presents a memoir of his career in which he incorporates a critique of traditional psychiatry's move towards drug therapies. He describes his childhood and family, his e
Poetry. Winner of the 2008 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Equal parts church hymnal and outlaw country album, Carrie Jerrell's AFTER THE REVIVAL exudes a reverence for all things run down and wrecked. Fr
"University College Dublin Press has now published over thirty 'Classics of Irish History'. These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy
Many of the poems in Moniza Alvi's Europa relate to ancient and modern traumas, including enforced exile, alienation, rape and "honour killing". Its centre-piece is a re-imagining of the story of the
Author John Wyatt (1925-2006) became enchanted with the Lake District as a child. At age 18 he left his job at the Daily Telegraph and became a forestry worker in a Lakeland wood. After serving in WWI
