Brian is the smallest boy in the village. But he's also the smartest. When the dangerous Vikings arrive it's up to Brian to save the day with the help of his friends and his cleverest invention yet. T
H.L. Mencken, in his illustrious career as a journalist, made his reputation with satirical writing and controversial ideals. Although his is a name not customarily associated with short fiction, it w
Alice has known, loved, and lost many people throughout her life. Here she talks about her special people, her memory of what meant so much to her about them. This book is a sharing - it lets the read
This book originated in the discovery that Frederick MacNeice (1866-1942), father of Louis MacNeice, was not a Home Ruler but an all-Ireland Unionist, and also an enthusiastic Orangeman in Dublin and
In this new and provocative approach to the person and identification of Jesus of Nazareth, Stephen White may stimulate some people or annoy others. He would, however, argue strongly for the ultimate
These deftly told, amusing but disturbing stories vividly capture an Ireland in flux and crisis where the coping classes, "the squeezed middle," increasingly face the threat of economic and emotional
Leahy (theology, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland), Ryan (history, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland) and seventy contributors have compiled eighty essays in response to the letter from
Knock is Ireland's national Marian Shrine and is visited by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year. This book is about all of the things going on at Knock Shrine, from counseling to prayer guida
Broadcaster and historian Bowman provides an insider's critical look at the 50-year history of Ireland's RTE national television station. Using photographs, cartoons, documents, and a variety of addit
Powell relates his work with dogs in mountain search and rescue, drowned victim recovery, collapsed structure searching, and optical disc and drug detection situations over the past 40 years in Irelan
Profiles three siblings, brutal older brother Bruno, middle child Susie, and youngest child Penny "Peanut," as their relationships change for the better the summer that Bruno, nine, nearly drowns then
Of interest to fans of Jane Austen and students of the lives of English luminaries of the late eighteenth century, this volume examines the fortunes of Austen's three nieces who made their homes and f
A botanist and long-time contributor to The Irish Garden, Nelson delivers a copiously illustrated collection of his magazine articles--his "Irishman's cuttings." These amusing and interesting pieces d
Journalist Lynch and photographer and events promoter Smyth have long been involved with musicians and music concerts. For all the books written about the Beatles, they say, none has focused on the Ir
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
No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting awestruck travellers back in the days of Herodotus and Julius Caesar. Then came pilgrims to Sinai, crusaders and Napoleon, fol
This is the eighth volume of an 18-volume series collecting the works of Norbert Elias (1897-1990), the German sociologist. The volume reproduces in full Involvement and Detachment: Contributions to t
