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Padraic Colum: a biographical-critical introduction
Zack R. BowenDrawing upon his intimate knowledge of Colum’s writings, Bowen rates Colum’s plays as something less than the masterpieces they were thought to be, and he gives a valuable reading of Colum’s novels and especially useful categorization ...
Interactions: artistic interchange between the Eastern and ...
Colum HourihaneHugo Meyer's essay— the only one in this volume by a Princeton scholar— moves us back into the early Christian ... Mati Meyer devotes her essay to the iconography of Abraham's wife Sarah where it is announced that she will give birth to a ...
Pontius Pilate, Anti-semitism, and the Passion in Medieval Art
Colum Hourihane... University of Leiden; His Grace Bishop Martyros, Cairo; David Mevorah, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Mati Meyer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Paul Meyvaert, Harvard University; Anastasia Mikliaeva, The State Hermitage Museum ; ...
Fearing Sellafield: what it is and why the Irish want it shut
Colum KennyColum Kenny is senior lecturer in communications at Dublin City University.
Zoli: A Novel
Colum McCannBONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Colum McCann's TransAtlantic.
TransAtlantic
Colum McCannStitching these stories intricately together, Colum McCann sets out to explore the fine line between what is real and what is imagined, and the tangled skein of connections that make up our lives.
Nordic Gods and Heroes
Padraic ColumPadraic Colum. Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 1996, is an unabridged and slightly altered republication of the work originally published by The Macmillan Company, New York, in 1920 under the title The Children of ...
Moments that Changed Us
Colum KennyA fascinating look at moments and events in Ireland's recent past that gives a unique insight into the transformation of Ireland. Colum Kenny s cool, analytical intelligence interprets Ireland and the Irish for the twenty-first century.
The Story of the Golden Fleece
Padraic ColumPadraic Colum. “To the king and to the people Phrixus told his story, weeping to tell of Helle and her fall. Then King Æetes brought him into the city, and he gave him a place in the palace, and for the golden ram he had a special fold made.
Understanding Colum McCann
John CusatisUnderstanding Colum McCann chronicles the Irish-born writer's journey to literary celebrity from his days as a teenage sportswriter for the Irish Press in the 1970s, through the publication of his award-winning first story, "Tresses," in ...
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
Padraic ColumThe Book of Northern Myths Padraic Colum. "Good fishing," said Thor, as he put his own bait on the line. "It's something for you to tell the JEsir," said Hrymer. "I thought as you were here I'd show you something bigger than salmon-fishing.
An Irish-American Odyssey: The Remarkable Rise of the ...
Colum KennyThe O’Shaughnessy brothers’ story takes place between 1860 and 1950 in Illinois, Missouri, New York, and Ireland.
The Power of Silence: Silent Communication in Daily Life
Colum KennyThis book demonstrates that silence is eloquent, powerful, beautiful and even dangerous.
Dancer: A Novel
Colum McCannThe author of The Side of Brightness presents a fictional account of the life of Rudolf Nureyev, following his first ballet lessons under Anna Vasileva, his relationship with the ambitious Yulia, and his experiences with Venezuela hustler ...
This Side of Brightness
Colum McCannAt the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
The Story of King Arthur and Other Celtic Heroes
Padraic ColumDIV15 beguiling tales that teem with youthful heroes, lovely maidens, and menacing sorcerers and giants. /div
Thirteen Ways of Looking
Colum McCannA story in this collection has been longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG short story award As it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to ...
Why Are You So Sad?: A Novel
Jason PorterThis is a quick, odd, wonderful book, one that pinned me back on my heels and made me laugh." –Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin Have we all sunken into a species-wide bout of clinical depression?
Songdogs: A Novel
Colum McCannWith unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor ...
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tale of Troy
Padraic ColumRetelling of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for young readers recalls the horrid Cyclops, treacherous Sirens, and the evil Circe as they attempt to keep Odysseus from his wife, Penelope. 16 black-and-white illustrations.
Fishing the Sloe-Black River: Stories
Colum McCannAn anthology of twelve short stories about Irish misfits by the author of Dancer includes the tale of the anorexic nun who dies in a Long Island hospital and the talkative beautician who works with corpses, in a collection that explores the ...
Let The Great World Spin
Colum McCannWeaving together themes of love, loss, belonging, duty and human striving, Let the Great World Spin celebrates the effervescent spirit of an age and the small beauties of everyday life.
Irish Patriot, Publisher and Advertising Agent: Kevin J. ...
Colum Kenny"The son of a Dublin Fenian, Kevin J. Kenny (1881-1954) managed the business side of Sinn Féin's annual Year book for Arthur Griffith and produced An Macaomh for Patrick Pearse.
King's Inns and the Battle of the Books, 1972: Cultural ...
Colum KennyThe books were sold because King's Inns was in financial difficulty, a difficulty exacerbated by the fact that the benchers had recently renovated their kitchens.
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