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Songdogs: A Novel

Songdogs: A Novel

Colum McCann

With 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 ...
Essays in Literature and Ethics

Essays in Literature and Ethics

William Anderson O'Conor

William Anderson O'Conor, and are fairly representative of his intellectual powers whilst not exhaustive of the material placed at the disposal of the editor. Should the present volume be received with favour, there are sufficient uncollected ...
The Same Age as the State

The Same Age as the State

Máire O'Brien

" "Then she met and married Conor Cruise O'Brien, a rising star at the UN. Therafter, her life took her to the Congo, Ghana, Europe and America, where Conor worked both academically and politically in highly dramatic situations.
Bede's Temple: An Image and Its Interpretation

Bede's Temple: An Image and Its Interpretation

Conor O'Brien

... (2014) Canon Law and Episcopal Authority The Canons of Antioch and Serdica Christopher W.B Stephens (2015) Time in the Book of Ecclesiastes Mette Bundvad (2015) Bede's Temple An Image and its Interpretation CONOR O'BRIEN 1.
Dynamics of Cultural Nationalism: The Gaelic Revival and the ...

Dynamics of Cultural Nationalism: The Gaelic Revival and the ...

John Hutchinson

Charles O''Conor, Dissertations on the Ancient History of Ireland, 15t edn 1753, 2nd edn Dublin 1766; Sylvester O''Halloran, Insula Sacra, Limerick 1770; Charles Vallancey, Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland, Dublin 1786. See O'' Conor, 1766, pp. 4—6; O''Halloran, 1772, pp. x-xi. Thus Sylvester O''Halloran was inspired to take up historical scholarship by Macpherson''s appropriation for the Scots of Ireland''s legendary pagan heroes (cf. Thompson, 1967, p. 5). O''Halloran in his ...
A Commentary on the Gospel of St. John

A Commentary on the Gospel of St. John

William Anderson O''Conor

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The Return

The Return

Varian Johnson

Split between two worlds, Conor, Abeke, Meilin and Rollan are four young heroes who are racing to stop an ancient evil.
The Irish Massacre of 1641

The Irish Massacre of 1641

William Anderson O'Conor

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
History of the Irish People

History of the Irish People

William Anderson O'Conor

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Genealogy of Nihilism

Genealogy of Nihilism

Conor Cunningham

This text re-reads Western history in the light of nihilistic logic, which pervades two millennia of Western thought.
Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic

Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic

Conor Pope

The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system.
Nothing On Earth

Nothing On Earth

Conor O'Callaghan

'Strange, beautiful and quietly terrifying' Donal Ryan, author of The Spinning Heart 'An original story, brilliantly told' Irish Times It was a time when nobody called.
Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society

Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society

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WILLIAM ANDERSON O'CONOR. BY THE REV. J. B. McGOVERN. EITHER last nor least amongst the many sons of Cork who have shed the lustre of their genius over the city of their birth was the subject of this brief biographical sketch.
Up the Republic!: Towards a New Ireland

Up the Republic!: Towards a New Ireland

Conor Pope

In this important book, historians, lawyers, economists and writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation, renewed emigration and a decline in living standards ...
Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic ...

Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic ...

Conor Pope

This is, as Fintan O'Toole writes, 'a good old-fashioned jeremiad about the bastards who got us into this mess'. It is an entertaining, passionate story of one of the most ignominious economic reversals in recent history.
Irish Wisdom Preserved in Bible and Pyramids

Irish Wisdom Preserved in Bible and Pyramids

Conor MacDari

1923 the solution of the mystery of the pyramids of Egypt has been a problem which has not only puzzled mankind in general during the ages of the past, but which has, as well, mystified the minds of scholars and thinkers even to this our ...
Stop Wasting Your Money '09: Smart Ways Around the Recession

Stop Wasting Your Money '09: Smart Ways Around the Recession

Conor Pope

A practical, easy-to-read and well-categorised guide which will save readers substantial sums of money every year - enough to pay for a holiday abroad.
Ideas Matter: Essays in Honour of Conor Cruise O'Brien

Ideas Matter: Essays in Honour of Conor Cruise O'Brien

Richard English

The broad reach of these topics underscores the scope of O'Brien's concerns. This book will be of interest to students of the humanities and political sciences.
Murder on Broadway

Murder on Broadway

Ed Koch

When Conor Matthews, the star of The Last Laugh, is murdered during the tenth anniversary performance of Broadway's longest running musical, mayor-turned-sleuth Ed Koch sets out to find the killer before he or she can make an encore ...
A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd

A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd

Patrick Ness

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Shakespeare and Cognition: Thinking Fast and Slow through ...

Shakespeare and Cognition: Thinking Fast and Slow through ...

N. Parvini

Franic, Sanja, Denny Borsboom, Conor V. Dolan and Dorret I. Boomsma, 'The Big Five Personality Traits: Psychological Entities or Statistical Constructs?' Behavior Genetics, 44:6 (2014), 591– 604. Gigerenzer, Gerd, 'On Narrow Norms and ...
The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence

The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence

Terence Brown

Dr Muiris Houston wrote on medical matters, Conor Pope on consumer affairs. Newspapers needed, too, young recruits who appreciated how the media had acquired responsibilities with power, alert to media manipulation in the era of the  ...
The story of Ireland

The story of Ireland

Máire O'Brien

The Authors Dr. and Mrs. CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN are a team uniquely qualified to write of their country's troubled history. Maire O'Brien is the daughter of Sean Mac Entee, famous independence fighter who has seen the inside of more than ...

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