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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Fearing Sellafield: what it is and why the Irish want it shut
Colum KennyColum Kenny is senior lecturer in communications at Dublin City University.
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.
Golf in Broome County:
Jim Maggiore and Michael J. McCannJim Maggiore and Michael J. McCann. I M A G E S of Modern America Golf in Broome County Jim Maggiore and Michael J. McCann Copyright © 2015 by Jim Maggiore and Michael J. McCann.
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.
The Essential Dave Allen
Graham MccannHe was a unique talent - a comic who could make his audiences laugh, cry, and be shocked, all in one. This official celebration of Dave Allen's comedy has been drawn together by Graham McCann - Britain's best-loved entertainment writer.
Frankie Howerd: Stand-up Comic
Graham McCannGraham McCann vividly captures both Howerd's colorful career and precarious private life through extensive new research and original interviews with such figures as Paul McCartney, Eric Sykes, Bill Cotton, Barbara Windsor, Joan Simms, and ...
A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister
Graham McCannIn A Very Courageous Decision acclaimed entertainment historian Graham McCann goes in search of the real political fiascos that inspired Yes Minister.
The Low-fat Low-carb Southwest Cookbook
Anne Lindsay Greer McCannThis new book reinvents Anne McCann's award-winning and nationally renowned Southwest dishes. Her expert and detailed advice, make this a cookbook especially reader-friendly.
(Un)civil Societies: Human Rights and Democratic Transitions ...
PreviewSee McCann and Lawson, forthcoming; Dominguez and Lawson forthcoming; Chappell Lawson and James A. McCann, "The Effects of Televised Debates on Candidate Evaluations in Mexico's 2000 Presidential Campaign," manuscript under ...
Porto romano e la peschiera di Cosa: guida breve
Anna Marguerite McCannAnna Marguerite McCann began her work at Cosa in 1955 when she was a Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. She directed the harbor excavations and research for some 20 years that resulted in the collaborative volume, ...
Barbarians Come to Market: The Emporia of Western Eurasia ...
Heidi Michelle Sherman3 (1982): 185 - 21 1; Anna Marguerite McCann, "Introduction: A Perspective," in The Roman Port and Fishery of Cosa, ed. Anna Marguerite McCann, Joanne Bourgeois, et al. (Princeton, NJ, 1987), 3 - 14; Nicholas Purcell, "The Ports of Rome: ...
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.
The Low-fat Low-carb Southwest Cookbook
Anne Lindsay Greer McCannA completely revised edition of the James Beard-nominated The Ultimate Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook, this new book reinvents Anne McCann's award-winning and nationally renowned Southwest dishes.
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