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3) On Liberty
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English
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John Stuart Mill's resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this 1859 treatise. Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the publication of this enduring work which applies an ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state which to this day remains well known and studied. Mills (1806-1873), a British economist, philosopher, and ethical theorist whose argument...
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Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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A Treasury of Irish Literature celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the Ireland with a generous selection of poetry and prose that spans two centuries. Ireland's celebrated poetic legacy is represented by more than 200 poems from twenty-five of the nation's most distinguished poets, including Thomas Moore, James Clarence Mangan, Samuel Ferguson, Thomas Osborne Davis, Aubrey de Vere, Katharine Tynan-Hinkson, William Allingham, Lionel Johnson, John...
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English
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Idylls of the King (1859-1885) is a cycle of narrative poems by British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Written while Tennyson was serving as Poet Laureate, Idylls of the King reworks the medieval Arthurian legend in blank verse and with an elegiac tone. Based on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and the early British Mabinogion manuscripts, Tennyson's work connects an ancient tradition to the reign and ideals of Queen Victoria.
"The Coming of Arthur"...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Twenty-four stories of the Irish in the U.S. Civil War-true tales of sacrifice, gallantry, and chanceThis is the story of the forgotten role of the 200,000 Irish men and women who were involved in various ways in the U.S. Civil War. It includes the story of James Shields, who challenged Abraham Lincoln to a duel in Illinois before the war began, and James O'Beirne, whose job was to hunt Lincoln's assassin. The stories are divided into "beginnings,"...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The idea of time, a celestial formation through which we pursue a strange reassuring basis bringing change. But the mishap in the perfection of rotation means what to you? If time is simply another unpredictability, are there only changes and perspectives to truly define life?
This is a compilation of poetry, words of change, angst, time, loss and wonders. The stance of change and surroundings on myself, and conversely, mine towards them. A raw copy...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"'This book covers the beginning and end of a close friendship. Some of these poems were very hard to write, but I used them as therapy. I hope that other people can relate to these poems as words they found hard to express themselves.' Julie Tsiricos"--
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Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Angela Jane Stocks has sold everything from wet fish to property. She was told many years ago that she could sell ice to the Inuit, so she is confident therefore that she can also encourage readers to buy her book, and that her poems will relate to many episodes that may have happened at sometime in their lives. Angela hopes the readers will relax and sink into the magical emotions that she portrays through her poems.
She has learned how to write...
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The Lilliput Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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"DRAWN FROM FOUR CENTURIES of writing in English by the famous and the forgotten, Ireland's Other Poetry: Anonymous to Zozimus is a major new anthology of entertaining and unusual poems, rhymes and songs. It revisits a forgotten Irish poetic landscape, bringing the reader on an exhilarating alphabetical tour through a country freighted with unexpected curiosities, from Dunluce to Belfast, Dublin, Cork and the Skelligs.Many anonymous or neglected poets,...
12) September song
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English
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The enthralling third novel in the chronicle of the O'Malleys in the twentieth century.
The fourth of the O'Malley chronicles is narrated by the ravishing Rosemarie, dedicated wife of our intrepid and trouble-prone hero, Chucky Cronin O'Malley. Destined to be compared to the Lanny Budd novels of Upton Sinclair and the Chicago novels of James T. Farrell, September Song follows the crazy O'Malley saga from Chucky's appointment as Ambassador to Germany...
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Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Carcanet publishes several Catulluses: C.H. Sisson's, Len Krisak's, Simon Smith's. But Isobel Williams's Catullus: Shibari Carmina is different in kind from the earlier versions. 'Translating Catullus has been, for me, like cage fighting with two opponents,' the translator writes: 'not just A Top Poet, but the schoolgirl I was, trained to show the examiner that she knew what each word meant.' The struggle is intensified by the presence of a third...
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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One of the twentieth century's most admired and influential authors, G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) created an enduring body of work that encompasses journalism, poetry, plays, history, biography, apologetics, and detective fiction. Chesterton's thought-provoking writings have profoundly affected countless readers, including C. S. Lewis, Michael Collins, and Mahatma Gandhi. This anthology features two unabridged works of fiction: Chesterton's thriller,...
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The Lilliput Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
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English
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"First published in 1947, these celebrated lectures and introductions to the medieval and modern Gaelic-speaking culture, which was drawing to a close when Flower first came to Ireland in 1910, form a primary source for generations of scholars and readers, Celticists and medievalists. This edition is accompanied by Professor Delargy's In Memoriam and an updated bibliography of Flower's works."--
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Publisher
Birlinn Limited
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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"The celebrated Scottish poet brings together nearly 20 years of work in this anthology-- "a rare thing: a book of poems which sparkles" ( Scotsman , UK). Liz Lochhead has built an impressive reputation as poet, playwright and performer attracting a large and admiring public. She gained worldwide acclaim as the Scots Makar--or Scotland's National Poet--from 2011 to 2016, and before that served for six years as Poet Laureate of Glasgow. Dreaming...
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Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"From the author of The New Irish Table comes this celebration of the Emerald Isle's classic desserts, featuring eighty wonderful recipes. Everybody loves a fool -- especially made fluffy with ripe strawberries or tangy apple. From lemony puddings and marmalade-slathered scones to fruit-filled tarts and berry-laden crumbles, these contemporary renditions of the traditional desserts of Ireland make perfect use of common staples such as oatmeal, fruit,...
19) Utopia
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English
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Utopia (1516) is a work of political satire by Thomas More. Published in Latin while More was serving as Privy Counsellor under King Henry VIII, the text is stylized as a true account of a new civilization discovered in the New World by traveler Raphael Hythlodaeus. While there have been varying interpretations of Utopia over the centuries, it is most consistently regarded as a work of political philosophy in the tradition of Plato's Republic that...
Publisher
The Lilliput Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"ULSTER' S OTHER POETRY proves that the people of Ulster have never been humourless or dour. Far from it. With its sparkling variety of rhymes, songs and humorous poems from every tradition of the province, the book demonstrates that those who dwell in the northern quarter of Ireland have their own unique take on the strange ways of the world, coupled with a whole-hearted appreciation of good fun. Spanning over three centuries of Ulster's past, this...
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