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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
“A lovely writer, far superior to the average memoirist. . . . A curious mind, a perceptive observer with an artist’s eye, a seeker of truth and beauty.” -- Irish Independent From the moment I crossed the mountain, I fell in love with the place, which was more beautiful than any I’d ever seen. And with a way of looking at life that was deeper, richer and wiser than any I’d known before. . . . From the first day I came here I always knew...
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English
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It is a few weeks before Christmas and everyone except Catherine seems to be gearing up for the big day with excitement. Catherine is a single mum, struggling to bring up her five year old daughter, she has little time for romance, and when she learns she has lost her job and her flat is deemed unliveable, she wonders just what else life is about to fling at her. Where or to whom can she turn to for help? Kismet in the shape of handsome, bachelor,...
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English
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PTSD is a 4 Letter Word. Actually it's an acronym but it's also quite the life sentence, a curse in its own right. PTSD is a 4 Letter Word is a poetry collection about mental health, about what it is like to live with depression, PTSD, intrusive thoughts, eating disorders and dissociation. There are three parts. My Head is a Battlefield, My Scars and My Fixes. My Fixes is at the last and is more hopeful, more outward looking.This is a dark poetry...
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English
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Transport yourself to the green hills and sun-dappled shores of Ireland with The Irish Summer Kitchen. Indulge in the vibrant and mouthwatering tastes of summer with this delightful collection of Irish recipes, lovingly crafted to bring a taste of the season to your kitchen.From sizzling barbecue feasts to refreshing salads bursting with seasonal produce, each recipe is a celebration of Ireland's rich culinary heritage and the bountiful flavors of...
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English
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Self PortraitAre we the sum of our partsOr what makes us humanUnderneath?Are we our faceOr our passions?Are we a body? Or a soul?This collection of poetry by E.M. McConnell is designed to be more introspective, looking at nature, how it affects us, our inner worlds, how mirth can lift us, and of course what drives us, inspiration, and love.
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Español
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Pigmalión, de George Bernard Shaw, es un clásico atemporal que explora los temas de la clase social, la identidad y la transformación. La obra gira en torno al profesor Henry Higgins, experto en fonética, que acepta el reto de transformar a Eliza Doolittle, una pobre florista con un fuerte acento cockney, en una refinada dama de habla impecable. A medida que Eliza se somete a este cambio lingüístico y social, no sólo cambia su apariencia externa,...
9) Oliver Twist
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Language
Portuguese
Description
Numa pequena cidade de Inglaterra, uma jovem dá à luz um menino e morre em seguida. O pequeno órfão recebe o nome de Oliver Twist e vive os seus primeiros nove anos em instituições de caridade. Não suportando tantos maus-tratos,Oliver foge para Londres, onde inadvertidamente se junta a um bando de marginais comandado por um grande vilão: Fagin...
10) Betrayal
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
One of the most essential artists produced by the twentieth century. Pinter’s work gets under our skin more than that of any living playwright.” New York Times
Upon its premiere at the National Theatre, Betrayal was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. It won the Olivier Award for best new play, and has since been performed all around the world and made into an Academy Award-nominated film
...Upon its premiere at the National Theatre, Betrayal was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. It won the Olivier Award for best new play, and has since been performed all around the world and made into an Academy Award-nominated film
11) Rising
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English
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Irish Republican martyrs rise against overpowering British forces to spark the revolution at Easter 1916, while the Clans search for unity and treasure to honor the Clans Pact of their ancestors in the third book, Rising in The Irish Clans historical fiction eight novel series. Follow Tadgh, Morgan, eventually Collin and their compatriots through the brutal Rising and its aftermath.
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English
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From crumpets to beans on toast, Cornish pasties to sausage rolls, fish and chips to cottage pie, spotted dick to rhubarb crumble, British cuisine is as unique as it comes and, despite many of the stereotypes about British food being bland or boring, the truth is, British foods whether a full English breakfast, Yorkshire pudding, strawberry trifle or cauliflower cheese, is packed full of flavorful ingredients that combine in some of the world's most...
13) The Handsome Man
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English
Description
About the Book
New York hitman arrives in London for what should be a
simple job. It unravels fast and he wakes up in hospital, then
finds himself on the run into the wilds of Essex. Can he stay
in front long enough to get away?
About the Author
Ian Jones loves to write, and has published several books to
great reviews. When he's not working he loves walking,
music and motorbikes. He lives in London with his family
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Series
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English
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British women writers were enormously influential in the creation of public opinion and political ideology during the years from 1780 to 1830. Anne Mellor demonstrates the many ways in which they attempted to shape British public policy and cultural behavior in the areas of religious and governmental reform, education, philanthropy, and patterns of consumption. She argues that the theoretical paradigm of the "doctrine of the separate spheres"may no...
15) Simply Joyce
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English
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Generally considered one of the greatest modern writers, James Joyce (1882—1941) grew up in Dublin, Ireland, but spent his adult life in the European cities of Trieste, Zurich, and Paris.
16) Simply Austen
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English
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One of the most beloved novelists of all time, Jane Austen (1775-1817) is also one of the most scrutinized. Since the early 20th century, she has been a favorite topic of academic researchers and scholars; at the same time, the popularity of her books has
17) Frozen: A Play
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English
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"[A] big, brave, compassionate play about grief, revenge, forgiveness and bearing the unbearable." --The Guardian
One evening, ten-year-old Rhona goes missing. Her mother, Nancy, retreats into a state of frozen hope. Agnetha, an academic, comes to England to research a thesis entitled "Serial Killings: A Forgivable Act?" Then there's Ralph, a loner with a bit of a record who's looking for some distraction . . . Drawn together by horrific circumstances,...
18) Simply Dickens
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Series
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English
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Oliver Twist. A Christmas Carol. David Copperfield. Bleak House. A Tale of Two Cities. Great Expectations. The novels of Charles Dickens (1812—1870) read like a "Who's Who" of canonical works. Yet, less well known is the fact that Dickens himself was some
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English
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A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and Nominated for the 2017 PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography
A captivating exploration of A. E. Housman and the influence of his particular brand of Englishness
A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad made little impression when it was first published in 1896 but has since become one of the best-loved volumes of poetry in the English language. Its evocation of the English coun - tryside, thwarted love, and...
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