Non-Fiction - Miscellaneous
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A Time to DanceWritten by Maeve Binchy.A Time to Dance is a celebration of life after the first flush of youth is gone , carrying an upbeat message which is both affirming for those already in advanced years and, more importantly, inspiring for those who are heading that way. Special price - 50% off |
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Arguing at the Crossroads: Essays on a Changing IrelandWritten by Paul Brennan .Old certainties about what it means to be Irish are vanishing while dozens of voices clamour to explain what is going on. Now, 'Arguing at the crossroads', a new collection of essays, defines a moment in a changing country, presenting a kaleidesope of challenging views. |
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Black Hole, Green Card: The Disappearance of IrelandWritten by Fintan O'Toole.Fintan O'Toole is one of the most controversial and incisive commentators writing in ireland today. In 'Black Hole, Green Card,' a hard-edged exploration of contemporary Irish life, O'Toole argues that there is no longer an Irish economy, just a Black Hole, through which profits and jobs vanish. |
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Class Acts: Monologues for TeenagersWritten by Clare Dowling .The aim with this collection is to produce monologues that are highly dramatic in their form, while capturing a young person's interest with topics that are both stimulating and relevant to their own lives. |
Contemporary Irish Monologues: 60 Audition Speeches for Men and WomenWritten by Jim Culleton.(also edited by Clodagh O'Donoghue) An abridged edition of "The Great Melody" which was first published in 1992 and is a thematic biography and commented anthology of Edmund Burke. This celebration of Burke's lifelong struggle against the abuse of power incorporates both Burke's ideas on the American and French revolutions, as well as his debates on Catholic emancipation and the abolition of the slave trade. O'Brien also attempts to show the Namierite view on Burke as a fallacy. |