A Makeshift Majority
| Author | : David McCullagh |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Coalition governments |
| ISBN | : |
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A Makeshift Majority
| Author | : David McCullagh |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Coalition governments |
| ISBN | : |
The Reluctant Taoiseach
| Author | : David McCullagh |
| Publisher | : Gill & Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2011-10-14 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780717150601 |
John A. Costello remains the most elusive of our former Taoisigh, despite his enormous contribution to Irish history. He declared the Republic, led the country's first ever coalition government, and faced the Mother and Child Crisis. A surprise choice who battled against taking the job, Costello was the Reluctant Taoiseach. Historian and political correspondent David McCullagh charts the life of this fascinating man, using his personal archive of papers, as well as interviews with former colleagues, family and friends. McCullagh offers new insights into a political career which stretched from Independence to the end of the 1960s, including the Commonwealth Conferences of the 1920s, to the new Constitution of 1937, and Governments in the 1940s and 1950s. Politician, barrister, Attorney General, politician, family man--The Reluctant Taoiseach takes a fresh and revealing look at the life of a man at the centre of politics and law during one of the most turbulent periods in Irish history. "This is the best historical biography in recent years" Maurice Manning, Irish Mail on Sunday "In David McCullagh, John Costello has found the best biographer he could possibly have hoped for" Andrew Lynch, Sunday Business Post Agenda "A biography that is not just hugely authoritative but also highly readable" Shane Coleman, The Sunday Tribune
Relics
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2011-10-31 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0226568709 |
World-renowned zoologist and photographer Naskrecki leads readers on a time-lapse tour that renders Earth's colossal age comprehensible, visible in creatures and habitats that have persisted, nearly untouched, for hundreds of millions of years.
Orderly and Humane
| Author | : R. M. Douglas |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 696 |
| Release | : 2012-06-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300183763 |
The award-winning history of 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe who were driven from their homes after WWII: “a major achievement” (New Republic). Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized the forced relocation of ethnic Germans from their homes across central and southern Europe to Germany. The numbers were almost unimaginable: between 12 and 14 million civilians, most of them women and children. And the losses were horrifying: at least five hundred thousand people, and perhaps many more, died while detained in former concentration camps, locked in trains, or after arriving in Germany malnourished, and homeless. In this authoritative and objective account, historian R.M. Douglas examines an aspect of European history that few have wished to confront, exploring how the forced migrations were conceived, planned, and executed, and how their legacy reverberates throughout central Europe today. The first comprehensive history of this immense manmade catastrophe, Orderly and Humane is an important study of the largest recorded episode of what we now call "ethnic cleansing." It may also be the most significant untold story of the World War II.
The Outcast Majority
| Author | : Marc Sommers |
| Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2015-12-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 082034883X |
The Outcast Majority invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, and others to think about three commanding contemporary issues—war, development, and youth—in new ways. The starting point is the following irony: while African youth are demographically dominant, most see themselves as members of an outcast minority. The irony directly informs young people’s lives in war-affected Africa, where differences separating the priorities of youth and those of international agencies are especially prominent. Drawing on interviews with development experts and young people, Marc Sommers shines a light on this gap and offers guidance on how to close it. He begins with a comprehensive consideration of forces that shape and propel the lives of African youth today, particularly those experiencing or emerging from war. They are contrasted with forces that influence and constrain the international development aid enterprise. The book concludes with a framework for making development policies and practices significantly more relevant and effective for youth in areas affected by African wars and other places where vast and vibrant youth populations reside.
The Celtic Consciousness
| Author | : Robert O'Driscoll |
| Publisher | : George Braziller |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780807611364 |
The 55 essays in this book employ a diversity of scholarship to examine the myth, music, history, literature, folklore, art and archaeology of the Celtic world, its place in Central Europe, and its connections with the Near and Far East. -- Publisher description
Lee Marvin
| Author | : Dwayne Epstein |
| Publisher | : IPG |
| Total Pages | : 315 |
| Release | : 2013-01-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1936182416 |
The first full-length, authoritative, and detailed story of the iconic actor's life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal-sheet reporting of earlier books, this account offers an appreciation for the man and his acting career and the classic films he starred in, painting a portrait of an individual who took great risks in his acting and career. Although Lee Marvin is best known for his icy tough guy roles—such as his chilling titular villain in The ManWho Shot Liberty Valance or the paternal yet brutally realistic platoon leader in The Big Red One—very little is known of his personal life; his family background; his experiences in WWII; his relationship with his father, family, friends, wives; and his ongoing battles with alcoholism, rage, and depression, occasioned by his postwar PTSD. Now, after years of researching and compiling interviews with family members, friends, and colleagues; rare photographs; and illustrative material, Hollywood writer Dwayne Epstein provides a full understanding and appreciation of this acting titan's place in the Hollywood pantheon in spite of his very real and human struggles.
Classic Playground Games
| Author | : Susan Brewer |
| Publisher | : Grub Street Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2009-04-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1844689069 |
“[A] combination of history and meaning behind favorite playground games and the verses . . . virtually guaranteed to make you laugh and sing” (Fiona Shoop, author of How to Deal in Antiques). This delightful book records favorite childhood games and recalls forgotten rhymes. With more children suffering from obesity, Susan Brewer looks at the social games we used to play from skipping to chase games that used up our energy during recess. Instead of costly computer games, we used rhyming games, played Jacks, and showed our balancing skills during competitive games of hopscotch. A charming book, full of anecdotes and nostalgia for how we remember our favorite place at school—the playground.
De Valera: Rule
| Author | : David McCullagh |
| Publisher | : Gill & Macmillan Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 675 |
| Release | : 2018-10-26 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0717184064 |
In this, the concluding volume of David McCullagh's monumental new life of the revolutionary and statesman, we join De Valera in 1932 as he takes the reins of power in the first Fianna Fáil government, and follow him as he confronts one challenge after another – the Economic War, the drafting of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the Emergency, the North, the declaration of the Republic, economic stagnation in the 1950s – and sets about gradually remaking a sovereign Ireland in his own image.Beautifully written and deeply researched, McCullagh's De Valera is a provocative and nuanced portrait of Ireland's most enigmatic leader, as well as a balanced assessment of his role in shaping our national self-image.
