Freedom | Saoirse

Freedom | Saoirse
Author: Concepta McNamara
Publisher: Bookbaby
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2021-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781098385811

All she ever wanted was freedom: from sustained abuse by an uncle and from the addictions and alcoholism caused by it. FREEDOM Saoirse is a memoir following a young girl's experience growing up in Ireland, in abject poverty, her move to America, her journey through intensive therapy, self-discovery, forgiveness, and ultimately finding the freedom she fought for.

Unfinished business

Unfinished business
Author: Marisa McGlinchey
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2019-01-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526116227

This book discusses the development of 'dissident' Irish republicanism and considers its impact on politics throughout Ireland since the 1980s. Based on a series of interviews with over ninety radical republican activists from the wide range of groups and currents which make up 'dissident' republicanism, the book provides an up-to-date assessment of the political significance and potential of the groups who continue to oppose the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. It shows that the 'dissidents' are much more than traditionalist irreconcilables left behind by Gerry Adams' entry into the mainstream. Instead the book suggests that the dynamics and trajectory of 'dissident' republicanism are shaped more by contemporary forces than historical tradition and that by understanding the "dissidents" we can better understand the emerging forms of political challenge in an age of austerity and increasing political instability internationally.

Songs of Freedom

Songs of Freedom
Author: James Connolly
Publisher: PM Press
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1604868953

From the rollicking welcome of “A Festive Song” to the defiant battle cry of “Watchword of Labor,” Songs of Freedom accomplishes the difficult task of making contemporary music out of old revolutionary songs. Far from the archival preservation of embalmed corpses, the inspired performance of a rocking band turns the timeless lyrics of James Connolly into timely manifestos for today’s young rebels. As Connolly himself repeatedly urged, nothing can replace the power of music to raise the fighting spirit of the oppressed. Giving expression to Connolly’s internationalism, musical influences ranging from traditional Irish airs to American rhythm and blues are combined here in refreshing creativity. As for the songs themselves, nine have lyrics by Connolly, three were written about Connolly, and one, “The Red Flag,” was chosen by Connolly to be in the original Songs of Freedom songbook of 1907, subsequently becoming a classic song of Labor. The instrumentation is acoustic: guitars, uilleann pipes, whistles, fiddle, accordion, and Irish harp, as well as drums and bass. 1. A Festive Song 2. Be Moderate 3. Human Freedom 4. Connolly Was There 5. A Rebel Song 6. Saoirse a Rúin 7. When Labor Calls 8. O Slaves of Toil 9. Shake Out Your Banners 10. The Irish Rebel 11. The Red Flag 12. Watchword of Labor 13. Where Is James Connolly?

To Speak for the Trees

To Speak for the Trees
Author: Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 164326138X

Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have sparked a quiet revolution. In this captivating account, she shows us how forests can not only heal us, but can also save the planet.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 257
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ISBN: 0198893094

The Yellow House

The Yellow House
Author: Patricia Falvey
Publisher: Center Street
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2010-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 159995267X

A Northern Irish woman's life is tangled in political and personal turmoil as she struggles to hold her family together and follow her heart. THE YELLOW HOUSE delves into the passion and politics of Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th Century. Eileen O'Neill's family is torn apart by religious intolerance and secrets from the past. Determined to reclaim her ancestral home and reunite her family, Eileen begins working at the local mill, saving her money and holding fast to her dream. As war is declared on a local and global scale, Eileen cannot separate the politics from the very personal impact the conflict has had on her own life. She is soon torn between two men, each drawing her to one extreme. One is a charismatic and passionate political activist determined to win Irish independence from Great Britain at any cost, who appeals to her warrior's soul. The other is the wealthy and handsome black sheep of the pacifist family who owns the mill where she works, and whose persistent attention becomes impossible for her to ignore.

The Disappointed Bridge

The Disappointed Bridge
Author: Richard Pine
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2014-06-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1443860980

This original study is the first major critical appraisal of Ireland’s post-colonial experience in relation to that of other emergent nations. The parallels between Ireland, India, Latin America, Africa and Europe establish bridges in literary and musical contexts which offer a unique insight into independence and freedom, and the ways in which they are articulated by emergent nations. They explore the master-servant relationship, the functions of narrative, and the concepts of nationalism, map-making, exile, schizophrenia, hybridity, magical realism and disillusion. The author offers many incisive answers to the question: What happens to an emerging nation after it has emerged?

Diversity Programming and Outreach for Academic Libraries

Diversity Programming and Outreach for Academic Libraries
Author: Kathleen Hanna
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2011-06-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1780632738

This book outlines issues surrounding diversity among students, faculty, and staff and how one urban university library is working to embrace and celebrate the diversity found in its building, on campus, and in the local community. This book illustrates how universities are uniquely situated to engage students in discussions about diversity and how academic libraries in particular can facilitate and ease these discussions. A Diversity Council and the projects and programs it has developed have been instrumental in this work and may serve as an inspiration and launch pad for other libraries. Diversity Programming and Outreach for Academic Libraries details anecdotal experiences, and provides practical suggestions for developing diversity programs and forming collaborations with other campus units, regardless of size, staff, or focus of the academic library. - Written by three academic librarians currently active in university level diversity initiatives - Provides real-world examples of diversity programming and events for academic libraries - Indicates how to find commonalities in the range of diversity issues at universities internationally

No Land an Island

No Land an Island
Author: Carolyn LaDelle Bennett
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2012
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1477124659

From internationalist and nonpartisan progressive, author of "Same Ole or Something New" and "BREAKDOWN," comes another thought-provoking work NO LAND AN ISLAND NO PEOPLE APART challenging readers to face the "callously immoral, lawless, relentlessly regressive model in U.S. foreign relations"; and embrace an authentic progressivism. "This book is unconcerned with political fi gures per se (or their parties)," Bennett says, "but rather with a malignant system maintained by a parade of tentacled regimes whose offi cial (elected) base of operation begins in the capital of the United States, a system that is seemingly endorsed by the people of the United States." The author maintains that the United States has created and entrenched a narrow worldview, espousing an attitude that all land and peoples belong to America to use and abuse, to pillage and plunder. In this work, Dr. Carolyn LaDelle Bennett takes a second look at U.S. relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran and Iraq, Bahrain and Yemen, Libya and Somalia; and sees a continuing BREAKDOWN that worsens in act and consequence. She then presents her own ideas and worldview; and a challenge to embrace a nonviolent, transformative, inclusive progressivism imbued with a sense of global society, a sensibility that inspires constructive, continuous forward movement. Bold and daring, NO LAND AN ISLAND NO PEOPLE APART is an educator's guide, a philosopher's critique, a news writer's eye, an internationalist's sensibility chronicling U.S. foreign relations violence and the human costs East Africa crossing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden into Persia, the Middle East, South Central Asia.

Consumed in Freedom's Flame

Consumed in Freedom's Flame
Author: Cathal Liam
Publisher: St. Padraic Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2002-02
Genre: Ireland
ISBN: 9780970415516

Consumed in Freedom's Flame is the exciting story of a fictional hero, Aran Roe O'Neill, and his resolute commitment to Ireland and its quest for independence. He personifies the courageous resistance of generations of Irishmen and women to English conquest, corruption and injustice. Together with a small group of other republicans, Aran fights for his nation's freedom during the early part of the twentieth century.The story weaves fact and fiction around the exploits of this youthful Irishman and his adventurous friends from Dublin's 1916 Easter Rising to the ensuing Irish War of Independence. Theirs is the troubled and tormented account of Ireland's attempt to control its own destiny in the face of resolute British opposition and the intervention of Fate's cruel hand.