So far, fifth grade is off to a rotten start for ten-year-old Jamie Ireland. Her best friend, Alexanna, moves away, and not just across town—she's now 818 miles away from Jamie's home in Westcott, Nor
She recalled the rocks and mists of the West of Ireland, and she went to the sands and mists of the West of America. Her friends included poets and rebels including the Easter Rising's Patrick Pearse.
The day Rose Callaly found her daughter Rachel's battered body was only the start of her nightmares. Shortly afterwards Rose became certain that the person who had killed her beautiful daughter was Ra
Includes stories about families and relationships, religion and politics, new life and mortality, and their settings range from Ireland and the USA to Italy and France. This book exposes the delusions
During the nineteenth century and especially after the Civil War, scores of black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Moses Roper and Ellen Craft travelled to England, Ireland, Scotland, and parts of rural Wales to educate the public on slavery. By sharing their oratorical, visual, and literary testimony to transatlantic audiences, African American activists galvanised the antislavery movement, which had severe consequences for former slaveholders, pro-slavery defenders, white racists, and ignorant publics. Their journeys highlighted not only their death-defying escapes from bondage but also their desire to speak out against slavery and white supremacy on foreign soil. Hannah-Rose Murray explores the radical transatlantic journeys formerly enslaved individuals made to the British Isles, and what light they shed on our understanding of the abolitionist movement. She uncovers the reasons why activists visited certain locations, how they adapted to the local political and social climat
"O'Connell presents an excellent biography of the first archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, who rose from poverty to become an internationally known clerical figure and friend of presidents. .
"O'Connell presents an excellent biography of the first archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, who rose from poverty to become an internationally known clerical figure and friend of presidents. . . . Well
Gender figured significantly in the industrial, social, and political transformations of the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, Germany, and Russia. This book explores its importance during a period
Sequel to Ireland Rose...Ireland Rose finds that being a Sea Captain's wife is a full life, the triumphant returns and the love that engulfs them, the long days he is at sea -- how her heart yearns fo
Compiled in honour of pioneering poet Eavan Boland and Catherine Rose, Ireland’s first feminist publisher, Washing Windows? is a wide-ranging and insightful collection of poet
