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  • Kelster and the Legend of Glenishcale Part 2

    by L.A. Thomas ...
    "Alright so, wee childers - did ye absorb the first part of me tale? Now, give me a minute till I fetch us a cuppa and then I'll get back to it. There's a lot more shenanigans and devilment to come, so get yourselves ready! - Granny McGoon, seanacai of Glenishcale. In a shrouded, forgotten part of Ireland, lies a quaint little town called Glenishcale. Steeped in myth and legend, it is home to some ... Read more

    $3.03 USD

  • Kelster and the Legend of Glenishcale Part 1

    by L.A. Thomas ...
    "Ah you want the short version do ya, a few wee passages to feed your curiosity? Young folk these days, no patience at all. Well I won't do it ya hear, I'll tell you all of it or I'll tell you none! So shut your wee traps". In a shrouded, forgotten part of Ireland, lies a quaint little town called Glenishcale. Steeped in myth and legend, it is home to some of Ireland’s most eccentric and ... Read more

    $3.95 USD

  • Hidden Genocides

    Power, Knowledge, Memory

    by Alexander Laban Hinton, A. Dirk Moses, Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Daniel Feierstein, Donna-Lee Frieze, Mato Nunpa, Walter Richmond, Adam Jones0, Hannibal Travis1, Krista Hegburg2 ...
    Series series Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights
    Why are some genocides prominently remembered while others are ignored, hidden, or denied? Consider the Turkish campaign denying the Armenian genocide, followed by the Armenian movement to recognize the violence. Similar movements are building to acknowledge other genocides that have long remained out of sight in the media, such as those against the Circassians, Greeks, Assyrians, the indigenous ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • Normative Jurisprudence

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