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  • Politics, Culture, and the Irish American Press

    1784–1963

    de David W. Bulla, Howard J. Keeley, Steven T. Engel, Ian Kenneally, Nancy McKenzie Dupont, Jordan Stenger, Mary Cronin, Úna Ní Bhroiméil, Gillian O'Brien, Colum Kenny, Kevin Rafter, Michael Doorley, Pamela E. Walck, Daniel Mulhall ...
    Series series Irish Studies
    From the Revolutionary War forward, Irish immigrants have contributed significantly to the construction of the American Republic. Scholars have documented their experiences and explored their social, political, and cultural lives in countless books. Offering a fresh perspective, this volume traces the rich history of the Irish American diaspora press, uncovering the ways in which a lively print ... Leer más

    $28.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Enigma of Arthur Griffith

    ‘Father of Us All’

    de Colum Kenny ...
    Almost a century after his untimely death in 1922, this lively and insightful new assessment explores the man Michael Collins described as ‘father of us all’ and reclaims Arthur Griffith as the founder of both Sinn Féin and the Irish Free State.Since his death when President of Dáil Éireann, Griffith’s role has often been misrepresented. Too radical for some, he was not militant enough for others. ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • [island of] Ireland 1970-2020

    country survey

    de Colum Kenny ...
    Series Libro 2 - 1974 Fifty Years On
    A concise and insightful look at the political, social, economic and cultural changes that have shaped the island of Ireland over the five decades up to the Covid pandemic.An ideal introduction for students as well as those interested in Ireland's recent history./ ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • An Irish-American Odyssey

    The Remarkable Rise of the O'Shaughnessy Brothers

    de Colum Kenny ...
    The O’Shaughnessy brothers’ story takes place between 1860 and 1950 in Illinois, Missouri, New York, and Ireland. They were the children of an impoverished immigrant who fled the famine in Ireland and his Irish-American wife.***An Irish-American Odyssey***is the tale of this first-generation immigrant family’s struggle to assimilate into American society, highlighting their perseverance and ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • The Power of Silence

    Silent Communication in Daily Life

    de Colum Kenny ...
    This book demonstrates that silence is eloquent, powerful, beautiful and even dangerous. It surrounds and permeates our daily lives. Drawing on a wide range of cross-cultural, literary and historical sources, the author explores the uses and abuses of silence. He explains how silence is not associated with solitude alone but has a much broader value within society.The main themes of The Power of ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

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  • Translation

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Matthew Reynolds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Translation is everywhere, and matters to everybody. Translation doesn't only give us foreign news, dubbed films and instructions for using the microwave: without it, there would be no world religions, and our literatures, our cultures, and our languages would be unrecognisable. In this Very Short Introduction, Matthew Reynolds gives an authoritative and thought-provoking account of the field, ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • What is the Point of Being a Christian?

    de Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe ...
    WINNER OF THE MICHAEL RAMSEY PRIZE FOR THE BEST IN THEOLOGICAL WRITINGWinner of the Michael Ramsey prize for the best in theological writing. Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe is in demand the world over with Bishops, priests, lay people and above all young people. This book is his response.What is the Point of being a Christian? One is pointed to God, who is the point of everything. If one thinks of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Between The Monster And The Saint

    Reflections on the Human Condition

    de Richard Holloway ...
    Being human isn't easy. We might think that consciousness and free will give us control over our lives but our minds are unpredictable places. We are susceptible to forces we don't understand. We are capable of inflicting immense cruelty on one another and yet we also have the capacity to be tender, to empathise, to feel.In his thought-provoking new book Richard Holloway holds a mirror up to the ... Leer más

    $11.59 USD

  • Beauty Will Save the World

    Recovering the Human in an Ideological Age

    de Gregory Wolfe ...
    Culture, Not PoliticsWe live in a politicized time. Culture wars and increasingly partisan conflicts have reduced public discourse to shouting matches between ideologues. But rather than merely bemoaning the vulgarity and sloganeering of this era, says acclaimed author and editor Gregory Wolfe, we should seek to enrich the language of civil discourse. And the best way to do that, Wolfe believes, ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Translation and Religion

    de Lynne LONG ...
    This volume addresses the methods and motives for translating the central texts of the world’s religions and investigates a wide range of translation challenges specific to the unique nature of these writings. Translation theory underpins the methodology for the analysis of a variety of scriptures and brings important and sensitive issues of translation to the fore. ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Solitude

    A Philosophical Encounter

    de Philip Koch ...
    In Koch's Solitude, both solitude and engagement emerge as primary modes of human experience, equally essential for human completion. This work draws upon the vast corpus of literary reflections on solitude, especially Lao Tze, Sappho, Plotinus, Augustine, Petrarch, Montaigne, Goethe, Shelley, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and Proust."Koch uses the work of philosophers, historians, and writers, as ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • How to Believe

    de Professor John Cottingham ...
    In Why Believe? (Continuum) Professor John Cottingham argued that every human being possesses impulses and aspirations for which religious belief offers a home.His new book, How to Believe is concerned not so much with why we should believe as with what leads a person to become a believer. Cottingham challenges believers and non-believers alike to think afresh about the need to change their lives ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD