Skip to main content

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Artículos no disponibles para compra.
Por favor revisa tu carrito. Puedes eliminar los artículos no disponibles ahora o los eliminaremos nosotros automáticamente al momento de pagar.
artículosartículo
artículosartículo

Recomendado para ti

Loading...
  • Upstart

    Ed Walsh returned to Ireland in 1970 to blunder into setting up an institute of education. He found a decaying mansion on a riverside site, gathered talented young people and secured funding from the World Bank and European Investment Bank to build what became the University of Limerick. Along the way, Ed made powerful enemies as he challenged official cant, traditional academics and clerical ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Heads or Tails

    de Ed Walsh ...
    In the early 1980s a teenager named Johnny is verbally abused and forced to give up his love for music. As a consequence he makes a bad decision, that decision puts him in a coma. He is a talented young boy who is frowned upon as he finds success playing the piano and singing in his church choir. The local natives find it odd and fail to understand how gifted he really is and he becomes a target ... Leer más

    $5.75 USD

La gente que leyó estos también disfrutó

  • Educating Esmé

    Diary of a Teacher's First Year

    At once "a pop culture phenomenon" ( Publishers Weekly) and "screamingly funny" ( Booklist), Educating Esm é "should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education" ( Boston Phoenix Literary Section).A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell's first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • The Plantation of Ulster

    War and Conflict in Ireland

    In this vivid account, the author punctures some generally held assumptions: despite slaughter and famine, the province on the eve of the Plantation was not completely depopulated as was often asserted at the time; the native Irish were not deliberately given the most infertile land; some of the most energetic planters were Catholic; and the Catholic Church there emerged stronger than before. ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Under the Holy Lake

    A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan

    de Ken Haigh ...
    Series series Wayfarer
    Inaccessible for most of its history, the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has long fascinated the West. Today, wealthy travelers are admitted in small groups, but in 1987, when Ken Haigh arrived as a volunteer to teach in a small high school, foreign travelers were as hard to find in the kingdom as telephones or toilet paper. Under the Holy Lake describes a two-year sojourn in the valley of ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Haunting Cries

    Stories of child abuse in Catholic Ireland

    de Karen Coleman ...
    'I hear people say now, "Oh, this is an historical thing." It's not historical for me. I can reach out my hand and touch it.' Survivor of child abuse at Daingean reformatory In their own words, survivors of institutional abuse outline how they suffered years of mistreatment while incarcerated in industrial schools throughout Ireland. Their experiences reflect what happened to thousands of children ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Who Killed Rosemary Nelson?

    At last, the full story of the conspiracy behind the assasination of Northern Ireland's top human ri

    de Neil Root ...
    In March 1999, just months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was assassinated when a bomb exploded under her car. The attack was claimed by a loyalist paramilitary group but, over the last ten years, there have been several government enquiries into Nelson's murder. The latest one, which has been ongoing since 2005, has dramatically alleged that ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Seven

    The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

    On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood’s military council met to proclaim an Irish Republic with themselves as the provisional government. After a week of fighting with the British army on the streets of Dublin, the Seven were arrested, court-martialled and executed.Cutting through the layers of veneration that have seen them regarded unquestioningly ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Lessons Learned

    Reflections of a University President

    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    An insider's account of higher education from a legendary university leaderLessons Learned gives unprecedented access to the university president's office, providing a unique set of reflections on the challenges involved in leading both research universities and liberal arts colleges. In this landmark book, William Bowen, former president of Princeton University and of the Andrew W. Mellon ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD

  • The Author's Guide to Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story & We Rode the Orphan Trains, And the Common Core Standards

    de Andrea Warren ...
    Andrea Warren views her two non-fictions books about the orphan trains through the lens of the Common Core Standards, offering her insight as to how the books fulfill standards related to critical thinking, reading, speaking, and writing. She includes background history not in the books, and shares how she conducted research, interviewed the featured orphan train riders, found photos to illustrate ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Truth About the Irish

    "A fine, fast and very funny meditation" from the notable British intellectual ( Washington Post).If you're looking for a field guide to leprechauns, T he Truth About the Irish is not the book for you. But if you can handle a frank and funny look into the minds and hearts of Irish people, you've been touched by that fabled Irish luck.Covering all things Irish from Blarney to Yeats, renowned ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Come Here to Me!

    Dublin's Other History

    In a history book that looks at things from a different angle, Come Here To Me!: Dublin's Other History discusses everything from punk music and stand-up comedy venues to pirate radio stations and drug use in Dublin city. It talks about fire-fighters, newspaper boys, street gangs, gay bars and footballers, as well as our changing attitudes to feminism and sex . . .Dublin's Social History, as seen ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus