Ireland's history is usually told as an epic story of Celtic utopia evolving into a centuries-long struggle for Home Rule. But much has changed in just the past thirty years about the way the Irish understand their own past. Story of Ireland presents a bold new take on Irish history, challenging the romanticised narrative that has been told for generations & drawing fresh conclusions about the way the Irish have lived.

Focusing on the big turning points in Irish history

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The history of Ireland has traditionally focused on the localized struggles of religious conflict, territoriality & the fight for Home Rule. But from the early Catholic missions into Europe to the embrace of the euro, the real story of Ireland has played out on the larger international stage.
Story of Ireland presents this new take on Irish history, challenging the narrative that has been told for generations & drawing fresh conclusions about the way the Irish have lived. Revisiting the major turning points in Irish history, Neil Hegarty re-examines the accepted stories, challenging long-held myths & looking not only at the dynamics of what happened in Irel&, but also at the role of events abroad. How did Europe
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ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EROTIC NOVELS OF ALL TIME

'A rare thing, a pornographic book well written & without a trace of obscenity'

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THE RETURN TO THE CHATEAU

Story of O is widely acknowledged to be one of the most famous erotic novels of all time.

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THE RETURN TO THE CHATEAU

Story of O is widely acknowledged to be one of the most famous erotic novels of all time.

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In the 13 years since the conclusion of the first part of his memoirs, Take It Like A Man, Boy George has reinvented himself. As that story closed, George was coming to terms with the fall-out from his drug addiction, the failure of his relationship with Jon Moss & the collapse of Culture Club. For lesser men this would have been the end but for George it became the start of a period of startling personal & creative reinvention. Told with George's trademark biting wit, brutal honesty & sparkling insight, this new book will bring his remarkable story up to date & follow his quest for personal happiness & creative success. Take It Like A Man saw George's struggle against drugs come to dominate his rapid rise to fame; this book will be an even more fascinating insight into what makes this superstar tick, tracing the momentous twists & turns of his personal & artistic life over the last decade-&-a-half to include his role as a world-class DJ spearheading the dance music revolution in clubs all over the world, his cutting-edge record label, & his role as the driving force behind & star of the theatrical sensation, Taboo, which recently opened on Broadway. This book will not just be a riveting companion volume to the bestselling Take It Like a Man, but a truly fascinating book in its own right. ...

Hank Devereaux, a fifty-year-old, one-time novelist now serving as temporary chair of the English department, has more than a mid-life crisis to contend with when he learns that he must cull 20 per cent of his department to meet budget. Half in love with three women, unable to understand his younger daughter or come to terms with his father, he has a dangerous philosophy that life, & academic life, could be simpler, but he fails to see the larger consequences of his own actions or of the small-world politics that ebb & flow around him, as his colleagues jostle for position & marriages fall apart & regroup. The despair of his wife, & the scourge of the campus geese, he is a man at odds with himself & caught somewhere between cause & effect. ...

When Stephanie Klein hit her twenty-fourth birthday she thought she had everything she could possibly have wanted from life: a good job, a successful husb&, a Manhattan apartment & a baby on the way.

By the time she hit thirty it was all gone; her husband & her baby lost. She was left to start again with a whole new life & an entirely depleted cast of characters. Her only company was her ' Furkid' (the small brown dog she now shared a bed with). Her friend told her to get out dating again & to employ the sandwich principle
- keep one man on either side, & enjoy the interesting one in-between. So she set off, with much trepidation & wardrobe anxiety, to discover single sex all over again...

The weblog she kept of her new found freedom & sexual adventures became a sensation in the States. Her brilliantly funny, acerbic descriptions of love, life & dating bought her press & acclaim. Straight up & Dirty is Stephanie's funnier than comedy, truer than romance, sexier than fiction account of her journey.




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