Edward Rutherfurd's great Irish epic reveals the story of the people of Ireland through the focal point of the island's capital city The epic begins in pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce & powerful High Kings at Tara with the tale of two lovers the princely Conall & the ravishing Deirdre whose travails echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn From this stirring beginning Rutherfurd takes the reader on a graphically realised journey through the centuries Through the interlocking stories of a powerfully-imagined cast of characters
- druids & chieftains monks & smugglers merchants & mercenaries noblewomen rebels & cowards
- we see Ireland through the lens of its greatest city

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His stories are fillled with the rich detail of Dublin life portraying ordinary often defeated lives with unflinching realism He writes of social decline sexual desire & exploitation corruption & personal failure yet creates a brilliantly compelling unique vision of the world & of human experience The stories all centre around the city of Dublin & its inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth century They offer a moving portrait of an entire world & era long since disappeared ...

&I regret to see that my book has turned out un fiasco solenne& James Joyce&s disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers resisting their demands to remove swear words real place names & much else including two entire stories Although only 24 when he signed his first publishing contract for the book Joyce already knew its worth to alter it in any way would &retard the course of civilisation in Ireland& Joyce&s aim was to tell the truth
- to create a work of art that would reflect life in Ireland at the turn of the last century & by rejecting euphemism reveal to the Irish the unromantic reality the recognition of which would lead to the spiritual liberation of the country Each of the fifteen stories offers a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Dubliners
- a death an encounter an opportunity not taken a memory rekindled
- & collectively they paint a portrait of a nation ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World&s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford&s commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more


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James Joyce&s Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life This Penguin Classics edition

Includes:: notes & an introduction by Terence Brown Joyce&s first major work written when he was only twenty-five brought his city to the world for the first time His stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life portraying ordinary often defeated lives with unflinching realism From & The Sisters& a vivid portrait of childhood faith & guilt to & Araby& a timeless evocation of the inexplicable yearnings of adolescence to & The Dead& in which Gabriel Conroy is gradually brought to a painful epiphany regarding the nature of his existence Joyce draws a realistic & memorable cast of Dubliners together in an powerful exploration of overarching themes Writing of social decline sexual desire & exploitation corruption & personal failure he creates a brilliantly compelling unique vision of the world & of human experience James Joyce (1882-1941) the eldest of ten children was born in Dublin but exiled himself to Paris at twenty as a rebellion against his upbringing He only returned to Ireland briefly from the continent but Dublin was at heart of his greatest works Ulysses & Finnegans Wake He lived in poverty until the last ten years of his life & was plagued by near blindness & the grief of his daughter&s mental illness If you enjoyed Dubliners you might like Joyce&s Ulysses also available in Penguin Modern Classics & Joyce redeems his Dubliners assures their identity & makes their social existence appear permanent & immortal like the streets they walk& Tom Paulin& Joyce&s early short stories remain undimmed in their brilliance& Sunday Times

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Introduction & Notes by Laurence Davies Dartmouth College New Hampshire Living overseas but writing always about his native city Joyce made Dublin unforgettable The stories in Dubliners show us truants seducers gossips rally-drivers generous hostesses corrupt politicians failing priests amateur theologians struggling musicians moony adolescents victims of domestic brutishness sentimental aunts & poets patriots earnest or cynical & people striving to get by In every sense an international figure Joyce was faithful to his own country by seeing it unflinchingly & challenging every precedent & piety in Irish literature ...

In June 1941
- during the first week of the Nazi invasion in the Soviet Union
- the quiet cornfields & towns of Western Ukraine

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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) has entered mainstream culture as one of the founding fathers of modern art Despite his popularity books on Duchamp often shroud his work in theoretical & critical writing Here instead is a book exploring the artist&s life & work in a thoroughly new & engaging manner with short alphabetical dictionary entries written in lively jargon- free prose that at last allow Duchamp&s work & influence to be accessible & enjoyable for a wide audience The book features more than 200 entries on the most interesting & important artworks relationships people & ideas in Duchamp&s life from chess puns the fourth dimension love & genius to the Bicycle Wheel & Fountain Walter & Louise Arensberg Peggy Guggenheim Katherine S Dreier & Arturo Schwarz A contextual introduction shows how the dictionary form has been an inspiration to artists & writers from Flaubert to the Surrealists Underpinned by the latest scholarship & research Thomas Girst&s texts show how in the words of contemporary artist Thomas Hirschhorn Duchamp was &the most intelligent mind of his time& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Wild West Has Never Been Funnier! Goldie Hawn & George Segal star in this rough & tumble comedy that bounces from San Francisco&s Barbary Coast to the wilderness of Utah The Dirtwater Fox (Segal) is a slick gambler who wants to hold on to the 40000 he&s stolen from a gang of outlaws The Duchess (Hawn) is a scheming saloon singer who wants to become a "real lady" But once they team up they begin to realize that what they really want is each other Mixing clever dialogue with plenty of action this sassy spoof of the Old West is made all the more fun by it&s two very talented stars Actors George Segal Goldie Hawn Conrad Janis Thayer David Jennifer Lee Sid Gould Pat Ast & Richard Farnsworth Director Melvin Frank Certificate PG Year 1976 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 43 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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After a long day of diving into Lakes to find their favourite fish our Duck likes nothing more than an acting lesson or rehearsing lines for a play to relax! What&8217;s your favourite thing to do when you want to relax? Our hand puppet Duck makes real life Duck noises when you shut their mouth with your hand listen out for the chorus of &8220; Quacks” to Fr&233;re Jacques! ...

At last--it&s the new-to-USA Disney Comics thrillride that fans & collectors have requested most! When Scrooge Mc Duck buys mysterious ultra-hi-tech Ducklair Tower Donald sneaks onto a forgotten floor & as Duck Avenger finds an amazing AI sending him into a breathless space alien battle A wild journey is starting--with crooked reporter Angus Fangus dashing space-refugee Xadhoom & mysterious Lyla Lee on hand to make things wilder! Collects issues 0-2 Meet the Author A highly acclaimed Italian comics scriptwriter of long standing Alessandro Sisti (1960-present) started out his comics career at Staff di IF a funny animal art studio tasked in the 1980s with various commercial franchises both Disney & non Coming into his own in the 1990s Sisti earned especial acclaim for writing many early issues of Paperinik New Adventures a series (reprinted today as IDW&s Duck Avenger) bringing Donald Duck&s superhero exploits into a more modern scary & serious environment Following up on this popular triumph Sisti went on to scribe long adventures starring the Junior Woodchucks & short ones featuring a wealth of Disney feature film characters from the rats of Ratatouille to Jack Sparrow & the Pirates of the Caribbean Apart from basic Disney comics work Sisti has acted as a teacher of other Disney talents at Milan&s Accademia Disney & has continued a wealth of non-Disney comics work—as both a historian & as an artist for instance on a classic Anne of Green Gables comics adaptation ...