As the Holocaust recedes from us in time, the guardianship of its legacy is being passed on from its survivors & witnesses to the generation after. Through personal reflections & explorations of the historical, psychological & moral implications of the second-generation experience, the author talks about the legacy of the Holocaust. ...

After the Coalition is a collection of far ranging essays by new Tory MPs aiming to give some definition to the future of the Conservative Party, as distinct from the coalition government. The contributors feel it is essential to define modern conservatism if the Tories are ever to be the sole party in government again. ...

Offers information about health care & commonsense tips for caregivers. This book shows readers how to be a smart patient by wisely choosing a patient advocate, asking the right questions, reading test results & prescriptions, & locating associations that provide reliable information about health conditions & services. ...

Two solar eclipses. Two missing girls.

Sixteen years ago a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar

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There are certain things that are best left unsaid. 

Though tragedy had touched the life of the wealthy Richard Abernethie,

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An ambitious & compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history. November 1917. With tensions in Irel&, war in Europe & revolution in Russia, Victor Lennon returns to his home village after a long exile. Radicalised by his experiences in the Dublin Lockout & Easter Rising, Victor is a hero to many but a danger to some. Those closest to Victor know his true nature: his father, Pius, now drinking himself to death; his oldest friend, Charlie, wounded in the trenches; & the love of his life, Maggie, who he left behind years before. But soon Victor & the fearsome parish priest, Stanislaus Benedict, are on a collision course, with the very souls of the people caught between religion & socialism. Told from the perspectives of these two equally strong-willed characters, After the Lockout is a first novel of tremendous ambition & achievement. At its heart is a conflict emblematic of a recurring faultline in Irish history, & of one more eternal & universal: between hope & experience; between ideals & human weakness. This book has 241 pages & is 23.3cm x 15.2cm x 2.1cm ...

An ambitious & compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history. November 1917. With tensions in Irel&, war in Europe & revolution in Russia, Victor Lennon returns to his home village after a long exile. Radicalised by his experiences in the Dublin Lockout & Easter Rising, Victor is a hero to many but a danger to some. Those closest to Victor know his true nature: his father, Pius, now drinking himself to death; his oldest friend, Charlie, wounded in the trenches; & the love of his life, Maggie, who he left behind years before. But soon Victor & the fearsome parish priest, Stanislaus Benedict, are on a collision course, with the very souls of the people caught between religion & socialism. Told from the perspectives of these two equally strong-willed characters, After the Lockout is a first novel of tremendous ambition & achievement. At its heart is a conflict emblematic of a recurring faultline in Irish history, & of one more eternal & universal: between hope & experience; between ideals & human weakness. ...

Eleven years ago, Jem & Ralph fell in love. They thought it would be forever, before they’d found their happy ending. Then two became four, a flat became a house. Romantic nights out became sleepless nights in. & they soon found that life wasn’t quite so simple any more. Now two people who were so right together are starting to drift apart. As they try to find a way back to each other, back to what they once had, they both become dangerously distracted. But maybe it’s not too late to recapture happily ever after...   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781787469464 •†Author:†  Lisa Jewell •†Publisher:†  Penguin Books •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 514 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 2.9 x 19.8 cm ...

It has been almost a decade since the peace accords were signed in Northern Irel&, yet many loyalist paramilitaries continue to operate. In this book, Gallaher (School of International Service, American U.) explores the reasons these paramilitaries have continued & discusses the possible paths for decommissioning & reintegration, focusing on ...

Features such characters as: Satsuki who has spent thirty years hating one man: did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Miyake who left his family in Kobe to make midnight bonfires on a beach hundreds of miles away; &, fourteen-year-old Sala who has nightmares that the Earthquake Man is trying to stuff her inside a little box. ...