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. ...

Nessa Crowley's murderer has been protected by silence for ten years.

Until a team of documentary makers decide to

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How did Britain's power & influence decline? Seeking to answer this question, this book begins with the reign of Edward VII, when Great Britain commanded the mightiest empire in the world. It ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, when Britain emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. ...

In 1980, at the age of ten, Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia & flew to the US as a refugee. She & her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings, & her book is alternately heart-wrenching & heart-warming, as it follows the parallel lives of Loung & her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited. Their two worlds were very different, & Loung's depiction of the contrast between her life in the affluent West & that of her sister, who navigated her way through landmine-strewn fields & survived raids by the Khmer Rouge, is laced with the guilt she feels about being the lucky one. This powerful story helps us to understand what happens when a family is torn apart by politics, adversity & war. It is also the compelling & inspirational tale of a remarkable woman.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781845963088 •†Author:   Loung Ung  •†Publisher:   Mainstream Publishing •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages... ...

After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa & Hardin were on the path to making things work. 

Tessa knew

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Just as Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes. Revelations about first her family, & then Hardin’s,

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