' Forsake all twenty-first-century Celtic superhighways in favour of boreens' So says Paul Clements as he sets off to visit the highest point in each of Ireland's 32 counties. Travelling on the GMRs (Great Mountain Roads), Paul spends time with the eccentric & quaint, who teach him that Irish culture is defined by our connection to the landscape. ...

A study of civil rights in the USA. It is designed to fulfil the AS & A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative & explanation of the topic. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level examination. ...

A study of the Civil War, designed to fulfil the specifications in place for AS Level History from September 2000. It provides two sections featuring narrative & explanation of the topic. There are notes, biography boxes, definitions, summary boxes & practice questions. ...

American-born Sarah is visiting her grandmother in London in 1812, when America & Britain are on the brink of war. She meets Lord Wrenningham who proposes, but Sarah will not marry without love. Her furious Grandmama sends Sarah home to America, on the same ship as Wrenningham. Then war is declared
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This third novel in the Throne of Glass series, from global bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, is packed with more heart-stopping

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Fame, fashion & scandal, the Trevellyan heiresses are the height of success. But when it comes to WEALTH: Jemima's indulgent lifestyle knows no limits; Tara's one purpose in life is to be financially independent of her family & husband; & Poppy wants to escape its trappings without losing the comfort their family money brings. ...

An account, in twelve chapters, of political dynasties in Kerry focusing on a number of families who have successfully held political power, both locally & in the national parliament, with first-hand interviews with different generations within the political families in power & out. ...

Love is an impossible mission... the enemy is everywhere in the pulse-pounding follow-up to international heist sensation, Thieves' Gambit.  Six months into working for the Gambit, Ross is reeling from the betrayals of the competition – focusing all her hatred on Devroe – the lover she thought she could trust. On a new heist that takes her across continents, Ross encounters a rival gang stopping her every move. Devroe's mother is at the heart of this dangerous feud & he must decide where his loyalties lie, before there are deadly consequences... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398526747 • Author: Kayvion Lewis • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.2 cm ...

Helen Mirren has been an internationally ac-claimed actress -- & the recipient of many awards, transferring between stage, cinema & television -- for over 40 years. Known in her youth for a forthright style, a liberated attitude & a bohemian outlook, she has never ceased to be out of the public eye, with legions of admiring fans all over the world. This illustrated memoir is an account of an extraordinary talent, & a life well lived. Helen's aristocratic Russian grandfather, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, a military man, was sent to London by the Czar & found himself stranded & penniless by the Bolshevik revolution, cut off from the family estate near Smolensk. He brought with him a trunk of papers & photographs. This delightful memoir starts with the contents of the trunk, with evocative pictures of Helen's Russian antecedents. She has kept a rich seam of photo-graphs & memorabilia from her life, & her parents, family life, childhood, teenage & early years as an actress living in insalubrious flats are vividly documented. Helen's many distinguished roles in theatre, cinema & television & the illustrious men & women she has encountered are commemorated, as well as her forays into Hollywood & her sub-sequent life in the United States with her husb&, film director Taylor Hackford. Golden Globe & Oscar ceremonies make their appearance, as do many stunning images of Helen by the world's leading photographers. ...

Focusing on the 'real' Helen
- a flesh-&-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age
- this title reconstructs the context of

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