In Places of Destiny, Ben Dupr? tells the stories of 35 events that altered the course of history, & whose locations are etched into humanity's collective consciousness. The resistance of Leonidas' Spartans, an enduring epic of last-ditch heroism in the face of Xerxes Persians; the sack of Rome in AD 410 when the Visigoths under Alaric swarmed into Rome & subjected the Eternal City to three days of looting; the establishing of a settlement of courageous pioneers; the storming of the Bastille & the birth of modern republican politics in Paris in 1789; the extinction of an entire generation of Western European manhood in 1916 & the irruption of terror from the skies into a bright Manhattan morning on the most dreadful day of the infant 21st century. Places of Destiny also examines how succeeding generations have commemorated & interpreted those events. Richly informative & thought provoking, Places of Destiny offers an enthralling & moving sequence of narratives that will appeal to anyone who enjoys top-notch popular historical writing. ...

How many of us ever take the time to think about the history of Ireland's sporting sites? This book urges us to do just that. From national stadia to local pitches, from exclusive golf courses to derelict sites of former sporting glory, it explores the spaces where ordinary people have congregated & community identities have been formed; why sporting sites are located in particular places & how they have changed over time; what kinds of men & women have gathered together in these venues to compete, spectate or place a bet. Tracing the history of sport in modern Irel&, the authors explain the impact of railways, the military, landed wealth, local tradesmen & national politics on the development of the built sporting landscape. The story of Ireland's sporting heritage is told through the history of sites ranging from the familiar to the less well known; from the fishing estate in Ballynahinch, County Galway, developed by the record-breaking cricketer Ranji, or the racecourse at Down Royal where a winning horse in 1690 went on to serve the Williamites in the Battle of the Boyne. From Grand Prix to lawn tennis, Places we Play delves into all aspects of Ireland's sporting sites. The site of the first All-Ireland hurling final in Offaly is now home to a supermarket while the site in Belfast's Ormeau Park where North of Ireland Cricket Club played is now a housing estate. The heritage of Ireland is usually thought of in terms of landscape, big houses, battlefields, language & civic buildings. However, while Ireland is often termed 'sports mad', there has been no recording or celebration of the heritage built around Ireland's sporting activities. This book explores how Ireland developed a sporting infrastructure, celebrates significant sites across the country, & highlights why such spaces are important to the history of Irel&. From the Aviva stadium to the smallest GAA club, from exclusive golf clubs to derelict sites of former sporting glory, Ireland is dotted with sporting spaces. With the emergence of teams & seasons, sports clubs had to think about where they would play. Grounds & tracks were purchased, stands erected & facilities built. These places form a central part of Ireland's heritage with their richness of history, architecture & sporting endeavour. ...

The FAYZ goes from bad to worse... The darkness has been foiled once again & the resurrected Drake has been contained. But the streets of Perdido Beach are far from safe, with a growing army of mutants fighting against the humans for power in the town. In a small room of a house near the edge of town, Little Pete lies ill on a bed. ...

The first instalment of a page-turning trilogy set against the backdrop of the English Civil War. September 1625: Plague cart driver, Matthew Neave, is sent to pick up the corpse of a baby. Yet, on the way to the plague pit, he hears a cry
- the baby is alive. A plague child himself, & now immune from the disease, Matthew decides to raise it as his own. Fifteen years on, Matthew's son Tom is apprenticed to a printer in the City. Somebody is interested in him & is keen to turn him into a gentleman. He is even given an education. But Tom is unaware that he has a benefactor & soon he discovers that someone else is determined to kill him. The civil war divides families, yet Tom is divided in himself. Devil or saint? Royalist or radicalist? He is at the bottom of the social ladder, yet soon finds himself within reach of a great estate
- one which he must give up to be with the girl he loves. Set against the fervent political climate of the period, ' Plague Child' is a remarkable story of discovery, identity & an England of the past.

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Details: A lovely Celia Birtwell designed plain notebook. This notebook has a fabric cover &

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