Mary Robinson was United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. During those five tumultuous years, which included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership & vision to the global human rights movement. This volume collects her major public addresses from the period. ...

Details: In her new role as protector of the Siyee, Auraya investigates sightings of a landwalker stranger in their l&.
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Who are the best young poets today? Which new poets are most likely to become the defining voices of their generation? This book sets out to answer these questions. It introduces 21 of the young poets of the 21st century. It showcases the work of a talented fresh wave of poets from Britain & Irel&. ...

This is a writer's journal of his friendships, encounters & observations during the 1950s & 60s, describing the relationships with Cork author Frank O' Connor, Patrick Kavanagh, Charles Cape & the remarkable Margaret Radford
- baglady & acquaintanc
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The Battle of Britain was a critical period in the history of World War II when, thanks to the heroics of the RAF & their Spitfire & Hurricane aircraft, Britain managed to withstand the Luftwaffe onslaught & avoid the invasion that would have followed. Drawing on new interviews with surviving pilots & other military staff, this book commemorates their bravery & skill, & vividly conveys their extraordinary experiences of aerial combat. ...

Ed Moloney's "A Secret History of the IRA" is the best-informed account yet written of the IRA's evolution from ruthless guerrilla army into governmental party, ruling Northern Ireland alongside its most intransigent former enemies. But reconciliation between political figures who until very recently wished each other dead or in jail has not been accompanied by very much truth-telling about the past. Men who have been to the White House & hob-nobbed with Tony Blair deny that they ever fired a shot in anger, or caused a bomb to be planted. Now, in a truly ground-breaking piece of historical evidence-gathering initiated by Boston College, two former paramilitary leaders
- one republican, one loyalist
- speak with unprecedented frankness about their role in some of the most appalling violence of the Troubles. Their openness results in a book of shocking & irresistible testimony, their voices set in the context of a narrative by Ed Moloney of their lives & of the society they grew up in.

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It is 1865 & Eppie, a young widow with a child to bring up, can't believe her luck when she gets the position of housekeeper to wealthy widower Alexander Geddes. He & his teenage son, Duncan, are a dream to work for, but daughter Lydia is moody, spoiled & temperamental
- & convinced that Eppie has designs on Alexander. But Eppie is no gold-digger & Alexander Geddes has intentions that are purely honourable. Intentions that begin to lean in the direction of Lydia's governess
- Eppie's sister Marion. Yet although the attraction is mutual, its development is slow. For there are other tensions not only in the household but also in the community. Refusing to train as a physician, Duncan is set on following his heart's desire, to side with his stepmother's kin & pursue his dreams of quarrying the precious local marble. Eppie, now almost a member of the family, feels partly responsible for the rift between father & son. She feels even more responsible when Duncan returns home with a stranger who has a mysterious past.. .

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The tragic story of the sinking of the great passenger liner, Titanic, has been told countless times since that fateful night on 14 April 1912 by historians, novelists & film producers alike. No accounts, however, are as graphic or revealing as those from the passengers & crew that survived its maiden voyage. Through survivors' tales & contemporary newspaper reports from both sides of the Atlantic, here are eyewitness accounts full of details that range from poignant to humorous, from the liner's glorious launch in Belfast to the sombre sea burial services of those who perished. ...

A fascinating collection of first-hand accounts of life in the time of Jane Austen (1775-1817), showing how social standing & etiquette were prime considerations of the period. This book reveals the stark contrast that existed in every aspect of domestic & public life, including the gulfs between rich & poor, 'upstairs' & 'downstairs', & the lives of men & women. The 'voices' come from Jane Austen's novels, letters, biographies, memoirs & newspapers, including previously unpublished material held by The Jane Austen Society, British Library, Hampshire Record Office & Kent County Archives. ...

Laura, newly married & ever conscious she may be living in the shadow of her husband Alec's first wife, decides to take a holiday with his family in Cornwall. Through the long hot summer days she is slowly charmed by the beautiful old house & the people she learns to know & love. In time her uneasy spirit is soothed by the sparkling, brilliant sea, & her restless heart finally calmed. But is this new-found tranquillity too good to be true? For with the arrival of an anonymous letter, one accusing her of having an affair, Laura's world is thrown into turmoil... ...