Bounded by the Great War on one side & by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of unremitting poverty, rising crime & mass unemployment. This work shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure activities. ...

Spanning 1500 years of history, We Declare is a compelling collection of treaties, letters, diary entries, forgeries & manifestos that tells of the making of modern Irel&. Full of propaganda & idealism, bluster & courage, thwarted expectations & stunning achievements, this is no dry archive of bureaucracy but the paper trail that chronicles the struggle for a nation. Presented in chronological order & embellished with images of the actual documents alongside transcripts of the key passages, each chapter of this book explains the background & impact of the words that have shaped Irish history. Early chapters show the efforts of the British monarchs & governments to establish their authority in Ireland & the efforts of Irishmen to resist. Later ones record the creation of the newly independent Irish state, from its controversial beginnings with the Anglo-Irish treaty to the five-line Act to establish the Republic, & ultimately the peacemaking Good Friday Agreement. Here too are documents that have helped create the Irish national identity, be they the letters of Swift or the establishment of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Others, like the heart-rending account of the Famine in Cork, the war diary of an Irish soldier at the Somme or Donall Mac Amhlaigh's candid description of his life as a labourer in post-war Engl&, are gripping snapshots of their times. Also included are many documents of which the names are well known or even infamous, such as Lord Stanley's letter on Irish education or the ' American Note' sent during the Emergency, but the texts of which few have
- until now
- had the opportunity to read. Taken together, these documents tell the story of Irel&, from St Patrick- via Parnell, Pearse & de Valera
- to Roy Keane.


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The SS Mendi is a wreck site off the Isle of Wight under the protection of Historic Engl&. Nearly 650 men, from the South African Native Labour Corps (SANLC), lost their lives in February 1917 following a collision in fog as they travelled to serve as labourers on the Western Front. ...

Add the perfect finishing touch to your dream wedding cake with this fantastic We Do Wooden Cake Topper! With gorgeous wooden lettering, you can add this simple detail to the top of your wedding cake to complete the design. Even your most simple cake designs will be transformed into show-stoppers to impress all of your friends & family. Product Information: • We Do Wooden Cake Topper • Decoration • Brand: Hootyballoo • Wedding  • Measures: 16 x 16 x 0.2cm • Not suitable for dishwasher ...

In 1968 Stephen Newman arrives in England from California. Sent down from Oxford, he hurriedly marries his English girlfriend Andrea to avoid returning to America & the draft board. Over the next forty years they & their friends build lives of middle-class success until the events of late middle-age & the new century force them to realise that their fortunate generation has always lived in a fool's paradise. ...

A good job, a decent flat in Los Angeles, a quiet life
- Nick Horrigan has finally put his traumatic past behind him. Or so it
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The story of surveillance in Britain & the United States
- from the detective agencies of the late nineteenth century to the era
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Nick Horrigan thinks that he has his life back on track after a mysterious, traumatic incident that occurred just before his eighteenth birthday. He has forgotten about the past & lives contentedly in LA. That is until the night a SWAT team descend from a Black Hawk helicopter & smash their way into his small apartment. With spotlights blazing in the sky, they tell him that a terroristb has penetrated a nuclear power station & is threatening to blow it up. But before he does that he has demanded to speak to Nick. Whisked by Black Hawk to the terrrifying heart of the nuclear power plant, Nick discovers that there are people who have not forgotten his past
- they know what he did as a teenager & they are going to make him pay for it.
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A lifetime ago, a patient escaped Nazareth mental asylum. They covered their tracks carefully. Or so they thought.

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Why do we love this frilly, blue-green vegetable so much? Well, its absolutely simply delicious, its remarkably versatile to cook with, & its a nutritional powerhouse.

If youve seen the heaps of kale in the produce section, but are wondering what to do with all of those gorgeous leaves, look no further than We Love Kale.

In this homage to kale, find creative dishes that incorporate this part-peppery, part-sweet green into any meal of the day, from early-morning scones to late-night snacks & drinks.

Discover it prepared in a number of ways, from raw in salads, to baked, braised, stir-fried, puréed, & more. In all, there are 100 ways to savor this superfood.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781631863622
• Publisher: The Taunton Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 176
• Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 x 1.5cm












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