The Harp That Once .... a-coming-of-age novel, but with a haunting difference. Christopher Bennett is a product of Ireland in the 1950's, a circumstance and historical moment very different from the hectic, present-day era of the 'Celtic Tiger.' Neighbours live safely in the arms of tradition; the fixed opinion is precisely that. The guardians of the system comport themselves "like those animals and plants whose defence mechanisms are forever at the ready to sting, poison, or swallow real or imaginary enemies." Christopher, too, is firmly rooted in this tight universe, yet he also...
The Harp That Once .... a-coming-of-age novel, but with a haunting difference. Christopher Bennett is a product of Ireland in the 1950's, a circu...
"Lazy English Don't Cut It" is not intended to be a "Grammar Tome." Rather, it is designed to be a light-hearted attempt to rescue a language that seems to be on a rapid descent into, not just mediocrity, but into a state of simple funtionality that robs English of all its glorious possibilities. While technology marches forward, language regresses proportionately. The meaning of a sentence, I think we will all agree, is important, and the aim of this book is to focus on grammatical errors that affect what we are trying to say. Lawyers will "jump all over" a claim that has been so badly...
"Lazy English Don't Cut It" is not intended to be a "Grammar Tome." Rather, it is designed to be a light-hearted attempt to rescue a language that see...