An epic romance about the naive Irish girl Kate and her mysterious lover, whom she rejects in panic and then spends her life seeking. After the opening rejection, Kate recalls her Irish upbringing, her convent education, and her coolly-controlled professional success, before her tsunami-like realisation beside an African river of the emotions she had concealed from herself and that she passionately and consumingly loved the man she had rejected.

Searching for him she visits the kingdom of beasts, a London restaurant, an old people's home, back to the misty Donegal Sea, the heavenly...

Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background...

does researching take place only in the universities? and what about the opportunities opened up by the web? you read it first here Callender Academic

Printed first, thought and penned last., the innermost final thoughts by great thinkers on their world- moving works. Not to be missed. CALLENDER CLASSICS

A lovely collection of beautiful verse edited by Ruth Finnegan for the home, church or school. Easy-read large print for new and old. A treasury of wisdom and art for all ages

A gathering of the best stories from past centuries, with an illuminating introduction Callender Academic