Have you ever driven through a small town with an intriguing name like Wyandotte or Cuyamungue and wondered where that name came from? Or how such well-known placenames as Tucson, Waco, or Tulsa originated?
Native American placenames like these occur all across the American Southwest. This user-friendly guide covering Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas provides fascinating information about the meaning and origins of southwestern placenames. With its unique regional approach and compact design, the handbook is especially suitable for curious travelers.
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Have you ever driven through a small town with an intriguing name like Wyandotte or Cuyamungue and wondered where that name came from? Or how such ...
This collection of Sean O'Neill's poems is his first. The poems cover periods when the poet lived or worked in London, England; Milan, Italy; Drummore, a small fishing village on the West Coast of Scotland; and St. Paul, USA. The subject matter of the poems therefore varies from the grittily descriptive 'Bridges' and 'Sweet Thames', which are set in London, to the pastoral 'The Hill' and 'in this atlas of headland' set in the South Rhins peninsula. The poems cover several years and a multitude of situations and yet a consistent voice emerges finding meaning in apparently insignificant...
This collection of Sean O'Neill's poems is his first. The poems cover periods when the poet lived or worked in London, England; Milan, Italy; Drummore...
With this new collection Sean O'Neill explores the relationship between the child, the youth and the adult. What are the key moments that have contributed to the construction of a fully-formed human being? Here a number of poems masquerade as memoir but have a deeper message, sometimes wistful, sometimes humorous. Here, too, he draws on his Celtic upbringing and the questions of identity that it raises. Some of the nature poems are a new departure and celebrate the complexity and beauty of animals, insects and the weather. This book of poems is more playful than O'Neill's first book -this...
With this new collection Sean O'Neill explores the relationship between the child, the youth and the adult. What are the key moments that have contrib...
This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write convincing, compelling, and beautiful poetry. Whether someone has asked you to come up with a poem for a special occasion, or you have suddenly been struck by an intense emotion and are looking for a way to articulate it, or you want to express love to your sweetheart on Valentine's day, "How to Write a Poem: A Beginner's Guide" provides all the necessary techniques to enable your poem to be a success.
This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write convincing, compelling, and beautiful poetr...
This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write a convincing, compelling, and publishable novel. "How to Write a Novel: A Beginner's Guide" provides all the necessary techniques to enable your novel to be a success. Packed with insights and tips, it gives you everything you need to start the novel you've always wanted to write and see it through to the end.
This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write a convincing, compelling, and publishable n...
This is Sean O'Neill's fourth poetry collection in print and it marks a progression from the sonnet forms of his previous book "The snipe in winter." These poems range from the memories of childhood in the country to darker memories of foreign hotels and sleepless nights. As always, the lyrical language shines through in both the free-verse and formal poems alike.
This is Sean O'Neill's fourth poetry collection in print and it marks a progression from the sonnet forms of his previous book "The snipe in winter." ...
From the dangers of eating cabbage to the inadvisability of rotten eggs, from punch-ups at a village fair to larceny, forgery and insanity "Cautionary Verses for Childish Adults" will ensure that your barely-suppressed titters receive funny looks from your fellow train passengers. This superbly illustrated volume is a collector's piece that will go down in the annals of history as one of the most brazen attempts to subvert the canon of English literature with heavily-salted doggerel.
From the dangers of eating cabbage to the inadvisability of rotten eggs, from punch-ups at a village fair to larceny, forgery and insanity "Cautionary...
Winston Churchill referred to the depression from which he suffered, as his "black dog." In this poetry book, "Black Dog," Sean O'Neill explores the path of his own clinical depression, the effect that it had on his life and family, and his gradual recovery from the life-threatening illness.
Winston Churchill referred to the depression from which he suffered, as his "black dog." In this poetry book, "Black Dog," Sean O'Neill explores the p...
This is a practical book. It tells you everything you need to know about writing non-fiction, from choosing a subject for your book, through the various ways of researching that subject, to the daunting process of structuring your material, what style you write in, how to edit, and ultimately how to get your book published.
This is a practical book. It tells you everything you need to know about writing non-fiction, from choosing a subject for your book, through the vario...
