The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
ISBN: 9780618658954 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is a candid, funny, perceptive, and opinionated travelogue of his journey and his findings.
It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise t...
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68,83 zł |
Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (Paperback)
ISBN: 9780762431816 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Times bestselling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller. The pages are populated with figures from myth, history, and the present-from Saint Patrick to Oliver Cromwell, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Charles Parnell to Sinead O'Connor and Bono. Some beloved, some controversial-each influenced the course of Irish and world history. While McCourt vividly describes Ireland's turbulent history, he also offers a cultural...
New York Times bestselling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian ...
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86,27 zł |
The Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland
ISBN: 9780765309846 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on foot--and with a donkey and cart no less? But Kevin had promised his homesick Irish mother that he would explore the whole of the Old Country and bring back the sights and the stories to their home in Massachusetts. Determined to reach his grandmother's village by Christmas Eve, Kevin and his stubborn but endearing donkey, Missie, set off on 1800-mile trek along the entire jagged coast of a divided Ireland. Their rollicking... Kevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on fo... |
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90,58 zł |
The Tourist's Gaze: Travellers to Ireland, 1800 - 2000
ISBN: 9781859183236 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travel literature has been described by Jonathan Raban as -literature's red-light district-. It defies peoples' beliefs, confuses expectations, crosses disciplinary boundaries and is linked to ethnography, journalism and biography. Yet for all that has managed to remain not only a visible but also an increasingly popular literary genre. This anthology makes an entertaining and insightful contribution to this engaging field. It includes extracts from well known writers, such as Thackeray, Boll and Chesterton, but also presents less familiar figures from the nineteenth and twentieth...
Travel literature has been described by Jonathan Raban as -literature's red-light district-. It defies peoples' beliefs, confuses expectations, crosse...
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190,31 zł |
The Wild Places
ISBN: 9780143113935 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ?An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we?re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surface.?
?Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelago's most remarkable landscapes. He climbs, walks, and swims by day and spends his nights sleeping on cliff-tops and in ancient meadows and wildwoods. With elegance and passion he entwines history, memory, and... ?An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we?re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surfa...
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69,05 zł |
Barefoot in Mullyneeny: A Boy's Journey Towards Belonging
ISBN: 9780007220885 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, playground politics and the confusion of growing up in a land that is every bit as magical and captivating as the stories he has to tell. Barefoot in Mullyneeny is Bryan Gallagher's evocative tale of a childhood remembered through the people and landscape of Fermanagh, near the beautiful shores of Lough Erne in Ireland. Bryan chronicles a time when all the big boys went to school in bare feet and secretly watched the Saturday night bands and... Bryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, pl... |
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Pilgrimage with the Leprechauns: A True Story of a Mystical Tour of Ireland
ISBN: 9780980903324 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In addition to being an amusing story, Helliwell's work is filled with information about nature spirits or elementals. For anyone planning a trip to the sacred sites of Ireland, the text offers nuggets as precious as the pot of gold that the Leprechaun holds at the end of the rainbow.
In addition to being an amusing story, Helliwell's work is filled with information about nature spirits or elementals. For anyone planning a trip to t...
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64,73 zł |
The Pilgrim's Way to St. Patrick's Purgatory
ISBN: 9781599101675 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itinerary through Ireland's medieval past with its surviving, but fragmentary, riches, as it crosses the Irish borders and landscape, its rivers and lakes"--Provided by publisher.
"Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itiner...
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84,59 zł |
The Pilgrim's Way to St. Patrick's Purgatory
ISBN: 9781599101873 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itinerary through Ireland's medieval past with its surviving, but fragmentary, riches, as it crosses the Irish borders and landscape, its rivers and lakes"--Provided by publisher.
"Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itiner...
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145,01 zł |
People of the Road: The Irish Travellers
ISBN: 9780815604761 / Angielski / Twarda / 63 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Living along country lanes in tents and barrel-top wagons, travellers - or tinkers, as they often are called - have for centuries been a people apart from Irish society. It was in County Kerry at Puck Fair that photographer Mathias Oppersdorff first encountered them 28 years ago. His photographs - often stark and disturbing, yet always humane - offer a profound look at people at the crossroads of their existence.
Living along country lanes in tents and barrel-top wagons, travellers - or tinkers, as they often are called - have for centuries been a people apart ...
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172,40 zł |
Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq: Begun by Himself and Concluded by His Daughter, Maria Edgeworth
ISBN: 9781108026567 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817) was a noted Irish educationalist, engineer and inventor. This two-volume autobiography, begun in 1808, was completed by his novelist daughter Maria, and published in 1820. Edgeworth's interest in education is evidenced by his reflections about how his childhood shaped his character and later life. Volume 1, written by Edgeworth himself and covering the period to 1781, reveals that his interest in science began early; he was shown an orrery (a moving model of the solar system) at the age of seven. As a young man, Edgeworth attended university in Dublin and...
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817) was a noted Irish educationalist, engineer and inventor. This two-volume autobiography, begun in 1808, was comple...
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163,70 zł |
TRAVELS with ERNEST
ISBN: 9780956061881 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Keith chronicles his ride around the northern part of Ireland on a Vespa named Ernest. The author seeks to experience the changes in Ireland as the population adjusts to the tangible prospect of a lasting peace. He does this with a mix of serious deliberation, a sense of fun, and a toolkit.
Keith chronicles his ride around the northern part of Ireland on a Vespa named Ernest. The author seeks to experience the changes in Ireland as the po...
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114,50 zł |
I Never Knew That About London Illustrated
ISBN: 9780091943196 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this lavishly illustrated book bestselling author Christopher Winn takes you on a captivating journey around London. Traveling through the villages and districts that made up the world's most dynamic metropolis, I Never Knew That About London unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures, and birthplaces that shape the city's sometimes turbulent past. See the Chelsea river views that inspired Turner in his final years, explore London's finest country house in Charlton, unearth the secrets of the mother of Parliaments, and discover the village that gave its name...
In this lavishly illustrated book bestselling author Christopher Winn takes you on a captivating journey around London. Traveling through the villages...
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129,35 zł |
Ireland
ISBN: 9780192880574 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ireland is a country notably rich in archaeological sites and this guide is the ultimate handbook to its heritage. Covering the entire island from Antrim to Wexford, Dublin to Sligo, this latest volume in the acclaimed Oxford Archaeoological Guides series provides over 250 plans and illustrations of Ireland's major archaeological treasures and covers sites dating from the time of the first settlers in rephistoric times right up to the seventeenth century. Begining with a concise and readable introduction to the history of Ireland, the book offers an unparalleled journey through the major...
Ireland is a country notably rich in archaeological sites and this guide is the ultimate handbook to its heritage. Covering the entire island from Ant...
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175,93 zł |
Ireland Unhinged: Encounters with a Wildly Changing Country
ISBN: 9781571783226 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ireland Unhinged: Encounters with a Wildly Changing Country "looks back at the changes that the economic boon wreaked on the Irish countryside, and what the future holds for the country. Connecticut-born David Monagan explores his adopted country through the eyes of a passionate transplant. "What is Ireland? Has it lost its soul?" Monagan keeps asking as he roams from Cork to Dublin, Donegal, and Belfast. His answers are loving, searing, and often laugh-out-loud funny.
"Ireland Unhinged: Encounters with a Wildly Changing Country "looks back at the changes that the economic boon wreaked on the Irish countryside, and w...
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77,46 zł |
Doolin
ISBN: 9781930579033 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I know of nobody better than Eddie Stack to write this book." Martin Hayes Doolin is a unique book about the place, its people and culture. Beautifully written, this collection of essays and conversations features local tradition-bearers who were renowned for their music, songs, dance and storytelling. Folk art and traditions run through the book, which has chapters on the music of the Russell Brothers and the Killougherys; reminiscences of the last Doolin native Irish speaker, Paddy Pharaic Mhichil Shannon; the storytelling tradition, with storytellers Stiofain Ui Ealaoire, Sean O'Carun and...
"I know of nobody better than Eddie Stack to write this book." Martin Hayes Doolin is a unique book about the place, its people and culture. Beautiful...
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143,49 zł |
I Never Knew That about Ireland
ISBN: 9781250088574 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating journey through the lesser known details of Irish history Packed full of myths, legends, inventions, and adventures, I Never Knew That About Ireland visit s each of the island s four provinces, unearthing hidden gems of history. Discover where ideas were born, where dreams were inspired, and where unforgettable figures from Ireland's past now slumber. Did you know... That the holy mountain Croagh Patrick is where St Patrick is said to have driven all the snakes in Ireland into the sea? A fascinating journey through the lesser known details of Irish history Packed full of myths, legends, inventions, and adventures, I Never Knew T... |
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86,27 zł |
Unfolding Irish Landscapes: Tim Robinson, Culture and Environment
ISBN: 9781784992781 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unfolding Irish landscapes offers a comprehensive and sustained cross-disciplinary study of the work of cartographer, landscape writer and visual artist Tim Robinson. Robinson's work continues to garner significant attention not only in Ireland, but also in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, particularly with the recent celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his monumental Stones of Aran: pilgrimage. In The Guardian, Robert Macfarlane has described Robinson's work in Ireland as 'one of the most sustained, intensive and imaginative studies of a landscape that has ever been...
Unfolding Irish landscapes offers a comprehensive and sustained cross-disciplinary study of the work of cartographer, landscape writer and visual arti...
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457,85 zł |
The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland
ISBN: 9781909906204 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The legacy of Oliver Cromwell is still haunts the Irish imagination. His alleged directive to the Catholic Irish to get ""to Hell or Connaught,"" and the policy that drove it, permanently altered the ownership of Irish soil.The Parliamentary forces' civil war against Charles I were enmeshed in a ruthless campaign against popery and the Catholic perpetrators of the assault on the Protestant colonists of 1641. The legacy of sectarianism has marred Irish politics to this day. Prendergast's research reveals his keen eye for evidence. His dismissal of the colonists' claims about the nature of the...
The legacy of Oliver Cromwell is still haunts the Irish imagination. His alleged directive to the Catholic Irish to get ""to Hell or Connaught,"" and ...
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158,10 zł |
The Beautiful Gate: Poems by Ann Murray
ISBN: 9781364261931 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A creative expression of faith, hope, and charity.
A creative expression of faith, hope, and charity.
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92,80 zł |