The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland
ISBN: 9780007162130 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in hisbestselling debut, McCarthy's Bar "Never pass a bar withyour name on it." In this equally wry and insightful follow-up, his characteristic good humor, curiosity, and thirst for adventuretake him on a fantastic jaunt around the world in search of hisIrish roots -- from Morocco, where he tracks down the unlikelychief of the McCarthy clan, to New York, and finally to remote Mc-Carthy, Alaska. The Road to McCarthy is a quixotic and anything-but-typical Irish odyssey that confirms Pete McCarthy's... Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in hisbestselling debut, McCarthy's Bar "Never pass a bar withyour name on i... |
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78,39 zł |
The Aran Islands
ISBN: 9780140184327 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The foremost account of Ireland's cultural and spiritual heritage
In 1907 J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with The Playboy of the Western World. The Aran Islands, published in the same year, records his visits to the islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged The Playboy and his other major dramas. Yet this book is much more than a stage in the evolution of Synge the dramatist. As Tim Robinson explains in his introduction, -If Ireland is intriguing as being an island off the west of Europe, then... The foremost account of Ireland's cultural and spiritual heritage
In 1907 J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with The ... |
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65,65 zł |
The Reader's Companion to Ireland
ISBN: 9780156005593 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This uniquely literate guide to the land and people of Eire features choice travel writing by Jan Morris, Richard Condon, Paul Theroux, Michael Crichton, and many others, dating from 1896 to the present. Introduction by the Editor. Map.
This uniquely literate guide to the land and people of Eire features choice travel writing by Jan Morris, Richard Condon, Paul Theroux, Michael Cricht...
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113,25 zł |
Dublin: A Cultural History
ISBN: 9780195182019 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room of foreign power, and a major site of indigenous resistance. From The Act of Union through nineteenth-century decline and into the early years of Irish independence it was a city identified with poverty, dirt, and decaying splendor. The Celtic Tiger (as Ireland's recent economic boom been called) produced sweeping changes, including massive new building projects, and the surprising revelation that Dublin has become fashionable. Siobhan...
Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room ...
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399,89 zł |
Dublin: A Cultural History
ISBN: 9780195182026 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room of foreign power, and a major site of indigenous resistance. From The Act of Union through nineteenth-century decline and into the early years of Irish independence it was a city identified with poverty, dirt, and decaying splendor. The Celtic Tiger produced sweeping changes, including massive new building projects, and the surprising revelation that Dublin has become fashionable. Siobhan Kilfeather finds the legacy of the past undergoing a...
Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room ...
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243,35 zł |
On Celtic Tides: One Man's Journey Around Ireland by Sea Kayak
ISBN: 9780312263683 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A sea kayak battles the freezing Irish waters as the morning sun rises out of the countryside. On the western horizon is the pinnacle of Skellig Michael-700 feet of vertical rock rising out of exploding seas. Somewhere on the isolated island are sixth-century monastic ruins where the light of civilization was kept burning during the Dark Ages by early Christian Irish monks. Puffins surface a few yards from the boat, as hundreds of gannets wheel overhead on six foot wing spans. The ocean rises violently and tosses paddler and boat as if they were discarded flotsam. This is just one day of... A sea kayak battles the freezing Irish waters as the morning sun rises out of the countryside. On the western horizon is the pinnacle of Skellig Mi... |
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100,18 zł |
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
ISBN: 9780312305185 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It doesn't take much - "100 is usually sufficient" - to persuade Tony Hawks to take off on notoriously bizarre and hilarious adventures in response to a bet. And so it is, a pointless argument with a friend concludes in a bet - that Tony can't beat all eleven members of the Moldovan soccer team at tennis. And with the loser of the bet agreeing to strip naked on Balham High Road and sing the Moldovan national anthem, this one was just too good to resist. The ensuing unpredictable and often hilarious adventure sees him being taken in by Moldovan gypsies and narrowly avoid kidnap in... It doesn't take much - "100 is usually sufficient" - to persuade Tony Hawks to take off on notoriously bizarre and hilarious adventures in response... |
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87,11 zł |
Pint-Sized Ireland: In Search of the Perfect Guinness
ISBN: 9780312377588 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One man’ s tour of Ireland on tap; a rollicking travelogue in the tradition of "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and "McCarthy’ s Bar."
“ Regret” is the word that best describes Evan McHugh’ s first taste of Guinness. For an Australian raised on Vegemite, Ireland’ s black brew is very much an acquired taste. But the travel-writer is committed to acquiring it. Determined to discover exactly what makes a pint of Guinness so legendary, he crosses the Emerald Isle in search of his answers. But in sampling pints as he goes, McHugh soon realizes that in each... One man’ s tour of Ireland on tap; a rollicking travelogue in the tradition of "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and "McCarthy’ s Bar."
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100,18 zł |
For the Love of Ireland: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers
ISBN: 9780345434197 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to the Ireland of its Writers
Walk the streets of Dublin with Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Roddy Doyle. Contemplate the wild glens of Wicklow with John Millington Synge and Seamus Heaney. Wander the thrilling Cliffs of Moher with Wallace Stevens. Visit antic Limerick with Frank McCourt; mysterious Coole Park with Lady Gregory; breathtaking Sligo with William Butler Yeats; wild Donegal with Brien Friel; and hidden Clare with Edna O'Brien. No place has inspired more great literature than Ireland, which in each new generation gives birth to an astonishing... Welcome to the Ireland of its Writers
Walk the streets of Dublin with Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Roddy Doyle. Contemplate th... |
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87,15 zł |
Travels to Ireland
ISBN: 9780595309054 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Travels to Ireland" is a spirited adventure which begins with a family car journey from Florida to New York. Accompanying me on this great adventure are my three beautiful daughters Danielle, Valerie, and Vanessa along with my loving mother Julia.
Crossing the mighty Atlantic in a brand new Boeing-777, JFK direct to Heathrow. Driving all over London's epic downtown, capturing the sights of Buckingham Palace, Westminster, along with Big Ben and the infamous Thames River. Shifting gears to the countryside, we experienced the great speeds of the Motorway. Visiting Wales, setting up camp at... "Travels to Ireland" is a spirited adventure which begins with a family car journey from Florida to New York. Accompanying me on this great adventure ...
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52,07 zł |
An Irishman by Now: An American Boy's Tale of Passion and Discovery in Rural Ireland
ISBN: 9780595662289 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..".Excellent, a rattling good story...a serious pleasure to read...(McEvilley is) a born storyteller." --Eamonn Sweeney, literary critic, best-selling author, journalist, Cork, Ireland
Mickey Monaghan never intended to tell anyone that he was adopted. After all, his adoptive aunt and uncle had instilled in him--since age 3 when they had brought him from America to their sheep farm in Ireland--that he'd be "looked down upon" if people knew. But at age 22, as he nears college graduation with business and political aspirations, his parish priest Father McDermott and his long-time best... ..".Excellent, a rattling good story...a serious pleasure to read...(McEvilley is) a born storyteller." --Eamonn Sweeney, literary critic, best-sellin...
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113,07 zł |
Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9780745631400 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost three decades the troubles in Northern Ireland raged, claiming over 3,600 lives, with civilians accounting for almost half the fatalities. In this book, Jonathan Tonge examines the reasons for that conflict; the motivations of the groups involved and explores the prospects for a post-conflict Northern Ireland.
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For almost three decades the troubles in Northern Ireland raged, claiming over 3,600 lives, with civilians accounting for almost half the fatalities. ...
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300,88 zł |
Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9780745631417 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost three decades the troubles in Northern Ireland raged, claiming over 3,600 lives, with civilians accounting for almost half the fatalities. In this book, Jonathan Tonge examines the reasons for that conflict; the motivations of the groups involved and explores the prospects for a post-conflict Northern Ireland.
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For almost three decades the troubles in Northern Ireland raged, claiming over 3,600 lives, with civilians accounting for almost half the fatalities. ...
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103,89 zł |
Travel Writing and Ireland, 1760-1860: Culture, History, Politics
ISBN: 9781403942869 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travel Writing and Ireland, 1760-1860 examines a range of mainly British travel and travel-writing material from the period 1760 to 1860. Beginning with an analysis of the Home Tour and Ireland's function within it, the book then considers the role of the Post-Union traveller, followed by an analysis of the impressions formed by Famine writers; the book then concludes with an assessment of those who journeyed to Ireland in the immediate aftermath of Famine. Following a chronological structure, Travel Writing and Ireland, 1760-1860 offers readings of hitherto under-researched material from a...
Travel Writing and Ireland, 1760-1860 examines a range of mainly British travel and travel-writing material from the period 1760 to 1860. Beginning wi...
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194,52 zł |
Sketches and Tales of the Shetland Islands
ISBN: 9781410102393 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CONTENTS: General Sketch of Shetland The Shetlanders Topographical Sketch of the Islands The Sillack The Pony The Ornithologist Fallen Angels An Excursion Ole Olafson -- A Shetland Tale of Other Times The Smugglers -- Another Story of Olden Time The Fisherman The Fowler The Sailor The Knitters The Whale Hunt The Early Parted The Shipwreck The Sunken Rock Norna A Shetland Lochinvar Muness Castle
CONTENTS: General Sketch of Shetland The Shetlanders Topographical Sketch of the Islands The Sillack The Pony The Ornithologist Fallen Angels An Excur...
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107,32 zł |
All Roads Lead to Kenmare
ISBN: 9781412086769 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The signpost that stood at the top of Main Street was the perfect symbol to justify the significance of Kenmare. The ten arrows pointing East and West placing this bustling market town at the very epicentre of wild County Kerry. The many roads that did indeed lead to Kenmare, proof of its geographical importance, but barley hinting at the rich and chequered history of this 'most English' of Irish towns.
For Stan Goddard, a dedicated photographer, with a rambler's soul and a passion for history, Kenmare was literally like a breath of fresh air. Its valleys and mountains and glens of Kerry... The signpost that stood at the top of Main Street was the perfect symbol to justify the significance of Kenmare. The ten arrows pointing East and West...
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75,69 zł |
Buy the Best of Ireland: A Shopping and Learning Guide to Irish Goods and Crafts
ISBN: 9781570984365 / Angielski / Miękka / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This shopper's guide to Ireland is organized by product (china, crystal, textiles, jewelry, food, and more) and describes how and where each item is made, its history and uniqueness, whether factory tours are available, and how to get there. As an added incentive to shoppers, vendors will offer discounts to anyone mentioning the book by name.
This shopper's guide to Ireland is organized by product (china, crystal, textiles, jewelry, food, and more) and describes how and where each item is m...
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73,86 zł |
The Irish Way: A Walk Through Ireland's Past and Present
ISBN: 9781593761127 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this masterpiece of travel literature, Robert Emmett Ginna travels on foot the 350 miles from one end of Ireland to the other. His walk is filled with encounters with remarkable citizens, as colorful and various as the counties of Ireland. Weaving song, poetry, and story into his narrative, he brings to life the heroes, patriots, saints, and rogues who've shaped Ireland's culture and history. Here is Ireland as you've never seen it before.
In this masterpiece of travel literature, Robert Emmett Ginna travels on foot the 350 miles from one end of Ireland to the other. His walk is filled w...
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82,57 zł |
Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage
ISBN: 9781590172773 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. After a visit with his wife in 1972, Tim Robinson moved to the islands, where he started making maps and gathering stories, eventually...
The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty an...
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108,72 zł |
Secret Places of the Shannon
ISBN: 9780946645091 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,94 zł |