British Irish category: 5386 books

This collection by Irish poet Patrick James features a variety of themes, with an inescapable backdrop of Irishness be it emigration or religion (both Christian and Pagan): the list goes on! The subject-matter broaches on such universal (but diverse) concerns as love, hate, loneliness, joy, but veers...

From award-winning poet and one of the most important Northern Irish writers and critics of his generation, Peter McDonald, comes an earthy and sensual new collection. Drawing from the landscape of his native Ireland and indebted to the works of Heaney, Yeats and the Ancient Greek classics, each poem...

“The Playboy of the Western World” by Irish playwright John Millington Synge is a three-act play.The play was first performed on 26th of January, in 1907, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.The play is set in Michael James Flaherty’s public house in County Mayo, on the west coast of...

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to...

Inspired by a series of walks around the 186-mile Pembrokeshire coastal path in West Wales, which is known for its spectacular views from cliffside paths skirting the Irish sea and the Bristol Channel, this poetry compilation is deeply engaged with environmental issues. With a keen observation of...

Short biblical play. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities...

The Covent Garden Theatre Charles Macklin, irish actor and dramatist (690-1797) This ebook presents «The Covent Garden Theatre», from Charles Macklin. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- INTRODUCTION -03- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ -04- THE COVENT GARDEN THEATRE  

When was the last time you had a lucky streak? Spanish Harlem, NYC, 1999 – A young man fleeing Dublin crash lands on the sofa of his Irish-American cousin, as this older cousin’s relationship with his Dominican girlfriend is imploding. Over the summer they cling to the last vestiges of...

Responsibilities William Butler Yeats, irish poet (1865-1939) This ebook presents «Responsibilities», from William Butler Yeats. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- MOTTO -03- RESPONSIBILITIES...

Classic four-act play, first published in 1898. According to Wikipedia: "George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many...

Per Amica Silentia Lunae William Butler Yeats, irish poet (1865-1939) This ebook presents «Per Amica Silentia Lunae», from William Butler Yeats. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PROLOGUE...

2 works of Isabella Valancy Crawford Irish-born Canadian writer and poet (1850-1887) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Isabella Valancy Crawford. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Love Me, Love My Dog Malcolm's Katie - A Love Story

George Bernard Shaw was a prolific Irish playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1925.  Shaw’s famous plays include Man and Superman and Pygmalion which was adapted into the classic musical My Fair Lady.  This edition of Back to Methuselah includes a table of contents.

This powerful new collection combines Katie Donovan's unflinching insight into our human foibles with her exceptional descriptive gifts. The years of her late husband's throat cancer are charted in poems by turns tender, harsh and darkly humorous. Donovan gives voice to the carer's duty of being the...