Brien: 1080 books
by Conor Cruise O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Written in 1972 in the wake of Bloody Sunday and direct rule, States of Ireland was Conor Cruise O'Brien's searching analysis of contemporary Irish nationalism: part-memoir, part-history, part-polemic.
'If The Great Melody (1992) is O'Brien's major academic work, States of Ireland is the one...
Literature Incorporated
The Cultural Unconscious of the Business Corporation, 1650-1850
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Long before Citizens United and modern debates over corporations as people, such organizations already stood between the public and private as both vehicles for commerce and imaginative constructs based on groups of individuals. In this book, John O’Brien explores how this relationship played out...
O'Brien Pocket History of the IRA
From 1916 Onwards
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
An accessible, clearly-written account of the IRA from its beginnings to today. It covers the origins and history of the organisation, its aims, the political and military thinking which has driven its activities, and the major personalities who have shaped the direction of the movement down through...
Exiled in Modernity
Delacroix, Civilization, and Barbarism
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Notions of civilization and barbarism were intrinsic to Eugène Delacroix’s artistic practice: he wrote regularly about these concepts in his journal, and the tensions between the two were the subject of numerous paintings, including his most ambitious mural project, the ceiling of the Library of...
Seamus Heaney as Aesthetic Thinker
A Study of the Prose
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Seamus Heaney’s unexpected death in August 2013 brought to completion his body of work, and scholars are only now coming to understand the full scale and importance of this extraordinary career. The Nobel Prize–winning poet, translator, and playwright from the North of Ireland is considered the...
Peter: A Darkened Fairytale - Series 1 Books 1-5
Peter: A Darkened Fairytale
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2016
The theme is reminiscent of 'Alice in Wonderland'. The language is rich and exquisite and that adds to the colorful appeal and visual aspect of this captivating story. The chapters are short and the story moves quickly. The narration is crisp and clever - an enchanting read for everyone. 5***** Mamta...
The ABC of Sunday Matters
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for Year A, B, and C
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This book provides reflections on the Sunday Bible readings in the Roman Catholic Lectionary for Years A, B, and C of the liturgical cycle. They previously appeared in separate volumes of Sunday Matters published by ATF Theology in the Dominican Series. They have now been combined in this single volume,...
by Donat Henchy O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Donat Henchy O’Brien was born in County Clare during the month of March 1785. Of his odd combination of names, the first was one common in the sept of the O’Briens since the earliest ages: it has nothing to do with St. Donatus, as the casual reader might suppose, but represents the old Erse Donough...
Unity in Adversity
EU Citizenship, Social Justice and the Cautionary Tale of the UK
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
'In this important contribution to the analysis and construction of European Union citizenship, Charlotte O'Brien provides her characteristic blend of rigorous legal scholarship and compelling social vision. She identifies challenging questions about the relationship between justice and vulnerability...
Sacrificing The Forest
Environmental And Social Struggle In Chiapas
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
The Selva Lacandona of Chiapas, Mexico has received a tremendous amount of attention since the Zapatista uprising began in 1994. Concerns have focused on both the rapid rate of deforestation in Mexico's largest tropical rain forest and the social marginalization of its inhabitants, which is considered...
by John O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
Soldier Tales - Reloaded
By: John O’Brien
Based on the true stories of author John O’Brien’s service in the Irish Defence Forces, these ten tales are a laugh-out-loud comedy of errors bursting with brilliant dialogue, ridiculous antics, and an unforgettable cast of hapless soldiers making...
by Lucy O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Fully Revised and Updated
MADONNA: LIKE AN ICON is a groundbreaking biography finally solves the mystery at the heart of her chameleon-like existence. Extensively researched and perceptively written by journalist Lucy O’Brien, it explores the complex personality and legendary drive that has...
Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows
Writing on Film, 2002-2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
We watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast,” writes Geoffrey O’Brien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows. This collection-gathering the best of a decade’s worth of writing on film by one of our most bracing and imaginative critics-ranges freely over...
The Birthmarked Trilogy
Birthmarked, Prized, Promised
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
The Birthmarked Trilogy: Birthmarked, Prized, Promised
In the future there are those who live inside the wall and those, like sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone, who live outside . . . Perfect for fans new to the series, the three books of Caragh O'Brien's Birthmarked Trilogy are available together...