O Neill: 608 books

An atmospheric thriller set in nineteenth-century Edinburgh, Anthony O'Neill's elegant, darkly masterful novel is full of psychological suspense and first-rate horror. Evelyn is a clever orphan at the Fountainbridge Institute for Destitute Girls. Enchanted by a cheerful lamplighter who fires the streetlamp...

Michael O'Neill's Return of the Gift is a volume about what is given and what is lost. Writing unsentimentally and with insight about powerful subjects such as the death of his mother, caring for his father, and his own recent diagnosis of cancer, the poet speaks of and to his personal and historical...

There is an island, it’s only just an island, you can drive onto it without even noticing that you are leaving the mainland. Nevertheless, an island it is. And on this island stands a Victorian pub. Today, a casual visitor can enjoy a well-kept pint and good food, totally unaware of the dark secret that lurks beneath them.

A short 3000 word booklet on the Irish dialect spoken daily. the pronunciations, the syntax and a little history of the version of English known officially as Hiberno-English

Every you need to have and to know to make home brew sparkling wine. from the ingredients and where to harvest them, to the equipment and method used. This step by step guide will help you to produce a quality sparkling wine in the comfort of your own home.

Is it a strange mammal related to the seals, a descendant of a prehistoric reptile, or a new, unidentified animal? Whatever it is, or was, the witnesses call it a sea serpent. Remarkably similar descriptions of a creature with a long body, undulating motion, and horse-sized, snake-like head have left...

Rereleased with a stunning new cover, Florence Broadhurst is back. Using Broadhurst's iconic Turnabouts pattern, O'neill's awardwinning book has been revamped with another an eyecatching design. Florence Broadhurst was born in 1899 to a farming family in Mount Perry, the isolated heart...

Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems How do different societies respond politically to environmental problems around the globe?...

As the young men of Europe were fighting in the trenches, a little known contingent of Chinese labourers crossed the world to provide support vital to the Allied war effort. Largely illiterate farmers from northern China, these men were simply attempting to make a better life for themselves, ignorant...

This book provides all the systems, techniques and knowledge you need to effectively manage “difficult” staff, overcome staff conflict and become a far more productive manager.Every manager has problems with staff at some stage. Unfortunately, there are some really “difficult” employees that...

ANGER: Who Gives A Shite! offers a fresh perspective from Derek O’Neill on those all-too familiar feelings of irritation, annoyance, resentment and rage. Anger is your best friend who you’ve treated like an enemy. This intriguing and helpful exploration of anger, part of the GET A GRIP series,...

Both anthologies are about New Orleans: the past and the present. This author has grown up in this city, and there is a certain timelessness about it - the past definitely influences the present. All the plays are permeated with the sensuousness, decadence and bewilderment of brave and driven...

When Michael O'Neill senses "gangs / of shadow halfbeckoning from twilit water", the moment is eerily alluring as well as scary. Fusions of feeling recur throughout a book that has something of the 'dash' and 'darkness' praised in 'Louis MacNeice', along with a strong responsiveness to the...

Who ought to do what, and for whom, if global justice is to progress? In this collection of essays on justice beyond borders, Onora O'Neill criticises theoretical approaches that concentrate on rights, yet ignore both the obligations that must be met to realise those rights, and the capacities needed...