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Edna O'Brien depicts James Joyce as a man hammered by Church, State and family, yet from such adversities he wrote works 'to bestir the hearts of m...

The year is 1904 in the city of Dublin. Gretta and Gabriel Conroy attend the Morkan Sisters annual dinner on the Feast of the Epiphany and the last...

James Joyce is one of the most famous--and controversial--writers of the twentieth century. The myth of his difficulty has discouraged many readers...

Product Description 'Snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, fallin...

I love fire. Fire is the colour of genius. In this audacious new work, Edna O'Brien gives voice to the women who were central to the life of James...

I love fire. Fire is the colour of genius. In this audacious new work, Edna O'Brien gives voice to the women who were central to the life of James...

Len Platt charts a fresh approach through one of the great masterpieces of twentieth-century literature. Using original archival research and detai...

Written during the last years of his life, this memoir gives a lively and witty account of Hemingway's life in Paris in the 1920's. He looks back n...

Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the twenties are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. Loo...

Ernest Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the twenties are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of w...

Review On the Edge is a superb book, painstakingly researched and brilliantly written. ― Irish ExaminerFerriter skilfully poses big questions ...

A Stylist Best New Fiction of 2021 Selection, this stunning 1950s set debut mystery is a perfect summer read. 'A remarkably assured debut. A tale ...

Product Description A feverish vision of McCarthy-era Hollywood...Los Angeles, 1950. Over the course of a single day, two friends grapple wit...

Product Description Who had the most commercial success in their lifetime, Ernest Hemingway or Agatha Christie? Whose work has the most adaptatio...

'Our actions are a direct result of our thoughts. If we have a negative mind, we will have a negative life. If, on the other hand, we renew our min...

The world tells us that having a good job, owning your own business, money, fame, and influence are all important for a successful life. If we don'...

? In this 50-day guide, #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer draws upon the teachings of the apostle Paul to help you experience joy-fi...

Written by Peter Joyce, who is a current criminology lecturer and a leading researcher, Criminology: A Complete Introduction is designed to give yo...

Amazon Review Sylvia Plath churned out her final poems at the remarkable rate of two or three a day, masterworks Robert Lowell describes as writte...

Product Description This giant collection includes a huge range of 20th-century first-hand accounts of hauntings, such as the American troops who ...

Product Description Byron, more than any other poet, has come to personify the poet as rebel; imaginative and lawless, reaching beyond race, cree...

About the Author Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and playwright, was one of the shapers of modern theatre, who tempered naturalism with a...