Книги издательства O'Brien Press
Название: Best-loved Yeats: William Butler Yeats
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2010
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I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams! Some of the most famous lines in Irish poetry come from the pen of William Butler Yeats, poet, patriot, dramatist and senator. This illustrated collection of forty of his best-loved works, on love, politics, old age, myth and legend includes people, places and events that were important to him.
Название: Castles of Ireland
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2007
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Castles are the most familiar medieval landmark across the Irish countryside. Their often romantic appearance belies their turbulent history and their lore abounds in stories of sieges, betrayals and daring escapes.From the earliest stone castles such as Dublin Castle to the fortified manor houses such as Red Hugh O'Donnell's Donegal Castle, each has a fascinating and individual story to tell.»Castles of Ireland» brings the reader on a tour of more than sixty castles, from the biggest and most well-known to dramatic and atmospheric ruins which had a role to play in shaping Ireland's history.
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2000
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This title presents an illustrated history of the Celts and their Art by Mairead Ashe FitzGerald. Decorative arts in the Celtic culture are world-renowned for their beauty, intricacy and depth of meaning. Among the most famous examples are illustrated manuscripts such as «The Book of Kells». This new book uses many of the ancient sources as inspiration, but brings a personal, modern interpretation to the motifs, creating new and exciting patterns and designs which will both inspire and encourage readers. Part one presents history of Celtic Art from ancient times to today. It is illustrated with photographs and drawings of weapons, manuscripts, silver and gold objects, embroidery and murals. Part two features new designs in lavish colour and black & white inspired by Celtic beliefs, traditions and decorative sources. Subjects covered in this title include: infinity, love, trees, birds, fish, animals, and water. It describes sources of inspiration, practical uses and symbolic significance.
Название: Celtic Magic Tales
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2000
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Four ancient Celtic myths that have been passed from generation to generation are woven together in this collection of mythology, magic, and supernatural tales.
Название: Celtic Way of Life
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 1998
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This title features colorful and warlike people, constantly on the move, the Celts spread from Central Europe to Ireland, bringing with them their beliefs and customs, new crafts and skills, tools and weapons of iron and a Celtic language. Here we explore their home life, work, political structures and leisure. It is illustrated with photographs of Celtic artefacts, maps, and superb, archaelogically-informed reconstruction drawings of Celtic life. Originally written by the Curriculum Development Unit of Trinity College and the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, this book has been a favorite of adults and children for over ten years. Tourists and native alike have found it invaluable for brief yet detailed information.
Название: Dancing in the Dark
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2010
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Things haven't been easy for Jessie since her brother James — sports star and popular kid — died. Her mum and dad are lost in grief and she's feeling isolated at school; when the popular girls on her dance team give her a hard time, she just can't seem to remember the routines and Jessie can still see James. Talk to him, or quarrel with him, more like! They always bickered when James was alive, so why change now? But James might turn out to be her unlikely saviour. Along with Alan, the dorky new boy, can he give Jessie the confidence to show the rest of the dance team what she's got and help her and her parents on the road towards healing? Funny, sharp and poignant, it is a story about living with a ghost, and the pain of letting go.
Название: Death by Chocolate
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2011
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Marcel Petit-Pois, you are Invited to a Murder. The Kit-Kat Klub, Dublin. Thursday, Octover 17th, 8pm Sharp. I challenge you to stop me... you Nitwit. Signed: The Chocolatier. Monsieur Petit-Pois, the famous but bumbling Swiss detective, accompanied by his assitant Tesla, Europe's second-cleverest chimp, travels Europe on the trail of a dastardly murderer! A graphic novel detective story unlike any other... except for the rest of the Murder Can Be Fatal series!
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2012
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With illustrations by Terry Willers For the unprepared visitor Irish conversation can be a minefield. 'How's the craic?' is not an assumption that you are well versed in the properties of narcotics substances, merely an enquiry after your health and general well-being. A seemingly easy question like 'Your'e not from around here are ye?' requires a far more detailed reply than 'No, I'm not'. In order not to be thought rude you should supply details of where you live, why you are in Ireland, the tiny village, now deserted, from which your great-great grandfather emigrated in the year dot, and, to be really accepted, your salary figure, marital status and daily eating habits! To the uninitiated, advice like this might seem extreme, but, as Tadhg Hayes points out, the proper answer will save you from insistent and repeated questioning, which, in the case of the Irish, is motivated by genuine interest and not just downright nosiness. Having safely negotiated the opening gambits, plenty of other conversational pitfalls await the visitor. GIFT OF THE GAB covers them all and will see you through any topic, from THE WEATHER, SPORT, DRINK, DEATH, how to interpret travel directions and statements on a person's financial situation (see THE POOR MOUTH). For Improvers there are useful phrases to add colour to your conversation, including the essential 'feck', 'fecking' and its variations. All in all, the most essential thing, after your umbrella, you will need for an enjoyable holiday in Ireland.
Название: Into the Grey
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2009
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'The scream was awful — a horrible desolate cry... the child led my unresisting brother up the path and further into the tangled garden. Out of my sight'. My name is Patrick Finnerty. I am fifteen and I'm losing my brother. A ghost is stealing him away. I know how crazy that sounds. But my brother, my twin, is going to die; I'm watching him die. No one else can see what's happening. What can I do? The answers seem to lie within the memory of a dream — between this world and the next. Within The Grey. But I don't want to go into The Grey. I don't want to. I've seen what it's like!
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2010
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This is an atmospheric collection of over 200 wonderful photographs showing the beauty and diversity of Ireland's landscape. It includes: Glendalough; the Giant's Causeway; the Burren; the Skelligs; Mizen Head; Lough Derg; Rock of Cashel; Glen of Aherlow; Clew Bay; Killary Harbour; the Slieve Bloom Mountains; and, many more.
Название: Irish Cooking
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2008
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At last here comes a definitive, entertaining and easy to use Irish cookbook bursting with the colours and flavours of Irish food. With chapters on breads & baking, breakfasts, soups, starters, mains, desserts & drinks, this book also includes festive dishes and fascinating details of Irish food traditions and folklore. Written by Biddy White Lennon, this book focuses on the simple, easy to find ingredients which are at the heart of Irish cooking. This comprehensive cookbook is fully illustrated with new colour photographs and written in an easy accessible style with step-by-step instructions.
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2009
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Irish wit is an art form, centuries old yet up-to-the-minute wise, insulting, obscure, profound and idiotic. For years the Irish have mixed wit with wisdom, as they have porter and whiskey, and to the same intoxicating effect! In this book, Sean McCann has succeeded in distilling the essence of Irish wit — on love, religion, the 'hard stuff', the English, with a generous mix from Behan, Yeats, Swift, Moore, O'Casey, but above all from 'yer man', the leading authority on everything that grows, breeds, thinks or computes in the land. It is spiced with Tom Matthews cartoons.
Название: Marco Moves in
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2011
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A grizzly bear walked all the way from the zoo to my front door and not a single person noticed him. I suppose it helped that it was night, and that he was wearing a big black duffle coat with an enormous hood that covered his hairy head. He knocked on the front door three times, loud knocks that shook the house. Patrick makes his unexpected guest at home, while keeping him hidden from the neighbours, police and his very distractable mum! An intriguing, engaging and rather remarkable tale.
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2011
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Do you know your Doss Artists from your Doxies? Want to give someone a piece of your mind with a wicked insult like, You're as useful as an ashtray in a force-10 gale? Find all that and more in this riotous, fascinating guide to Irish culture. It includes: Twenty-five of the most popular Irish surnames: where they originated, what they mean, and all that oul' blarney. Enough Irish slang to pepper your conversations with and impress your friends. Tried and tested Irish insults that are as wicked as they are craic. A gansey-load of fascinating facts and interestingIrish trivia There is even a chapter filled with age-old Irish proverbs that will ensure you'll never be short of a few wise words. Get reading or you'll be in rag order!
Название: Nursery Rhymes
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2011
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Beautifully-illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes from one of Britain's greatest illustrators. First published in 1941, this lovingly-crafted edition is a must have for children everywhere.
Название: Red is the Rose
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2011
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Dedicated to the most inspirational of subjects, this memorable collection of poetry is sure to be the perfect companion to those in love. With timeless works from some of the most noted poets of all time, this collection has the perfect balance of classic and modern styles.
Название: Something Beginning with P
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2008
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Now available in paperback for the first time — this spectacular and highly acclaimed collection of specially commissioned new poems for children is already an established bestseller. Featuring work by 103 leading Irish poets and stunning illustrations, this magnificent anthology is a book for the entire family to treasure. It includes poems from: Seamus Heaney, Thomas Kinsella, Maighread Medbh, Paula Meehan, Brendan Kennelly, Michael Longley, Rita Ann Higgins, Matthew Sweeney, Biddy Jenkinson, Desmond O'Grady, Richard Murphy, Nuala ni Dhomhnaill, Celia de Freine, Cathal O Searcaigh, Frank McGuinness, Julie O'Callaghan, Tom McIntyre, Paul Muldoon, Dermot Bolger, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Frank Ormsby, Siobhan Campbell, Dennis O'Driscoll, John Montague, Moya Cannon, Peter Fallon, Mary O'Malley, Micheal O'Siadhail, and John F Deane. It is published by the O'Brien Press in association with Poetry Ireland and is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Название: Spirit of the Titanic
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2011
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Fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott died while building the Titanic. As the ship sails to her doom, his ghost moves restlessly alongside the passengers and crew: Frederick Fleet: the young look-out who spotted the iceberg and who survived in a life-boat with (the unsinkable) Molly Brown; Howard Hartley Wallace: the heroic band-leader who played ragtime music as the freezing waters lapped at his feet; Harold Bride: the junior radio operator whose messages echoed on, long after the ship had disappeared to its icy grave!
Название: The Feckin' Book of Everything Irish
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 2007
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This is a deadly compendium of all your favourite feckin' books. Do you know the difference between a bowsie and a cute hoor? Can you sing all the words to «Raggle Taggle Gypsy» or whip up a Beef and Guinness casserole with a side of Boxty? If these questions have you scratching your head, then look no further. Discover how feckin' deadly Irish Slang can be, find out why plastic-wrap played a vital role in the sex lives of the Irish in the seventies, learn the words to the most beloved Irish songs and get the recipes for the most famous and delicious Irish dishes. «The Feckin' Book of Everything Irish» is a laughter-filled guide to the genuine culture of Ireland.
Название: The Golden Book of Ireland
Жанр: O'Brien Press
Год: 1998
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This title features over 200 stunning original photographs of Ireland, North and South, featuring its historic places, monuments, breathtaking scenery, the people, fairs and festivals. Each photograph is accompanied by fact-filled, informative text on the history, legend, lives and customs covered by the pictures. The book takes you on a county by county tour of Ireland, visiting all the major tourist attractions: The Rock of Cashel, The Cliffs of Moher, The Giant's Causeway, Trinity College, Bunratty Castle, as well as illustrating unique features for which the Irish landscape is famous, such as thatched cottages, stone walls and round towers. It is the perfect accompaniment to a visit to Ireland and the ideal souvenir to take home.
