A Day With May

Author : Colin Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350369719

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A Day in May by Colin Murphy Pdf

There's a million in the middle - and they might go either way. On May 22nd, 2015, the people of Ireland voted resoundingly for marriage equality - making Ireland the first country in the world to introduce gay marriage by popular vote. Little about Ireland's 20th-century history suggested that the country would find itself at the vanguard of LGBT+ rights. “Homosexual conduct may lead a mildly homosexually-orientated person into a way of life from which he may never recover,” warned the Irish Supreme Court in 1982. Homosexuality remained criminalised till 1993. But a long, hard fight by determined activists, as well as the individual efforts and sacrifices of thousands of ordinary people, gradually made the case for gay rights and, eventually, marriage equality. Colin Murphy's documentary drama, based on interviews by the journalist Charlie Bird, charts the arc of that fight - culminating in the fervour of the final campaign weeks - interwoven with the personal stories of some of those who were touched by it. This edition was published to coincide with the presentation of A Day in May at Dublin's Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire, in October 2022.

Author : Charlie Bird
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1785370766

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A Day in May by Charlie Bird Pdf

On May 23rd, 2015 the people of Ireland made history by becoming the first country in the world to introduce marriage equality by popular vote. The joyous scenes from Dublin Castle and across Ireland, as the historic vote was declared, made headlines across the globe. But more than anything else, the vote was about changing the 'real lives' of the largest minority in Ireland: the LGBT community. Charlie Bird, inspired by the extraordinary Yes Equality campaign, travelled the length and breadth of Ireland to record first-hand the moving life stories of over fifty people who were deeply affected by the marriage equality vote. These are the true stories from ordinary LGBT people who have lived in the shadow of inequality and oppression for decades. A Day in May is a poignant record of their lives - of the pain, terror, confusion and sometimes the laughter - all of these emotions are beautifully captured by Charlie Bird. Stunning portrait photography complement the voices on paper to powerful effect amplifying the life affirming impact of that day in May 2015 when Ireland said yes to marriage equality. *** "The ordinary men and women who tell their remarkably eloquent stories create a fascinating tapestry of voices and experiences that epitomizes the phrase 'the personal is political.' As Colm Toibin writes in his introduction, each gay testimony 'moves our lives from shadow into substance.' A Day in May is an uplifting, enlightening and powerful collection." --Kevin Howell, Shelf Awareness, Social Science, July 1, 2016 *** "...moving anthology of firsthand testimonies from members of Ireland's LGBT community. Highly recommended!" --Midwest Book Review, Wisconsin Bookwatch: September 2016, The LGBT Studies Shelf [Subject: Marriage Equality, Politics, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies]

Author : Jenny Bond
Publisher : The Hard Word
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780645345919

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A Day in May by Jenny Bond Pdf

Will a chance encounter change her life forever? Robbed of her home and job by the Great Depression, the future looks bleak for Iris Macintosh - until a chance encounter with America's spirited First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. Propelled by Eleanor into the brilliant inner circle of the White House, Iris finds herself at the centre of momentous change ... and her heart torn between two men. But her loyalty lies with a third: the complicated and charismatic President Roosevelt, who will ultimately force her to question everything she believes in. While the world is in turmoil, one woman's life is transformed. A compelling story of politics and power, love and loss, set in one of the most exciting and cataclysmic periods of history.

Author : Thomas CLARKE (Poet of the 19th century.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024337122

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A Day in May. A poem, in six books by Thomas CLARKE (Poet of the 19th century.) Pdf

Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375714955

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The Familiar, Volume 1 by Mark Z. Danielewski Pdf

From the author of the international best seller House of Leaves and National Book Award–nominated Only Revolutions comes a monumental new novel as dazzling as it is riveting. The Familiar (Volume 1) ranges from Mexico to Southeast Asia, from Venice, Italy, to Venice, California, with nine lives hanging in the balance, each called upon to make a terrifying choice. They include a therapist-in-training grappling with daughters as demanding as her patients; an ambitious East L.A. gang member contracted for violence; two scientists in Marfa, Texas, on the run from an organization powerful beyond imagining; plus a recovering addict in Singapore summoned at midnight by a desperate billionaire; and a programmer near Silicon Beach whose game engine might unleash consequences far exceeding the entertainment he intends. At the very heart, though, is a twelve-year-old girl named Xanther who one rainy day in May sets out with her father to get a dog, only to end up trying to save a creature as fragile as it is dangerous . . . which will change not only her life and the lives of those she has yet to encounter, but this world, too—or at least the world we think we know and the future we take for granted. (With full-color illustrations throughout.) Like the print edition, this eBook contains a complex image-based layout. It is most readable on e-reading devices with larger screen sizes.

Author : Catherine Alliott
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141957371

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One Day in May by Catherine Alliott Pdf

Indulge in this deliciously romantic rural comedy about past love from the bestselling author of A Cornish Summer One day in May, Hattie's life changes for ever . . . Hattie Carrington has good reason to be happy. Her antiques business is flourishing, her teenage son is settled at school and she's enjoying a fling with a sexy, younger man. But when work takes her back to the village of Little Crandon, heartbreaking memories of her first love surface. It seems that the secret affair with married politician Dominic Forbes, which changed the course of her life, just won't go away. So when Hattie bumps into Dominic's widow and his gorgeous younger brother, Hal, her world is turned upside down. Though she's still trying to hide from her mistakes, she knows that if she's ever to fall in love again she needs to be honest with others, and herself. Can she admit what really happened with Dominic all those years ago? And, if so, is she ready for the consequences? Praise for Catherine Alliott: 'Another charming tale of love and heartbreak from this wonderfully warm and witty author' Woman 'She's getting better and better. A complete pleasure to read' Daily Mail 'A fun, fast-paced page-turner' OK

Author : Laura Gehl
Publisher : Capstone Editions
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781684461028

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May Saves the Day by Laura Gehl Pdf

As May rescues schoolchildren from bees by making them beets, and scouts from a bear by making it a beard, lasso-wielding Stu asks to be her sidekick--but businesswomen don't need sidekicks, do they?

Author : Pilla Vijay
Publisher : Prowess Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789389097757

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May Day by Pilla Vijay Pdf

MAY DAY IS AN INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. IT IS THE DAY FOR THE WORKING TO UNITE AND PROCLAIM THAT THEIR ULTIMATE AIM IS TO CAPTURE POWER AND BRING SOCIALISM FOR ALL CLASSES OF SOCIETY. IT THE DAY FOR PLEDGING AND BRING UNANIMITY INTERNATIONALLY IN THE WORKING CLASS. IT IS THE DAY TO FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF PLUNDER IN THE HANDS OF THNITE E WORKING CLASS. SINCE IT GLOBAL WORKERS UNITE GLOBALLY. THIS BOOK DEPICTS THE CLEAR PICTURE OF THE LATEST SITUATION OF WORKING CLASS AND GOVERNMENT PROPOSED LABOUR REFORMS AND UNREST THEREBY RAISED BY THE WORKING CLASS IN INDIA PARTICULAR AND A WHOLE IN THE WORLD.

Author : Peter Linebaugh
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781629632513

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Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day by Peter Linebaugh Pdf

“May Day is about affirmation, the love of life, and the start of spring, so it has to be about the beginning of the end of the capitalist system of exploitation, oppression, war, and overall misery, toil, and moil.” So writes celebrated historian Peter Linebaugh in an essential compendium of reflections on the reviled, glorious, and voltaic occasion of May 1st. It is a day that has made the rich and powerful cower in fear and caused Parliament to ban the Maypole—a magnificent and riotous day of rebirth, renewal, and refusal. These reflections on the Red and the Green—out of which arguably the only hope for the future lies—are populated by the likes of Native American anarcho-communist Lucy Parsons, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, Karl Marx, José Martí, W.E.B. Du Bois, Rosa Luxemburg, SNCC, and countless others, both sentient and verdant. The book is a forceful reminder of the potentialities of the future, for the coming of a time when the powerful will fall, the commons restored, and a better world born anew.

Author : Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 091003463X

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One Day at a Time in Al-Anon by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc Pdf

Alcoholism is a family illness, and changed attitudes can aid recovery. This daily readings guide for family and friends of alcoholics provides meditations and reminder, and visualizations that can provide a measure of comfort, serenity, and a sense of achievement.

Author : Gretchen Marquette
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781555979362

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May Day by Gretchen Marquette Pdf

You arrive at my altar with no idea what it means to worship--to adore. You haven't even learned it: ecstasy and suffering make the same face. --from "The Offering" May Day is both a distress call and a celebration of the arrival of spring. In this rich and unusually assured first collection, the poet Gretchen Marquette writes of the losses of a brother gone off to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a great love--losses that have left the world charged with absence and grief. But there is also the wonder of the natural world: the deer at the edge of the forest, the dog reliably coaxing the poet beyond herself and into the city park where by tradition every May Day is pageantry, a festival of surviving the long winter. "What does it mean to be in love?" one poem asks. "As it turns out, / the second best thing that can happen to you / is a broken heart." May Day introduces readers to a new poet of depth and power.

Author : Christine Evans
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780807587430

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Snow Day in May by Christine Evans Pdf

Raven is having the worst week ever. Her best friend Belle has just moved away, and tomorrow is Voices of History Day. Raven and Belle were working on their project together, and now Raven has to present alone—in front of the whole class. But when Raven stumbles upon the Wish Library and asks for school to be canceled, she faces a whole new challenge—and finds that just maybe she had the bravery she needed all along.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
ISBN : BL:A0026381241

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How Edinburgh May be Viewed in a Day: Or, the Visitor's City Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : May Byron
Publisher : Litres
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040627165

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A Day with Walt Whitman by May Byron Pdf

"A Day with Walt Whitman" by May Byron. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Birth certificates
ISBN : MINN:31951P01092489L

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May Day is Birth-registration Day by United States. Children's Bureau Pdf