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The Invisible Irish

Rankin Sherling
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Author : Rankin Sherling
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773546233

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In spite of the many historical studies of Irish Protestant migration to America in the eighteenth century, there is a noted lack of study in the transatlantic migration of Irish Protestants in the nineteenth century. The main hindrance in rectifying this gap has been finding a method with which to approach a very difficult historiographical problem. The Invisible Irish endeavours to fill this blank spot in the historical record. Rankin Sherling imaginatively uses the various bits of available data to sketch the first outline of the shape of Irish Presbyterian migration to America in the nineteenth century. Using the migration of Irish Presbyterian ministers as "tracers" of a larger migration, Sherling demonstrates that eighteenth-century migration of Protestants reveals much about the completely unknown nineteenth-century migration. An original and creative blueprint of Irish Presbyterian migration in the nineteenth century, The Invisible Irish calls into question many of the assumptions that the history of Irish migration to America is built upon.

The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne
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Author : John Boyne
Publisher : Hogarth
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524760809

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Named Book of the Month Club's Book of the Year, 2017 Selected one of New York Times Readers’ Favorite Books of 2017 Winner of the 2018 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland Cyril Avery is not a real Avery -- or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from - and over his many years, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country, and much more. In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

The Invisible Plague

Edwin Fuller Torrey,Judy Miller
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Author : Edwin Fuller Torrey,Judy Miller
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Mental Illness
ISBN : 0813530032

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Examines the records on insanity in England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States over a 250-year period, concluding, through quantitative and qualitative evidence, that insanity is an unrecognized, modern-day plague.

The Girl in Between

Sarah Carroll
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Author : Sarah Carroll
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780735228610

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"A deeply moving story of family, homelessness, and the ghosts that won't let us go. Haunting and unforgettable."—Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Horses of Briar Hill Told in the naïve voice of a homeless girl sheltered by her mother from the world, this is a moving debut perfect for fans of David Almond, A Monster Calls, and Room. I'm invisible. Ma says I'm supposed to be so the Authorities don't get me. She goes out into the streets almost every day but I'm not allowed. I've got to stay inside the mill so they don't see me. In an old, abandoned mill, a girl and her ma take shelter from their memories of life on the streets, and watch the busy world go by. The girl calls it the Castle because it's the biggest place they've ever stayed, a home of her own like no other. The windows are boarded up and the floorboards are falling in, but for her neither of those things matter. Then developers show up, and it's clear that their lives are about to change forever. Desperate to save their refuge from the Authorities and her mother from her own personal demons, the girl seeks out the ghosts of the mill. And with only Caretaker—the old man who's slept outside the mill for decades—around to answer her questions, she begins to wonder what kind of ghosts are haunting both the mill and her mother. The Girl in Between is a compelling, witty, and at times heartbreaking novel that explores themes of loneliness and grief with effortless warmth and an unforgettable voice that will stick with you long after you've finished.

How the Irish Won the West

Myles Dungan
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Author : Myles Dungan
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616081003

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Now everyone will know the truth. Without the Irish, the American frontiermay never have been tamed.

Between Raid and Rebellion

William Jenkins
Between Raid and Rebellion Book PDF

Author : William Jenkins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773550469

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Between Raid and Rebellion by William Jenkins Pdf

A comparative study of Irish communities in a Canadian and an American city.

An Irish Country Cottage

Patrick Taylor
An Irish Country Cottage Book PDF

Author : Patrick Taylor
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765396822

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An Irish Country Cottage by Patrick Taylor Pdf

An Irish Country Cottage is a charming entry in Patrick Taylor's beloved New York Times and internationally bestselling Irish Country series. The New Year brings challenges and changes to the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. The Christmas holidays have barely passed before a fire engulfs the humble thatched cottage housing of Donal Donnally and his family. Although the family escapes the blaze more or less unsinged, Donal, his wife, their three small children, and their beloved dog find themselves with nothing left but the clothes on their back. Good thing Doctors O’Reilly and Laverty are on hand to rally the good people of Ballybucklebo to come to their aid. Rebuilding the cottage won’t be quick or easy, but good neighbors from all walks of life will see to it that the Donallys get back on their feet again, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, matters of procreation occupy the doctors and their patients. Young Barry Laverty and his wife Sue, frustrated in their efforts to start a family, turn to modern medicine for answers. O’Reilly must tread carefully as he advises a married patient on how to avoid another dangerous pregnancy. As a new and tumultuous decade approaches, sectarian division threaten to bring unrest to Ulster, but in Ballybucklebo at least, peace still reigns and neighbors look after neighbors. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Invisible Irish Magic Picture Book

Marty Noble
Invisible Irish Magic Picture Book Book PDF

Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486407659

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16 illustrations feature "invisible" images of shamrocks, leprechauns, the Blarney Stone and more. Children simply rub with pencil tip and the image magically appears. Informative and entertaining.

How To Be Invisible

Kate Bush
How To Be Invisible Book PDF

Author : Kate Bush
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571350957

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Selected and arranged by the author, and with a new introduction by novelist David Mitchell, How To Be Invisible presents the lyrics of Kate Bush published together for the first time. 'For millions around the world, Kate is way more than another singer-songwriter: she is a creator of musical companions that travel with you through life. One paradox about Kate is that while her lyrics are proudly idiosyncratic, those same lyrics evoke emotions and sensations that feel universal. Literature works in similar mysterious ways. Kate's the opposite of a confessional singer-songwriter ... You don't learn much about Kate from her songs. She's fond of masks and costumes - lyrically and literally - and of yarns, fabulations and atypical narrative viewpoints. Yet, these fiercely singular songs, which nobody else could have authored, are also maps of the heart, the psyche, the imagination. In other words, art.' David Mitchell

Invisible Among the Ruins

John Moss
Invisible Among the Ruins Book PDF

Author : John Moss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029040529

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This is an irreverent outsider's view of Ireland and its language, landscape and society. The author also reflects on Canada from his temporary exile.

The Invisible Prison

Pat Boran
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Author : Pat Boran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191025181X

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From the early 1970s the Irish midland town of Portlaoise became famous as the home of the country's maximum security political prison. A childhood on the Main Street of that "once congested, now double by-passed town" afforded award-winning poet Pat Boran a unique insight into its workings, and into small-town life in general. Here are extraordinary glimpses of bog men and bogey men, of the town's first colour television and the national debate over its first public toilet ... Here too are stories of coming of age, of high jinks and low deeds, of events and characters both wonderful and strange. And here too is the shadow of the northern 'troubles', seen through the lens of a southern Irish town with claims to being the place where the British Empire began - and where the first shots of the 1916 Rising were fired. Part memoir, part social history, part meditation on community itself, The Invisible Prison is a funny, moving and by time heart-breaking exploration of Irish life and the energies and passions that animate it.

Ireland, Sweden, and the Great European Migration, 1815-1914

Donald H. Akenson
Ireland Sweden and the Great European Migration 1815 1914 Book PDF

Author : Donald H. Akenson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773539570

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Ireland, Sweden, and the Great European Migration, 1815-1914 by Donald H. Akenson Pdf

A comparative history of European emigration.

The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne
The Heart s Invisible Furies Book PDF

Author : John Boyne
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385690614

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The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Pdf

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland. Cyril Avery is not a real Avery--or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community, and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamorous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from and--over his many years--will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country and much more. In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective

Rosalind Dixon,Adrienne Stone
The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective Book PDF

Author : Rosalind Dixon,Adrienne Stone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108417570

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The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective by Rosalind Dixon,Adrienne Stone Pdf

Constitutions worldwide inevitably have 'invisible' features: they have silences and lacunae, unwritten or conventional underpinnings, and social and political dimensions not apparent to certain observers. This contributed volume will help its wide audience including scholars, students, and practitioners understand the dimensions to contemporary constitutions, and their role in the interpretation, legitimacy and stability of different constitutional systems.

The Invisible French

Thomas Maxwell
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Author : Thomas Maxwell
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1977-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889207097

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The Invisible French by Thomas Maxwell Pdf

Since the Second World War, Toronto's image as a rather staid, predominantly British community, has been transformed through massive immigration into what has been aptly described as a "salad bowl" of identifiable ethnic communities with their characteristic languages, neighbourhoods, shops, newspapers, radio programs and sporting events.