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The Strangers' House

Writing Northern Ireland

By: Alexander Poots

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The Strangers' House

Writing Northern Ireland

By: Alexander Poots

A penetrating study and celebration of Northern Irish literature—telling the region’s story through the extraordinary novels and poetry produced by decades of conflict. Northern Ireland is one hundred years old. Northern Ireland does not exist. Both of these statements are true. It just depends who you ask. How do you write about a place like this? THE STRANGERS' HOUSE asks this question of the region’s greatest writers, living and dead. What have they made of Northern Ireland – and what has Northern Ireland made of them? Northern Ireland is roughly the same size as the State of Connecticut, yet has produced an extraordinary number of celebrated poets and novelists. Louis MacNeice, too clever to be happy, formed by his childhood on the shores of Belfast Lough; son of a Protestant clergyman “banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor”. C. S. Lewis, who discovered Narnia in the rolling drumlins and black rock of County Down. Anna Burns, chronicler of North Belfast and winner of the Booker Prize. And Seamus Heaney, the man of wry precision, the poet with the gift of surprise. As well as household names, Poots also examines writers who may be less familiar to an American readership. These include the dark and bawdy novels of Ian Cochrane, a half-blind writer obsessed with Columbo, and Forrest Reid, a man who saw Arcadia in the Irish countryside, and who was, perhaps, the North’s first queer author. Reading the work of these writers together produces a testament to over one hundred years of literary endeavor and human struggle. THE STRANGERS' HOUSE is the story of how men and women have written about a home divided, and used their work to move, in the words of Seamus Heaney, “like a double agent among the big concepts.”

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Twelve

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1538701588

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9781538701584

A Grammar of the New Testament Greek

By: Alexander Buttmann

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A Grammar of the New Testament Greek

By: Alexander Buttmann

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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498

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3368198858

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9783368198855

Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington

Vol. I

By: James Edward Alexander

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Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington

Vol. I

By: James Edward Alexander

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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522

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338513353X

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9783385133532

Cinemeducation

Using Film and Other Visual Media in Graduate and Medical Education

By: Alexander Matthew,Patricia Lenahan,Anna Pavlov

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Cinemeducation

Using Film and Other Visual Media in Graduate and Medical Education

By: Alexander Matthew,Patricia Lenahan,Anna Pavlov

Companion volume to Cinemeducation Volume 1 Cinemeducation, Volume 2 outlines a comprehensive approach to using film in graduate and medical education. It provides readers with a wide array of film excerpts ready for immediate application in the classroom. Each excerpt includes the counter time, year of release, names of actors, a short description of the movie and the scene being highlighted as well as discussion questions. Entire chapters are dedicated to reality television, mainstream television, music videos, documentaries and YouTube. Clearly structured, this second volume dives deep into human experiences. Authors from five continents have composed 49 chapters devoted to a wide assortment of new topics relevant to medical and postgraduate healthcare education. Some of the specific issues covered include substance abuse, gambling, dealing with tragedy, diabetes, heart disease, chronic illness and obstetrics as well as mental health problems. Some films portray health care professionals both positively and negatively and these are presented with rich detail. A wide variety of specialties and different health careers are covered. All of these areas converge on the common ground of compassion in the medical experience. This book is ideal for the undergraduate or postgraduate classroom. All healthcare educators will appreciate its comprehensive scope and innovative approach, including those in psychology, social services, dentistry and veterinary science.

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823

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CRC Press

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104029510X

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9781040295106

Travels into Bokhara

By: Alexander Burnes

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Travels into Bokhara

By: Alexander Burnes

This bestselling 1834 work describes the activities, both diplomatic and covert, of Alexander Burnes in central Asia.

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365

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Cambridge University Press

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1108075487

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9781108075480

The Crown in Crisis

Countdown to the Abdication

By: Alexander Larman

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The Crown in Crisis

Countdown to the Abdication

By: Alexander Larman

The thrilling and definitive account of the Abdication Crisis of 1936 On December 10, 1936, King Edward VIII brought a great international drama to a close when he abdicated, renouncing the throne of the United Kingdom for himself and his heirs. The reason he gave when addressing his subjects was that he could not fulfill his duties without the woman he loved—the notorious American divorcee Wallis Simpson—by his side. His actions scandalized the establishment, who were desperate to avoid an international embarrassment at a time when war seemed imminent. That the King was rumored to have Nazi sympathies only strengthened their determination that he should be forced off the throne, by any means necessary. Alexander Larman’s The Crown in Crisis will treat readers to a new, thrilling view of this legendary story. Informed by revelatory archival material never-before-seen, as well as by interviews with many of Edward’s and Wallis’s close friends, Larman creates an hour-by-hour, day-by-day suspenseful narrative that brings readers up to the point where the microphone is turned on and the king speaks to his subjects. As well as focusing on King Edward and Mrs. Simpson, Larman looks closely at the roles played by those that stood against him: Prime minister Stanley Baldwin, his private secretary Alec Hardinge, and the Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang. Larman also takes the full measure of those who supported him: the great politician Winston Churchill, Machiavellian newspaper owner Lord Beaverbrook, and the brilliant lawyer Walter Monckton. For the first time in a book about the abdication, readers will read an in-depth account of the assassination attempt on Edward’s life and its consequences, a first-person chronicle of Wallis Simpson’s scandalous divorce proceedings, information from the Royal Archives about the government’s worries about Edward’s relationship with Nazi high-command Ribbentrop and a boots-on-the-ground view of how the British people saw Edward as they watched the drama unfold. You won’t be able to put down The Crown in Crisis, a full panorama of the people and the times surrounding Edward and the woman he loved.

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312

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St. Martin's Press

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1250274850

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9781250274854

The Ethics of Aristotle

Vol. II

By: Alexander Grant

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The Ethics of Aristotle

Vol. II

By: Alexander Grant

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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469

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3368824074

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9783368824075

A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

By: George Richard Crooks,Alexander Jacob Schem

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A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

By: George Richard Crooks,Alexander Jacob Schem

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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3752520272

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9783752520279

Sign-Talker

The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

By: James Alexander Thom

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Sign-Talker

The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

By: James Alexander Thom

“A cracking good yarn . . . sheer storytelling power . . . James Alexander Thom is one of the finest historical novelists writing today. . . . Anyone who thinks there’s nothing left to be said about the Lewis and Clark expedition should read this book.”—John Sugden, author of Tecumseh: A Life Following the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson sends Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the newly acquired territory. To survive, the two captains need an extraordinary hunter who will be able to provide the expedition with fresh game, and a sign-talker to communicate with the native tribes. They choose George Drouillard. It is Drouillard, an actual historical figure, who becomes our eyes and ears on this unforgettable odyssey. A magnificent tale told with intelligence and insight, Sign-Talker is full of song and suffering, humor and pathos. James Alexander Thom has created the rarest reading experience: one that entertains us even as it shows us a new vision of our nation, our past, and ourselves. “Excellent . . . It is at once an adventure story [and] a historical document. . . . Even though many readers know the story of Lewis and Clark, Thom’s novel will give them new insight.”—The Indianapolis Star (four-star review)

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Ballantine Books

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0307763153

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9780307763150

The Works of John Webster

By: Alexander Dyce

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The Works of John Webster

By: Alexander Dyce

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

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3375162413

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9783375162412

Book's by Alexander Poots

The Strangers' House

The Strangers' House

A Grammar of the New Testament Greek

A Grammar of the New Testament Greek

Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington

Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington

Cinemeducation

Cinemeducation

Travels into Bokhara

Travels into Bokhara

The Crown in Crisis

The Crown in Crisis

The Ethics of Aristotle

The Ethics of Aristotle

A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

Sign-Talker

Sign-Talker

The Works of John Webster

The Works of John Webster

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