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The story of the vicious battle between Republican and Provisional Government forces for control of Limerick City in the early days of the Civil War. The city was of vital strategic importance in the fight and both sides were determined to secure the city for their respective causes.

It has been suggested, that cognitive constructs that have emerged in recent literature provide a more "promising approach" to entrepreneurship research (De Noble et al., 1999). The purpose of this study was to examine the role of entrepreneurial cognition in the context of opportunity recognition and new venture creation. Since 'high self-efficacy appears to be one characteristic strongly linked to entrepreneurial pursuits'' (Markman et al. 2...

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The managing director and the architect recount the eight-year process by which the Milwaukee Repertory Theater converted a landmark former power plant into a state-of-the-art performing arts complex.

In full acknowledgment of the important cultural significance of film, this outstanding collection of psychoanalytic essays brings a methodological and theoretical sophistication to an absorbing range of film material. From Wild Strawberries and Vertigo to Titanic and Being John Malkovich, this intelligent and enjoyable collection succeedes in combining clarity and accessibility with a deeply informed scholarship.

In this inspiring sequel to Getting Well Again, an extraordinary doctor and one of his patients offer powerful healing ideas to anyone touched by life-threatening illness. At age forty, businessman Reid Henson was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. His prognosis was grim: less than two years to live. Given no hope by the medical community, Reid enrolled in Simonton Cancer Center-and the care of Dr. Simonton, a world-renowned oncologist who ...

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Celebrate the long-awaited resurrection-and-return of the 19th century's Queen of Romance in the 21st century literary arena--Ouida (1839-1908), the highest-paid author in the Victorian world--finally makes her comeback, from an enforced obscurity, via Ria Grodon.

The Irish Famine of 1846 50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century, whose notoriety spreads as far as the mass emigration which followed it. Cormac O'Grada's concise survey suggests that a proper understanding of the disaster requires an analysis of the Irish economy before the invasion of the potato-killing fungus, Phytophthora infestans, highlighting Irish poverty and the importance of the potato, but also finding signs of ...

Also includes: Don't You Ever Call Me Anything but Mother and The Man in the Moon.

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems...? A.A. members know of Dr. Paul's wisdom through the often-quoted passage from his story in A.A.'s Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Dr. Paul continues sharing his astute insight and gentle humor with discussions of the physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal and spiritual aspects of sobriety.

Ever since the Abbey Theatre opened in 1940 the collection of portraits on the walls of its foyer has steadily grown. In the beginning, as Yeats wrote, these were all by an Irish artist, actually his father, the painter J.B. Yeats, but the collection now includes portraits by several renowned Irish painters depicting the players, many of whom have achieved worldwide fame. In the 1940s Robinson described the collection in his charming essay Pic...

Over the past decade, Cathal O Searcaigh has emerged as one of Ireland's most distinguished poets. Now that his work is becoming more readily available in translation, readers can experience what Theo Dorgan has described as his "confident internationalism, channeling new modes, new possibilities, into the writing of Irish language poetry in our time". His poetry is a celebration of homosexual love, of his native Irish tongue, of tradition, of...

Essays showing links between Ireland and Scandinavia in folklore and literature.

This collection of Irish prayers has been drawn from many sources. Some are simple prayers composed by the people for their daily use. Others are more sophisticated, the work of poets and theologians. Each of the prayers is provided with an English translation on the facing page.

The author returns to the original texts and sources in order to provide a comprehensive overview of Celtic Spirituality. He outlines what is known about the Celts, their lifestyles and beliefs, megalithic tombs and stone circles, the origins of the Celtic people, the folk prayers, and shows how some of the major themes of Celtic heritage interface with the Christian Easter mystery.

Executed by the British in 1916 for treason, Roger Casement is one of Ireland's most colorful, mythologized, and controversial figures. His infamous Black Diaries, with their homosexual materials, were famously published by the Olympia Press in a suspect edition in 1959. In 1903 when he was a British consul, he left his base on the Lower Congo River and made a Conrad-like journey through the "heart of darkness" regions of the Upper Congo to pe...

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Inspiring moments in Franciscan life where everything is transformed.

Genial einfach, süß und leicht verrückt! Wer Kuchen und Schokolade mag, liebt auch die neuen Minikuchen am Stiel. Was man dazu braucht? Nur die wenigen Zutaten für einen Biskuitteig, Kakaobutter, Kuvertüre oder Fondant, Lolli-Stäbe und Förmchen, dazu Phantasie, ein bisschen Geduld und Freude an witzigen Formen und neuen Kreationen. Hinweis: Dies ist die Ausgabe für Deutschland und Österreich. Die inhaltlich identische Ausgabe für die Schweiz...