Winston Churchill spent his early childhood in Ireland, had close Irish relatives, and was himself much involved in Irish political issues for a large part of his career. He took Ireland very seriously -- and not only because of its significance in the Anglo-American relationship. Churchill, in fact, probably took Ireland more seriously than Ireland took Churchill. Yet, in the fifty years since Churchill\'s

Vocal health tips, stories from the tour bus, and action items to improve your voice and boost your self-confidence from an award-winning musician and life coach Performing with David Bowie, surviving the murky depths of the music business, enduring a painful divorce, and making the first music video in outer space, award-winning recording artist Emm Gryner has navigated through life\'s highs and lows

Why Lumos IAR Test Prep Workbook?Grade 3 Math IAR Assessment Test Prep Printed Workbook (updated for 2023-24), designed by expert educators to help students succeed on IAR.The Lumos IAR Math test prep workbook for grade three offers rigorous standards-aligned practice resources. It helps identify grade-level & foundational skill gaps in Math standards, which allows them to become proficient in critical

Peter Finch and John Briggs build on the success of their book Walking Cardiff and venture outside the capital and into the very different world of the Valleys. Over the past two centuries the Valleys have gone from idyllic rural landscape to the engine room of the British Empire to post industrial decline. As centres of coal mining and iron and steel-making, the Valleys saw over a hundred thousand

We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--\"tribes.\" This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the

Discover the full creative and scientific potential of plant photography. This practical book explains how to take stunning, professional photos of plants in every guise. It introduces new subjects that have previously been largely ignored, and explains how to develop your technical and aesthetic photographic skills to take reliably impressive shots. With over 250 breath-taking photos taken around

Pacific Rim meets Shameless in this sci-fi kaiju action adventure, female-helmed thrill ride where one woman must keep the monsters in check - as well as her explosive family! It\'s Mechs vs. Kaiju in this hard-hitting, action sci-fi adventure! Kaiju hit hard. Family hits harder. Just when you break free ... you get pulled back in. Trying to keep your family from imploding is a tall order. Titan-rider

An awesome guide to each of the four seasons, with emphasis on its effects on the natural world. Join cute and funny animals as they appear throughout brightly illustrated scenes, and take a simple look at the seasons and the changing weather. Observe the subtle science behind seasonal changes; from rainbows in spring, to bees seeking nectar in summer, pumpkins in fall, to the winter freeze. - Watch

The first volume of a new trilogy telling the saga of one French family between 1946 and

Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers, economists, environmentalists, and industry as they consider which technologies to invest in, how to promote use of renewable energy sources, and how to plan for dwindling reserves of non-renewable energy. In Energy:

A young lawyer\'s involvement in her first case leads her through a criminal justice system - police, courts and prisons - which is cracking at the seams. Murmuring Judges is the second play in David Hare\'s highly acclaimed trilogy about British

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Say hello to 20 easy-to-love houseplants and goodbye to life\'s stresses as you learn to mindfully care for your plants, and yourself. Plant care is self-care. Spending time with nature reduces stress, anxiety and depression while boosting your immune system, reducing blood pressure, aiding sleep and improving concentration. Plants also remove toxins from the air and release fresh oxygen for us to

This is a lucid and lively introduction to key concepts and developments in media and media studies. The new edition, with updated case studies and a good range of online reading, is a valuable resource for both students and lecturers. - Chindu Sreedharan, Bournemouth University \"Has expanded the possibilities of what a textbook can be. Incisive questions framed through accessible and detailed examples

Eighteenth-century British culture was transfixed by the threat of contagion, believing that everyday elements of the surrounding world could transmit deadly maladies from one body to the next. Physicians and medical writers warned of noxious matter circulating through air, bodily fluids, paper, and other materials, while philosophers worried that agitating passions could spread via certain kinds of

In Alisha Rai\'s second novel in her Modern Love series, a live-tweet event goes viral for a camera-shy ex-model, shoving her into the spotlight - and into the arms of the bodyguard she\'d been pining

A collection of essays and articles from the Ukranian revolutionary, Nestor Makhno, who fought against encroaching Bolshevik terror during the Russian Revolution. \"The Struggle Against the State and other Essays\" sheds valuable insight onto the man and the movement that bore his

Offred is a Handmaid. She has only one function: to breed. If she refuses to play her part she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid\'s, but her role is fixed, her freedom a forgotten

The dramatic, eccentric, startling poetry of V.R. \'Bunny\' Lang, rediscovered and in print for the first time since

Offering a broad and vivid survey of the culture of collecting from the French Revolution to the Belle poque, The Purchase of the Past explores how material things became a central means of accessing and imagining the past in nineteenth-century France. By subverting the monarchical establishment, the French Revolution not only heralded the dawn of the museum age, it also threw an unprecedented quantity