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Instructions For British Servicemen In Germany, 1944

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 This remarkable booklet, often unintentionally humorous and sometimes crudely stereotypical reads by turns like a travel guide and a crash course in psychological warfare. It is very much a document of the period, revealing as much about British wartime attitudes towards Germany as it does about British hopes and fears.
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Instructions For American Servicemen In Australia, 1942

by Bodleian Library

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 1 million American soldiers passed through Australia between 1942 and 1945 as part of Americaâ€™s strategy to defeat Japan. In the pithy prose of the soldierâ€™s pocketbook series, this guide captures the essence of Australians, their vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable humour.
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Instructions For British Servicemen In France, 1944

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 In 1944 the British War Office distributed a handbook to British soldiers informing them what to expect and how to behave in a newly-liberated France. This book is an irresistible insight into British attitudes towards the French and an interesting, timeless commentary on Anglo-French relations.
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Instructions For American Servicemen In Britain, 1942

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 In 1942 the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities of the â€˜British, their country, and their waysâ€™. By turns hilarious and poignant, many observations remain quaintly relevant today. Reproduced in a style reminiscent of the era, this is a wonderfully evocative war-time memento.
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Mantles - Encountering Brigid

by Shauna Gilligan; Illustration: Margo Mcnulty

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 A collaboration between Kildare writer Shauna Gilligan and Roscommon based visual artist Margo McNulty. The book reimagines new representations of Brigid as an archetype of the sacred feminine through engagement with artefacts and site visits, creating a deeply personal narrative in words and images.
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Bog Treasure

by Eileen Casey

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 Poet and prose writer Eileen Casey ahs collaborated with visual artist and poet Jeanne Cannizzo to produce this stunning collection. The bbok is drawn from an art exhibition in 2021 that featured drawings and sculptures by Cannizzo, and poetry by Casey, together with a short film, Bog Treasure.
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Brian O Cianaigh - Ceannrodai Ildanach Gaeilge As Ard Na Ratha

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 Brian O Cianaigh was an Irish language teacher, writer, and playwright from Donegal who was well known for his commitment to Irish language and culture. This book collects his Irish language short stories, fables, poetry and plays, alongside a comprehensive, illustrated biography of his life and times.
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An Craiceann Agus A Luach

by Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair

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 This collection mines the beauty of the Irish language, encompassing local fables and folktales for a new imagining of Donegal heritage and culture.
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An Guth Aduaidh

by Colette Ni Ghallchoir

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 A new Irish language collection from one of the leading poets from the North of Ireland, currently based in Donegal, which includes stunning colour images from contemporary artists Michaela Donegan, Aodan O Gallchoir, Michelle Duffy and Ruth Keogh.
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All Strangers Here - 100 Years Of Personal Writing From The Irish Foreign Service

by Biddy Jenkinson, Daniel Mulhall, Eamon Delaney, Maeve Brennan, Maire Mhac An Tsaoi e Siobhan Campbell

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 This volume comprises a selection of personal, creative and unofficial writing by Irish diplomats and their families. Part of the Department of Foreign Affairs centenary programme, the collection is a tribute to the creative power of language and the imaginative bonds that connect us.
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Aesop I Gconamara

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 An Irish language version of Aesop's Fables that includes a Connemara twist. The fables are accompanied by essays on the Irish language scholars who translated the fables, and an essay on the history of the fables.
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Bone Road In Word And Image

by Geraldine Mills

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 Geraldine Mills' collection is an illustrated, book-length collection of lyric poems engaged with points where national and family history meet between Ireland and the USA. Each poem is a breath - of a human being, of a landscape, of hope, of return, of a diaspora - and is a moving, and beautifully crafted act of witness.
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Cuma Agus Claochmu : Mutagenesis

by Deirdre Brennan

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 This full-length play, in both English and Irish, is a fantasy, set in a timeless place - it could be the past or the future - which intentionally melds some present day aspects within a classical or mythical atmosphere (a mix that is consciously mirrored in the language).
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Love, The Magician

by Medbh Mcguckian

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 One of Ireland's most internationally celebrated authors returns with a new feminist collection of poetry exploring the lives of women told through the language of men who exploited them. Despite the somber subject matter, McGuckian's collection is full of humor and light.
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Ambassador Extraordinaire - Daniel O'Daly, 1595-1662

by Margaret Mac Curtain

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 A fascinating study that explores the career of Ireland's first modern diplomat, Daniel O'Daly. Born in Kilsarkan, County Kerry, in 1595, he became a significant figure in seventeenth-century ecclesiastical and political life at a time when Ireland's relationship with Europe was both considerable and subtle.
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Available Light

by Maria Mcmanus

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 The third poetry collection from the acclaimed Northern Irish poet Maria McManus offers readers stories, meditations, and illuminations about life and death with all their hope and horror, and their beauty and brutality.
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Feather And Bone

by Ruth Carr

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 Carr's poems explore the lives of two women who lived contemporaneously but never met Dorothy Wordsworth and Mary Ann McCracken. The poems reflect how they lived their lives alongside their more famous brothers, with Mary Ann's political strength carrying her through tragedy and Dorothy's calmer "foxglove feeling" for life.
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The Work Of A Winter

by Maureen Boyle

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 Boyle's luminous poems are intimate portraits of confined and unsung lives, furnished with a sensuous exactness. Hermione, mourning her lost children, is cheered by the "blushing crimson tips" appearing in her winter garden. Birds are significant reminders of life, colour, and wry defiance in these self-assured poems of hard-won sustenance.
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The Devil Looks After His Own

by Niamh Mcbrannan

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 This debut novel by a fresh and vibrant voice in Irish crime writing explores the seamy underbelly of current-day Dublin, with a strong, gritty, and wry female protagonist. Murder and intrigue, memorable characters, and dear old dirty Dublin are brought to life vividly in an extraordinary mix of humour and tragedy.
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The Far Side Of Happiness

by Gerry Boland

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 Sixteen stories, sixteen intriguing situations, and a fascinating cast of characters populate The Far Side of Happiness, Boland's debut short fiction collection.
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Historical Perspectives On Parenthood And Childhood In Ireland

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 Essays in this collection focus on aspects of parenthood and childhood in Ireland from the 1700s to the 1950s. They provide new insights into parent-child relations in the past and pursue new areas of research.
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Crime And Punishment

by Philip Mcdonagh

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 The Russian masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is adapted for the stage by Irish playwright Philip McDonagh. Stunningly illustrated, the book also includes a perceptive introduction by Mary McAleese, former president of Ireland.
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Ada Lovelace - The Making Of A Computer Scientist

by Adrian Rice, Christopher Hollings e Ursula Martin

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 Featuring images of the â€˜first programmeâ€™ and Lovelaceâ€™s correspondence, alongside mathematical models, and contemporary illustrations, this book shows how Ada Lovelace, with astonishing prescience, explored key mathematical questions to understand the principles behind modern computing.
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The Making Of Shakespeare'S First Folio

by Emma Smith

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 This book, generously illustrated with key pages from the publication and comparative works, tells the human, artistic, economic and technical stories of the birth of the First Folio - and the birth of Shakespeare's towering reputation.
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