2016 - The Selected Satires of Kevin Higgins

Literature & Fiction

Higgins, Kevin

Humor & Satire

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The United Arab Emirates is a thriving federation of seven Emirates, forming a crescent along the southern coast of the Arabian Gulf. Since 1971, when the newly independent Emirates joined together, the wise investment of oil revenues under the guidance of Ruler Sheikh Zayed has built the UAE into a prosperous commercial centre. Ambitious projects such as greening the desert, building airports and the founding of Al Ain University exemplify the long-term thinking of the Emirates' government, and have raised the international profile of this state. Every year increasing numbers of visitors enjoy the pleasures of the sandy beaches, the thrilling sports and bustling city life. In this book Helene Rogers has captured the marvels of the Emirates, both natural - the mountains, deserts and coasts - and man-made - from Iron Age forts to high-tech skyscrapers. This unique book will provide a memorable record to be treasured by visitors to the UAE and a tribute in honour of 1996's celebration of twenty-five years of independence and prosperity.

The Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Umm Al Qaiwain, Ajman

Arts & Photography

Rogers, Helene

Photography & Video

Garnet Pub Ltd

It is generally agreed that the single greatest area of weakness in area regeneration is in the process of economic regeneration - which involves reducing unemployment and increasing the number of paid jobs.  It is also clear that the long-term unemployed face multiple disadvantages in trying to get into the labour market.This new study fills a gap in our knowledge about the effectiveness of schemes developed to date which actively involve employers in targeting the employment problems of disadvantaged areas.The authors look at 12 case studies of innovative projects, drawing out general patterns and concerns for good practice.  They provide a review of the literature to date and an indispensable directory of different approaches to involving employers.Employer involvement in area regeneration is essential reading for practitioners searching for solutions to solve employment problems in disadvantaged areas, for academics and students involved in developing the theory, and for all those involved in economic regeneration.

Employer involvement in area regeneration (Area Regeneration series)

Business & Money

Richmond, Kenneth

McGregor, Alan

Glass, Andrea

Ferguson, Zoe

Economics

Policy Press

Programmes to tackle social exclusion have developed on a twin track over many years. While some have focused on the regeneration of neighbourhoods, others have targeted individuals irrespective of where they live. This report looks at the benefits of integrating these two approaches. Drawing on experiences from nine UK cities, "Developing People - Regenerating Place" analyses the views of a range of practitioners on how to achieve more effective joint working across area regeneration and social inclusion initiatives. The report focuses on three key issues: the particular benefits of joint working for those involved in area regeneration and social inclusion initiatives; the barriers that make joint working difficult between these two groups; and how to create an environment within which joint working becomes much more common. The report will be of particular interest to practitioners involved in area regeneration and social inclusion, students and researchers with a specialist interest

Developing people - regenerating place: Achieving greater integration for local area regeneration

Politics & Social Sciences

MacDougall, Lynne

Sutherland, Victoria

Social Sciences

Higgins was born in London in 1967, and grew up in Galway City where he still lives. He is co-organizer of the highly successful Over The Edge literary events. His first collection of poems, The Boy With No Face was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award. He is the poetry critic of The Galway Advertiser and also regularly reviews for Books In Canada: The Canadian Review of Books.

Time Gentlemen, Please

Poetry

Salmon Poetry

The fifth collection of poetry from Irish poet Kevin Higgins. Higgins facilitates poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre and teaches creative writing. "With endlessly colorful wit, Irish poet and satirist Kevin Higgins offers an assortment of new and selected poems that rip into life and politics with 'teeth or, at least, dentures.' Bursting with bathos as he riffs off of Wordsworth, Milton, and Burns or turning to absurdity the psalmic similes in the title poem, Higgins's verse revels in pastiche and political irreverence."--WLT

Song of Songs 2.0: New & Selected Poems

Thrills & Difficulties: Being a Marxist Poet in 21st Century Ireland

Beir Bua Press

In these poems the personal and global darknesses are always lit by Kevin Higgins's singular wit. There is lyricism, and acute vulnerability, here. But if you want reassuring, middle class epiphanies then you should immediately put this poetry collection down and run screaming from the bookshop. There is a hard-fought for subversive hope in several of these poems. And where that hope fails there is a maniacal laughter which is sometimes the only answer. Ecstatic is Kevin Higgins's sixth full collection of poems. Praise for Kevin Higgins's previous poetry collection: "Nothing is ever seen the same way again if you truly engage with a Higgins poem." - Dublin Review of Books. "Some great stuff here. It's the Dave McSavage of poetry books. The Michel Houllebecq. Sergio Ramos (crossed with Ronaldo)." - Kevin Gildea, Founder of Dublin's Comedy Cellar. "Expelled [from the British Labour Party] for having his poem printed in a socialist newspaper. Banning and persecution is something Irish writers have a lot of experience of. Kevin follows in the footsteps of O'Casey, Shaw, O'Brien, Joyce, Behan and so many others." - Pamela Fitzpatrick , UK Labour Parliamentary Candidate Harrow East Constituency 2019

Ecstatic

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