Creative Guide to Meaningful Relationships. Reflection of Elaine Gray's journey toward enlightenment.

Loving me, you & life: A creative guide to meaningful relationships

Gray, Elaine

Merlin Pub

As editor of Boxoffice magazine, Ray Greene had access to all of showbiz's top names-actors, directors, and industry executives. Here he presents his take on everything from celebrity culture and movie trends to the darker side of the film business and its politics. Many of these collected essays originally appeared in Greene's Village View column, and they cover business developments and industry scandals, major cinematic works and mass-market ephemera, the rise of independent cinema, and the cult of stardom. This is an eyewitness account of how the film industry has changed over the last decade of the century.

Hollywood Migraine: The Inside Story of a Decade in Film

Humor & Entertainment

Greene, Ray

Movies

The world according to Kevin Murphy, Ireland's favorite househusband. A rapidly aging stay-at-home father, three adorable but rapidly growing daughters, and one rapidly executive wife. These are the ingredients of Kevin Murphy's hilarious weekly column in Ireland's bestselling newspaper, Sunday World. Week in, week out, he brings the understated art of househusbanding and all its zany happenings to vibrant, comic life. Now, for the first time, the very best of these columns have been brought together in "A Dad's Life," the definitive chronicle of how a one-time newspaperman copes with some of life's biggest challenges-fatherhood, parenting, hotpress management, and, yes, supermarket trolleys. At every turn, his wit sparkles and his one-liners crackle with the intensity that only an authentically exhausted chef, nurse, and taximan can muster. Be it holidays from hell, Christmas migraines, foody fads, or tales from the teenies' twilight zone, Murphy excels at bringing us front line dispatches from the modern battleground of suburban family life. If journalism is literature in a hurry, this is the Harley Davidson version.

It's a Dad's Life

Murphy, Kevin

Humor

The story of Irish music and its influence at home and overseas. Nuala O'Connor provides a superb account of the history of Irish music, from its origins in rural Irish communities to reinvention in America, and return home to a new generation of musicians. This is a beautiful history of the world's favorite music.

Bringing It All Back Home: The Influence of Irish Music at Home and Overseas

Arts & Photography

O'Connor, Nuala

Music

This masterful biography of Jack Lynch is an extraordinary portrait of a man who governed Ireland through the most significant crisis in the history of the Irish government. It unfolds the riveting story of Jack Lynch's life and depicts him as a natural, relaxed, gregarious sportsman who had a will of steel and unyielding views and beliefs. As Ireland's prime minister from 1966 to 1979, Lynch was the first leader forced to dismiss senior government colleagues on the suspicion of a conspiracy to subvert the state. His transformational thinking about Northern Ireland and Britain and his advocacy of nonviolent negotiations laid the foundations for reconciliation and progress. Whether in a seat of power or as a member of the opposition, his natural dignity and his innate leadership qualities gave him an authority that transcended party politics. In tracing Lynch's life from childhood through his remarkable career as a politician, the full scope of Lynch's lasting influence as one of Ireland's most popular and highly regarded leaders is revealed.

Jack Lynch: Hero in Crisis

Biographies & Memoirs

ARNOLD, BRUCE

Leaders & Notable People

This is the chilling chronicle of John Gilligan, Ireland's most ruthless godfather. Gilligan thought himself untouchable and above the law-until his gang crossed the line by executing crime reporter Veronica Guerin. The full measure of Gilligan's criminal activities is revealed through the retelling of his many petty crimes, his role in a new generation of thieves specializing in robbing warehouses and factories, his formation of a multimillion-dollar drug empire, and his rule over one of the most dangerous criminal organizations to emerge from the underworld. Also examined is the unprecedented effect Guerin's murder had on Irish society and how it led to the establishment of tighter controls over gang crime and, in particular, the Criminal Assets Bureau and the Witness Protection Program, which eventually led to the collapse of the Gilligan empire. Included are previously unpublished facts about the Gilligan crime organization and the murder.

Evil Empire: John Gilligan, His Gang and the Execution of Journalist Veonica Guerin

Williams, Paul.

True Crime

They Never Came Home: The Stardust Story

History

McCullagh, Tony

Fetherstonnhaugh, Neil

Europe

This companion to the 600 major and minor Irish painters, sculptors, stained glass artists, and designers of the 20th century includes such important figures as Jack B. Yeats, Evie Hone, Sir John Lavery, Sir William Orpen, and many more. Each entry offers bibliographic information and listings of the institutions where the artists' works can be found. In a subsidiary capacity, many other practitioners, mainly of non-Irish background, are mentioned in entries and in the index of artists. It is an essential reference work for all those interested in Irish art.

Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century

Snoddy, Theo

History & Criticism

Bloody Irish: Celtic Vampire Legends

Did you know that the oldest recorded vampire story comes from Ireland? This book discusses the ancient Celtic beliefs about death and how these were assimilated by Christianity; the importance which the ancient Celts and early Christians placed on blood; and how the Christian Church transmuted the vampire from an ancestor's ghost to a malevolent demon. Stories of spooky, mystical, and bloody tales are relayed throughout.

Literature & Fiction

CURRAN, BOB

Genre Fiction

Dark Days at Drumshee (Drumshee Timeline Series, 12)

Children's Books

Harrison, Cora

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