The Little Black Sheep of Connemara

The Little Black Sheep of Connemara
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Publisher : O'Brien Press
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1788491793
ISBN-13 : 9781788491792
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Little Black Sheep of Connemara by : Elizabeth Shaw

This charming book tells the adventures of an outcast little black sheep: A story about being different, and being a hero.

Connemara

Connemara
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780141889726
ISBN-13 : 0141889721
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Connemara by : Tim Robinson

The second volume in Tim Robinson's phenomenal Connemara Trilogy - which Robert Macfarlane has called 'One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'. The first volume of Tim Robinson's Connemara trilogy, Listening to the Wind, covered Robinson's home territory of Roundstone and environs. The Last Pool of Darkness moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who lived on his own in a cottage there for a time, called 'the last pool of darkness in Europe'. Again combining his polymathic knowledge of Connemara's natural history, human history, folklore and topography with his own unsurpassable artistry as a writer, Tim Robinson has produced another classic. A native of Yorkshire, Tim Robinson moved to the Aran Islands in 1972. His books include the celebrated two-volume Stones of Aran. Since 1984 he has lived in Roundstone, Connemara. 'The Proust & Ruskin of modern place-writing, deep-mapper of Irish landscapes, visionary thinker, and human of exceptional intellectual generosity & kindness. He was an immense inspiration to & encourager of me & my work' Robert Macfarlane 'A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing and a miraculous, vivid and engrossing meditation on landscape and history and the sacred mood of places' Colm Tóibín, Irish Times 'One of the greatest writers of lands ... No one has disentangled the tales the stones of Ireland have to tell so deftly and retold them so beautifully' Fintan O'Toole

The Last Pool of Darkness

The Last Pool of Darkness
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Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Total Pages : 198
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781571319852
ISBN-13 : 1571319859
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Pool of Darkness by : Tim Robinson

In the second volume of his beloved Connemara trilogy, cartographer Tim Robinson continues to unearth the stories of this rich landscape—weaving placelore, etymology, geology, and the meeting of sea and shore into the region’s mythologies. From the northern fiord waters of Killary Harbour to the southern sea-washed islands of Slyne Head, western Connemara awes with a rugged landscape: sloping cliffs, towering mountains, and the ever-present thudding of the Atlantic. And here, within the earth, resides the record of the past; stones with ash-grey centers reveal volcanic episodes, a series of mysteriously arranged quartz boulders reminds us of the ancient secrets held in the soil, and a long-disappeared lake filled in by sand lies beneath a golf course, waiting to be rediscovered. Mapping more than geography, Tim Robinson charts Connemara’s deep relationship to those who have inhabited its surface. The Last Pool of Darkness brims with tales of ghosts, centuries-old land disputes, periods of religious and political upheavals, philosophers entranced by the isolating landscape, poets, mathematicians, artists, fantastical smugglers, the discovery of botanical rarities, trickster fairies, and the delicate balance between humans and nature. Not merely a “certain tract of the Earth’s surface” but “an accumulation of connotations,” Robinson’s Connemara offers readers an opportunity to travel across space and time. A work of great precision and tenderness, The Last Pool of Darkness is an enchanting addition to the Seedbank series and next chapter in “one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English” (Robert Macfarlane).

Through Connemara in a governess cart

Through Connemara in a governess cart
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 138
Release :
ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547016083
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Through Connemara in a governess cart by : Martin Ross

Through Connemara in a Governess Cart is a book by Martin Ross. A sparkling account of the writer's voyage through Connemara, with vibrant depictions of the places visited and encountered people!

Country Life

Country Life
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 908
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101079522940
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

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Country Life Illustrated

Country Life Illustrated
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1024
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015084508012
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Country Life Illustrated by :

The Folk-lore Journal

The Folk-lore Journal
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015035748667
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Folk-lore Journal by : Folklore Society (Great Britain)

Sister Teresa

Sister Teresa
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 301
Release :
ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547369875
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Sister Teresa by : George Moore

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sister Teresa" by George Moore. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Little Black Sheep

The Little Black Sheep
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Publisher : O'Brien Press
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0862787165
ISBN-13 : 9780862787165
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Little Black Sheep by : Elizabeth Shaw

Ideal for beginning readers, Panda books are illustrated with lively drawings and a charming, hidden panda for kids to search for in the story.When Granny gives Danny a shiny new yellow toothbrush Danny has to get rid of it -- fast.