Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Years (History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora) - Softcover

Feeney, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299186741 ISBN 13: 9780299186746

Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 2018

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Book by Feeney Brian

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"An easy read, a popular history which glitters with insight and valuably illuminates the present. . . . [Feeney] has laid out a mass of fact, quote, reminiscence and deft observation in a work which, among its other qualities, includes the best and most level-headed account of the Provos in the Peace Process yet to emerge." Eamonn McCann, Sunday Tribune, Ireland " "An analytical and narrative masterpiece. . . . Brian Feeney has managed to recount the roller-coaster history of Sinn Fein in a balanced and extremely vivid manner." Declan Kiberd, University College, Dublin " "Brian Feeney s book fills a gap in the extensive market on books about Ireland north and south. . . . Well worth a read." Dr. Mo Mowlam, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland " "An analytical and narrative masterpiece. . . . Brian Feeney has managed to recount the roller-coaster history of Sinn Fein in a balanced and extremely vivid manner." Declan Kiberd, University College, Dublin" "An easy read, a popular history which glitters with insight and valuably illuminates the present. . . . [Feeney] has laid out a mass of fact, quote, reminiscence and deft observation in a work which, among its other qualities, includes the best and most level-headed account of the Provos in the Peace Process yet to emerge." Eamonn McCann, "Sunday Tribune, Ireland"" "Brian Feeney s book fills a gap in the extensive market on books about Ireland north and south. . . . Well worth a read." Dr. Mo Mowlam, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland" "An analytical and narrative masterpiece. . . . Brian Feeney has managed to recount the roller-coaster history of Sinn Fein in a balanced and extremely vivid manner."--Declan Kiberd, University College, Dublin "Brian Feeney's book fills a gap in the extensive market on books about Ireland north and south. . . . Well worth a read."--Dr. Mo Mowlam, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland "An easy read, a popular history which glitters with insight and valuably illuminates the present. . . . [Feeney] has laid out a mass of fact, quote, reminiscence and deft observation in a work which, among its other qualities, includes the best and most level-headed account of the Provos in the Peace Process yet to emerge."--Eamonn McCann, "Sunday Tribune, Ireland" "Brian Feeney's book fills a gap in the extensive market on books about Ireland north and south. . . . Well worth a read."--Dr. Mo Mowlam, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland "An analytical and narrative masterpiece. . . . Brian Feeney has managed to recount the roller-coaster history of Sinn Fein in a balanced and extremely vivid manner."--Declan Kiberd, University College, Dublin

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A devout young boy in rural Ohio, Andrew Evans had his life mapped for him: baptism, mission, Brigham Young University, temple marriage, and children of his own. But as an awkward gay kid, bullied and bored, he escaped into the glossy pages of National Geographic and the wide promise of the world atlas. The Black Penguin is Evans's memoir, travel tale, and love story of his eventual journey to the farthest reaches of the map, a wild yet touching adventure across some of the most astonishing landscapes on Earth. Ejected from church and shunned by his family as a young man, Evans embarks on an ambitious overland journey halfway across the world. Riding public transportation, he crosses swamps, deserts, mountains, and jungles, slowly approaching his lifelong dream and ultimate goal: Antarctica. With each new mile comes laughter, pain, unexpected friendship, true weirdness, unsettling realities, and some hair-raising moments that eventually lead to a singular discovery on a remote beach at the bottom of the world. Evans's 12,000-mile voyage becomes a soulful quest to balance faith, family, and self, reminding us that, in the end, our lives are defined by the roads we take, the places we touch, and those we hold nearest.

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• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0299186741
• ISBN 13: 9780299186746
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 490