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  • Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia

    From Authentic Sources

    by Karl von Gebler ...
    Translated by G. Mrs. Sturge ...
    In "Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia," Karl von Gebler offers a meticulous exploration of the fraught relationship between the eminent scientist Galileo Galilei and the Roman Catholic Church during a pivotal era of scientific advancement and ideological conflict. Employing a narrative style that intertwines rigorous historical analysis with vivid storytelling, Gebler delves into the intricacies ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tales We Tell Ourselves

    A Selection from The Decameron

    by Carlo Gébler ...
    I n a villa hi g h above F lo r ence a gr oup o f seven women and t h r ee men a r e cocoonin g , seekin g shel t e r fr om t he epidemic , sca r ed b y r epo rt s o f dea t h comin g nea r e r t o t hei r own doo r s t ep b y t he da y .S ound f amilia r ?It should, as the above text describes Boccaccio's fourteenth-century masterpiece the Decameron. At once bawdy, witty, tragic and ever-topical, ... Read more

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  • I, Antigone

    by Carlo Gébler ...
    After her father's death in exile, Antigone returns to Thebes determined to set the record straight and restore her father's reputation. Tracing the histories of Oedipus and his parents Laius and Jocasta, as well as the peripheral characters of the plays who had a central role in him fulfilling his destiny, Antigone's 'biography' causes us to re-evaluate the extent to which any of us can be ... Read more

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  • NO ONE TELLS YOU

    The Last Years of Edna O'Brien

    by Carlo Gébler ...
    As Ireland's iconic Edna O'Brien confronts the brutal realities of old age – pain, confusion, hospitals, carers, the battle to keep writing – the world she built through language begins to contract. Her son Carlo tracks every flicker of resilience and every devastating loss, from the comic to the catastrophic, in a narrative that moves with the real rhythm of decline: hope, setback, defiance, ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • The Black Dreams: Strange stories from Northern Ireland

    by Reggie Chamberlain-King, Ian Sansom, Jo Baker, Moyra Donaldson, Bernie McGill, Jan Carson, Ian McDonald, Sam Thompson, Michelle Gallen, Carlo Gébler0, John Patrick Higgins1, Gerard McKeown2, Aislínn Clarke3, Emma Devlin4 ...
    I don’t recall if I saw my first gunman in my childhood nightmares or on my childhood streets.There were plenty in both and they looked very much like each other.So begins Reggie Chamberlain-King’s introduction to The Black Dreams, a thrilling and compelling collection of specially commissioned stories that explore the emotional geography of growing up and living in Northern Ireland.The fourteen ... Read more

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  • Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia

    From Authentic Sources

    by Gebler ...
    Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia From Authentic Sources is a comprehensive historical account that delves into the complex relationship between the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei and the Roman Catholic Church during the early seventeenth century. Drawing extensively from original documents, letters, and official records, the book meticulously reconstructs the events leading up to ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • My Father’s Watch

    The Story of a Child Prisoner in 70s Britain

    by Patrick Maguire, Carlo Gébler ...
    The intensely moving memoir of Patrick Maguire, one of the ‘Maguire Seven’ wrongly imprisoned as a teenager for making bombs for the IRA.On the night of October 5 1974, an IRA unit left bombs in two Guildford pubs: five people were killed. On the night of December 3 1974, on the strength of fabricated testimony extracted under duress from Paul Hill and Gerard Conlon (whom the police mistakenly ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Cold Eye

    Notes from a Shared Island, 1989–2024

    by Carlo Gébler ...
    If the past is another country – what happens when we revisit it, one day a year?Carlo Gébler has done just that. Here is the story of Ireland – from the tail end of the Troubles to the Good Friday agreement, to the glory days of the Celtic Tiger to the recession to Brexit and on to the present, where, it appears, everything we thought we could take for granted is no longer a given.Drawing from ... Read more

    $9.79 CAD

  • Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia

    by Karl von Gebler ...
    Galileo Galilei, a pivotal figure in the Scientific Revolution, is renowned for his contributions to astronomy, physics, and the scientific method. His observations through the telescope, including the moons of Jupiter and the phases of Venus, challenged the geocentric model of the universe. Galileo's advocacy for the Copernican system brought him into conflict with the Roman Curia, which upheld ... Read more

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  • Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia

    by Karl von Gebler ...
    The same memorable day is marked by the setting of one of the most brilliant stars in the firmament of art and the rising of another in the sphere of science, which was to enlighten the world with beams of equal splendour. On the 18th February, 1564, Michael Angelo Buonarotti closed his eyes at Rome, and Galileo Galilei first saw the light at Pisa. He was the son of the Florentine nobleman, ... Read more

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  • The Innocent of Falkland Road

    by Carlo Gébler ...
    London, Summer, 1964. The Beatles have just released A Hard Days Night and the swinging sixties are fast approaching. Ralph, twelve years old, waves his mother goodbye as she disappears to the U.S. to work for a year, leaving him in the care of Doreen, an Irish housekeeper, and her husband Tom, a labourer. It is never easy being stuck inside the pill-box of the skull and looking out, particularly ... Read more

    $6.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Darkness Falls the Stars Appear

    Reflections on Life and Mortality

    by Florian A. Gebler ...
    When death knocks at the door, it opens a path of deep reflection, not only on death's menacing darkness but also on the light that pierces through it. This book explores the possibility of healing in the face of death, encouraging readers to open themselves to it and to integrate it into life as a way to enrich it. To reflect on death is to confront the essential questions about life. This book ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus