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  • The Irish Bildungsroman

    Series series Irish Studies
    The classical Bildungsroman charted an idealized path of human development: the harmonizing of individual desires and societal norms in the formation of a well-rounded liberal subject. But what happens when this Enlightenment blueprint for self-cultivation runs up against the particularities of a colonial society riven by nationalism, revolution, and uneven modernization?The Irish Bildungsroman ... Read more

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    The Barracks

    'The ending is one the finest I've ever read by an Irish writer' (Claire Keegan)

    by John McGahern ...
    Narrated by Marie Mullen ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 30 min

    The iconic debut novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; and her own life, ... Read more

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  • Integrating Therapeutic and Complementary Nutrition

    Consumers look to health professionals for guidance on how to integrate complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies into their lifestyles, yet most health care professionals are trained only in conventional practices. Integrating Therapeutic and Complementary Nutrition provides the scientific foundation necessary to understand CAM nutrition pract ... Read more

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  • The Irish Revival

    A Complex Vision

    Series series Irish Studies
    The Irish Revival has inspired a richly diverse and illuminating body of scholarship that has enlarged our understanding of the movement and its influence. The general tenor of recent scholarly work has involved an emphasis on inclusion and addition, exploring previously neglected texts, authors, regional variations, and international connections. Such work, while often excellent, tends to see ... Read more

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  • The American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids

    How Your Children Can Eat Smart from Five to Twelve

    What your kids should eat to get a real nutritional edge"This is a book every parent can use and appreciate."-Julie O'Sullivan Maillet, PhD, RDPresident, American Dietetic AssociationDoes your grade-schooler ever trade away his lunch? Does she only pick at her dinner at home, or complain she doesn't like what's set before her? The grade-school years are nutritionally a very important time for ... Read more

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    The Ghosts of Night (Unabridged)

    Unabridged

    30 min

    In the eerie silence of a moonless night, a young woman named Sarah finds herself trapped in a secluded mansion haunted by the ghosts of its tragic past. As she delves deeper into the shadows, she uncovers a web of secrets and betrayals that have left an indelible mark on the house and its inhabitants. With each step, Sarah's sanity is tested as she encounters the tormented spirits who whisper ... Read more

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    Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers'

    by John McGahern ...
    Narrated by Adrian Dunbar, Aidan Kelly ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 56 min

    With a new foreword by Colin Walsh, this is 'one of the most volatile, vital and unsafe novels in Irish literature', banned by the censor for obscenity in 1965 - and just as explosive today.He was coming and there was nothing to do but wait and grow hard as stone and lie.Mahoney grows up in fear of his father: of his beatings with the heavy leather strap; of the nights he wants love. Seeking to ... Read more

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    The Pornographer

    by John McGahern ...
    Narrated by Adrian Dunbar ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 58 min

    The provocative novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).A writer of pornographic fiction, creates an ideal world of sex through his two stock athletes, Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael, while he bungles every phase of his entanglement with an older woman who has the misfortune to fall in love with him. But ... Read more

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  • The Historical Novel

    Series series The New Critical Idiom
    The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that surround it, including:the development of the historical novel from early eighteenth-century works ... Read more

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  • A Brief Take on the Australian Novel

    Grab the popcorn, sit back and let the story of Australian literature roll ... From Jean-Francois Vernay, "A Brief Take on the Australian Novel" offers a sweeping view of Australian writing since colonialism. Written from an outsider's perspective, this single-authored overview will appeal to readers through its playful, jargon-free and potentially contentious account of the Australian novel. ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century English Novel

    Edited by Robert L. Caserio ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The twentieth-century English novel encompasses a vast body of work, and one of the most important and most widely read genres of literature. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of the last century of published fiction, this Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing that bridge ... Read more

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