In 2014, Myrtle Allen will celebrate her nintieth birthday and Ballymaloe House will celebrate fifty years open to the public. This new edition of The Ballymaloe Cookbook, first published in 1977, marks the occasion.
Ireland is home to one of the world's great literary and artistic traditions. This book reads Irish literature and art in context of the island's coastal and maritime cultures, setting a diverse range of writing and visual art in a fluid panorama of liquid associations that connect Irish literature to an archipelago of other times and places.
The Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem has religious significance for Muslims across the world. It is also a major tension point in the Israel-Palestine conflict. In the context of the catastrophe being visited on the population of Gaza by Israel, this pamphlet explores its religious aspect, specifically, the role being played by western prejudice against Islam.
Fairoz is a a powerful portrayal of human vulnerability, a book-length poetry sequence in which Moniza Alvi explores an imagined teenage girl's susceptibility to extremism. The book's fragmented, collaging narrative draws together fairytale elements, glimpses of Fairoz's thoughts, and pieces of dialogue.
This bilingual collection of essays contains eighteen essays of literary and linguistic interest in Modern Irish, Welsh, Cornish, and other Celtic languages.
Ba bheag a ceapadh, nuair a d’imigh na hIarlaí uainn breis agus 400 bliain ó shin, go samhlófaí an fhéidearthacht ar theacht anonn riamh. Castar an fhéidearthacht sin ina réalachas fiontraíoch cruthaitheach ar na leathanaigh istigh. Seol leat, a scríbhinn…
In his Preface, Pope Francis lays out his reasons for this collection of wisdom stories and the movement he hopes it inspires. He also contributes as a fellow elder, offering a story from his own life at the start of each chapter .