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Tim Robinson
When painter Lucy Lake meets Morten Andersen in Picasso's studio, the handsome Dane makes a poor impression. An arrogant philistine blind to Modern Art, whose scornful gaze makes her feel…
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It is 1715, and Caspar Crispian - former slave, celebrated opera star, notorious pirate, and wanted man in at least four nations - has found his place in the world…
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Matthew J. Gilbert
This Little Golden Book introduces young readers to Santa, his home, and his frightfully fun journey to Halloween Town from Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas!
Santa Claus's life…
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The Tenth novel in the Tropical Frontier series, The River is, in addition, the Second novel in the Indian Fighter sub-series. A bitter old man, a resentful son who never…
It is a thousand, thousand years into the future and our world has changed.
This is a world of super science, high technology, and a world of magical wonders. It…
One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English. –ROBERT MACFARLANE
Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker’s pace. From cartographer Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place’s geography, ecology, and…
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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…
Deals with the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland’s last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a…
Astonishing explorations of the self and the natural world from a prose master
Long recognized as perhaps the greatest non-fiction writer at work in Ireland, for his vast, polymathic accounts…
The author, who established himself as Ireland’s most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume Stones of Aran, moved from Aran to Connemara nearly twenty years ago. This book is…
This is the first scholarly edited collection devoted to the work of the Anglo-Irish writer and cartographer Tim Robinson – .
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[Warning: this historical fiction has been described as both hilarious and ridiculous; read at your own risk]
[Rating: R, for language] The Twelfth novel in the acclaimed series, this is…
[Rating: R] The Twenty-fifth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, "The Rum Runner" is, in addition, the Fourth novel in the "Outpost" sub-series.
"But from whom did they get…
In 1696, the English barkentine, Reformation, sailing out of Port Royal, Jamaica, wrecked on the desolate shores of La Florida, the so-called "Land of Cannibals." There, the party of castaways…
The Sixth novel in the Tropical Frontier series, Time Rummers is, in addition, the Third novel in the Port Starboard sub-series.
Whatever will be will be. But what happens when…
The Ninth novel in the Tropical Frontier series, The Indian Fighter is, in addition, the First novel in the Indian Fighter sub-series.
The Florida Prairie, 1860, cattle country. War looms, but to the settlers living along a jungled, tropical creek, it all seems very far away. For Becky Hackensaw, there are much…
[Rating: PG-13] Captain Arabelle O'Shea and her crew of former brigands, now wreckers, have struck it rich! Or have they? A fortune in buried treasure, that of the notorious pirate…
Tom Robinson
Packed with 30 magical science-related puzzles and over 50 experiments that get kids excited about chemistry, science and physics. This title includes experiments which kids can conduct safely in the…
Steve Sheinkin
Taking a closer look at 1860s America, Sheinkin unravels the complicated string of events that had led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that had…
An encyclopedic survey of the coast of Arainn, the largest of the three Aran Islands. This book uncovers the area’s past, rich in history, folk life, science, and language, revealed…
Describes a journey around the coast of Aran along the southern cliff-line of the Atlantic, including the Western Brannock Islets, followed by a return around the low-lying northern coast. The…
Learn about the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds, and derring-do that helped win the American West. With a storyteller’s voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting…
Unlike any other book, this unorthodox title tells the story of the American Revolution, complete with soldiers, spies, salmon sandwiches, and real facts kids can’t help but want to tell…
Tim Severin
Insightful travel writing, riveting narrative history, and clever scholarly discoveries make this a remarkably rich and varied book. Tim Severin has once again demonstrated a superb ability to bring together…
Robinson Jeffers
This edition draws from all Jeffers’s work, and includes a sampling of the poems Jeffers left unpublished, along with prose pieces in which he reflects on his poetry and poetics…
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J.M. Synge
Records the author’s visits to the Aran Islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged The Playboy of the Western World and…
Allan Layton,Tim Robinson,Irvin B. Tucker
Offers a unique blend of solid theoretical content and student accessibility, covering all the basics of microeconomics and macroeconomics in clear and simple terms. Authors Layton and Tucker from Queensland…
MS Kenneth N. Robinson
Far beyond detailing NFL star Michael Vick’s conviction for dog fighting, his prison sentence, and comeback, Kenneth N. Robinson raises important issues concerning the way race and deviance are treated…
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is not only the greatest poet that California (and indeed the American West) has produced, but a major poet of the 20th century who occupies a prominent…
Hilary Robinson
Mr. Spink says that he left his pet at home instead of bringing it to school–but is it really as dangerous as he thinks?It’s bring your pet to school day…
This volume is in three parts. Part I (1903-1920) includes Jeffers’s earliest poetry and poems that were never published or were recently rediscovered. Part II (1920-1948) gathers all Jeffers’s major…
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is a poet who occupies a prominent place in the tradition of American prophetic poetry. This is the fifth and final volume in this edition of all…
I find him to be a kindred spirit, a sympathetic but shrewd enquirer, a companionable stroller, and a lover of anecdotes gathered by the wayside.
So Tim Robinson described folklorist…
Mairtin O Cadhain
A brilliant new translation of O Cadhain’s modern Irish literature masterpiece, meant to spark debate and comparison with Alan Titley’s Dirty Dust, now with bonus materials on its history, reception…
Photographer Tim Mitchell asks what ethical models for the global fashion industry could be and addresses the repercussions of global clothes recycling.
Tim Smith-Laing,Fiona Robinson
Woolf’s focus on the everyday suppression of women was a turning point in feminism, marking a realization that gaining legal and voting rights was just the first step on the…
Tim Hutchinson,Ken Robinson, Ph.D.
Authored by veterinarians with many years experience in general practice, the BSAVA Manual of Canine Practice provides the first port of call for the busy small animal practitioner faced with…
