Author: John Stephens
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483699838
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Martin OShea was born in Dublin in one of the less salubrious parts of that beautiful city. He would tell you he was raised on the wrong side of the tracks by loving, but totally incompetent parents. They just could not cope with looking after themselves, let alone the five children, of whom Martin was the eldest. Their house was a two up and two down on a housing estate where just about everybody was in the same boat. They were all skint. Furthermore they saw no prospects of ever becoming otherwise. The Irish lottery was their hoped-for fairy godmother but she seldom came up with the goods. His dad knew all the neighbours on first-name terms and indeed managed to join many of them regularly in the local pub, there to consume copious amounts of Liffey water from the Guinness factory. It was best not to ask where the money came from. Martins mother was one of those little women that you would pass in the street and never actually notice. Indeed you would be anxious not to notice her because she was able to talk the hind legs of a donkey without really saying anything. A sweet soul, but far out and without a constructive thought in her head. Thus it was that Martin, whilst still in his late teens, decided that to avoid the sterile condition of his family he must do the traditional Irish thing and seek his fortune elsewhere. He didnt fancy joining the thousands of former countrymen in America, preferring to be a bit nearer home should he feel the need.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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Author: Vivian Stuart
Publisher: Jentas Ehf
ISBN: 9979642319
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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The sixth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. Twenty thousand kilometres and four months of sailing are what stands between England and the colony of Australia. In his struggles to bring order in the colony, and to protect its settlers from abuse of power, and injustice, Governor Bligh is up against some powerful enemies and mischievous schemers. Three strong-minded governors have failed to complete the task before him ... And England seems to have had enough of the war against France. Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later — ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy — they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- )
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Category : Cultural property
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Author: Frances Augusta Westervelt
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Category : Bergen County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Author: Francois Johannes Cleophas
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031667271
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Languages : en
Pages : 339
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Author: Stephen O'Shea
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393634191
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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“An entertaining, turbocharged race among the high mountain passes of six alpine countries.” —Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review For centuries the Alps have been witness to the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea ("a graceful and passionate writer"—Washington Post) takes readers up and down these majestic mountains. Journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia, he explores the reality behind historic events and reveals how the Alps have profoundly influenced culture and society.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1568
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Author: Peter Geiermann
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Category : Monasticism and religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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