John Kelly
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A magisterial account of one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed author of The Great Mortality
Deeply researched, compelling in its details, and startling in its conclusions about the appalling decisions behind a tragedy of epic proportions, John Kelly's retelling of the awful story of Ireland's great hunger will resonate today as history that speaks...
2) The great mortality: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
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La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly...
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This intriguing novel brings us to a future in which electricity is scarce and Dublin has gone to seed. Hawk-eyed octogenarian Monk is keeping assorted desperate characters under strict surveillance -- among them Schroeder, recently sacked from Trinity College, now stalking a reporter in the days leading up to the visit of the U. S. President. When the unthinkable happens and the President is assassinated, Monk sets about discovering what's happened...
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This is the United States Edition. No doubt about it, buying a car or truck can be a bad experience. But why is it so hard to buy a car? Because most people have not yet learned to use all the resources available. They are also unaware of how the car business works. So what's the answer? A different approach that uses information found online along with an insider's view of the car business, which is revealed in this book. If you change the process...
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A casket containing a remarkable relic of a 17th century nun, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, is stolen from a devout society in France by one of its members, a priest from Sydney. The priest, Father James, secretly entrusts the casket to two women in Monterey Creek, a small country town in New South Wales. The Society immediately sends Monsignor Henri Pascal from Paris to recover the casket.
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While watching the demolition of his old school Placidus College, Simon Hickey looks back on ten turbulent, life defining years, when the first crop of Australia's baby boomers were awakening to their sexuality. Seduced by the power of the pulpit, and the Aquinine Brothers, Simon's attention is directed toward a religious vocation.
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In 2007, self-publishing author, Amanda Blackburn accepts an assignment in Japan to help exonerate the name of a former soldier who served in the post-war Australian occupation army in 1946. The soldier's damning exploits are revealed in a journal written by an unidentified veteran. A tender love story set against the background of Atomic devastation.
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In early 1974, a pregnant Andrea Steedman leaveshome to conceal the birth of her daughter MaryTherese. A few months after she has given birth,depressed and confused, she agrees to an adoptionunder highly irregular circumstances.Twenty two years later on her deathbed, Andreareveals the existence of her daughter to her wealthy brother Warwick, who promises to find Mary Therese.
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Understanding God's Expectation for Excellence is a great tool for use in any church, large or small to provide training and mentoring. If you are a Pastor in need of a guide that can assist you in teaching your servant leaders about Biblical leadership, or if you are a servant leader desiring to have a greater knowledge on how to serve your Pastor and church body as an earnest leader, I invite you to turn the page and explore what this guide has...
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Discovering Lazarus is one man's attempt at finding redemption from his evil way of life. I started my descent into a dark abyss while in my teen years, and it continued until I was thirty-two years old and homeless. I lost everything-my home, my wife, my cars, trucks, and my businesses.
Self-destruction and exhaustion coupled with financial ruin, despair, and depression led me to a point where I found myself on my knees. I found myself in St. Francis...
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Are you . . .
A dragon with indigestion?
A blob with a cold?
A yeti with a sore foot?
Then book an appointment with the MONSTER DOCTOR. No THING too small, no creature too big!
Ozzy is just an ordinary human boy – until he gets a job at the monster doctor's surgery! He's now spending his summer helping the doctor cure her strange and wonderful monster-patients, and he has to find a way to help her save the surgery . . .
The first in a...
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Bill Braden was the nephew of Harry Greening, Canada's first great raceboat driver in the 1920s. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he lived there for many years before moving to nearby Waterdown, Ontario, near the start of W.W. II. He always had 'a taste for speed', purchasing his first motorcycle, an Ariel, in England at age 19, and going on to motorbike across war-threatened Europe in 1935. For the rest of his life, he kept fast and fancy cars around his...
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Folk Songs Hawaii Sings is a sparkling compilation of melodies from the islands of Polynesia together with a variety of folk songs that countless Asian people have brought with them to their new home in the Hawaiian Islands. In one sense it is a musical picture of the renowned harmonious blend of people who reside in Hawaii today; in another, it is a colorful record of ties with the Eastern world and ancestral heritage in line with the same American...
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Virtually everyone searches online for the products and services they need. So imagine for a moment that when your potential customers search for your type of products or services, they find you and not your competition. Depending on search volume that could bring in 5, 15 or 30 new customers a month...or more. What would that mean for your business? Let's face it, every business would like to attract leads and new customers online but a great many...
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Bob Hayward was always interested in racing and speed. He would always tinker with engines; and try to make them run faster and smoother. He and his brother, Keith, started off putting outboard engines into boats, and running them down the Thames River, competing against other boats, and winning trophies. When boat racing became too mundane, Bob graduated to dragsters. He built what has been recognized as the first dragster in Canadian street racing;...
18) Jive Turkey
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Want to feel great and walk tall? Hit your number, that's all! This film was released at the height of the Blaxploitation era and features Italian mobsters going tooth and nail with black gangsters in Harlem. This riveting turf war includes guns, numbers runners, and even a transvestite who will kill you with one of his high-heeled pumps. The film was also released as Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes, and it stars Frank DeKova as Big Tony, the head...