The #1 Irish Times bestseller WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards 'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes 'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm T ib n, Guardian 'With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel' Irish Times 'Evocative, moving, funny and furious' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'An enthralling, panoramic book' Patrick Radden Keefe 'A book that will remain important for a very long time' An Post Irish Book AwardWe Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present.
The main focus of this book is to answer the questions that my close relatives would have wished they had asked me before I started "e;pushing up daisies"e; .
In this coming-of-age memoir, Sharon takes you with her on a nail-biting adventure through the early 1970s after leaving her sheltered home life at sixteen years old to join the hippies.
Drinking glasses of cava in the sunshine, indulging in delicious tapas, and learning Spanish with ease is what Amy Breen, a hard-charging physician and mother of three, expected of life in Spain.
Una reforma agraria promulgada en la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet que nunca ha sido revocada por las autoridades democraticas que le siguieron, despojo de una parte importante de sus tierras a los mapuches, muchos de quienes se vieron obligados a migrar a las grandes ciudades de Chile.
Ob Männerstammtisch mit deftiger Brotzeit, der Schrauben- oder Knopfkoffer oder das besondere Insektenhotel: Maria Metzger stellt Aktivierungsideen mit Pfiff für die Betreuung von Menschen mit und ohne Demenz vor.
One day a teenage boy gets on his bike and rides forty miles up California's Pacific Coast Highway to avoid causing an earthquake he fears will endanger his mother and sister.
As a young book lover with dyslexia, Barbara found the solution to her reading struggles in Miss Gluding, her first grade teacher, who showed compassion for her student's plightand knew how to help her.
Mediante la entrevista con nueve docentes que se formaron y dieron clase durante los anos centrales del siglo XX, desde la Guerra Civil hasta la decada de los setenta, Carmen Guaita hace un analisis de la educacion y la ensenanza, de la profesion docente como vocacion y de la responsabilidad y el papel del educador en la sociedad.
Estas memorias están escritas por la mujer que marcó en la historia de la literatura española un antes y un después, ya que aportó a la literatura infantil y juvenil un marco propio donde desarrollarse y adquirir personalidad propia.
Ray Norman spent most of his life living in far-flung corners of the globe, working on long-term development projects and living out his calling as a Christian professional.
Blending artful language and style with the dirt, blood, and sweat of farm life, this collection of essays tells a moving story of growing up in rural Michigan.
Christopher Schacht shares his incredible experiences, revealing what he has learned along the way about life, love, and God, describing touching and bizarre encounters and insights that aren't found in any travel guide.
Beyond the Next Village is Mary Anne Mercer's memoir of discovery, growth, and awakening in 1978 Nepal, which was then a mysterious country to most of the world.
This popular and bestselling textbook provides an introduction to the field of childhood studies and offers a broad-based, comprehensive and accessible resource which brings together key themes in the area of childhood studies to provide a timely and scholarly introduction.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRick and Karen Santorum's inspiring story of life with Bella, their special-needs youngest child Four days after Rick and Karen Santorum welcomed their eighth baby into the world they were given the devastating news that their little girl, Bella, was going to die.
Marquez provides a powerful portrait of Haitiboth its beauty and pathoswhile also telling a tender, emotional story about the lifelong bond she created with an extraordinary young boy.
Yin Yoga Master class is a story about how one woman used yoga to heal from the past, and deal with the present, when an unexpected event could change her future.
Es la historia de Denver Moore, un hombre que nunca asistió a la escuela, nunca fue remunerado por sus años de trabajo agotador y que vio el sobrevivir en las calles como subir un peldaño en la vida.