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  The Hales Brothers and the Irish...

  Liz Gillis

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  The story of the Hales family from Bandon epitomises the whole revolutionary period in Ireland. They were involved from the establishment of the Irish Volunteers in West Cork and were closely associated with well-known revolutionary figures, including Michael Collins, Tom Barry and Liam Deasy. Both Seán and Tom were company commanders in the IRA in the area. The signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921 split the family and led to the two brothers taking opposing sides in the Civil War that would follow.
  Tom Hales was the most senior Republican officer on the scene of the chaotic ambush at Béal na mBláth that led to the shooting of Michael Collins. Seán Hales was himself assassinated in Dublin by Republicans, following a vote in Dáil Éireann to allow the Provisional Government to increase its powers to penalise Republican prisoners.The story of these brothers and the rest of the family gives a unique insight into life in Ireland in this tumultuous period.

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  Rooms - Women Writing Woolf

  Sina Queyras

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  A reconsideration of Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking A Room of One’s Own through a very modern lens, revisiting Woolf’s now archaic politics and mining the text for lessons on how to be a writer.
  The central message of A Room of One’s Own is that, to write, women must have money and a room of their own. The context of this has changed, so Queyras is asking what the contemporary version of that room is.

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  The Pilgrim's Regress

  C. S. Lewis

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  The Pilgrim's Regress is a book of allegorical fiction by C. S. Lewis. This 1933 novel was Lewis's first published work of prose fiction, and his third piece of work to be published and first after he converted to Christianity. It charts the progress of a fictional character named John through a philosophical landscape in search of the Island of his desire. Lewis described the novel to his publisher as "a kind of Bunyan up to date," in reference to John Bunyan's 1678 novel The Pilgrim's Progress, recast with the politics, ideologies, philosophy, and aesthetic principles of the early 20th century. As such, the character struggles with the modern phoniness, hypocrisy, and intellectual vacancy of the Christian church, Communism, Fascism, and various philosophical and artistic movements.

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  Churchill's First War - Young...

  Con Coughlin

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  Churchill's First War by Con Coughlin is a fascinating account of Winston Churchill's early military career fighting in the 1890 Afghan campaign, offering fresh and revealing parallels into today's war in AfghanistanJust over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribeman on the North West Frontier—the great-great-grandfathers of the Taliban and tribal insurgents in modern-day Afghanistan. Winston Churchill, then a young cavalry lieutenant, wrote a vivid account of what he saw during his first major campaign. The Story of the Malakand Field Force, published in 1898, was Churchill's first book and, a hundred years later, is required reading for military commanders on the ground, both British and American.In Churchill's First War, acclaimed author and foreign correspondent, Con Coughlin tells the story of that campaign, a story of high adventure and imperial success, which contains many lessons and warnings for today. Combining historical narrative, interviews with contemporary key players, and the journalist's eye for great color and analysis, Churchill's First War affords us a rare insight into both the nineteenth-century "Great Game" and the twenty-first-century conflict that has raged longer than World War II.

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  The Soprano State - New Jersey's...

  Bob Ingle, Sandy McClure

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  The New York Times bestseller, now a major documentary film: “A page-turner. You start out laughing and end up pounding the table for reform.” —Tom Curley, CEO, Associated Press 
   
  It’s not a joke. New Jersey leads the country in corruption 
   
  The Soprano State details the you-couldn’t-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, the Garden State might indeed be better named after the HBO mobsters. 
   
  Where else would:A state attorney general show up after police pulled over her boyfriend who was driving without a valid license?A state senator and mayor of Newark (the same guy) spend thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ money on a junket to Rio days before leaving office?A politically connected developer hire a prostitute to tape sex acts with his own brother-in-law and then send the tape to his sister? 
   
  Only in the Soprano State. 
   
  “As the writers say, ‘You can’t make this stuff up.’” —Asbury Park Press 
   
  “Their nonfiction tale reads like a pay-per-view epic, hence the Tony title.” —Athens Banner-Herald (Georgia) 
   
  “A pair of seasoned investigative reporters catalogue New Jersey’s epic political dishonesty. Ingle and McClure . . . nail the backroom intrigues in impressive scope and detail.” ―Kirkus Reviews 
   
  “I was amazed by Ingle and McClure’s hilarious story about our state’s achievement. Read it and laugh—or cry.” —Marvin Kitman, media pathologist, HuffingtonPost.com

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  Serena Williams: Book Of Quotes...

  Quotes Station

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  SERENA WILLIAMS: BOOK OF QUOTES 
    
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  ABOUT SERENA WILLIAMS 
  Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time behind Margaret Court (24). The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002. On her sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf. In total, she has been No. 1 for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era among female players behind Graf and Martina Navratilova. 
    
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  QUOTES SAMPLES 
    
  “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” 
    
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  “Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.” 
    
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  “I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.” 
    
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  “Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.” 
    
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  “I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I’m still learning to love myself.” 
    
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  “If Plan A isn’t working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D.” 
    
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  “Luck has nothing to do with it.”

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