How the Irish Became White (Ignatiev Noel)(Paperback)

How the Irish Became White (Ignatiev Noel)(Paperback)

'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called 'path breaking, ' 'seminal, ' 'essential, ' a 'must read.' How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, Amherst The Irish came to America

Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats (Goodfellow Maya)(Paperback)

How migrants became the scapegoats of contemporary mainstream politics As refugees drowned in the Mediterranean, the UK Government proudly announced that the aim of its immigration policy was to create a 'hostile environment' for undocumented immigrants. Despite study after study confirming that

The Caribbean Irish: How the Slave Myth Was Made (Garcia Miki)(Paperback)

The Caribbean Irish explores the little known fact that the Irish were amongst the earliest settlers in the Caribbean. They became colonisers, planters and merchants living in the British West Indies between 1620 and 1800 but the majority of them arrived as indentured servants. This book explores

Selfie - How the West Became Self-Obsessed (Storr Will)(Paperback / softback)

Selfie explains how the West became self-obsessed and reveals the danger of this modern obsession - a 'fascinating' (Guardian), 'brilliant' (Independent) and 'electrifying' (Financial Times)

How Jesus Became Christian (Wilson Barrie)(Paperback)

In How Jesus Became Christian, Barrie Wilson Ph.D. confronts one of the simplest--yet undiscovered--questions of religious history: How did a young, well-respected rabbi become the head of a cult that bore his name, espoused a philosophy he wouldn't wholly understand, and possessed a clear streak

Mountmellick Work: Irish White Embroidery (Almqvist Jane Houston)(Paperback)

Mountmellick work is probably the best known style of Irish white embroidery. The richly decorative patterns of thick cotton thread depict natural forms, especially the abundant flora of the area. Although the practice has declined, the old paper

how the first sparks became visible (Atangana Bekono Simone)(Paperback / softback)

How to Rebuild & Modify Chevy 348/409 Engines (Carollo John)(Paperback)

The photos in this edition are black and white. Chevy's W-series 348 and later the 409 became legends on the street, and in particular the 409 also became a legend on the track. In the early 1960s, these engines powered a variety of GM vehicles and the Z11 Impalas at the drag strip. While these

James Connolly: 16lives (Collins Lorcan)(Paperback)

James Connolly (1868-1916) became a leading Irish socialist and revolutionary, and was one of the leaders of Ireland's rebellion in 1916. As a youth he had served in the British army in Ireland and, seeing how they treated the local population, became hugely disillusioned with the British Army. He

Irish: The Remarkable Saga of a Nation and a City (Burrowes John)(Paperback)

'Irish' tells the story of how Glasgow would not have become the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution, had it not been for the labors and skills of the tens of thousands of Irish who flooded in during and following the Great Famine. Nor would there have been the legendary Rangers and Celtic had

Housing Shock: The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve It (Hearne Rory)(Paperback)

Hearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within its broader global context by examining the origins of the contemporary crisis in terms of the extension of neoliberalism, marketisation and financialisation in housing. He examines the profound social, political and economic impacts of the

White Dog - A Jack Irish Thriller (4) (Temple Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The fourth novel in the Jack Irish series, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Broken

Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World (Alt Matt)(Paperback)

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination. 'A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.'--W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

Weirdest People in the World - How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous (Henrich Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Earth - An Intimate History (Fortey Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world -

From Partition to Brexit: The Irish Government and Northern Ireland (O. Beachain Donnacha)(Paperback)

From Partition to Brexit provides an authoritative and accessible analysis of how successive Irish governments have tried to overcome the challenges presented by the division of Ireland, including the decades-long conflict that claimed thousands of

The Resistance Dilemma: Place-Based Movements and the Climate Crisis (Hoberg George)(Paperback)

How organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy. Organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly conflicts over pipelines, has become a formidable political force in North America

How Jesus Became God (Ehrman Bart D.)(Paperback)

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus's divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed

How I Became a Tree (Roy Sumana)(Pevná vazba)

An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass and Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek    “I was tired of speed. I wanted to live tree time.” So writes Sumana Roy at the

Poems (Yeats W B)(Pevná vazba)

A leader of the twentieth-century Irish nationalist movement, who eventually became one of the Free States's senators, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is also the greatest poet that nation has yet

The New Irish Studies (Reynolds Paige)(Pevná vazba)

The New Irish Studies: Twenty-First-Century Critical Revisions demonstrates how diverse critical approaches enable a richer understanding of contemporary Irish writing and culture. The past two decades in Ireland and Northern Ireland have seen an astonishing rate of change, one that reflects the

Alice Cooper(Paperback / softback)

Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is the full account of how Cooper became one of the biggest rock stars on the

Skating Shoes (Streatfeild Noel)(Paperback)

A skating champion. An unlikely friendship. A fateful pair of white boots. Read the classic that has captivated generations! It's a stroke of great luck when Harriet Johnson's doctor prescribes skating after an illness that has left her feeling frail and listless. For on her very first day at the

A New History of Modern Computing (Haigh Thomas)(Paperback)

How the computer became universal. Over the past fifty years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from the experiences of ordinary people, to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream music