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

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

Irish Linen Industry (Leslie Rose Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Drawn Fabric Embroidery (Leach Agnes M.)(Paperback)

In drawn-fabric embroidery (also often known as pulled work), the threads of a fabric are pulled apart or drawn together by stitchery so that the holes left form attractive patterns. Because it is sturdy enough to withstand daily use and frequent laundering, it is a particularly practical type of

Figure Work in Embroidery: Techniques and Projects (Bishop Angela)(Paperback)

Figures can bring an embroidery to life, but they are tricky to do well. This book guides you through the materials, stitches, body parts, and clothes to give you the confidence and skills to embroider a figure and experiment, using your creative inspiration. With more than 400 color photographs,

Purr-Fect Patchwork: 16 Appliqu, Embroidery & Quilt Projects for Modern Cat People (Morgan Pamela Jane)(Paperback)

Penguin Book of Irish Poetry (Crotty Patrick)(Paperback / softback)

Features the work of the greatest Irish poets, from the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel laureates along with a profusion of lyrics, love poems, satires, ballads and songs. This title explores the traditions of poetry in Ireland, and relates the variety of the poems to the frequently

Chalkline (Mitchell Jane)(Paperback / softback)

The moving story of a Kashmiri boy soldier, from a prize-winning Irish

Protestant and Irish: The Minority's Search for Place in Independent Ireland (D'Alton Ian)(Paperback)

In 1989 Edna Longley remarked that if Catholics were born Irish, Protestants had to 'work their passage to Irishness'. With eighteen essays by scholars with individual perspectives on Irish Protestant history, this book explores a number of those passages. Some were dead ends. Some led nowhere in

Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery (Rainbow Jane)(Paperback)

Starting with just four of these stitches, this guide clearly demonstrates, with detailed step-by-step photographs, how to work up a complete project. Instructions follow on showing how to stretch and mount your first embroidery. Using further projects she helps you build up skills, introducing new

The White Dawn (Houston James A.)(Paperback)

In 1896, three survivors from a whaling misadventure are nursed back to health by Eskimo villagers who share their food, women, and way of life with the strangers. In return, the foreigners introduce to the villagers the spirit of competitiveness that rules the white man's world. Map and drawings

Sanditon (Austen Jane)(Paperback / softback)

A new Penguin English Library edition of Jane Austen's tantalizing final work - set to be a major Andrew Davies ITV adaptation this autumnWritten in the last months of Austen's life, Sanditon features a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators in a newly established seaside resort, and shows

Sense and Sensibility (Austen Jane)(Paperback)

Jane Austen's first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her

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

Sweeney Astray (Heaney Seamus)(Paperback / softback)

'Sweeney Astray' is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work 'Buile Suibhne'. Its hero, Mad Sweeney, undergoes a series of purgatorial adventures after he is cursed by a saint and turned into a demented flying creature at the Battle of

Sanditon: Austen's Last Novel (Austen Jane)(Paperback)

Jane Austen's last work, now a PBS limited series adapted by acclaimed screenwriter Andrew Davies. Sanditon--an eleven-chapter fragment left at Jane Austen's death completed by an Austen devotee and novelist-- is a charming addition to Austen's novels on England's privileged classes and the

Jane Eyre (Bronte Charlotte)(Paperback / softback)

Presents a sympathetic treatment of Jane Eyre's life during the 19th century. This work lets you travel back in time to grand Victorian mansions contrasted with the severest

Brian Friel: Faber Critical Guide (Jones Nesta)(Paperback / softback)

Is your enjoyment of Brian Friel's work hampered by a lack of Irish historical knowledge? A Faber Critical Guide to Brian Friel's major work gives all this and more. It gives an introduction to the distinctive features of the playwright's

Studying for Your Social Work Degree (Bottomley Jane)(Paperback)

Essential reading for all those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, providing study support, skills and strategies to ensure

Cruel Acts (Casey Jane)(Paperback / softback)

The Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Irish Independent crime fiction book of the

Let Evening Come (Kenyon Jane)(Paperback / softback)

The work of Jane Kenyon is a gift to poetry. Her quietly musical poems are intensely moving, compassionate meditations intently probing the life of the heart and spirit. Observing and absorbing small miracles in everyday life, these apparently simple poems grapple with fundamental questions of

In the Company of Others (Karon Jan)(Paperback)

Follow Father Tim and Cynthia on their journey to research his Kavanagh ancestry in the Irish countryside. Vacation--the very word has been foreign to Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh. Now retired from tending his flock in the village of Mitford, he is making good on a promise to show his wife,

White Bones (Masterton Graham)(Paperback)

An ancient Irish mystery, and aritualistic modern-day killer: Ireland's first female detective Katie Maguire must find the connection. The first in a mystery series from a master of horror. One wet November morning, a field on Meagher's Farm gives up the dismembered bones of 11 women. In this part

Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (Bennett Jane)(Paperback)

In Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman

Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (Eaton Jan)(Paperback / softback)

The new edition of Mary Thomas's classic stitch reference library; it is the first and last word in