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The Easter Rising
On Easter Monday, between 1,000 and 1,500 Irish Volunteers and members of the Irish Citizen Army seized the General Post Office and other key locations in Dublin. The intention of their leaders, including Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, was to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent thirty-two county Irish republic. For a week battle raged in the Irish capital until the Rising collapsed. The rebel leaders were executed soon afterwards, though in death their ideals quickly triumphed. lluminating every aspect of that fateful Easter week, The Easter Rising is based on an impressive range of original sources. It has been fully revised, expanded and updated in the light of a wealth of new material and extensive use has been made of almost 2,000 witness statements that the Bureau of Military History in Dublin gathered from participants in the Rising. The result is a vivid depiction of the personalities and actions not just of the leaders on both sides but the rank and file and civilians as well. The book brings the reader closer to the events of 1916 than has previously been possible and provides an exceptional account of a city at war.
Sonata for Piano No. 3 in B Minor
Sonata for Piano No. 3 in B minor, Brian Barton is an easy to play Sonata for piano by a British composer trained in Russia at the St Petersburg State Conservatoire under Professor Sergi Slominsky. This 3rd sonata for piano - ha a strong melodic content for aspiring pianists and the professionals - a joy to play.
The Secret Court Martial Records of the Easter Rising
Until 1999 official British records of the fifteen trials that followed the Easter Rising of 1916 were kept a close secret. Further material released in 2001 included the trial of Countess Markievicz and important evidence about the 'shoot to kill' tactics used by the British Army. These records, the subject of heated speculation and propaganda for over eighty years, are clearly presented in this important new book. The complete transcripts are all here, together with fascinating photographs of the Rising, the fifteen leaders and the key British players. Brian Barton's incisive commentary explains the context of the trials and the motivations of the leaders, providing an invaluable insight into what went on behind a closed door at a defining moment in Irish history.
The Music of the Jews
A brief outline history of the Music of the Jews from the times of Moses and David's Tabernacle, c 1500 BCE; through, and covering the development of Jewish folk and 'art music' over the intervening centuries, up to the modern music of the today's Israel and the Jews of the diaspora. "...a thesis showing a depth of research, attention to every detail and above all an empathy on the part of the author with the subject in hand..." (James Holt B.Mus FNCM)
The Belfast Blitz
"Based on official records and personal accounts, this work examines the authorities' lack of preparation and the full terror of the blitz. It also highlights how the blitz exposed extreme poverty in Belfast and the bleak social aftermath of the raids."--Goodreads.com.
A Pocket History of Ulster
"This guide covers the complicated origins, causes and course of Northern Irish history and traces the roots of the social divide from early settlement to the emergence of nationalism and unionism; from the setting up of the northern state to its descent into instability; from Civil Rights movement and internment to the ceasefire of 1994. --Prelim. page.
The Northern Ireland Question
The book examines how the Belfast Agreement came about and its effect on unionism, nationalism, the paramilitaries, electoral support for local parties and the constitutional position of Northern Ireland. It also considers the extent to which the Agreement may be regarded as an exercise in political cynicism or the basis for lasting peace.
The Northern Ireland Question
First published in 1999, this volume was the third in a trilogy on the 'problem' of Northern Ireland. It examines the political content of the unionist and nationalist 'ideologies' which have emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Ireland. The focus of the book is also to examine and assess the impact of unionist and nationalist thinking and commitment on political and economic life in the twentieth century.
Northern Ireland Question
Barton and Roche have drawn on the expertise of leading Irish historians to examine the history and political/ideological character of Irish nationalism and unionism and the origins and implementation of Partition. The book also draws on the expertise of historians, political analysts and economists to explore 'North-South relations' in post-Partition Ireland and the extent of socio-economic and political discrimination in Northern Ireland after 1920. The Northern Ireland Question: Nationalism, Unionism and Partition offers a 'revisionist' challenge to Irish nationalist claims (in, for example, the Report of the New Ireland Forum published in 1984) about the nature and extent of 'discrimination' in Northern Ireland and to Irish nationalist claims about the economic viability of the political uniication of Ireland. The book concludes with an overview of unionist and nationalist thinking in the 1990s during the crucial period of the beginning of the 'peace process' and the negotiations that led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998.
Nobody Cares What You Think
"That's pure genius." -- Alan T. Saracevic of San Francisco Chronicle "Barton knows firsthand." -- Janet Kornblum of USA Today Daniel Velum is a middle-aged studio reader, a low-level employee who reads screenplays for his big-time Hollywood employer. He likes his job, but he's struggling at the bottom and wants to be a real player. One day, Daniel stumbles upon a movie idea of his own. Luck shines upon him, and his idea lands on the desk of a studio big wig. Everyone loves the idea. There's just one problem. Something goes awry for our studio reader and he's sent careening down another path. Note: This is 90 pages and the first part in a series. Brian Barton is an author of books and essays, including Never Going Home, Brooklyn Girls Don't Cuddle, and Words with Steve Jobs. His dramatic series Nobody Cares What You Think has become his most popular book to date. Barton's work has been featured in Esquire and USA Today. Click his name at the top of this page to see all of his writing.
