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Studies in Irish Cistercian History
1998 marks the 900th anniversary of the foundation of the abbey of Citeaux by St Robert of Molesmes, St Alberic, St Stephen Harding and the first companions, who established the Cistercian Order. This book traces the history of the Irish Cistercians from their decline and attempted reform on the eye of the Reformation (1445-1531) up to the death of the last Irish Cistercian monk of Holy Cross Abbey, Fr Edmund Cormick, sometime between 1731 and 1752.
New SCM Dictionary of Christian Spirituality
This dictionary attempts to give direct access to the development of Christian Spirituality. It is a series of pieces written by experts to provide instant, accurate and thought-provoking information of high scholarship.
Studies
An Irish quarterly review.
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I Had a Black Dog
'I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry 'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers. Poignant and humorous in equal measure.' Sunday Times There are many different breeds of Black Dog affecting millions of people from all walks of life. The Black Dog is an equal opportunity mongrel. It was Winston Churchill who popularized the phrase Black Dog to describe the bouts of depression he experienced for much of his life. Matthew Johnstone, a sufferer himself, has written and illustrated this moving and uplifting insight into what it is like to have a Black Dog as a companion and how he learned to tame it and bring it to heel.
Inside Alcatraz
Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives. Jim Quillen, number 586: a runaway, problem child and petty thief, was jailed several times before his 20th birthday. In August 1942 after another botched burglary attempt, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to imprisonment on Alcatraz island. Through his many adventures across the US landscape, Jim Quillen reminds us of the stark reality the Depression years brought, and the unforgiving rule by which society and the State punished its people, what happened in 1946 during the bloody riot between the inmates and prison guards. As a personal friend of most of the participants involved in the 46 hour stand-off, Jim Quillen breaks down the myths of Bob Stroud 'The Birdman' and tells us in sanguine detail what really happened that day. Imprisoned for 10 years Jim Quillen reflects on life, and shares his journey of surviving Alcatraz; a place designed to 'break inmates physically, mentally and spiritually' and its cruel realities, dangerous alliances and the hard road that led him back to freedom.
