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One Hundred Thousand Moons
A sustained argument for Tibetan independence, this volume also serves as an introduction to many aspects of Tibetan culture, society, and especially religion with a compendium of biographies of the most significant religious and political figures.
The Poetry Alarm Clock
In The Poetry Alarm Clock, you will meet a drunk with smeared lipstick who shows up only at midnight; a lady enshrined forever on a restaurant wall; a little boy with Shaken Child Syndrome who just wants a home; a backyard with magical properties; a colonel in the Army who wears orange socks; and a factory worker in a drug plant who runs out of pills for herself. Images like these you won't be able to get out of your mind, and they are on every page of this volume. Poems set like jewels in a jester's crown of the ironic, the ridiculous and the tragic, The Poetry Alarm Clock brings you people you feel you already know as well as new ones you want to know more about. Coming from the mind of a woman who worked in television, newspapers, magazines and public relations, and then gave it all up to teach Latin in the public schools, this book of poetry will appeal to you, even if you hated poetry in high school.
Strategic Business Partner
Research clearly indicates that there is a strong need for the Human Resources (HR) function, and the people in it, to adopt a more strategic and business-linked approach. In one study business executives ranked the HR function as third, after sales and customer service, as a function that makes a very significant contribution to a company's bottom line. Unfortunately research also indicates that few HR functions have become strategic. Most still operate in a primarily administrative and tactical manner—the very work that is increasingly being outsourced. Clearly there is a gap between what business leaders and employees need from their HR departments and what HR is providing. HR functions...
Love Is Blind
A wonderful blend of drama, love, comedy and the supernatural, follow the outrageous exploits of Eric Saunders a long hair pot smoking musician and his wife Jill Mcclanahan, a piano teacher, whose heart is gold but her life takes a unexplained supernatural turn. Meet and embrace Eric’s co-worker Geronimo a native American-Indian who gets caught up in an unpopular war, Vietnam, set in the early 70s in Monterey, California. It is sure to make you laugh, cry, reminisce and leave you breathless when you find out why....love is blind.
The Triangular Trap
The trap was complete, obvious, And terribly deadly. The twisted trapper had set his bait. A fool would have avoided it. Brandt Jennings could not. If the fi nal trip spring was not found, many people would die. The trapper had set the time and place. Jennings raced against his countdown, headlong into— THE TRIANGULAR TRAP
Ireland
The National Geographic Traveler guidebooks are in tune with the growing trend toward experiential travel. Each book provides inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice for a more authentic, enriching experience of the destination. These books serve a readership of active, discerning travelers, and supply information, historical context, and cultural interpretation not available online. History and culture based tourism is experiencing an unprecedented boom and Ireland is a destination that is rich in both. Tower after tower, the Irish Anglo-Norman castles stud the island. They are the calling card of the country's ancient culture and turning the pages of this guide, readers will...
The Power of Laughter
Essays on comedy in contemporary Irish theatre
The Construction of Heritage
A controversial approach to the concept of heritage in contemporary Irish Culture
Land of Enchantment
New Mexico, 1985. Brigid Long Night, a young half-Navajo painter, goes to work as an assistant for the elderly Georgia O’Keeffe. Haunted by the decision to give up her newborn daughter for adoption, Brigid struggles with the direction and inertia of her life. With O’Keeffe’s encouragement, Brigid develops a powerful style, incorporating language and wordplay as well as image in her portrayal of Native American life and her place in it. Atlanta, 1995. Nancy Diamond, an aspiring playwright, encounters Brigid’s work and begins to understand the hidden truths about her own life as the child born of an affair between her white mother and an African American artist. New York City, 2001. Sasha Hernandez enrolls at Columbia University to study filmmaking. She has only recently discovered that her mother, living in Manhattan, is a celebrated painter and sculptor whose work is installed in the sculpture garden at the World Trade Center. In Liza Wieland’s deeply moving novel, these interwoven stories show how art reveals the depth and complexity of human love, in all its betrayals and losses, beauty and redemption.
