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The Death of Bees
Today is Christmas Eve. Today is my birthday. Today I am fifteen. Today I buried my parents in the backyard. Neither of them were beloved. Marnie and her little sister, Nelly, are on their own now. Only they know what happened to their parents, Izzy and Gene, and they aren't telling. While life in Glasgow's Maryhill housing estate isn't grand, the girls do have each other. Besides, it's only a year until Marnie will be considered an adult and can legally take care of them both. As the New Year comes and goes, Lennie, the old man next door, realizes that his young neighbors are alone and need his help. Or does he need theirs? Lennie takes them in—feeds them, clothes them, protects them—and something like a family forms. But soon enough, the sisters' friends, their teachers, and the authorities start asking tougher questions. As one lie leads to another, dark secrets about the girls' family surface, creating complications that threaten to tear them apart. Written with fierce sympathy and beautiful precision, told in alternating voices, The Death of Bees is an enchanting, grimly comic tale of three lost souls who, unable to answer for themselves, can answer only for one another.
Daniel O'Donnell
Daniel O'Donnell's bestselling autobiography is now fully revised and updated with a wealth of extra information - including an account of his star-studded wedding in 2002, and his remarkable success worldwide, breaking Australia and the USA. Donegal, to his painful breakdown, subsequent recovery, marriage and worldwide success, Daniel charts his ups and downs in his own words. Dedicated to bringing happiness to his hundreds of thousands of loyal fans, Daniel shares his most intimate thoughts on real life behind the headlines, his unchanging faith, charity work and love for his new wife. The book charts his success across the world, looks at his album Daniel In Blue Jeans, and describes how Sky Television went live to the church for 15 minutes to cover Daniel's wedding ceremony.
It's All in the Head
Majella O'Donnell takes the reader on a journey through her life, from her childhood in the 1960s and '70s in rural Ireland, the youngest of three children. Life was carefree and happy then, her dreams of the future full of hope and excitement. Majella built a career in the music industry in London, married, had two children, and then had to pick up the pieces of a broken relationship and subsequent breakdown. When she met Daniel O'Donnell in Tenerife, where her parents were living, her confidence and self-esteem were at their lowest ebb. She had no money and was desperate. Meeting Daniel and marrying him, in 2002, after a three-year courtship, brought her immense happiness and fulfilment although her battle with depression was ongoing. In 2013 tragedy struck when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. With the love and support of Daniel - and the public by her side - she made a full recovery.
Peadar O'Donnell
Paedar O'Donnell (1893-1986) was a major radical figure in the history of twentieth century Ireland. A socialist, Republican and a writer who saw his pen as a weapon in the revolutionary process, he moved from his role as a trade union organizer to the senior ranks of the IRA during the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. A key figure in the Republican-Communist nexus of the late twenties and early thirties, O'Donnell was the instigator of the mass campaign against the payment of land annuities to Britain, an issue that helped Fianna Fail to power in 1932 and sparked off the Economic War. As editor of the legendary "Bell Magazine" in the late forties and early fifties he encouraged ...
Playing with Fire
The New York Times bestseller! "A thriller-like, propulsive tour through 1968, told by a man who is in love with American politics and who knows how all the dots connect. Brilliant and totally engrossing." -Rachel Maddow "Delightful...brings to life the most fascinating election of modern times." -Walter Isaacson From the celebrated host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, an enthralling account of the presidential election that created American politics as we know it today Long before Lawrence O'Donnell was the anchor of his own political talk show, he was a senior adviser to Senator Patrick Moynihan, one of postwar America’s wisest political minds. The 1968 U.S. preside...
Turning Green Wood
A guide to the art of turning delicate bowls and goblets from freshly felled, unseasoned wood
O'Donnell + Tuomey
In today's Ireland, it's not only the economy that's booming. Dublin-based architects O'Donnell + Tuomey have brought a wealth of exciting buildings to the Emerald Isle for the past seventeen years. Their striking modernist works show their appreciation for Ireland's rich cultural, historic, and civic identity without falling into the trap of typical pitched roofs, gables, slate, and brick. Instead the firm chooses less conventional but more fitting materials that seem to express something not quite visible about their sites. O'Donnell + Tuomey, the first monograph on the firm, presents fifteen of their institutional and residential projects in an arresting collection of color photography, plans, and drawings. The book includes the controversial Irish Pavilion at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Ranelagh Multidenominational School, the Irish Pavilion at the 2004 Venice Biennale, and their recent Glucksman Gallery at the University College Cork, which was one of six buildings shortlisted for the 2005 Stirling Prize.
Rescue 194
�The sky had gone: in its place was a wall of water, white horses on the top, readying itself to fall on me.� What kind of man throws himself out of a helicopter in a storm? Or dangles by a thread over mountainous waves? Or strikes a panicking sailor to save his life? Aircrewman Jay O�Donnell, a former Royal Navy Search and Rescue diver, has seen � and lived � it all. Scrambled at a moment�s notice, in all weathers � but usually the worst � he and the crew of Sea King Rescue 194 have braved some of the most frightening storms ever to lash the UK. In this gripping account, O�Donnell describes the mix of bravery and terror that comes with every call. He explains the rigours o...
The Maker of Swans
'Compulsive reading . . . rich, strange, beautiful' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'A strange, new and captivating look at a magical realm . . . Lavishly entertaining' Independent 'Enthralling . . . a literary feast' Stylist The world had forgotten Mr Crowe and his mysterious gifts. Until he killed the poet. He lived a secluded life in the fading grandeur of his country estate. His companions were his faithful manservant and his ward, Clara, a silent, bookish girl who has gifts of her own. Now Dr Chastern, the leader of a secret society, arrives at the estate to call Crowe to account and keep his powers in check. But it is Clara's even greater gifts that he comes to covet most. She must learn to use them quickly, if she is to save them all.
