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| moira doherty riverdance: Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley, 2006 From the international star of Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and, now, Celtic Tiger, comes a no-holds-barred autobiography that reveals the person, the passion and the drama behind Michael Flatley's astonishing career |
| moira doherty riverdance: The Vikings in Ireland Anne-Christine Larsen, 2001 This compilation of 13 papers by scholars from Ireland, England and Denmark, consider the extent and nature of Viking influence in Ireland. Created in close association with exhibitions held at the National Musem of Ireland in 1998-99 and at the National Ship Museum in Roskilde in 2001, the papers discuss aspects of religion, art, literature and placenames, towns and society, drawing together thoughts on the exchange of culture and ideas in Viking Age Ireland and the extent to which existing identities were maintained, lost or assimilated. |
| moira doherty riverdance: M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang, 1993-10-01 David Henry Hwang’s beautiful, heartrending play featuring an afterword by the author – winner of a 1988 Tony Award for Best Play and nominated for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is being held captive by the French government—and by his own illusions. In the darkness of his cell he recalls a time when desire seemed to give him wings. A time when Song Liling, the beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as seductive—and as elusive—as a butterfly. How could he have known, then, that his ideal woman was, in fact, a spy for the Chinese government—and a man disguised as a woman? In a series of flashbacks, the diplomat relives the twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both. But in the end, there remains only one truth: Whether or not Gallimard's passion was a flight of fancy, it sparked the most vigorous emotions of his life. Only in real life could love become so unreal. And only in such a dramatic tour de force do we learn how a fantasy can become a man's mistress—as well as his jailer. M. Butterfly is one of the most compelling, explosive, and slyly humorous dramas ever to light the Broadway stage, a work of unrivaled brilliance, illuminating the conflict between men and women, the differences between East and West, racial stereotypes—and the shadows we cast around our most cherished illusions. M. Butterfly remains one of the most influential romantic plays of contemporary literature, and in 1993 was made into a film by David Cronenberg starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Michael Balston Michael Balston, 2001 This volume looks at ten gardens landscaped by Michael Balston, ranging in scale from the formal garden of a large country house to a terrace and courtyard garden in central London. |
| moira doherty riverdance: The Other Side of the Rainbow Máire Brennan, Angela Little, 2001 Raised in county Donegal, Ireland, Maire began her musical career with family band Clannad. Along with sister Enya, and the other members of Clannad, Maire has always fiercely guarded her privacy. Yet in recent years - largely due to a new self confidence and discovery of Christian faith - Maire has begun to share a testimony that has inspired thousands of fans on both sides of the Atlantic. We follow her life - from idyllic innocent childhood in county Donegal, through the highs and lows of success in the public eye, the personal torment of successive relationship breakdown, and the consequences of promiscuity and drug and alcohol indulgence. Ultimately this is a story of a woman whose dream became a nightmare, and yet throughout the trauma a still small voice continued to whisper her name. In seeking out that voice she finally found her love and security she had craved all her life. |
| moira doherty riverdance: For the year 1812 Benevolent, or Strangers' Friend Society (LONDON), 1812 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Grandchild of Kings Harold Prince, 1993 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Stones in His Pockets , 2001 A small farming village in County Kerry, Ireland, where a new Hollywood film is being shot, serves as the setting for this hilarious and affecting comedy. |
| moira doherty riverdance: A Fine Example of Art John Lurie, Carter E. Foster, 2008 A wildly insightful look at the hilarious and haunting paintings of one of downtown New York's most renowned painters. John Lurie alternatively exposes or addresses the larger, enduring myths of culture through sketches of seemingly lost childhood reveries and cryptic symbolism. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Ages of the Moon Sam Shepard, 2015-04-08 A gruff, affecting and funny play by Sam Shepard. Byron and Ames are old friends, reunited by mutual desperation. Over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until fifty years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Souls of the Sea Damien Tiernan, 2008 In January 2007, within the space of only six days, three large fishing boats - the Pere Charles, the Honey Dew II and the Renegade - capsized and sank off the south east coast of Ireland. There were eleven crewmen on board the three vessels. In a tragic week, seven fishermen lost their lives in storm-force winds and waves. In Souls of the Sea, Damien Tiernan gets to the heart of the tragedy that stunned Ireland and made headlines around the world. He talks to the families of those who drowned, as well as to the survivors from the sunken boats; to the rescue crews and weather forecasters, and to the ordinary people who turned out in their hundreds to search the shoreline for clues as to what happened. A vivid picture emerges of brave and resourceful men and women who continue to forge unique communities in the face of adversity. Souls of the Sea is a memorial to the seven men who were lost. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Songs for While I'm Away Phil Lynott, 1974 |
| moira doherty riverdance: All Souls Michael Patrick MacDonald, 2024-08-20 The anti-busing riots of 1974 forever changed Southie, Boston's working class Irish community, branding it as a violent, racist enclave. Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in Southie's Old Colony housing project. He describes the way this world within a world felt to the troubled yet keenly gifted observer he was even as a child: [as if] we were protected, as if the whole neighborhood was watching our backs for threats, watching for all the enemies we could never really define. But the threats-poverty, drugs, a shadowy gangster world-were real. MacDonald lost four of his siblings to violence and poverty. All Souls is heart-breaking testimony to lives lost too early, and the story of how a place so filled with pain could still be the best place in the world. We meet Ma, Michael's mini-skirted, accordian-playing, usually single mother who cares for her children—there are eventually eleven—through a combination of high spirits and inspired getting over. And there are Michael's older siblings—Davey, sweet artist-dreamer; Kevin, child genius of scam; and Frankie, Golden Gloves boxer and neighborhood hero—whose lives are high-wire acts played out in a world of poverty and pride. But too soon Southie becomes a place controlled by resident gangster Whitey Bulger, later revealed to be an FBI informant even as he ran the drug culture that Southie supposedly never had. It was a world primed for the escalation of class violence-and then, with deadly and sickening inevitability, of racial violence that swirled around forced busing. MacDonald, eight years old when the riots hit, gives an explosive account of the asphalt warfare. He tells of feeling part of it all, part of something bigger than I'd ever imagined, part of something that was on the national news every night. Within a few years-a sequence laid out in All Souls with mesmerizing urgency-the neighborhood's collapse is echoed by the MacDonald family's tragedies. All but destroyed by grief and by the Southie code that doesn't allow him to feel it, MacDonald gets out. His work as a peace activist, first in the all-Black neighborhoods of nearby Roxbury, then back to the Southie he can't help but love, is the powerfully redemptive close to a story that will leave readers utterly shaken and changed. |
| moira doherty riverdance: A Companion to Post-1945 America Jean-Christophe Agnew, Roy Rosenzweig, 2008-04-15 A Companion to Post-1945 America is an original collectionof 34 essays by key scholars on the history and historiography ofPost-1945 America. Covers society and culture, people and movements, politics andforeign policy Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every importantera and topic Includes book review section on essential readings |
| moira doherty riverdance: The Shaughraun [an Original Drama in Three Acts]. Dion Boucicault, 1880 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Translations Brian Friel, 2012-01-05 The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative. Translations is a modern classic. It engages the intellect as well as the heart, and achieves a profound political and philosophical resonance through the detailed examination of individual lives, of particular people in particular place and time. Daily Telegraph This is Brian Friel's finest play, his most deeply thought and felt, the most deeply involved with Ireland but also the most universal: haunting and hard, lyrical and erudite, bitter and forgiving, both praise and lament. Sunday Times |
| moira doherty riverdance: The COVID-19 Catastrophe Richard Horton, 2020-07-13 The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest science policy failure in a generation. We knew this was coming. Warnings about the threat of a new pandemic have been made repeatedly since the 1980s and it was clear in January that a dangerous new virus was causing a devastating human tragedy in China. And yet the world ignored the warnings. Why? In this short and hard-hitting book, Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal The Lancet, scrutinizes the actions that governments around the world took – and failed to take – as the virus spread from its origins in Wuhan to the global pandemic that it is today. He shows that many Western governments and their scientific advisors made assumptions about the virus and its lethality that turned out to be mistaken. Valuable time was lost while the virus spread unchecked, leaving health systems unprepared for the avalanche of infections that followed. Drawing on his own scientific and medical expertise, Horton outlines the measures that need to be put in place, at both national and international levels, to prevent this kind of catastrophe from happening again. Were supposed to be living in an era where human beings have become the dominant influence on the environment, but COVID-19 has revealed the fragility of our societies and the speed with which our systems can come crashing down. We need to learn the lessons of this pandemic and we need to learn them fast because the next pandemic may arrive sooner than we think. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Kicking a Dead Horse Sam Shepard, 2009 THE STORY: The play begins with a man alone in a desert landscape digging a grave. Hobart Struther's horse has just dropped dead. He stands there in the vast open desert trying to figure out what to do about his predicament. Every once in a while, |
| moira doherty riverdance: The Truth About Lorin Jones Alison Lurie, 2012-11-13 In this comedy by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a biographer out to vindicate a neglected female artist learns that the truth is never tidy. Polly Alter is through with men. Recovering from her divorce, she has taken a year off from her museum job to write a biography of Lorin Jones, a sensitive painter who died young and nearly forgotten. Polly is determined to bring the artist the public acclaim she deserves, making up for the neglect and exploitation Lorin suffered from the men in her life. The only problem with the story of Lorin’s victimhood is that it may not be true. And as Polly wades deeper into her research, growing more attached to her subject, and more lost in the world of two decades past, she begins to realize that no life story is as simple as a biographer might wish. The National Book Award–shortlisted author of Foreign Affairs writes a daring and “relentless comedy” that novelist Edmund White calls “one of the most entertaining novels I've read in a long time” (The New York Times). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author’s collection. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Manx Melodies Josephine Kermode, 1922 |
| moira doherty riverdance: The Railway Station Man Jennifer Johnston, 2014-12-18 Helen has retreated to the remote north-west coast of Ireland to paint the sea and the shore, and to be alone with her past. English war hero Roger Hawthorne has settled in the neglected railway station house nearby. Mutilated and sick at heart, with the help of a young lad he has begun painstakingly to restore the derelict branch line station. Soon Roger and Helen form a bond which, over gramophone music, dancing and champagne, deepens into love. But Helen, enjoying her first taste of happiness in years, is to learn just how brutally fleeting it can be. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice Kevin Cullen, Shelley Murphy, 2013-02-11 This is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger…a masterwork of reporting. —Michael Connelly, best-selling author of The Wrong Side of Goodbye A New York Times Bestseller A #1 Boston Globe Bestseller An instant classic, this unforgettable narrative, rich with family ties and intrigue, follows the astonishing career of a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction. Cullen and Murphy have broken more Bulger stories than anyone, and Whitey Bulger became front-page news, revealing the mobster's secret letters written from Plymouth Jail after the sixteen-year manhunt that led to his capture and offering unparalleled insight into his contradictions and complex personality. The afterword covering the results of the dramatic and emotional trial provides a riveting denouement to this eminently fair and thorough telling of a life, which makes it all the more damning (Boston Globe). |
| moira doherty riverdance: Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War Gemma Mary Clark, 2014-04-21 This book provides an innovative study of the violence experienced by non-combatants during the Irish Civil War of 1922-3. The author surveys the function and frequency of violent acts ranging from arson, intimidation and animal maiming, to assault, murder and sexual abuse that transpired amongst civilians and revolutionaries throughout the period of conflict. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Applied Biomedical Engineering Gaetano Gargiulo, Alistair McEwan, 2011-08-23 This book presents a collection of recent and extended academic works in selected topics of biomedical technology, biomedical instrumentations, biomedical signal processing and bio-imaging. This wide range of topics provide a valuable update to researchers in the multidisciplinary area of biomedical engineering and an interesting introduction for engineers new to the area. The techniques covered include modelling, experimentation and discussion with the application areas ranging from bio-sensors development to neurophysiology, telemedicine and biomedical signal classification. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Irish Aran Vawn Corrigan, 2019 The significance of the Aran knit is so much more than an unusually popular design. Arans communicate warmth, comfort and a sense of home, which people the world over continue to respond to. Vawn Corrigan explores how the Aran knit became so iconic. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Functional Programming in Python Martin McBride, 2019-11-28 Learn functional programming concepts and techniques to build Python applicationsKey Features* Study in detail all aspects of functional programming, including immutability, generators, and more* Reinforce your learning through elaborate examples* Learn how to implement advanced topics like closures, memoization, and monads in your applicationsBook DescriptionPython supports four programming paradigms - imperative, procedural, object-oriented, and functional. Of these, functional programming is probably the least understood and the least used. This book covers several topics that are directly and indirectly related to functional programming.After a quick overview of functional programming and its characteristics, Functional Programming in Python explains the various concepts of Python, starting with functions. You'll learn how to change the value of an object by using mutability. You'll then look at recursion as a more functional alternative to looping for certain algorithms, and learn how memoization alleviates the limitations of recursion in certain situations. The book further explains how to use closures as function factories and how to handle errors and exceptions with functors and monads.By the end of this book, you'll have all the knowledge you need for developing your applications with functional programming in Python.What you will learn* Understand the advantages and disadvantages of functional programming* Use closures in your code to dynamically create functions* Create your own iterators* Use the general-purpose functools to create your own specialized reducing functions* Study and implement list and generator comprehensions to create lists* Create customized iterators with generatorsWho this book is forIf you are a developer looking to create applications in Python using functional programming, this book is ideal for you. You will only need a basic knowledge of Python. Prior knowledge or experience of functional programming is not required. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Contemporary Ireland Sara O'Sullivan, 2007 Starting from the assumption that the Celtic Tiger has transformed Irish society and that there is indeed a new Ireland, this text covers all the topics that would be expected in an introductory text for sociology and Irish studies students, as well as in-depth topics for more advanced courses. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Night Feed Eavan Boland, 1994 To mark the centenary of the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, where Eavan Boland is writer in residence throughout 1994, Carcarnet are reissuing this book. These poems were first published in 1982, and are a commentary in the sensual and visionary world which opens out in the connection between language and motherhood, celebrating moments of great intensity. |
| moira doherty riverdance: The Natural Presenter Barry Brophy, 2012-09-22 Speaking in front of a group of people is one of the most daunting experiences that you ever have to face. And yet, it's one of the most important skills a person can possess. We all have the skills necessary to present brilliantly to inform and influence our audience, through our day to day experience of conversations. The Natural Presenter tells you how you can harness this conversational energy and fluidity when making a presentation to become an inspiring and engaging presenter - especially important when you have to present complex material to a non-technical audience. It looks at the key areas to consider when holding presentations. The book is broken down into five logical sections with helpful exercises to put ideas into practice. It looks at the main difficulties presenters face, right through to the psychology behind presenting and overcoming natural anxiety and nerves. This is the first complete presentation guide available to professionals. It debunks many of the myths surrounding public speaking, and lays out a clear and practical path for anyone who needs to present. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Melodious Accord Alice Parker, Linda Ekstrom, 1991 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Voters, Parties, and Leaders Jean Blondel, 1967 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Drink to the Bird Benedict Kiely, 1991 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Ask Mr. Edge John Harmata, 2018-07 Equipment Guide for Ice Skaters describing how to break in new skates and other relevant information related to their skates. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Charlie Savage Roddy Doyle, 2019-03-07 Meet Charlie Savage. Charlie is a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who’s realised that he’s been a woman all along ... Compiled here for the first time is a whole year’s worth of Roddy Doyle’s hilarious series for the Irish Independent. Giving a unique voice to the everyday, he draws a portrait of a man – funny, loyal, somewhat bewildered – trying to keep pace with the modern world (if his knees don’t give out first). SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC WRITING 2019 'A delight from start to finish' Irish Mail on Sunday |
| moira doherty riverdance: Modern Diasporas in International Politics Gabriel Sheffer, 1986-01-01 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Bandit Country Toby Harnden, 2010-03-10 South Armagh was firstdescribed as Bandit Country by Merlyn Rees when he was Northern Ireland's Secretary of State, and for nearly three decades it has been the most dangerous posting in the world for soldiers. Toby Harnden has stripped away the myth and propaganda associated with South Armagh to produce one of the most compelling and important books of the subject. Drawing on secret documents and interviews in South Armagh s recent history, he tells the inside story of how the IRA came close to bringing the British state to its knees. For the first time, the identities of the men behind the South Quay and Manchester bombings are revealed. Packed with new information, Bandit Country penetrates the IRA and the security forces in South Armagh. |
| moira doherty riverdance: Writing Irish History , 2007 |
| moira doherty riverdance: James Joyce Unplugged Anthony J. Jordan, 2017 |
| moira doherty riverdance: The Righteous are Bold Frank Carney, 1964 |
| moira doherty riverdance: Schwann Spectrum , 2001 |
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Moirae (Fates) - Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · While some transformed the plural Moirae into a single Aisa or Moira, others pluralized them further: we thus sometimes encounter multiple Clothes or Lacheseis. On the …
Morrigan – Mythopedia
Mar 17, 2023 · The Morrígan was an Irish goddess of death, destiny, and battle. A trio of sisters who could take the form of a single goddess, she was the keeper of fate and a purveyor of …
Zeus - Mythopedia
Sep 20, 2023 · Overview. Zeus was the supreme god of the Greeks, a mighty deity who meted out justice from atop Mount Olympus. Hailed as the father of both mortals and immortals, Zeus …
Themis – Mythopedia
Mar 10, 2023 · Themis was a Greek Titan most famous for embodying the concept of justice. Unlike the other Titans, she sided with the Olympians in their celestial war with her brethren. …
Iliad – Mythopedia
Mar 1, 2023 · The Iliad, said to have been composed by Homer, is an epic poem that was probably originally put into writing during the middle of the eighth century BCE. Set during the …
