'Baghdad Bulletin takes us where mainstream news accounts do not go. Disrupting the easy cliches that dominate US journalism, Enders blows away the media fog of war.' Norman Soloman
A detailed analysis of policing in Northern Ireland, tracing the history of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) since its origination in 1922, and the complex problems it faces today.
Sent on a mission into the jungles of Chult, a band of adventurers finds that the fate of a lost colony is not the only secret the island is hiding Tethyrian colonists sent to the jungle island of Chult have vanished—and only their celebrated leader has returned. But the story he tells of disease and monsters rings false to his enemies, piquing the interest of many who seek the truth. Enter Captain Harp and his crew aboard the Crane, who are sent to discover what really happened to the Lost Colony and what the Hero of Tethyr is hiding. Welcome to the jungle, a place where giant ants and lizard creatures run rampant. The first book in a series designed to showcase the uncivilized areas that iconic to the Dungeons & Dragons game, The Fanged Crown is an easy way for unfamiliar readers to enter the world of Forgotten Realms. With plenty of action, intrigue, and adventure, this is a book that will appeal to new readers and familiar readers alike. The Fanged Crown and the rest of the Wilds series may be read in any order.
The harp became the emblem on Irish coinage in the 16th century. Since then it has been symbolic of Irish culture, music, and politics - finally evolving into a significant marker of national identity in the 18th and 19th centuries. The most important period in this evolution was between 1770 and 1880, when the harp became central to many utopian visions of an autonomous Irish nation, and its metaphoric significance eclipsed its musical one. Mary Louise O'Donnell uses these fascinating years of major social, political, and cultural change as the focus of her study on the Irish harp.
Harlan Singer, a harmonica-playing troubadour, shows up in the Thompson family’s yard one morning. He steals their hearts with his music, and their daughter with his charm. Soon he and his fourteen-year-old bride, Sharon, are on the road, two more hobos of the Great Depression, hitchhiking and hopping freights across the Great Plains in search of an old man and the settlement of Harlan’s long-standing debt. Finding shelter in hobo jungles and Hoovervilles, the newlyweds careen across the 1930s landscape in a giant figure eight with Oklahoma in the middle. Sharon’s growing doubts about her husband’s quest set in motion events that turn Harlan Singer into a hero while blinding her to the dark secret of his journey. A love story infused with history and folk tradition, Harpsong shows what happened to the friends and neighbors Steinbeck’s Joads left behind. In this moving, redemptive tale inspired by Oklahoma folk heroes, Rilla Askew continues her exploration of the American story. Harpsong is a novel of love and loss, of adventure and renewal, and of a wayfaring orphan’s search for home—all set to the sounds of Harlan’s harmonica. It shows us the strength and resilience of a people who, in the face of unending despair, maintain their faith in the land.
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