An accomplished novelist, short story writer, and playwright, Richard Power (1928-1970) was most well-known for his 1969 novel The Hungry Grass. While many of his stories were published in the leading literary journals of the day, his premature death prevented his work from gaining the fame it deserved. Gathered together for the first time, Power's subtle and poignant stories capture the daily lives of urban and rural dwellers in Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century. Coming of age, the tensions between tradition and modernity, and romantic love are some of the themes in these beautifully vivid tales. Power explores the interiority of an Irish mother and the thorny navigation of an adolescent girl's coming of age with pathos and humor. This memorable collection, thoughtfully arranged and introduced by James MacKillop, gives new life to an undeservedly neglected writer for fans and scholars of the Irish short story tradition.

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Addiction Psychopharmacology is an authoritative collection of the most current research approaches to the study of drug addiction. * Provides students and scholars with the practical tools to do the best work possible in addiction psychopharmacology * Features reviews on the empirical relevance of the research methods and the nuances of the methodologies used * Topics covered include core methods for assessing drug effects, distal and proximal determinants of drug use, and insights from cognitive neuroscience * Includes contributions from a diverse range of experts that reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the field

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.

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THE war has introduced hundreds of young men to the horse in R.A. and K.A.S.C. as company commanders and transport officers, and other ways. They rode and learnt to like it, and now the war is over many will think of hunting who, had it not been for the equestrian side of soldiering, would never have thought of following hounds. To these I write. I disclaim any idea of laying down the law on so complex a subject. The veteran will think it all absurdly elementary, but let that same veteran, not being a soldier, turn at fifty to make up a pay sheet or write an appreciation on manceuvre orders and see what, sort of a hand he makes of it. Hunting men made splendid officers. The sport had developed their initiative, confidence in themselves, and the pourer of quick grasp on situations. Map reading and the use of ground came easy to them. Those now beginning hunting will never regret having done so, it will open to them a new vista of enjoyment. Hunting improves on acquaintance, gives more than it promises and, after thc initial stages are over, is nothing but rewards and rewards which endure till anno domini calls a halt. In the past, boys started hunting on ponies, even in baskets on donkeys. I have seen a baby of eighteen months blooded in a perambulator. This rather unsavoury ceremony consists in the huntsman smearing the childs cheeks with the blood of a newly killed fox. The rite is considered almost sacred in some families and each child is blooded, if opportunity occurs, when first he appears at the covert side. The knowledge of hunting a decade ago was gained during a childhood passed in intimate contact with those who knew all about hunting, and its ins and outs were absorbedautomatically. Now, however, as we are to learn older, we must learn more quickly. So we will go straight to the meet with our budding foxhunter. Later, perhaps, we will touch upon the purchase of the right class of horse for various countries, horsemastership, hounds and riding to them. By the way, remember you ride to foxhounds and at staghounds. Goodness knows why. Another opportunity may occur to enlarge on bitting, saddlery, equipment and so on. A few days hunting, however, with our eyes open will make these later hints all the more easy to follow. Before going to the meet consult a good large scale map. They can be got of most hunts with names of fixtures and coverts shown clearly. Your map reading knowledge will now be found useful. Get the lie of the country, its boundaries, rivers and natural features in your head. Try to fix the position of coverts in relation to each other and to villages, railways and the like. When you get home at night and half the pleasure of hunting is the contemplation of the days doings, go over the country covered with the map in front of you, trace where you have been and note the coverts drawn. On the fateful morning start early enough to go steadily to the meet, at a walk, or at best, a collectcd trot, and use what grass you can on the roadsides. Nothing is worse than clattering helter-skelter to the covert side, like a butchers boy delivering meat. Never jump a fence, school a horse or lark over a line of country going to or from a days hunting. Something always happens you cast a shoe, lame your mount, or fall off and the horse puts his foot through your new silk hat. I can remember all these troubles happening to me in the days before I learntsense...

Originally published in London, 1920. A book of practical advice on foxhunting and fishing aimed at the young sportsman, the majority of which is as useful today as then. Contents include: The Fox and Hounds - Riding a Country - Bridle and Saddle - Riding and Jumping - Hound Work - Etiquette - Buying and Conditioning a Horse - Learning to cast - Stalking the Fish - Where and How to Fish - Words for the Trout Fisherman - Flies - Casting for Salmon - Tips for Salmon Fishers. etc. The book contains many illustrations by the famous sporting artist Lionel Edwards. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Read Country Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies, editors Maureen ORourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs and a selection of nineteenth-century prose and poetry. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. In addition, this revised volume also includes a larger sampling of women writers.

At a time when national cinemas in France and Japan have been marginalized on world screens, movies from and about Ireland have attracted huge audiences, capturing top international prizes (The Crying Game) and an Academy Award (My Left Foot).

In Contemporary Irish Cinema, James MacKillop and contributors take a variety of approaches to the treatment of films and film makers. Some contributors are journalists and critics; others are young scholars well grounded in current cinematic and literary theory.

Authors probe cinema's rewriting of Irish history, from the controversial Michael Collins and In the Name of the Father to playwright Stewart Parker's overlooked miniseries on Ulster sectarianism, Lost Belongings. Jim Loter brings the writings of Martin Heidegger to bear on Cathal Black's dark comedy, Pigs. Attitudes toward the institutional church are revealed in Playboys; among the films that figure into Pamela Dolan's work is An Elephant in the Sacristy.

Anthony Kirby and MacKillop's up-to-date filmography of Irish and Irish-related films is the most extensive yet published.