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This second memoir by James Liddy (The Doctor's House, 2004) takes
a different perspective, exploring the world of Liddy's parents and
their friends in mid-twentieth century Ireland. He presents an
extensive gallery of portraits of those he knew in Ireland and the
U.S. including his peers at University College Dublin and many
senior American writers and literary figures. The memoir, unusually
(in keeping with Liddy's eccentric style) includes short stories
set in the years of his growing up in Ireland. The effect is
personal, exhilarating and definitely more than nostalgic. For over
20 years, James Liddy lived in Milwaukee where he was a Professor
in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
and taught creative writing, and Irish and Beat literature. He died
at his home in the U.S. on November 4th. 2008 after a short
illness.
G. Gordon Liddy has never shrunk from a fight, and in "Fight Back"
he offers a clear, proactive, and informed approach to combating
criminal and terrorist threats. Backed by advice from three
seasoned experts who offer military, medical, and personal security
perspectives, Liddy includes chapters on: how and why terrorists
select targets; assessing your personal and workplace risks;
defensive landscaping and antiterrorism architecture; how to
survive a kidnapping and hostage situation; and, an emergency
Response Handbook for chemical, biological, and weapons attacks.
The recently exposed plots of accused terrorists in America, Canada
and England make this book especially timely and useful to anyone
concerned about home and professional security.
This first volume of James Liddy's sparkling essays, selected
introduced by Eamonn Wall, provides unique insights into the work
of American writers and Irish writers overseas and includes
first-hand accounts of meeting many of the canonical figures of
American poetry.
This second volume of James Liddy's essays, selected and introduced
by Eamonn Wall, is framed by an intense and enduring attachment to
Dublin and love of Irish literature. Meeting Patrick Kavanagh was
the singular event that changed James Liddy's life and opened up a
new world of writers, social life and cultural exchanges.
Concludes the autobiographical explorations Liddy began in his
earlier memoirs. In addition to recollections of Anne Yeats and
Padraic Colum, reflections on George Moore and the Emperor Karl of
Austria, there are several meditations on his awareness of his own
death, and on Feast of the Transfiguration: a vision of life
informed by the energies of the spirit.
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