Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett combines high comedy with deep wisdom in this tale of an unexpected coming-of-age and one remarkable boy's rise in a complex and fascinating world.

Presents a thirteen-volume reference guide to the geography, history, economy, government, culture and daily life of countries in Europe.

For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, "Angela's Ashes," won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the "L.A. Times" Book Award.

The action in The Real Charlotte is dominated by two women: the pretty, vulgar, light-hearted Francie; and her guardian, the complex, heavy-set Charlotte.

Negotiating a fragile peace among the warring clans of the human and faerie worlds, the goddess Aisling is confronted by the forces of the Vatican and England, who have directed a clandestine student of forbidden magic to lead a war to ...

Comedy in three acts by J.M. Synge, published and produced in 1907.

"O'Brien was one of the comic geniuses of the 20th century . . . The Poor Mouth is wildly funny and Steadman's drawings catch the spirit." Boston Globe

Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes.

Pagan beliefs were assimilated into Christianity, but not entirely so: a theme which is dealt with in the essay on writing in early Ireland.

Critical edition of a hard-edged novel that was a significant and progressive experiment in narration