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A passionate story of the love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father. The story’s action is chaotic and violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the descriptions of the moorland setting and the poetic grandeur combined to make this novel a masterpiece of English literature.
Yeats 150 is a collection of essays commemorating the life and work of Irish poet and Nobel Laureate, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).
The book, dedicated to Seamus Heaney, is divided into a number of sections: Academic Essays; Plays; the Yeats family; Scholarly Essays; Yeats Poetry Prizes and, appropriately, the topographical ‘Sligo’, by Sligo natives and visitors to the International Yeats Summer School.
Yeats in Love
Anyone familiar with Sligo will be familiar with Yeats. And anyone familiar with both should also be aware of Annie West, the illustrator, who has penned many pictures?of Yeats in humorous poses that are in homes & shops?around Sligo. In Yeats in Love Annie presents her illustrations in book form with words from Yeats, those who knew Yeats and Annie herself. An enjoyable, funny read and the picture’s themselves do indeed paint a 1,000 words.
A comprehensive selection of WB Yeats major writings spanning his entire career.
In You Are Here, bestselling author and celebrated astronaut Chris Hadfield creates a virtual orbit of Earth, giving us the really big picture: this is our home, from space. The millions of us who followed Hadfield’s news-making Twitter feed from the ISS thought we knew what we were looking at when we first saw his photos. But we may have caught the beauty and missed the full meaning.
Now, in this book of photographs from the International Space Station – many of which have never been shared – Hadfield unveils a fresh and insightful look at our planet. He sees astonishing detail and importance in these images, not just because he’s spent months in space but because his in-depth knowledge of geology, geography, and meteorology allows him to reveal the photos’ mysteries. Featuring Hadfield’s favourite images, You Are Here is divided by continent and represents one (idealized) orbit of the ISS.
This planetary photo tour – surprising, playful, thought-provoking, and visually delightful – provides a breathtakingly beautiful perspective on the wonders of the world. You Are Here opens a singular window on our planet, using remarkable photographs to illuminate the history and consequences of human settlement, the magnificence of newly uncovered landscapes, and the power of the natural forces shaping our world and the future of our species.