Michael Foley taucht durch literarische Erkundungen in das Wesen des menschlichen Schreibens ein, wobei sich seine Arbeit oft mit Themen des Schreibens und des Geschichtenerzählens beschäftigt. Sein Schreibansatz betont Tiefe und Reflexion und bietet den Lesern einen aufschlussreichen Einblick in Kunst und Handwerk.
Through the lives of three children who died on 21 November 1920, relive the story of Bloody Sunday, when a gaelic football match in Croke Park was the scene of slaughter by British forces. Gripping historical fiction.
Bloody Sunday. A gaelic football match in Dublin's Croke Park became the scene of a massacre of 14 people by the Royal Irish Constabulary, following the IRA assassination of British military agents. Updated edition of this exceptional and prizewinning book.
This book is a fascinating account of the important role that the railways played in the defence of the country as well as in their support of the Allied forces in theatres of war around the world.
The First World War was to lead to the first major step in Britain's railways becoming a unified system.
A satirical novel set in Ireland on the literary world and its hangers-on. The hero is Kyle Magee, the "Zorba of the North," and he subjects the starry-eyed narrator to all the pretension, hypocrisy and paranoia he can handle. Counter balancing this is the Herron household comprising no-nonsense women, two of whom hero and narrator eventually marry. A debut in fiction
A leading historian argues that Johnny Cash was the most important political artist of his time
Life Lessons from Bergson, as told by bestselling author Michael Foley
From the famed author of international bestseller Drinking with the Saints, every Christmas tradition explained and celebrated, as well as a glimpse into all the sometimes macabre and always fascinating nooks and crannies of the holiday. Deepen your knowledge of and love for Christmas!
In a world that demands conspicuous consumption, high-octane relationships and perpetual youth, we can find ourselves tormented by dissatisfaction and anxiety, fearful that everyone is having a better time than we are
It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and neuroscientists have offered insights into the difficulties and rewards of paying attention to the here and now. With characteristic wit and earthiness, Michael Foley - author of the bestselling The Age of Absurdity- draws on the work of these artists and thinkers, and encourages us to delight in the complexities of everyday psychopathology. With astute observation, Foley brings fresh insights to such things as the banality of everyday speech, the madness and weirdness of snobbery, love and sex, and the strangeness of everyday objects and the everyday environment, such as the office. It is all more fascinating, comical and mysterious than you think.
