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"The Moon-Bog" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in or before March 1921. The story was first published in the June 1926 issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales. In the story, the unnamed narrator describes the final fate of his good friend, Denys...

By Still Waters - Lyrical Poems Old and New George William Russell, writer, editor, critic, poet, artistic painter and Irish nationalist (1867-1935) This ebook presents «By Still Waters - Lyrical Poems Old and New», from George William Russell. A dynamic table of contents enables...

The Nuts of Knowledge George William Russell, writer, editor, critic, poet, artistic painter and Irish nationalist (1867-1935) This ebook presents «The Nuts of Knowledge», from George William Russell. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

An inventive new collection by the writer whom Colm Tóibín called “an assured and brilliant voice in Irish poetry.” Go Giants, Nick Laird’s stunning third volume of poetry, is full of "epic ambition." In a collection that’s "easily his most accomplished to date…[Laird]...

“She Stoops to Conquer” by Oliver Goldsmith was first performed in 1773, in London. It is one of the highly popular comedies written by this Irish author.Most of the English literature and theater classes in England and the United States have this play in their course of study. Several...

Offering poems that draw vividly on the landscape, history, and mythology of Ireland-while making connections with her home and childhood-this collection of poems reflects the author's personal journey and the many "invasions" of past and present. She adapts and transforms several ancient Irish texts, rewriting their stories for a contemporary world. 

Poetry: there are times in life when nothing else will do. This is the first in a series of poetry pamphlets by a bestselling and acclaimed novelist, a collection of ten poems about ten widely different things, but all circling the theme of daily inspiration and creative presence. “Ten...

Man and Superman and Three Other Plays, by George Bernard Shaw, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some...

This carefully crafted ebook: “The Collected Plays (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only...

George Bernard Shaw was a prolific Irish playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1925.  Shaw’s famous plays include Man and Superman and Pygmalion which was adapted into the classic musical My Fair Lady.  This edition of O’Flaherty V.C. includes a table of contents.

John Milton's poem, "Lycidas" has been called "'probably the most perfect piece of pure literature in existence…' [employing] patterns of structure, prosody, and imagery to maintain a dynamic coherence. The syntax of the poem is full of 'impertinent auxiliary assertions' that contribute valuably to...

According to Wikipedia: "Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels,...

The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats includes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in his standard canon. Breathtaking in range, it encompasses the entire arc of his career, from luminous reworkings of ancient Irish myths and legends to passionate meditations on the demands and rewards...

This landmark edition makes many of Yeats's early poems available to readers for the first time, along with many of his own notes about Irish mythology and folklore. Though he is best known for his later, more political poems, such as Easter 1916, he began his career as a student of Blake, Shelley,...