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Tim Robinson
"A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing, and an incomparable and enthralling meditation on times past."--John Banville
"He knows this world as no one else does, and writes about it…
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A Haunting Tale of Love, Art, and Madness
Are you captivated by stories of psychological suspense? Do you find yourself drawn to historical settings with a touch of the supernatural…
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[Rating: PG-13] The Twenty-eighth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, "The Wrangler" is, in addition, the Fourth novel in the "Cow Hunters" sub-series.
"Sometimes I can just sit and…
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It is 1715, and Caspar Crispian - former slave, celebrated opera star, notorious pirate, and wanted man in at least four nations - has found his place in the world…
Matthew J. Gilbert
This Little Golden Book introduces young readers to Santa, his home, and his frightfully fun journey to Halloween Town from Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas!
Santa Claus's life…
The essays explore problems in mathematics and mapping, the human implications of the arc of a missile the feelings of a sceptic upon approaching divine ground in the company of…
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It is a thousand, thousand years into the future and our world has changed.
This is a world of super science, high technology, and a world of magical wonders. It…
Moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who lived on his own in a cottage there for a time, called…
Step into the world of 1886 and join the enigmatic Eleanor Hatham, a cross-dressing New Woman, as she embarks on a daring endeavour to revive her family's corner of Cornwall…
One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English. –ROBERT MACFARLANE
Deals with the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland’s last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a…
Astonishing explorations of the self and the natural world from a prose master
Long recognized as perhaps the greatest non-fiction writer at work in Ireland, for his vast, polymathic accounts…
Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker’s pace. From cartographer Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place’s geography, ecology, and…
The Tenth novel in the Tropical Frontier series, The River is, in addition, the Second novel in the Indian Fighter sub-series. A bitter old man, a resentful son who never…
The author, who established himself as Ireland’s most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume Stones of Aran, moved from Aran to Connemara nearly twenty years ago. This book is…
This is the first scholarly edited collection devoted to the work of the Anglo-Irish writer and cartographer Tim Robinson – .
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The Sixteenth novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series, The Outpost is, in addition, the First novel in the "Outpost" sub-series.
The Ninth novel in the Tropical Frontier series, The Indian Fighter is, in addition, the First novel in the Indian Fighter sub-series.
[Warning: this historical fiction has been described as both hilarious and ridiculous; read at your own risk]
[Rating: R, for language] The Twelfth novel in the acclaimed series, this is…
From the author of the award-winning novels, The Indian Fighter and The Cow Hunters (Florida Historical Society, Patrick D. Smith Award), this is the First novel in the "Tropical Frontier"…
The Seventeeth novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series, The Reef is, in addition, the Second novel in the "Brigand" sub-series.
"The Brigand," the Fifteenth novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series, tells the tale of three friends whose lives are disrupted when one of them, Arabelle O'Shea, is abducted by the…
The Homesteaders is the sequel to Tim Robinson's first novel, Tales of Old Florida.
[Rating: PG-13] The Third novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series, The Gladesman is, in addition, the Second novel in the "Port Starboard" sub-series.
From the darkest depths of the Everglades…
[Rating: PG-13] The Thirteenth novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series, The Last Caloosa is, in addition, the Third and final novel in the "Indian Fighter" sub-series.
The proverbial fork in…
Three men in a boat, a tiny boat on a raging sea.
[Rating: PG-13] The Seventh novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series, The Hermit continues the tale of Charlie MacLeod.
The Sixth novel in the Tropical Frontier series, Time Rummers is, in addition, the Third novel in the Port Starboard sub-series.
Whatever will be will be. But what happens when…
The Quest is the story of Charley Addison, and the man who would be his father, Emit Woolsey. Both are forced, at different times in their lives, to question what…
[Rating: PG-13] Captain Arabelle O'Shea and her crew of former brigands, now wreckers, have struck it rich! Or have they? A fortune in buried treasure, that of the notorious pirate…
In 1696, the English barkentine, Reformation, sailing out of Port Royal, Jamaica, wrecked on the desolate shores of La Florida, the so-called "Land of Cannibals." There, the party of castaways…
[Rating: R] The Twenty-fifth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, "The Rum Runner" is, in addition, the Fourth novel in the "Outpost" sub-series.
"But from whom did they get…
[Rating: PG-13] It astounded Mary Addison to this day, the unwitting prejudices she once held for them, these who now called her Good Mother. She adored them; as they did…
The Twenty-third novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series, "The Last Resort" is, in addition, the Third novel in the "Cow Hunters" sub-series. The Civil War finds its way to the…
The Florida Prairie, 1860, cattle country. War looms, but to the settlers living along a jungled, tropical creek, it all seems very far away. For Becky Hackensaw, there are much…
Tom Robinson
Packed with 30 magical science-related puzzles and over 50 experiments that get kids excited about chemistry, science and physics. This title includes experiments which kids can conduct safely in the…
An encyclopedic survey of the coast of Arainn, the largest of the three Aran Islands. This book uncovers the area’s past, rich in history, folk life, science, and language, revealed…
Steve Sheinkin
Unlike any other book, this unorthodox title tells the story of the American Revolution, complete with soldiers, spies, salmon sandwiches, and real facts kids can’t help but want to tell…
Taking a closer look at 1860s America, Sheinkin unravels the complicated string of events that had led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that had…
Learn about the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds, and derring-do that helped win the American West. With a storyteller’s voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting…
Describes a journey around the coast of Aran along the southern cliff-line of the Atlantic, including the Western Brannock Islets, followed by a return around the low-lying northern coast. The…
