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St Martin's Press A Dublin Student Doctor
The beloved Irish Country series continues in A Dublin Student Doctor, a moving, deeply human story from New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling author Patrick Taylor. Doctor Fingal O''Reilly, the quarrelsome general practitioner of the small village of Ballybucklebo, wasn't always the man he is today. Beloved author Patrick Taylor turns back the clock to give us a portrait of the young Fingaland show us the pivotal events that shaped the man he would become. In the 1930s, fresh from a stint in the Royal Navy Reserve, and against the wishes of his disapproving father, Fingal O''Reilly arrives in Dublin to study medicine. The hours he dedicates to Trinity College and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital are long and arduous, but Fingal manages to find time to box and play rugbyand to romance a fetching, gray-eyed nurse named Kitty O''Hallorhan. Dublin is a harsh city, where brutal poverty breeds diseases that the limited me
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St Martin's Press Fingal OReilly Irish Doctor
The beloved Irish Country series continues in Fingal O''Reilly, Irish Doctor, an enchanting novel by New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling author Patrick Taylor.Newly married, Dr. Fingal Flahertie O''Reilly is ready to settle into domestic bliss, but something always seems to be pulling his attention away from home. Between difficult patients, riding accidents, and the shenanigans of the local animals, it seems nothing in the village is eager to let him rest.The everyday complications of village life are very different from the challenges Fingal faced nearly thirty years earlier, when, fresh out of medical school, he accepted a post at the Aungier Street Dispensary, tending to the impoverished denizens of Dublin''s tenement houses.Shifting back and forth between the present and the past, Patrick Taylor''s captivating new novel brings to life both the green young man O''Reilly once was and the canny village docto
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Family: An Irish Country Novel
Before Doctor Barry Laverty joined Doctor Fingal O'Reilly's practice in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was an intern, working long hours, practicing new medical techniques, falling in love, and learning what is most important in the medical field for a family physician-the bonds of family, friendships, and human kindness. Years later, Barry practices everything he has learned in Ballybucklebo, a lovely village where neighbor looks after neighbor. And while his own efforts to start a family with his wife Sue have been frustrated, the community around him couldn't be stronger as they work together to show their solidarity. Shifting effortlessly between the two time periods, bestselling author Patrick Taylor continues the story of these beloved characters while vividly bringing the daily joys and struggles of this delightful Irish village to life.
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Forge An Irish Country Village
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Rowohlt Taschenbuch Ein irisches Weihnachtsfest
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Polystar Press The Toll-houses of Suffolk
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Cottage: An Irish Country Novel
The New Year brings challenges and changes to the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. The Christmas holidays have barely passed before a fire engulfs the humble thatched cottage housing Donal Donnally and his family. Although the family escapes the blaze more or less unsinged, Donal, his wife, their three small children, and their beloved dog find themselves with nothing left but the clothes on their back. Good thing Doctors O’Reilly and Laverty are on hand to rally the good people of Ballybucklebo to come to their aid. Rebuilding the cottage won’t be quick or easy, but good neighbors from all walks of life will see to it that the Donallys get back on their feet again, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, matters of procreation occupy the doctors and their patients. Young Barry Laverty and his wife, Sue, frustrated in their efforts to start a family, turn to modern medicine for answers. O’Reilly must tread carefully as he advises a married patient on how to avoid another dangerous pregnancy. As a new and tumultuous decade approaches, sectarian divisions threaten to bring unrest to Ulster, but in Ballybucklebo at least, peace still reigns and neighbours look after neighbours.
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Rowohlt Taschenbuch Ein irischer Landarzt
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Wedding
Love is in the air in the colorful village of Ballybucklebo, but Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly has a long way to go before meeting his sweetheart Kitty O'Hallorhan at the altar. First, he and his young colleague, Barry Laverty, must deal with their usual round of eccentric patientsand crises both large and small.Being the head doctor in Ballybucklebo often means more than tending to stuffy noses and aches and pains. Dr. O'Reilly's work also includes helping a struggling young couple acquire their first home, clearing the name of a cat accused of preying on a neighbor's prize pigeons, and encouraging a bright working-class girl who dreams of one day becoming a doctor herself.And Dr. O'Reilly isn't the only one with romance on the mind. Barry, still smarting from a painful breakup, has caught the eye of a lovely schoolteacheras long as his work and her passionate political convictions don't get in the way.Much has changed in Ballybucklebo, and bigger changes ar
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Forge An Irish Country Doctor
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Girl
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Polystar Press Drainage Windmills on the Broads
A concise essay on the origins and history of the drainage of the Broads, with an extensive gazetteer illustrating all the mills that remain, arranged on a river by river basis to suit those visiting by boat.
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Polystar Press The Toll-houses of Cambridgeshire
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Courtship
Barry Laverty is settling in to the Irish village of Ballybucklebo, but with only a few more months before he becomes a full partner in Dr. O'Reilly's medical practice, an unexpected romantic reversal gives him second thoughts. Is tending to routine coughs and colds all he wants from life? Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly has personal upheavals as well. After mourning his deceased wife for decades, he's found a new love. But the budding courtship is not going over well with the doctors' housekeeper, who fears having her position usurped by O'Reilly's new flame. Meanwhile, life goes on in Ballybucklebo, and the two doctors will need all of their combined wit and compassion to put things right - just in time for their lives to change forever.
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Christmas
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Love Story: A Novel
It's the winter of 1967 and snow is on the ground in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. But the chilly weather can't stop love from warming hearts all over the county. Not just the love between a man and woman, as with young doctor, Barry Laverty, and his fiancee Sue Nolan, but also the love of an ailing pensioner for a faithful dog that's gone missing, the love of the local gentry for the great estate they are on verge of losing, or Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly's deep and abiding love for his long-time home and practice. For decades, since the war, Number One Main Street has housed O'Reilly and his practice, in recent years, it has also opened its doors to O'Reilly's wife, Barry Laverty, and a new addition to the practice, Doctor Nonie Stevens, an occasionally prickly young woman who may not be fitting in. It is to Number One that patients young and old come when they need a doctor's care, for everything from the measles to a rare and baffling blood disease. An unexpected turn of events threatens to drive O'Reilly from his home for good, unless the entire village can rally behind their doctor and prove that love real ly can conquer all.
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Rowohlt Taschenbuch Neues vom irischen Landarzt
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University of Illinois Press The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions
The essential resource for religions of the Caribbean
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Wooden Books Compound Polytopes polygons tilings polyhedra
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Polystar Press The Toll-houses of Norfolk
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John Wiley & Sons Nation Dance Religion Identity and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Yuletide: An Irish Country Novella
A charming Christmas entry in Patrick Taylor's beloved internationally bestselling Irish Country series, An Irish Country Yuletide. December 1965. 'Tis the season once again in the cozy Irish village of Ballybucklebo, which means that Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, his young colleague Barry Laverty, and their assorted friends, neighbors, and patients are enjoying all their favorite holiday traditions: caroling, trimming the tree, finding the perfect gifts for their near and dear ones, and anticipating a proper Yuletide feast complete with roast turkey and chestnut stuffing. There's even the promise of snow in the air, raising the prospect of a white Christmas. Not that trouble has entirely taken a holiday as the season brings its fair share of challenges as well, including a black-sheep brother hoping to reconcile with his estranged family before it's too late, a worrisome outbreak of chickenpox, and a sick little girl whose faith in Christmas is in danger of being crushed in the worst way. As roaring fireplaces combat the brisk December chill, it's up to O'Reilly to play Santa, both literally and figuratively, to make sure that Ballybucklebo has a Christmas it will never forget! Bonus: This heartwarming Yuletide tale also includes several mouth-watering recipes, straight from an Irish country kitchen.
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Welcome
An Irish Country Welcome is a charming entry in Patrick Taylor's internationally bestselling Irish Country series. In the close-knit Northern Irish village of Ballybucklebo, it's said that a new baby brings its own welcome. Young doctor Barry Laverty and his wife Sue are anxiously awaiting their first child, but as the community itself prepares to welcome a new decade, the closing months of the 1960s bring more than a televised moon landing to Barry, his friends, his neighbors, and his patients, including a number of sticky questions. A fledgling doctor joins the practice as a trainee, but will the very upper-class Sebastian Carson be a good fit for the rough and tumble of Irish country life? And as sectarian tensions rise elsewhere in Ulster, can a Protestant man marry the Catholic woman he dearly loves, despite his father's opposition? And who exactly is going to win the award for the best dandelion wine at this year's Harvest Festival? But while Barry and Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly and their fellow physicians deal with everything from brain surgery to a tractor accident to a difficult pregnancy, there's still time to share the comforting joys and pleasures of this very special place: fly-fishing, boat races, and even the town's very first talent competition! Welcome back to Ballybucklebo, as vividly brought to life by a master storyteller.
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Forge An Irish Country Village
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Doctor
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Polystar Press Timber Circles in the East
An examination of Neolithic timber circles in the east of England with reference to Alexander Thom's work on the geometrical setting out and astronomical alignments of stone circles in the west of Britain
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Polystar Press The Toll-houses of Essex
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Polystar Press The Toll-Houses of Staffordshire
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Polystar Press The Toll-houses of Somerset
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Continuum Publishing Corporation The Literacy Leader's Toolkit: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum 11-19
In their new book, the winners of the TES National Award for Outstanding Literacy Initiative share the secrets behind school improvement through raising literacy levels across the curriculum. Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor draw on the successful literacy initiative that raised their school from good to outstanding, as well as their work in three UK schools with a range of Ofsted ratings. The 54 practical strategies are grouped into beginning, embedding, sustaining and evaluating stages and include ideas such as choosing the literacy focus of your school, involving students as literacy leaders and creating a 'Litbox'. Each entry details the literacy outcomes of the strategy, provides step by step guidance for implementing and sustaining it and includes feedback and tips for staff and students who have used it. The Literacy Leader's Toolkit is a must read for all literacy coordinators and leaders who want to implement a whole-school programme , as well as for those teachers who are determined to improve the literacy provision in their classroom.
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Polystar Press The Toll-houses of South Devon
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Polystar Press The Toll-houses of North Devon
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Starscape An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea
Long before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, young surgeon lieutenant O'Reilly answered the call of duty to serve in World War II. Fingal just wants to marry his beloved Deirdre and live happily ever after. First he must hone his skills at a British naval hospital before reporting back to the HMS 3 Warspite, where as a ship's doctor he faces danger upon the high seas. With German bombers a constant threat, the future has never been more uncertain, but Fingal and Deirdre are determined to make a life together ...no matter what may lie ahead. Decades later, the war is long over, and O'Reilly is content to mend the bodies and souls of his patients in Ballybucklebo, but there are still changes and challenges a plenty. A difficult pregnancy, as well as an old colleague badly in denial concerning his own serious medical condition, test O'Reilly and his young partner, Barry Laverty. But even with all that occupies him in the present, can O'Reilly ever truly let go of the ghosts from his past? Shifting effortlessly between two singular eras, bestselling author Patrick Taylor continues the story of O'Reilly's wartime experiences, while vividly bringing the daily joys and struggles of Ballybucklebo to life once more.
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St Martin's Press An Irish Country Practice
Once, not too long ago, there was just a single Irish country doctor tending to the lively little village of Ballybucklebo: Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly. Now his thriving practice is growing by leaps and bounds. Not only has O’Reilly taken a new trainee under his wing, Doctor Connor Nelson, he’s also added a spirited Labrador puppy to his ever-expanding household at Number One Main Street. Meanwhile, his trusted partner, young Doctor Barry Laverty, finds himself wondering if he’s truly ready to settle down and start a family with his lovely fiancée, Sue. As the doctors cope with domestic and professional challenges, they also look after their patients and their ailments, including a mysterious cough, a housewife whose frequent “accidents” may have a disturbing cause, and a respected colleague who might be succumbing to an old vice. All is not sickness and worry, however. There’s plenty of joy and merriment to be found as well, from a visiting circus to racing to sailing and maybe even a happy ending or two.
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