Old Ireland in Colour brings to life the rich history of Ireland and the Irish through the colour restoration of these stunning images of all walks of Irish life throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From the chaos of the Civil War to the simple beauty of the islands; from legendary revolutionaries to modest fisherfolk, every image has been exquisitely transformed and every page bursting with life.Using a combination of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology a...

Often imitated but never equalled, the Old Ireland in Colour books are beloved by Irish readers at home and abroad, and in this, the third book of the series, the authors have uncovered yet more photographic gems and breathed new life into them in glorious colour.All of Irish life is here – from evictions in Connemara to the mosgt elegant drawing rooms in Dublin. Famous faces from politics and the arts appear alongside humble labourers and farmers and impish children from ...

The Handbook of Peer Tutoring is the authoritative resource on the emerging interdisciplinary field of peer tutoring in higher education. Addressing the multiple audiences of undergraduate tutors in advanced trainings, students immersing themselves in the research of learning and writing centers, professionals seeking to understand the history and current state of the field, and researchers specializing in peer-led learning, the book gathers in one volume the voices that define th...

*** IRELAND'S INSTANT NO.1 PAPERBACK NON-FICTION BESTSELLER ***'This book goes far beyond the realm of self help. It is beautiful, kind and unpatronizing, and it is genuinely helpful' Katriona O'Sulivan, bestselling author of Poor.In a world often marked by chaos and uncertainty, it's easy to feel unmoored, as if the ground beneath you is always shifting. This book is your compass: a steady reminder that even when the way forward s...

Sports Psychology is a popular area that has grown dramatically over the past few decades due to an increasing emphasis on the importance of psychology for athletic performance, engagement in exercise and in the business and industry of sport. This text is a concise, focussed overview of all the core concepts in sports psychology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Using key studies and evidence, this book explains and develops key topics, and acts as a springboard for further re...

In a world often marked by chaos and uncertainty, it's easy to feel unmoored, as if the ground beneath you is always shifting. This book is here to serve as your compass: a steady reminder that even when the way forward seems unclear, a path always exists.Drawing on the principles of mindfulness and written with deep empathy and honesty, this book offers practical ways to reconnect with your inner stillness and meet life's challenges with patience and clarity. Accompanied by deeply...

In the 225 years since the United States Constitution was first drafted, no single book has addressed the key questions of what constitutions are designed to do, how they are structured, and why they matter. In From Words to Worlds, constitutional scholar Beau Breslin corrects this glaring oversight, singling out the essential functions that a modern, written constitution must incorporate in order to serve as a nation’s fundamental law.Breslin lays out and explains the bas...

In a world often marked by chaos and uncertainty, it's easy to feel unmoored, as if the ground beneath you is always shifting. These meditations are here to serve as your compass: a steady reminder that even when the way forward seems unclear, a path always exists.Written, composed and performed by Niall Breslin, these beautiful meditations build on the themes and sentiments expressed in Niall's book, THE PLACE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN WOUNDED. These guided meditations and reflections i...

It was on Easter Monday, in ’Seventy-six, In Freemantle the jailers were all in a fix, From Fauntleroy, down to Amen-timbertoe, There was racing and chasing and bother, you know,For the Fenians had sliddered right off in a row; But what’s that to any one, whether or no? Oh! Wilson and Cranston and Hogan are gone, With Darragh and Hassett and staunch Harrington;For Collins and Johnston have opened the ball, And to join in the dancing, out step Jones and Hall,And they tripped to a tune that ...

Bowling Alone, the title of Robert Putnam's 1995 article (later a bestselling book) perfectly captured a sense of national unease: Somewhere along the way, America had become a nation divided by apathy, and the bonds that held together civil society were disappearing. But while the phrase resonated with our growing sense of atomization, it didn't describe a new phenomenon. The fear that isolation has eroded our social bonds had simmered for at least two decades, when communita...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Satellite Events of the 12th European Conference on the Semantic Web, ESWC 2015, held in Portorǒz, Slovenia, in May/June 2015. The volume contains 12 poster and 22 demonstration papers, selected from 50 submissions, as well as 22 best workshop papers selected from 140 papers presented at the 16 workshops that took place at ESWC 2015. The papers cover various aspects of the semantic web.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Semantic Web Collaborative Spaces, SWCS 2013, held in Montpellier, France, in May 2013, and the Third International Workshop on Semantic Web Collaborative Spaces, SWCS 2014, held in Trentino, Italy, in October 2014.The 6 revised extended papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 10 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on challenges in c...