The Book of Ulster Surnames has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the nine county province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more. It gives the meaning and history of each name, its original form, where it came from – Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales or France – and why it changed to what it is today. The index is an essential asset to the publication – providing nearly 3,000 surnames and variant spellings, cross-referenced to the main listing. The book includes not...

When you're doing poorly in school, the standard advice is to Work Harder. That will help a little, and there is no escaping the fact that hard work is necessary. BUT! More effort usually means doing more of the same ineffective type of work you already did in the past. It wasn't very successful then, and just doing more of it isn't going to help you much. You'll still be wasting a lot of your study time working in an inadequate way and not learning well.What you n...

When you're doing poorly in school, the standard advice is to Work Harder. That will help a little, and there is no escaping the fact that hard work is necessary. BUT! More effort usually means doing more of the same ineffective type of work you already did in the past. It wasn't very successful then, and just doing more of it isn't going to help you much. You'll still be wasting a lot of your study time working in an inadequate way and not learning well.What you n...

First published in 1977, Patterns of Education in the British Isles is the first modern discussion of the educational systems of the British Isles and the ways in which they influence each other. It is no arid account of administrative structures but the first major attempt to set the systems in their cultural, political, and historical context, and to relate them to each other.The book discusses the extravagant claims sometimes made for Scottish education, the often-negle...

In 1845, seventeen-year-old Amad Adebayo lives a peaceful life in a small West African village, unaware that fate is about to wrench him from everything he knows. Captured and sold into slavery, Amad Adebayo is torn from his homeland and brought to a plantation near St. Augustine, Florida, where he endures the brutal realities of servitude. But the spirit of freedom burns fiercely within him. Defying the odds, Amad escapes the bands of slavery and sets his sights on a bolder dream-freeing ...

Annals and Legends of Calais, with Sketches Emigre Notabilities and Memoir of Lady Hamilton is a fascinating history of the French city. It also includes a biography of the famous mistress of Horatio Nelson, Miss Lady Hamilton.

Are we inside the era of disasters or are we merely inundated by mediated accounts of events categorized as catastrophic? America's Disaster Culture offers answers to this question and a critical theory surrounding the culture of “natural” disasters in American consumerism, literature, media, film, and popular culture.In a hyper-mediated global culture, disaster events reach us with great speed and minute detail, and Americans begin forming, interpreting, and historicizing...

Somewhere recently, a friend or a wealthy relative mentioned they're "an LP" in a venture fund. You nodded. You didn't ask what that meant, what they actually own, or when they get their money back.Venture capital has built some of the largest fortunes in modern finance. It hasn't built an instruction manual for the people funding it. Founders get accelerators and pitch coaches. Fund managers get conferences and trade press. The limited partners, the family offices, the angel inves...

In "Religion & Morality Vindicated, Against Hypocrisy and Pollution," Robert Bell eloquently critiques the prevailing hypocrisy within religious practices and societal norms of his time. The book employs a compelling argumentative style, blending philosophical reasoning with vivid examples, making it a notable contribution to the Enlightenment discourse on morality and ethics. Bell contends that true religion is intrinsically linked to genuine moral behavior, rejecting superficialities tha...

In "Religion & Morality Vindicated, Against Hypocrisy and Pollution," Robert Bell offers a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between ethical principles and religious belief amidst a society replete with moral decay. Within its pages, Bell employs a rigorous and articulate literary style, blending philosophical discourse with accessible prose, which prompts readers to critically engage with the tenets of morality that underpin both personal and communal life. The book is se...

Russia, 1993. Certain Freedoms is an unforgettable novel set against the upheaval of a nation at a turning point in history. Award-winning author R. R. Bell brings readers into the lives of Russians and expatriates from the West caught up in Russia’s fight to realize its new freedom after the fall of communism. Set during the weeks leading up to the siege of the nation’s parliament, the novel explores the power of the past to threaten our future. In this richly textured rendering ...

Nor can I abide any tonguesThat will prattle and prate against reason,About that which doth not concern them;Which thing is no better than treason.Wherefore I'd wish all that do hear meNot to meddle with matters of state,Lest they be in question called for it,And repent them when it is too late.For this I will make it appear,And prove by experience I can,'Tis the excellen'st thing in the worldTo be a plain-dealing...