Sean Farren

Denis Haughey

John Hume, civil rights activist, founding member of the SDLP and leading politician in Northern Ireland during the long period of the Troubles, gained worldwide recognition and respect for his principled opposition to the use of violence as a means of resolving the deep divisions between the people of Northern Ireland, between those who favour Irish unity and those who favour maintaining the union with Britain. His constant message was the need to heal sundered relationships between the people of Ireland, north and south, and between the people of Ireland and Britain. This book of essays assesses Hume's role throughout the Troubles as he campaigned in Ireland, Europe and the US to influence politicians and opinion makers in the cause of justice and peace. The essays discuss the political background to his entry into public life in 1960s Derry as a champion of the credit union movement, the civil rights campaign, the Sunningdale Agreement, the failed efforts to establish a power-sharing executive, the trauma of terrorism, the hunger strikes, his role in Europe and the US, the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the Hume-Adams dialogue and the Good Friday Agreement. Contributors include: Paul Arthur, Arthur Aughey, Austin Currie, Sean Donlon, Mark Durkan, Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Maurice Hayes, Pat Hume, Brigid Laffan, David McKittrick, Sean O hUigiÂ­nn, Eamonn Phoenix and Nancy Soderberg.

Irish Peacemaker

John Hume

John Hume is regarded as the key architect of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. This book collects extracts from Hume's key speeches, articles and interviews, and adds a contextual narrative. The selected texts chronicle his entire career, covering his entry into public life in the early 1960s through the Credit Union, the Derry Housing Association, the civil rights movement, his first election to the Northern Ireland Parliament, the foundation of the SDLP, his influence over successive Irish governments, and the various initiatives aimed at ending the violence and achieving an acceptable agreement. Together, these texts provide a comprehensive overview of Hume's political thoughts, comments on critical events and developments, and his proposals for resolving the Northern Irish conflict. The texts reveal Hume's commitment to human rights, his implacable opposition to violence as a means of addressing conflict, his belief that what he regarded as the fundamentally flawed arrangements of 1920-1 (which had led to the establishment of the Northern State) had to be replaced with a much wider and more comprehensive agreement involving the British and Irish governments. As well as being of interest to the general reader, the book is a valuable resource for scholars researching the Northern Irish conflict and, in particular, John Hume's transformative influence on the development of Irish and British attitudes and policies, as governments grappled with the problems arising from the troubled relationships within and between the two islands. [Subject: History, SDLP, Good Friday Agreement, Irish Studies, Memoir, North Ireland & UK, Politics]

In His Own Words

Joe McKinney

William Holden

Bruce Lockhart

Mathias Jansson

Chantal Boudreau

Rick McQuiston

Scarlet Norton-Duperre

Mark Slade

Greg McWhorter

Kenneth W. Cain

Eli Wilde

Todd Nelsen

K. Trap Jones

James S. Dorr

Jay Wilburn

Joel M. Kremer

Ben Pienaar

Max Booth III

Kate Monroe

Rebecca Besser

Ray J Robbio

Lindsey Beth Goddard

Justin Tate

Rie Sheridan Rose

Allan Izen

Patrick O’Scheen

Josh Strnad

Joseph Pinto

Konstantine Paradias

Winner of the P & E Readers Poll 2013 - 2nd place for best anthology of the year. Welcome to the dreaded night realm... lingering just beneath your eyelids, where the hellish things borne of fear eagerly await your arrival. Prepare to be whiplashed to the darkest regions of 32 wicked minds, and forced to stare into their collective abyss. This world is chock-full of the stuff dreams are made of, but more than likely, if you find yourself in the minds of one of these authors, you’ll awaken to a nightmare. This fear you’re experiencing is like a virus, it will spread to every inch of your body, sending not only a chill down your spine but reaching into the very depths of your soul… You’ll journey to the darkest corners of these author’s minds, as you confront the living, breathing entity that is fear. Edited by Suzie Lockhart & Bruce Lockhart 2nd.

Nightmare Stalkers & Dream Walkers

Sean Farren

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