Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable by Jo O'donoghue

Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable by Jo O'donoghue

Ola's mama can do anything -- and Ola wants to be just like her>

But she's so little she doesn't feel like she can do anything.

Yes you can says Mama. If you believe, you can be whatever you want>

Join Ola in the Nigerian city of Ibadan as she lives, learns and loves to master new skills, all with the encouragement of her mama.

'The original Brewer, still going strong, has always been a grand source for myths and legends and etymological curiosities, so we expect great things from this version, Ireland being rich in both departmentsIt does not disappoint.' -- Nicholas Bagnall SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (5.12.04) "crammed with facts and amply greased with a decent supply of well-turned phrases...this book is a gem.' -- Tom Adair SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY (12.12.04) 'Brewer's Dictionary is a serious and scholarly work that packs in an amazing quantity of information.' -- Victor Price TLS (25.2.05) 'The new reference book...has endless potential as a wet afternoon distraction.' -- Terry Prone IRISH INDEPENDENT (19.2.05)

Jo O'Donoghoe lives in Dublin. She is the publisher at the Mercier Press/Marino Books in that city. Sean McMahon lives in Derry. He is the author of A Short History of Ireland and short biographies of, amongst others, Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell and Charles Stewart Parnell, His many editorial credits include A Book of Irish Quotations, The Mercier Companion to Irish Literature, and, most recently, the highly praised Derry Anthology (Blackstaff Press).

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ISBN 13	9780304363346
ISBN 10	0304363340
Titel	Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
Autor	Jo O'donoghue
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	John Murray Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-11-18
Seitenanzahl	704
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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