Irish Stickers


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Twenty-four delightfully rendered, full-color stickers for use on greeting cards and posters, as classroom decorations and more on St. Patrick's Day — or any time of year. Youngsters can choose from a bouquet of shamrocks, a pot of gold, a leprechaun, signs proclaiming "Kiss me, I'm Irish," and much more.




A Handbook of Celtic Ornament


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Even the most elaborate Celtic pattern boils down to a few basic motifs (including spirals, swastikas, circles, "s" curves, knots, tau crosses, sun signs, etc.). This lavishly illustrated handbook of over 600 designs offers a key to the intricacies of Celtic decoration, showing how the judicious use of these simple symbols, motifs, or ideographs can be used to develop newer and more ambitious patterns to meet the requirements of modern decorative art. Over 600 black-and-white illus.




A Book of Irish Verse


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Features 100 poems from Irish poets of the 18th and 19th centuries ? Goldsmith, Sheridan, Moore, Wilde ? plus important lesser-known writers: James Clarence Mangan, Sir Samuel Ferguson, Aubrey de Vere, many more.




Celtic Gods and Heroes


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Noted French scholar and linguist discusses gods of the continental Celts, beginnings of mythology in Ireland, Irish mother-goddesses and chieftain-gods, and heroes.




100 First Irish Words Sticker Book


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100 First Irish Words is an interactive first word book for young people to learn 100 Irish words, with over 200 stickers to aid them. Children will have fun matching the Irish word and picture stickers to the pages as they build their Irish vocabulary using this appealing book. Topics include At Home, My Body, My Clothes, Feelings, Animals, In the Park, Transport, Food and Drink, Night time, Colours and Numbers.




Druids and Druidism


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Well-documented summary of Druidic culture offers a detailed account of the racial history, prehistory, and social atmosphere of this early Gallic and British civilization. The amply illustrated text considers many theories of the origin of Druidism, its temples and religious practices, and its early mention by Greek and Roman writers.




Celtic Myth and Legend


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Splendid compilation of tales ranges from Arthurian myth to less-familiar adventures, such as Finn and his Fenians, plus many other heroic figures from the Gaelic pantheon.




The Religion of the Ancient Celts


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This classic study by a distinguished scholar, first published in 1911, builds upon the surviving texts of the ancient Celtic religion, as well as current folk customs. Topics include nature worship and customs related to the culture of the dead, including rites of rebirth and transmigration.




Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times


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Classic of scholarly research explores origins of Celtic art in Britain, Ireland, and Europe. Illustrated with 44 plates of photographs and line drawings of artifacts from a variety of sites, this study traces Celtic art in the Bronze and early Iron Ages, as well as Celtic art of the Christian period.




Dreamland


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In a world of border walls and obstacles to migration, a lottery where winners can gain permanent residency in the United States sounds too good to be true. Just as unlikely is the idea that the United States would make such visas available to foster diversity within a country where systemic racism endures. But in 1990, the United States Diversity Visa Lottery was created to do just that. Dreamland tells the surprising story of this unlikely government program and its role in American life as well as the global story of migration. Historian Carly Goodman takes readers from Washington, D.C., where proponents deployed a colorblind narrative about our "nation of immigrants" to secure visas for white immigrants, to the African countries where it flourished and fostered dreams of going to America. From the post office to the internet, aspiring emigrants, visa agents, and others embraced the lottery and tried their luck in a time of austerity and limits. Rising African immigration to the United States has enriched American life, created opportunities for mobility, and nourished imagined possibilities. But the promise of the American dream has been threatened by the United States' embrace of anti-immigrant policies and persistent anti-Black racism.