Bücher von John O'Brien

"Unser Buch mag vielleicht als vollständig überflüssig angesehen werden, allein die Notizen, die wir sammelten und die in so vielen, gewöhnlich lateinisch geschriebenen Büchern zu finden sind, mögen den meisten unserer Leser unzugänglich sein; dann handeln auch die betreffenden Bücher nie über die östliche und westliche Kirche zusammen, sondern begnügen sich mit der Beschreibung der Zeremonien der einen oder der andern; ferner haben wir alle unsere Angaben aus den reinsten und bewährtesten Quellen geschöpft, und nie etwas Zweifelhaftes als Wahrheit dargestellt; endlich fanden wir auch Muße, in den sieben Jahren, die wir auf die Ausarbeitung des Buches verwandten, manche mündliche Mitteilungen näher begründen und sich bewahrheiten lassen zu können. Unser Buch ist deshalb nicht das Werk eines großen Geistes, es ist aber die Frucht gewissenhaften Studiums."Dieses Buch über die Messe und ihre Zeremonien in der morgen- und abendländischen Kirche stellt eine geschichtliche Abhandlung dar und ist ein unveränderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1881.

Stories of restlessness, disruption, conflagrations, faraday tents, myth-makers, bubble-worlds, local nomads, transformation, resilience and the power of the exponential. The VISIONS 2100 Project was launched at the COP21 conference in Paris in 2015. In the first instalment, Stories from your Future, the 80 contributors told of their hopes and fears for the long term. This took away the practicalities of today and considered what they really wanted. The stories were challenging, amazing and sometimes heart-warming. But 'vision without action is merely a dream' so the hard work of action must accelerate. The 82 contributors to 'Stories from 2030' work on identifying risks, harnessing finance, developing or deploying solutions and driving government action. They are the people that are driving the critical actions of this decade. In their stories, they address climate justice, collaboration across countries, companies and communities, adaptation of cities and economies, of ecosystems and biodiversity, of health and wellbeing. They tell what you can do to help. Contributors are from business, innovation, finance, journalism, politics, storytelling and the environment. Many are unsung heroes delivering immeasurable progress for world. Some have a bigger stage, such as Connie Hedegaard, Tony Juniper, Sir David King FRS, David Lammy MP, Katharine Hayhoe, Hunter Lovins, Jules Kortenhorst, Achim Steiner, Sharan Burrow and Bill McKibben. Read their stories as they report back from 2030 and decide on the part you will play this decade. It is time to stir!

Written in a lively style rich with anecdotes, Harlequin Britain establishes the emergence of eighteenth-century English pantomime, with its promiscuous blending of genres and subjects, as a key moment in the development of modern entertainment culture.

"Around the Boree Log and Other Verses" is a wonderful collection of poems by Australian Poet Patrick Hartigan. This work celebrates the lives and mores of the outback pastoral folk that the author ministered when he was a peripatetic curate to the southern New South Wales and Riverina towns of Thurgoona, Berrigan and Narrandera. Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878 - 1952) was an Australian Poet and pastor. He was most famous for his poems of the Australian bush, which were an instant success and enjoyed popularity as far abroad as Ireland and the United States. Contents include: "Around the Boree Log", "Calling to Me", "The Little Irish Monster", "One by One", "Ten Little Steps and Stairs", "The Trimmin's on the Rosary", "The Birds Will Sing Again", "The Old Bush School", "Six Brown Boxer hats", "The Libel", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O'Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan)sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land, and at the Church upon the Hill that is the center of their lives. Around the Boree Log is verse that is simple and sincere and lit with a kindly understanding of the lives it chronicles.