Product Description: A New York Times Bestseller -- In the 1930s, fresh from a stint in the Royal Navy Reserve and against his father's wishes, Fingal O'Reilly goes to Dublin to study medicine. Facing the arduous demands of Trinity College and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Fingal still manages to box and play rugby -- and romance a fetching nurse named Kitty O'Hallorhan...read more

Patrick Taylor first charmed readers with An Irish Country Doctor, a warm and enchanting novel in the tradition of James Herriot and Jan Karon. Now Taylor returns to the colorful Northern Ireland community of Ballybucklebo, where there’s always something brewing beneath the village’s deceptively sleepy surface.Young Doctor Barry Laverty has only just begun his assistantship under his eccentric mentor, Dr. Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly, but he already feels right at home in Ballybucklebo. When the sudden death of a patient casts a cloud over Barry’s reputation, his chances of establishing himself in the village are endangered, especially since the grieving widow is threatening a lawsuit. While he anxiously waits for the postmortem results that he prays will exonerate him, Barry must regain the trust of the gossipy Ulster village, one patient at a time. From a put-upon shop girl with a mysterious rash to the troubled pregnancy of a winsome young lass who’s not quite married yet, Ballybucklebo provides plenty of cases to keep the two country G.P.s busy.Not all their challenges are medical in nature. When a greedy developer sets his sights on the very heart of the community, the village pub, it’s up to the doctors to save the Black Swan (affectionately known to the locals as the “Mucky Duck”) from being turned into an overpriced tourist trap. After all, the good citizens of Ballybucklebo need some place to drink to each other’s health. . . .Whether you’ve visited in the past, or are discovering Ballybucklebo for the first time, An Irish Country Village is an ideal location for anyone looking for wit, warmth, and just a touch of blarney.

Product Description: Patrick Taylor first charmed readers with An Irish Country Doctor, a warm and enchanting novel in the tradition of James Herriot and Jan Karon. Now Taylor returns to the colorful Northern Ireland community of Ballybucklebo, where there’s always something brewing beneath the village’s deceptively sleepy surface...read more

An illustrated compendium of all aspects of the garden features 1,750 alphabetical entries that encompass a survey of the world's great gardens, biographies of garden designers and landscape architects, horticulture and plant cultivation, garden elements and styles, a history of gardens, and more.

Barry Laverty, the proud owner of a spanking-new medical degree, can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map. But he jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice amongst emerald hills and glens. At least until he meets Dr Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly. The older physician, whose motto is never let the patients get the upper hand, has his own way of doing things. At first, Barry can't decide if the pugnacious O'Reilly is the biggest charlatan he has ever met, or possibly the best teacher he could ever hope for. Barry soon discovers that he still has a lot to learn about life and love, more than he could ever have imagined.

Product Description: A long time ago in a place not far from where you are now, there lived a farmer. He was not a normal farmer, for you see, he thought of nothing else but flying. One day the farmer bought himself a kit to make an airplane. The airplane was called Rags, and although he wasn't the fastest airplane, or the biggest, the farmer loved Rags deeply...read more

Product Description: Escaping the sectarian carnage of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Fiona Kavanagh has found sanctuary in the cool peace of Vancouver. Or so she believes until news of the breakout at the Maze prison brings back the destructive passions she thought she'd left behind...read more

In a small Irish village in 1964, the town doctor finds his well-established patterns disturbed by the arrival of a medical graduate who has arrived in town with little idea of what his future holds. Original.

Product Description: The published work, apart from residential assignments in Belgium and abroad, also contains less known public parks, such as the Avenue Roi Albert II in Brussels and the Carrousel gardens in Paris, as well as more recent work, such as the Ainwick Castle gardens in the UK...read more

Celebrating the horticultural heritage of the British Isles, a detailed, illustrated survey of two thousand of the most beautiful gardens of Britain and Ireland is organized by region and captures the rich diversity and features of gardens throughout England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.

Product Description: This book beautifully features numerous examples of what is the most common single trait of British gardens, the heraceous and latterly, the mixed, border. The examples chosen to illustrate in this captivating book, the evolution in garden taste from the 16th century to the late 20th century...read more

Product Description: Dealing with the ongoing interaction of rich and diverse cultural traditions from Cuba and Jamaica to Guyana and Surinam, Nation Dance addresses some of the major contemporary issues in the study of Caribbean religion and identity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This authoritative new series of guidebooks to the gardens of Europe is the perfect companion for any garden enthusiast, whether tourist or armchair traveler. Each title is a richly illustrated in-depth guide to over 100 gardens, from the famous to little-known hidden treasures, and features colorful photography and easy-to-read illustrations commissioned especially for this series...read more

Product Description: Making Gardens shows that, by looking at well-made gardens and analyzing the nature of their design, any gardener can learn from other people's experiences. Patrick Taylor presents color photos of 40 gardens, most of them private and designed by amateurs...read more

Product Description: This authoritative new series of guidebooks to the gardens of Europe is the perfect companion for any garden enthusiast, whether tourist or armchair traveler. Each title is a richly illustrated in-depth guide to over 100 gardens, from the famous to little-known hidden treasures, and features colorful photography and easy-to-read illustrations commissioned especially for this series...read more

Product Description: This collection of photographs shows the variety, beauty, eccentricity, and color of gardens around the world, from public showpieces such as the Alhambra and Versailles to private gardens which reflect the style and personal vision of their creators.

Product Description: Book by Taylor, Patrick

Discusses the variety of available bulbs and describes each bulb's characteristics and care requirements

Photographs and descriptive text showcase select gardens of historical importance while noting design and architectural elements and listing addresses and visiting information

Product Description: This book has established itself as the esse ntial guide describing, region by region, all the very best places of interest to gardeners that are regularly open to t he public. Many new places have been included in this fifth edition. '