Dublin in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...

Dublin in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Greater Dublin in an indexed, A5-sized, street atlas from Collins, with main mapping at 1:15, 840 & central Dublin also at Approx. 1:8, 000. Motorways, national primary & secondary roads, regional roads, minor roads & restricted access roads are shown; railway/ Luas tramway lines & stations are marked clearly. Points of interest & local facilities such as museums, castles, parking & Garda stations are prominently indicated. The enlargement of central Dublin shows one-way streets. The atlas also

Includes:: a route-planning map of the region at 1:31, 680, as well as a map showing approaches to Dublin. There is a 20 page guide to central Dublin at the back of the atlas, with information & contact details for historical sites, shops, accommodation, places to eat & drink & more.A distance chart is also included.

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Dublin has many histories: for a thousand years a modest urban settlement on the quiet waters of the Irish Sea, for the last four hundred it has experienced great
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- change. Once a fulcrum of English power in Irel&, it was also the location for the 1916 insurrection that began the rapid imperial retreat. That moment provided Joyce with the setting for the greatest modernist novel of the age, Ulysses, capping a cultural heritage which became an economic resource for the brash ` Tiger Town` of the 1990s. David Dickson`s magisterial survey of the city`s history brings Dublin to life from its medieval incarnation through the glamorous eighteenth century, when it reigned as the ` Naples of the North`, through to the millennium. He reassesses 120 years of Anglo-Irish Union, in which Dublin
- while economic capital of Ireland
- remained, as it does today, a place in which rival creeds & politics struggled for supremacy. Dublin reveals the rich & intriguing story behind the making of a capital city.



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Joyce`s first major work, Dubliners was written when he was only twenty-five, & brought his city to the world for the first time. His stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. He writes of social decline, sexual desire & exploitation, corruption & personal failure, yet creates a brilliantly compelling, unique vision of the world & of human experience. ...

One hundredyears after the publication of James Joyce s classic collection of short stories, ” Dubliners 100” is an innovative & timely conversation about the collection. Editor Thomas Morris invited contemporary writers to write ”cover versions” of their favorite Joyce classics as a tribute to the original ” Dubliners” collection.” ...

This title was shortlisted for the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Samuel Riba is about to turn 60. A successful publisher in Barcelona, he has edited many of his generation's most important authors. But he is increasingly prone to attacks of anxiety
- inspired partly by giving up alcohol, & partly by his worries about the future of the book. Looking for distraction, he concocts a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dublin, a city he has never visited but once had a vivid dream about. Riba sets off for Dublin on the pretext that he wishes to honour James Joyce's Ulysses, & to hold, on Bloomsday, a funeral for the age of print. But as he & his friends give their orations, a mysterious figure in a mackintosh hovers in the cemetery, looking rather like Joyce's protege Samuel Beckett. Is it Beckett, or is it the writer of genius that Riba has spent his whole career trying, & failing, to find? As he ponders this, & other profound questions, he marks a death but makes some illuminating discoveries about life. Mixing fact & fiction, irony & pathos, Dublinesque is a novel of ideas that grabs at your heart. Its first English-language publication will coincide with Bloomsday 2012, a significant year for Joyce lovers in that it marks the ninetieth anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, & the year Joyce's work comes out of copyright.
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Marco Polo Pocket Guide Dubrovnik & Dalmatian Coast: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips Explore Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the region`s trendiest places, & get tips on shopping & what to do on a limited budget. There are plenty of ideas for travel with kids, & a summary of all the festivals & events that take place. Let Marco Polo show you all this wonderful part of Croatia has to offer... Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast is a holiday paradise, transformed by world-class hotels, elegant restaurants & a vibrant nightlife. Let Marco Polo show you around one of the top destinations in the Adriatic. The calm, often austere beauty of the islands & bays, the crystal-clear water, the romantic settings of medieval harbour towns full of historical gems are just waiting to be discovered... This is Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast! Your Marco Polo Dubrovnik & Dalmatian Coast Pocket Guide
Includes:: Insider Tips
- we show you the hidden gems & little-known secrets that offer a real insight into the region. Try your hand at becoming a lighthouse keeper, take to the water on a guided kayak tour of Hvar`s old town or discover a paradise cove. Best of
- find the best things to do for free, the best `only in` Dubrovnik & Dalmatian Coast experiences, the best things to do if it rains & the best places to relax & spoil yourself. Sightseeing
- all the top sights are organised by area so you can easily plan your trip. Discovery Tours
- specially tailored tours will get you to the heart of Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast. You can experience all of Dubrovnik & Dalmatian Coast`s unique character with these personal tours. Dubrovnik & Dalmatian Coast in full-colour
- Marco Polo Pocket Guide Dubrovnik & Dalmatian Coast

Includes:: full-colour photos throughout the guide bringing the region to life offering you a real taste of what you can see & enjoy on your trip. Touring App
- download any of the Discovery Tours to your smartphone, complete with the detailed route description & map exactly as featured in the guide, free of charge. The maps can be used offline too, so no roaming charges. The perfect navigational tool with distance indicators & landmarks highlighting the correct direction to travel in as well as GPS coordinates along the way. Enjoy stress-free sightseeing & never get lost again! Road Atlas & pull-out map
- we`ve included a detailed road atlas & a handy, pull-out map so you can pop the guide in your bag for a full-on sightseeing day or head out with just the map to enjoy your Discovery Tour. Useful Croatian phrases
- the essential words & phrases are included to help you get by. Trust Marco Polo Pocket Guide Dubrovnik & Dalmatian Coast to show you around this beautiful part of Croatia. The comprehensive coverage & unique insights will ensure you experience everything Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast has to offer & more. The special tips, personal insights & unusual experiences will help you make the most of your trip
- just arrive & enjoy.











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Since emerging as a settlement in the seventh century, Dubrovnik held a significant position beyond what could have been expected of this tiny city-state. Its merchants, trading throughout the huge Ottoman Empire, enjoyed privileges denied to other Western states. A politically skilled & commercially enterprising ruling class took every opportunity to maximise the Republic`s wealth. Dubrovnik also faced the extreme dangers posed by Venetian aggressors, Ottoman plotters, a terrible earthquake in 1667 &, finally, the will of Napoleon. In 1991-92, the city survived the besieging Yugoslav army, which heavily damaged but did not destroy Dubrovnik`s cultural heritage. This book is a comprehensive history of Dubrovnik`s progress over twelve centuries of European development, encompassing arts, architecture, social & economic changes & the traumas of war & politics. ...