James Stephens

A collection of ten traditional tales of Irish heroes, kings, soldiers, magicians, poets, and madmen.

Stephens's first (1913) collection of short stories revolves about the often nameless clerks, typists, and office supervisors of middle-class Dublin. The 19 stories include "Women," "Three Heavy Husbands," "A Glass of Beer," "One and One," "Three Women Who Wept," "The Triangle," The Daisies," "Three Angry People," "The Threepenny Piece," and "Brigid."

"The Insurrection In Dublin" is account of the Easter Rising by the poet and novelist James Stephens, first published in 1916. The event was an attempt by Irish nationalists to insight a full-blown rebellion against British rule with the intention of securing Ireland's independence. It was mainly confined to Dublin, resulting in the deaths of nearly 500 people.

There are people who do not like dogs a bit-they are usually women-but in this story there is a man who did not like dogs. In fact, he hated them. When he saw one he used to go black in the face, and he threw rocks at it until it got out of sight. But the Power that protects all creatures had put a squint into this man's eye, so that he always threw crooked.

Fionn mac Uail was the most prudent chief of an army in the world, but he was not always prudent on his own account. Discipline sometimes irked him, and he would then take any opportunity that presented for an adventure; for he was not only a soldier, he was a poet also, that is, a man of science, and whatever was strange or unusual had an irresistible at-traction for him.

The Suspect Speaker Series comprises short stories about people with aphasia, the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or brain injury. The third in the series, Even More Suspect Speaking has seven short stories, a group of five connected short stories and poems. The short stories have two versions: The "A" versions has shorter sentences and more gaps – perfect for people with aphasia.The...

One day something happened to Fionn, the son of Uail; that is, he departed from the world of men, and was set wandering in great distress of mind through Faery. He had days and nights there and adventures there, and was able to bring back the memory of these.

The suspect speaker There are fifteen short short stories in this volume. All the stories are about people who have difficulty in verbal communication.People with aphasia. Aphasia is the loss of a previously held ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease. These stories contain a taste, an inkling, of what it is to have aphasia: the frustrations, the anger, the...

He was a king, a seer and a poet. He was a lord with a manifold and great train. He was our magician, our knowledgeable one, our soothsayer. All that he did was sweet with him. And, however ye deem my testimony of Fionn excessive, and, although ye hold my praising overstrained, nevertheless, and by the King that is above me, he was three times better than all I say.

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)...