Ten Men Dead

Ten Men Dead
Author: David Beresford
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780871137029

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In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret Thatcher's government recognize them as political prisoners rather than common criminals. Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely human story, Ten Men Dead offers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions -- on both sides -- that Republicanism arouses.

Ten Men Dead

Ten Men Dead
Author: David Beresford
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2012-10-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0007375573

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The story of the 1981 Irish hunger strike.

Ten Men Dead

Ten Men Dead
Author: David Beresford
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 434
Release: 1987
Genre: Convicts
ISBN: 0586065334

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In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret Thatcher's government recognize them as political prisoners rather than common criminals. Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely human story, "Ten Men Dead" offers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions -- on both sides -- that Republicanism arouses.

Blanketmen

Blanketmen
Author: Richard O'Rawe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2005
Genre: Hunger strikes
ISBN: 9781848405554

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Bear in Mind These Dead

Bear in Mind These Dead
Author: Susan McKay
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2009-04-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0571252184

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'A moving and timely work, which captures the lasting pain and grief of those who lost loved ones during the Troubles.' Eoin McHugh, Sunday Independent Nearly 4,000 people were killed during the Troubles. Susan McKay's book explores the difficult aftermath of the violence for families, friends and communities. By interviewing those who loved the missing and the dead, as well as some who narrowly survived, McKay gives a voice to those who are too often overlooked in the political histories. She has found grief and rage, as well as forgiveness. This book is a powerful and important contribution to the Northern Ireland power-sharing process. Only by confronting the brutality of the past can there be any hope that the dead may finally be laid to rest. 'An exemplary undertaking . . . a necessary book, which restores humanity to those among the dead who tend to be remembered in terms of statistics alone. Susan McKay has gone about her difficult task with bravery and finesse.' Patricia Craig, Independent 'Peace can only endure if the dead can finally be laid to rest. Bear in Mind These Dead is a moving and important contribution to that process.' Derry Journal 'Tremendously moving . . . Anyone who wants to understand the sectarian conflict of Northern Ireland must examine the individual tragedies that go to make up the broader narrative. This is the grim task to which McKay so admirably applies herself.' Andrew Anthony, Observer

Biting at the Grave

Biting at the Grave
Author: Padraig O'Malley
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1991-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807002094

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"In an eloquent and haunting book, O'Malley makes the fanaticism of [the hunger strikers] and their supporters, the obdurate and morally discredited tactics of the British Government and the hopeless combat of the Protestant and Roman Catholic factions in the Northern Ireland struggle explicable, and exposes the politics behind it."--The New York Times Book Review

Writings From Prison

Writings From Prison
Author: Bobby Sands Trust
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1781171106

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In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and loyalist paramilitaries; unjust killings and murders by the security forces; excessive punishments and degrading strip-searches in prisons – abuses ignored by all but a handful of individuals and civil rights organisations.

Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle

Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle
Author: Bill Curry
Publisher: ESPN
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2009-08-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0345517490

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No sport rivals football for building character. In the scorching heat of two-a-days and the fierce combat of the gridiron, true leaders are born. Just ask Bill Curry, whose credentials for exploring the relationship between football and leadership include two Super Bowl rings and the distinction of having snapped footballs to Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas. In Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle, Curry shares the wit, wisdom, and tough love of teammates and coaches who turned him from a next-to-last NFL draft pick into a two-time Pro Bowler. Learning from such giants as Vince Lombardi and Don Shula, Ray Nitschke and Bubba Smith, Bobby Dodd and even the indomitable George Plimpton, Curry led a football life of nonstop exploration packed with adventure and surprise. Blessed with irresistible characters, rich personal history, and a strong, simple, down-to-earth voice, Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle proves that football is much more than a game. It’s a metaphor for life. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Bobby Sands

Bobby Sands
Author: Denis O'Hearn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2016-03-10
Genre: Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9780745336336

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This is the best-selling biography of the IRA resistance fighter and hunger-striker, Bobby Sands. In this updated, new edition, Denis O'Hearn draws from a wealth of interviews with friends, comrades, fellow prisoners and prison wardens, to provide a faithful and shocking insight into life in Northern Ireland's H-Block prisons, an exploration of the motivations and thoughts of the Republican strikers and the story of one of the world's most radical, inspirational figures.Following his journey from its very beginnings - an ordinary boy from a working-class background in Belfast to a highly politicised, articulate revolutionary whose death in HM Prison Maze sent reverberations around the world, Bobby Sands: Nothing But An Unfinished Song captures the atmosphere of the time and the vibrancy of the man: a militant anti-imperialist who held on to his humanity despite living through a bitter, ugly struggle.

The Five and Ten Men

The Five and Ten Men
Author: Richard Amery
Publisher: Distancedreaming
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2019-06-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780648561408

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