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Iley and Marie Hinton created one of the most successful roller skating rinks during the 70's and 80's, Skate Odyssey. Told by their youngest son, this is a memoir of Iley and Marie, the family they created, and the business that brought thousands of people together.

The din and deadlock of public life in America—where insults are traded, slogans proclaimed, and self-serving deals made and unmade—reveal the deep disagreement that pervades our democracy. The disagreement is not only political but also moral, as citizens and their representatives increasingly take extreme and intransigent positions. A better kind of public discussion is needed, and Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson provide an eloquent argument for “deliberative democracy” today. They develop a principled framework for opponents to come together on moral and political issues. Gutmann and Thompson show how a deliberative democracy can address some of our most difficult controversies—from abortion and affirmative action to health care and welfare—and can allow diverse groups separated by class, race, religion, and gender to reason together. Their work goes beyond that of most political theorists and social scientists by exploring both the principles for reasonable argument and their application to actual cases. Not only do the authors suggest how deliberative democracy can work, they also show why improving our collective capacity for moral argument is better than referring all disagreements to procedural politics or judicial institutions. Democracy and Disagreement presents a compelling approach to how we might resolve some of our most trying moral disagreements and live with those that will inevitably persist, on terms that all of us can respect.

A moving memoir of growing up Irish Catholic & poor in New York City. Told in the first person, this lyrical remembrance is a powerful odyssey of one young man coming of age in a confusing & sometimes hostile world.

Collected interviews spanning from 1957 to 2009 with the popular bad-boy actor and rebel director of Easy Rider

A Portrait of Ian Paisley,A compulsive preacher, MP and MEP, Ian Paisley has,stood at the dangerous intersection of religion,and politics in Northern Ireland for fifty years.,This unique biography explores the complexity of,the man, his background and beliefs, and considers,his roles both as a political and religous,activist. Essential reading for everyone,interested in the relationships between the,British and Irish, Protestant and Catholic, and,the nationalist and unionist communities.

Chronicles the life of twentieth-century Irish poet Seamus Heaney, from his infancy to his Nobel Prize in 1995, and also discusses his post-Nobel life, family, writings, and other related topics.

Bound catalogue lists 17 works; mainly biographical narrative; numerous photos of artist, family and friends.