It is part autobiography, part travelogue, and part Guinness-addled ramblings. Review Quotes Round Ireland with a Fridge is a sort of alternative Michael Palin tome and a far better read thatn you would expect. An international bestseller, Round Ireland with a Fridge is a classic travel adventure in the tradition of Bill Bryson with a dash of Dave Barry. And unexpectedly, the fridge itself became a momentary focus for the people of Ireland. They surfed together, entered a bachelor festival, and one of them had sex without the other knowing. In their month of madness, Tony and his fridge met a real prince, a bogus king, and the fridge got christened. Joined by his trusty traveling companion-cum-domestic appliance, he made his way from Dublin to Donegal, from Sligo through Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Wexford, Wicklow-and back again to Dublin. Book Synopsis Have you ever made a drunken bet? Worse, still, have you eveer tried to win one? In attempting to hitchhike round Ireland wich a fridge, Tony Hawks did both, and his foolhardiness led him to one of the best experiences of his life.  Hawks shares his remarkable adventure that was emotional, inspirational, and downright silly at times. About the Book A drunken bet led Tony Hawks to hitch-hike around the circumference of Ireland over one month-with a refrigerator in tow-which became what he calls the best experience of his life.

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The core of the book is a detailed analysis of each major area of southern Italy.  Although, as Fronda argues, such evidence may less essential for political and diplomatic history, in point of fact the use of archaeological, numismatic and epigraphic evidence plays an important role in his attempts to build up a picture of the communities which defected to Hannibal, and therefore perhaps deserves a fuller methodological discussion than it receives. The non-literary evidence is discussed only briefly, but Fronda adopts a pragmatic approach to the archaeological evidence and rejects use of any one specific theoretical framework. In practice, however, the sources are generally accepted, as credible in most places, although with a suitably critical evaluation. The introduction also provides a summary of arguments about extent and reliability of the ancient sources for this period and asserts the need to tread a middle ground between two extremes of outright scepticism about the credibility of such sources and general acceptance of them. The author makes a plausible case for rejecting the idea that Rome, Hannibal, or other states pursued long-term strategic objectives in the 4 th-3 rd centuries BC. The introduction to the book sets out the main theoretical framework used by Fronda, the 'Realist' theory of international relations advocated by Eckstein and others which assumes that ancient states behave in a purely pragmatic way and often adhere to relatively short-term policies and alliances as they respond to immediate circumstances or seek to promote their own interests. The geographical focus of the book is specifically on southern Italy, the region in which Hannibal enjoyed most success with this policy. More specifically, it considers Hannibal's strategy of trying to break up the Roman alliance in Italy, and analyses the possible motivations which underlay the decisions by allies on whether to revolt against Rome or not.  This volume, based on the author's PhD thesis, takes an alternative approach by examining the war from the viewpoint of Rome's Italian allies.  Many studies of the Second Punic War have focused mainly on the military aspects, or on the impact of the Punic wars on Rome.

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