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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Read Ireland
Read Ireland Book Reviews – Issue 387
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Contents:
1. The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-1691 by John Childs
2. People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland
edited by James A. Walsh
3. People, Politics and Power: From O’Connell to Ahern by
Stephen Collins
4. The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History by
Eric Kaufmann
5. The Orange Order by Mervyn Jess
6. Ever Dark Hour: A History of Kilmainham Jail by Niamh
O’Sullivan
7. A Journey into Ireland’s Literary Revival by Rodd Felton
8. The Making and Remaking of the Good Friday Agreement by Paul
Bew
9. The Miracle of Fatima Mansions: An Escape from Drug Addiction
by Shay Byrne
10. The Rector Who Wouldn’t Pray for Rain by Patrick Semple
11. Irish Travellers by Michael Hayes
12. Sea Angling in Ireland by John Rafferty
13. 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Irish History by Ryan
Hackney
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1. The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-1691 by John Childs
(Hardback; 60 Euro / 90 USD / 45 UK; 440 pages)
The comprehensive defeat of the Jacobite Irish in the Williamite
conflict, a component within the pan-European Nine Years’ War,
prevented the exiled James II from regaining his English throne,
ended realistic prospects of a Stuart restoration and partially
secured the new regime of King William III and Queen Mary
created by the Glorious Revolution. The principal events – the
Siege of Londonderry, the Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim, and
the two Sieges and Treaty of Limerick – have subsequently become
totems around which opposing constructions of Irish history have
been erected.
In this book the author argues that the struggle was typical of
the late 17th century, principally decided by economic resources
and attrition in which the ‘small war’ comprising patrols, raids,
occupation of captured regions by small garrisons, police actions
against irregulars and attacks on supply lines was more
significant in determining the outcome than the set-piece
battles and sieges.
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2. People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland
edited by James A. Walsh
(Large Format Hardback; 50 Euro / 70 USD / 35 UK; 340 pages,
with full colour illustrations, photos, maps & charts
throughout)
Using data from the 2002 and previous Census of Population, this
Census Atlas provides unique perspectives on the demographic and
socio-economic profile of the Republic of Ireland at the dawn of
the 21st century. Statistical data for over 3000 small area
units have been used to produce over 200 maps that display in
colour key trends and patterns in an extensive range of topics
that include population change, age profiles, family types,
immigration and inter-county migration, male and female labour
force participation rates, employment patterns by occupation and
industry, the social class structure, educational attainment
levels, access to the internet, commuting distances and times,
and cultural attributes such as frequency of speaking Irish, and
religious affiliations.
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3. People, Politics and Power: From O’Connell to Ahern by
Stephen Collins
(Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 220 pages)
Politics in Ireland is something of a national obsession.
Despite a decline in voter turnout in recent general elections,
politics still attracts huge interest and controversy. Powerful
political figures like Charles Haughey, Eamon de Valera, Charles
Stewart Parnell and Danlel O'Connell dominated Irish politics at
different times over the past two centuries and defined their
eras. The great election campaigns waged by these politicians,
and the controversies in which they were involved, have left a
deep imprint on all aspect of Irish life, from law to
literature; from economics to family life. This book gives us a
concise overview of Irish political life, from the Act of Union
to the present day.
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4. The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History by
Eric Kaufmann
(Hardback; 45 Euro / 65 USD / 32 UK; 372 pages)
Based on unprecedented access to the Order's internal documents,
this book provides the first systematic social history of the
Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to
maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. Kaufmann
charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the
early 1960s, to its present-day crisis. Along the way, he
sketches a portrait of many of Orangeism's leading figures, from
ex-Prime Minister John Andrews to Ulster Unionist Party
politicians like Martin Smyth, James Molyneaux, and David
McNarry, and also includes the highly revealing correspondence
with adversaries such as Ian Paisley and David Trimble. Packed
with analyses of mass-membership trends and attitudes, the book
also takes care to tell the story of the Order from 'below' as
well as from above. In the process, it argues that the
traditional Unionism of West Ulster is giving way to the more
militant Unionism of Antrim and Belfast which is winning the
hearts of the younger generation in cities and towns throughout
the province.
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5. The Orange Order by Mervyn Jess
(Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 280 pages)
Born out of bloodshed, sustained by sectarianism and shrouded in
secrecy, the Orange Order is one of the most abiding and
controversial religion-based organisations in Europe, if not the
world. A Catholic cannot join: its doors are open only to those
who profess Protestantism. BBC journalist Mervyn Jess, who has
written extensively on Orange issues, strips away the mystery
and myths of the Order and traces its origins and defining
moments spanning three turbulent centuries. This book is
essential reading for anyone interested in finding out what "the
Orange" is all about.
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6. Every Dark Hour: A History of Kilmainham Jail by Niamh
O’Sullivan
(Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 245 pages, with an 8-page
black-and-white photo insert)
Kilmainham Jail is perhaps the most important building in modern
Irish history. A place of incarceration since its construction in
the late eighteenth century, it housed a succession of petty
criminals, including sheep rustlers and, during the Famine,
people who committed crimes with the sole aim of being
imprisoned there: even the meager rations offered at the jail
were better than what was available in other parts of the
country. It was a powerful symbol of British rule on the island
of Ireland; its residents over the years included the bold
Robert Emmet and, of course, it was also the place where the
1916 rebels were taken and executed.
Every Dark Hour is a colourful and entertaining telling of the
history of the jail, in which O'Sullivan brings her
comprehensive knowledge of all the sources relating to the
building, from the official records to the graffiti on the
walls, to bear. Perhaps most strikingly, she presents her
personal impressions of the jail and its colourful cast of
residents over the years - as well as vivid accounts of the
heroic men and women who gave freely of their time and energies
to restore the jail to its former grandeur when it was on the
verge of being reclaimed by the elements.
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7. A Journey into Ireland’s Literary Revival by Rodd Felton
(Trade Paperback; 20 Euro / 28 USD / 14 UK; 160 pages, with full
colour illustrations throughout)
A great tide of literary invention swept through Ireland between
the 1890s and the 1920s. This engrossing, illuminating, and
beautifully illustrated guidebook explores the personal and
professional histories of writers such as W B Yeats, Lady
Gregory, John Millington Synge, and Sean O'Casey and examines
their relationships with the people, culture, and landscapes of
Ireland. From Galway and the Aran Islands, to County Mayo and
County Sligo, and from Dublin to Wicklow, this guide to the
places that inspired Irish Literary Revival showcases the
locations where many of Ireland's finest writers shaped an
enduring vision of the country.
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8. The Making and Remaking of the Good Friday Agreement by Paul
Bew
(Trade Paperback; 18 Euro / 24 USD / 12 UK; 140 pages)
From 1994 to 2007, Paul Bew has been an avid and perceptive
chronicler of the Northern Ireland peace process. He has
interviewed all the leading figures involved in the Good Friday
Agreement and provided incisive first-hand commentary on the
negotiations for the major broadsheets on both islands. In this
volume, which collects some of his most topical and prescient
essays, he discusses the many crises which have afflicted the
implementation of the Agreement since 1988 and which have
paralysed the power-sharing institutions since 2002. He also
deals in detail with the recent attempts to revive these
institutions under the hegemony of the DUP and Sinn Fein. The
book concludes with an insightful discussion of the future of
Northern Ireland in the context of the elections of March 2007
and the historic agreement for power-sharing between these two
long-standing political adversaries.
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9. The Miracle of Fatima Mansions: An Escape from Drug Addiction
by Shay Byrne
(Paperback; 11 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 250 pages)
The Miracle of Fatima Mansions traces a young man's terrifying
descent into a life of drugs, crime and prostitution, against
the backdrop of the cultural and sexual revolution of the 60s
and 70s. Drawn by the bright lights and emerging drug-scene of
`Swinging London', Shay Byrne left his native Dublin to immerse
himself in his new found-freedom. Drifting between the vibrant
squats in Hampstead Heath, he soon sank into a life of drug
addiction and petty-crime. Returning to Ireland, his life took a
dramatic turn when he narrowly escaped death during a violent
attack at the city's squalid Fatima Mansions estate. Fatima
Mansions represented a leap into a brighter future for the
city's working class. But the dream was short-lived, and by the
late 60s it had become synonymous with extreme social
depravation, drugs and urban decay. This would be the unlikely
location of an epiphany that would transform Shay's life. Slowly
rebuilding his life, the author had to deal with the physical and
mental damage caused by long-term drug abuse. The Miracle of
Fatima Mansions reveals the true legacy of the 1960s drug
culture.
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10. The Rector Who Wouldn’t Pray for Rain by Patrick Semple
(Trade Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 224 pages)
What happens when a devout believer who answered his vocation in
the Church of Ireland, questions and then loses his faith in the
supernatural or miraculous aspects of the life of Jesus Christ?
Patrick Semple writes about the backdrop against which he grew
up and became aware of the world and his questions about God and
religion. This gripping memoir is his story: the story of a
Church of Ireland clergyman who no longer believes the basic
doctrines of Christianity and has found new insights in the
teachings of modern astrophysics. "The Rector Who Wouldn't Pray
for Rain" is also a picture of religious life in Ireland over
the last sixty years, from an outsider's view of the Catholic
triumphalist days of the 1940s, to the problems and benefits of
the liberal secular society of today, told by a man who
understands, and has lived through, both sides of the story.
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11. Irish Travellers by Michael Hayes
(Trade Paperback; 24 Euro / 30 USD / 15 UK; 320 pages)
The "Traveller question" has been a major source of debate in
Irish society for decades, centuries even, and appears no closer
to being answered today. For as long as Travellers have roamed
the roads of Ireland, they have been subjected to, at best, a
sort of mythic, romanticised patronisation, and at worst,
vilification and outright hostility - but always as the "other"
of Irish ethnic identity. Micheal O hAodha closely examines how
images of Travellers have been created and distorted over the
centuries, from the nineteenth-century "gipsilorists" to
late-twentieth-century anthropological studies. In particular, O
hAodha focuses on the 1952 "Tinker Questionnaire", conducted by
the Irish Folklore Commission, which remains the most
comprehensive account to date of "settled" Irish people's
attitudes to Travellers. The author concludes by reflecting on
today's complex mixture of equality-driven calls for rights and
respect with the largely media-driven stereotype that persists.
Where, in all this, does the ever day reality of the Traveller
community fit?
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12. Sea Angling in Ireland by John Rafferty
(Trade Paperback; 20 Euro / 28 USD / 14 UK; 210 pages, with full
colour illustrations throughout)
The introduction gives a basic analysis of how the oceans work
and when and where it is best to catch fish. The book then moves
on to cover safety at sea, the dos and don'ts and use of basic
common sense while at sea. It describes what type of grounds
fish well for different species and the best ways of fishing the
different types of grounds. Individual species are described,
often with an accompanying photograph, and a basic description
of how they live in their habitat. All the top species
associated with the Irish coast are covered in great detail
including their maximum weight, current record, habitat, when to
fish for them and what tactics and traces work best for catching
them. It also discusses all the top baits for sea fishing, how
and when to collect them yourself and what species each bait
will catch. Rods, reels, line, hooks and the top traces are
briefly examined and the author concludes with listing the best
locations in Ireland that he has fished for different species
and where he has found the best fishing.
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13. 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Irish History by Ryan
Hackney
(Paperback; 11 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 240 pages)
Over 20 million Americans claim some sort of Irish heritage. But
how much do readers really know about this amazing country?
Forget about shamrocks, leprechauns, and all that blarney, "101
Things You Didn't Know About Irish History" is a concise and
authoritative guide that dispels the myths and tells the true
stories of the Irish. Its highlights include: lives of the
ancient Celts until the British invasions; famous Irish
including Michael Collins, Charles Parnell - and Bono; the
potato famine and immigration (were there really gangs of New
York?); Irish music and dance; and, folklore, faeries and
leprechauns. Complete with a Irish language primer and
pronunciation guide, "101 Things You Didn't Know About Irish
History" is a informative pot of gold for everyone who loves the
Irish!
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Previous Issue:
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Read Ireland Book Reviews – Issue 386 – Recent Reprints and New
in Paperback
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Contents:
1. An Prionsa Beag (The Little Prince) by Antoine De
Saint-Exupéry (translated into Irish by Breandán Ó Doibhlin
2. Connemara Listening to the Wind by Tim Robinson
3. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
4. Luke Kelly by Des Geraghty
5. Matters of Life and Death by Bernard MacLaverty
6. Mothers and Sons by Colm Toibin
7. This is Charlie Bird by Charlie Bird
8. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
9. The Vanishing Acts of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
10. The Singer and the Song: Sixty Irish Songwriters and their
Favourite Songs by Audrey Healy
11. Against the Tide by Noel Browne
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1. An Prionsa Beag (The Little Prince) by Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry, translated into Irish by Breandán Ó Doibhlin
(Paperback; 10 Euro / 13 USD / 7 UK; 100 pages)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in
1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the
Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half
century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none
of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara
Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His
efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little,
well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an
overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator
recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all
inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of
paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue,
which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of
surprising, childlike directions. This book is now available in
an Irish language edition, translated by Breandán Ó Doibhlin, of
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth University, Ireland.
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2. Connemara Listening to the Wind by Tim Robinson
(Paperback; 13 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 440 pages)
In its landscape, history and folklore, Connemara is a singular
region: ill-defined geographically, and yet unmistakably a place
apart from the rest of Ireland. Tim Robinson, who established
himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer
with the two-volume "Stones of Aran", moved from Aran to
Connemara nearly twenty years ago. This book is the result of
his extraordinary engagement with the mountains, bogs and
shorelines of the region, and with its folklore and its often
terrible history: a work as beautiful and surprising as the
place it attempts to describe.
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3. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
(Paperback; 9 Euro / 14 USD / 7 UK; 450 pages)
The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character and
charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Woods, the town has grown
since the days when it was small and friendly and everyone knew
everyone else; now it has chain stories and traffic problems and
housing estates. But it still has the woods, with the well
dedicated to St Ann, where generations have come to pray or make
wishes or just to look back at the pretty little town. Which is
why there is going to be such a fuss about the plans for the new
road, cutting through Whitethorn Woods. The people of Rossmore
are divided. No one is more concerned than the curate, Father
Brian Flynn, who has no idea which faction to support. Surely
Neddy Nolan's family should take the compensation being offered
for their land? But wasn't Neddy's mother given a cure at the
well many years ago? And what about the childless London woman
who came to Whitethorn Woods begging the saint for help, with
unexpected consequences? Full of Maeve Binchy's warmth, humour
and compassion, WHITETHORN WOODS tells of the people of
Rossmore, each with their own story, as they wait for the great
road of progress...
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4. Luke Kelly by Des Geraghty
(Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 156 pages)
Luke Kelly (1940-1984) was an Irish singer and folk musician
from Dublin most famous as a member of the band The Dubliners.
Kelly was one of the best-known figures of the Irish folk music
movement of the 1960s and 1970s. A Dubliner from the north inner
city. He emigrated to Britain in 1958. There he first became
involved in the growing international folk music scene in which
Ewan MacColl was a central figure. In 1962 Luke Kelly returned
to Dublin and quickly became a central figure in the city's
burgeoning folk music community. He formed a folk group with
Drew, McKenna, Ciaran Bourke and John Sheahan, which he named
The Dubliners. In 1965, Kelly married the actress Deirdre
O'Connell, one of the founders of the Focus Theatre. In the
mid-1960s, Luke moved to England and on returning, he rejoined
the Dubliners. Luke remained a politically engaged musician, and
many of the songs he recorded dealt with social issues, the arms
race and war, workers' rights and Irish nationalism. Luke Kelly
was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1980, and died in 1984. He
remains a Dublin icon and his music is widely regarded as one of
the city's cultural treasures. The Ballybough Bridge in the north
inner city of Dublin has been renamed the The Luke Kelly Bridge.
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5. Matters of Life and Death by Bernard MacLaverty
(Paperback; 11 Euro / 15 USD / 7 UK; 240 pages)
A new book of stories from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for
celebration, but "Matters of Life and Death" is more than that,
as it is - without question - the finest collection yet from a
contemporary master of the form. Beginning with the sudden,
nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of
shocking sectarian violence and ending with the white-out of an
Iowa blizzard and a different kind of fear, "Matters of Life and
Death" is a book about bonds and connections, made and broken,
secret and known. Vivid, beautifully controlled and written with
effortless skill and empathy, these stories are object lessons in
the art of short fiction.
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6. Mothers and Sons by Colm Toibin
(Paperback; 11 Euro ; 15 USD / 7 UK; 310 pages)
Colm Toibin's new and challenging collection of stories paint
rich and textured portraits of individuals at different pivotal
moments in their lives. In each case, Toibin shows how their
relationship with either a mother or a son, or their
relationship to their own role as mother or son, reveals
something unique and important about them. The stories feature
Ireland or Irish narrators, but they are also truly universal.
In "Famous Blue Raincoat", unwelcome memories are stirred when a
mother, once a singer in an Irish folk-rock band of some popular
renown in the 60s, finds that her son has been listening to
their old records - songs she hoped never to hear again. In
"Water", a son buries his mother and goes out to a drug-fuelled
rave on a remote beach outside Dublin. In the course of this one
night, his grief and desire for raw feeling combine with
exquisite and devastating intensity. At once beautifully
playful, psychologically intricate, emotionally incisive,
finely-wrought and fearless these stories tease out the delicate
and difficult strands which are woven between mothers and sons.
Sometimes shocking and always powerful, this masterful new
collection confirms Toibin as great prose stylist of our time.
Praise for "The Master" includes: 'An audacious, profound, and
wonderfully intelligent book' - Hermione Lee, "Guardian". 'The
Master is not short of a masterpiece.' - "Independent on
Sunday".
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7. This is Charlie Bird by Charlie Bird
(Paperback; 13 Euro / 18 USD / 9 UK; 295 pages)
Charlie Bird has been at the heart of every big news event over
the last twenty-five years, breaking exclusive stories and
interviewing presidents and prime ministers. In his
autobiography, he tells his own story and reveals how he has
become one of Ireland's best-known journalists. Charlie Bird has
made his name as a front-of-camera reporter covering the news as
it happens, from wherever it happens. During his career as a
news journalist, he reported on the upheavals of the
Haughey/FitzGerald years through to the governments of Albert
Reynolds, John Bruton and Bertie Ahern. Charlie Bird was RTE's
contact with the IRA and now for the first time, he reveals the
background to his meetings with leading republicans in the
lead-up to the 1994 and 1997 ceasefire declarations. He also
recalls the investigation which exposed wrong-doing at National
Irish Bank and the resulting stress of being involved in
Ireland's longest libel case. He gives an insight into his
foreign travels including the trial of Father Niall O'Brien in
the Philippines, the release of Brian Keenan, meeting Nelson
Mandela when he voted in the first post-apartheid elections in
South Africa, and the Asian tsunami in 2004. Today Charlie is
one of the best-known faces on Irish TV. In telling his story,
he goes beyond the news agenda to tell his own personal story,
his family background and Dublin childhood as well as the
difficulties that have arisen when he became part of the media
story himself. "It's well worth a read." - "Irish Times". "Real
contemporary history, told from the man who articulated and
therefore shaped the history as it happened" - "Irish Examiner"
- "RTE Guide".
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8. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
(Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 264 pages)
'I hereby bet Tony Hawks the sum of One Hundred Pounds that he
cannot hitchhike round the circumference of Ireland, with a
fridge, within one calendar month.' A foolhardy attempt to win a
drunken bet led to Tony Hawks having one of the most
unforgettable experiences of his life. Joined by his trusty
travelling-companion-cum-domestic-appliance, he found himself in
the midst of a remarkable, inspirational and, at times, downright
silly adventure. In their month of madness, Tony and his fridge
surfed together; entered a bachelor festival; and one of them
had sex without the other knowing. The fridge got christened and
they even met the poorest king on Earth. An absurd story of an
extraordinary adventure, "Round Ireland with a Fridge" follows
the fearless pair as they battle towards Dublin and a
breathtaking finale that is moving, uplifting, and a fitting
conclusion to the whole ridiculous affair.
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9. The Vanishing Acts of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
(Paperback; 11 Euro / 15 USD / 8 UK; 277 pages)
A significant departure for Maggie O'Farrell in terms of
maturity and style, the paperback publication of THE VANISHING
ACT OF ESME LENNOX will be an unmissable event. Set between the
1930s,and the present, Maggie O'Farrell's new novel is the story
of Esme, a woman edited out of her family's history, and of the
secrets that come to light when, sixty years later, she is
released from care, and a young woman, Iris, discovers the great
aunt she never knew she had. The mystery that unfolds is the
heartbreaking tale of two sisters in colonial India and 1930s
Edinburgh - of the loneliness that binds them together and the
rivalries that drive them apart, and lead one of them to a
shocking betrayal - but above all it is the story of Esme, a
fiercely intelligent, unconventional young woman, and of the
terrible price she is made to pay for her family's unhappiness.
This is vintage Maggie O'Farrell: an impassioned, intense,
haunting family drama - a stunning imagining of a life stolen,
and reclaimed.
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10. The Singer and the Song: Sixty Irish Songwriters and their
Favourite Songs by Audrey Healy
(Paperback; 10 Euro / 14 USD / 7 UK; 282 pages)
Have you ever wondered what motivates an artist to write a song?
What exactly was the inspiration behind classics such as "Rare
Auld Times" or Christy Moore's "The Two Conneelys". Or why
certain songs like "The Hucklebuck" captured the hearts and
minds of Ireland at a certain period in time? Here, in this
unusual and thought-provoking collection, fifty of Ireland's
celebrated musicians take the lyrics of their favourite song,
explains what that song means to them and invites readers to
listen to the song in a whole new light. From folk to rock,
traditional songs to showband classics, it includes
contributions from artists such Luka Bloom, Mary Black, Leslie
Dowall, Johnny Logan, Maria Butterly, Charlie McGettigan, The
Stunning, Roesy, Mundy, Liam Lawton, Don Baker, John Spillane
and many many more. This unique compilation brings together the
very old and the very new of Irish talent, and is a must for
music lovers.
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11. Against the Tide by Noel Browne
(Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 282 pages)
The widely acclaimed autobiography of an iconic figure of
twentieth century politics, who was synonymous with controversty
and reform but is remembered with affection and honour.
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Big House in Ireland by Valerie Pakenham: Full Price 20 Euro,
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Writing on the Wall by Will Hutton: Full Price 15 Euro, Sale
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Hell’s Kitchen by David Miller: Full Price 15 Euro, Sale Price 6
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Spirit of 68 (Hardback) by Horn: Full Price 45 Euro, Sale Price
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Emperors Children (hardback, First Edition) by Claire Messud:
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Smoking Diaries (Hardback, Out of Print) by Simon Gray: Full
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World Report 2005 Human Rights Watch: Full Price 50 Euro, Sale
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Blood and Oil by Michael Klare: Full Price 20 Euro, Sale Price 5
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The Sari Shop (Hardback, First Edition, Out of Print) by Rupa
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How I Live Now (Hardback, First Edition, Out of Print) by Meg
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