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The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John Kelly Publisher Comments A magisterial account of the worst disasters to strike humankind—the Great Irish Potato Famine—conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed author of The Great Mortality Deeply researched, compelling in its details, and... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland by Ed Moloney Publisher Comments The dawning of peace in Northern Ireland has not brought with it much truth about what happened during the long war. Very few of the paramilitary leaders on either side have ever spoken candidly about their role in that bloody conflict. But here... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Encyclopedia of Ireland by Brian Lalor Publisher Comments Everything you've ever wanted to know about one of the world's most colorful countries is now available in The Encyclopedia of Ireland, the most comprehensive book to date on all aspects of Irish life, culture, and history. Exhaustive in its coverage... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage by Tim Robinson Publisher Comments '\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Vanishing Kingdoms: Irish Chiefs and Their Families by Walter Curley Publisher Comments This book is a meditiation on aristocracy and its history in Ireland, and a brief account of twenty recognized Chiefs of the Name. Three, The O'Brien, The O'Conor Don and The O'Neill, have legitimate claims to Ireland's High Kingship. The stories of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $5.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World by Thomas Keneally Publisher Comments In The Great Shame, Thomas Keneally--the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler's List--combines the authority of a brilliant historian and the narrative grace of a great novelist to present a gripping account of the Irish diaspora. <BR&... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fifty Dead Men Walking by Martin Mcgartland Publisher Comments For more than four years, Martin McGartland lived the astonishing double life of a secret agent. To the IRA, he was a trusted Intelligence Office and an integral member of an active service unit. To the British Government however, he was known only as... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Doorways of Ireland by Michael Fewer Synopsis Throughout the ages, doorways have attracted the art of the designer and the skill of the craftsman perhaps more than any other architectural element. In this book, Michael Fewer explores how Irelands builders and designers have dealt with the doorway in... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Tragedy of Errors: The Government and Misgovernment of Northern Ireland by Kenneth Bloomfield Publisher Comments The decommissioning of the Provisional IRA in 2005 suggests that Northern Ireland may finally be ready to turn from the deadly paramilitary clashes of the twentieth century to the thorny problems of a normalized political process. As both former head of... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $22.05 Sale - Hardcover
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In Search of the Promised Land: The Politics of Post-War Ireland by Gary Murphy Synopsis Murphy argues against the thesis of Tom Garvin and his work, Preventing the Future. In that book, Garvin argues that old culture, old ideas and the repression of the Church held Ireland's development in check through the 1940s and 1950s. Gary Murphy... (read more) List Price $48.95 Your price: $34.00 Sale - Hardcover
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An Irish Eye by Gerry Adams Publisher Comments The recent years covered by this unique book have seen momentous events in Irish republicanism and in the politics of Ireland as a whole. From the IRA decision in 2005 to formally end its armed campaign and to put its arms beyond use, to the Sinn Fein... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.17 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ireland: Social, Political, and Religious by Gustave De Beaumont Publisher Comments Paralleling his friend Alexis de Tocqueville's visit to America, Gustave de Beaumont traveled through Ireland in the mid-1830s to observe its people and society. In Ireland, he chronicles the history of the Irish and offers up a national portrait on the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.15 Sale - Hardcover
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In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day by Carmel Mccaffrey Publisher Comments A history of Ireland from the twelfth century to the present, following on the author's highly successful In Search of Ancient Ireland. In addition to plumbing the historical record, Ms. McCaffrey discusses the leading Irish families and their social... (read more) List Price $24.75 Your price: $12.95 Sale - Hardcover
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