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Irish History For Dummies by Mike Cronin Publisher Comments A rip-roaring ride through the history of the Emerald Isle Understand the people, disasters, and triumphs that have shaped Ireland Ireland's story is an amazingly dramatic and intense one – and today the influence of Irish culture can be felt... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory by Guy Beiner Publisher Comments Remembering the Year of the French is a model of historical achievement, moving deftly between the study of historical events—the failed French invasion of the West of Ireland in 1798—and folkloric representations of those events. Delving into the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $15.04 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Fractured Emerald: Ireland by Emily Hahn Publisher Comments The author of The Soong Sisters and China to Me turns her observant and discerning eye to the oft-troubled land of Ireland. In a magisterial combination of historical research and keen personal observation on the scene, Emily Hahn gives us a view of the... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916 by Peter De Rosa Publisher Comments "A WORK OF GREAT DRAMATIC POWER climaxing in the final hundred pages where he writes a full, searing narrative of the patriot leaders' last days . . . It's powerful stuff." --The Sunday Press (Ireland) On Easter Monday of 1916, a thousand Irish... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Irish History and Culture by Sonja Massie Publisher Comments Presents a history of the Irish people from the time of the Celts through the Irish assimilation into America to the troubles in Northern... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland by Moloney Ed Publisher Comments Two opposing leaders of the Troubles in Ireland speak about their roles in the bombings, killings, and shootings.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History by Hugh F. Kearney Publisher Comments What is the Irish nation? Who is included in it? Are its borders delimited by religion, ethnicity, language, or civic commitment? And how should we teach its history? These and other questions are carefully considered by distinguished historian Hugh F... (read more) List Price $39.20 Your price: $37.73 Google eBooks - Electronic
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An Irish History of Civilization by Donald H. Akenson About the Author Don Akenson is the author of numerous books including Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds (nominated for the Governor General's Award) and most recently Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself. He... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $22.19 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Fighting for Ireland? by M.L.R. Smith Publisher Comments Fighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the evolution of the Irish Republican strategy. M. L. R. Smith demonstrates the tension in the movement between ideology and strategic realities regarding the use of force. Contrary to the movement's... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price: $52.89 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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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 $23.50 Your price: $20.86 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Pope's Children: The Irish Economic Triumph and the Rise of Ireland's New Elite by David McWilliams Publisher Comments An insightful analysis of Ireland's economic boom and business success reflects on the diverse ways in which the country's growing prosperity is shaping the Irish people, culture, social institutions, and landscape.... (read more) Your price: $16.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes by Terry Golway Publisher Comments Ireland's struggle for freedom reaches back much further into the annals of history than most of us can imagine. Since the eleventh century, when legendary king Brian Boru united the chieftains of Ireland to resist Viking invasion, countless individual... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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