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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to Rise of Medieval Europe (Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments A delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little known "hinge" of history in which the author shows that the Irish were not only conservators of civilization, but became shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes by Terry Golway Publisher Comments For the Cause of Liberty is the story of Irish nationalism, from the legendary king Brian Boru, who united the chieftains of Ireland to drive out the Vikings, to the still-unresolved conflict in Northern Ireland. In a fast-paced narrative, Terry Golway... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland: Power, Conflict and Emancipation by Joseph Ruane Publisher Comments This book provides a comprehensive and original interpretation of the Northern Ireland conflict. It situates the conflict firmly in its Irish, British and wider international contexts, showing how the sharp conflicts of interest are generated by deep-set... (read more) List Price $63.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred by Thomas Gallagher Publisher Comments Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland by Malachy Mccourt Publisher Comments New York Times best-selling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller. The pages are populated with figures from... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Course of Irish History by T W Moody Publisher Comments Agreement and the withdrawal of British troops from regular patrols in Northern Ireland, this new edition of a perennial bestseller narrates and interprets Irish history as a whole. Designed and written to be popular and authoritative, critical and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Northern Ireland: The Politics of War and Peace by Paul Dixon Publisher Comments Clearly and accessibly written and based on original research, Paul Dixon's book provides a lively introduction to the nature and politics of the Northern Ireland conflict and of successive attempts to resolve it. The comprehensively revised second... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Hardcover
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Ireland by Elisabetta Canoro Publisher Comments The astonishing beauty of Ireland is just part of what this country has to offer. From the literary streets of Dublin to the natural beauty of its rolling, green hills, Ireland tells the story of a country wealthy with history, culture, environment, and... (read more) List Price $29.98 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life by John Conroy Publisher Comments Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala Ofaolain Publisher Comments Are You Somebody is a moving and fascinating portrait of both Ireland and one of its most popular and respected commentators. This gem of honesty and insight had its first life as the introduction to a collection of Nuala O'Faolain's Irish Times columns... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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For the Love of Ireland by Susan Cahill Publisher Comments Welcome to the Ireland of its Writers Walk the streets of Dublin with Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Roddy Doyle. Contemplate the wild glens of Wicklow with John Millington Synge and Seamus Heaney. Wander the thrilling Cliffs of Moher... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham Smith Synopsis An account of one of the worst disasters of all time - the Irish potato famine of the 1840`s, during which time more than a million people died. This book traces the suffering, courage, blundering stupidity and tragedy, whose effects on Ireland, the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford Companion to Irish History by Sean Connolly Publisher Comments The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a radically new and eminently readable introduction to all aspects of the history of this fascinating and complex land. Written by a team of 87 specialists, its 1,800 entries explore Irish history from... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Tea and Green Ribbons: Evelyn's Story by Evelyn Doyle Publisher Comments Tea and Green Ribbons is the astonishing tale of a father's quest to reunite his family. In 1953 Evelyn Doyle's mother ran off with another man, leaving her husband in Dublin to care for their six small children. A local housepainter, Desmond Doyle has... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Magnum Ireland by John Banville Publisher Comments The changing faces of Ireland--social, political, and cultural--documented by some of the greatest photographers of the modern era. Since the invention of photography, Ireland has been a magnet for photographers, but this book is unique in bringing... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Irish Dreams by Steven Rothfeld Publisher Comments They are merry and mournful, comic and poignant, dwelling on the everyday and the primordial. . . So writes Edna O'Brien of the beautiful photographs in Irish Dreams. In this romantic voyage, Steven Rothfeld pairs his dreamy Polaroid transfer prints with... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland by Gerry Adams Publisher Comments The unique inside story of one of the most controversial public figures, Gerry Adams. Here he reveals the truth behind the headlines of how the peace process was begun and how it was brought to fruition. Perhaps the single most important book yet to be... (read more) Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tea and Green Ribbons: A Memoir by Evelyn Doyle Publisher Comments In the slums of Dublin in 1953, Evelyn Doyle's mother ran off with a lover, abandoning her family and leaving Evelyn's father to care for six children. Already struggling to support his children as a painter and decorator, Desmond Doyle faced the fact... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Atlas of Irish History by Sean Duffy Publisher Comments Explore the story of Eire, Ireland, a nation and people of powerful independence, pride, and culture. Forty-five double-page spreads frame all major events in the island's history with authoritative but accessible text, period art and photos, and... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Village by Alice Taylor Synopsis Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community.... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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