A Star Called Henry
By: Roddy Doyle
4.11
Format: 96 pages,
Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern I…
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1. Star of the Sea
By: Joseph O'Connor
4.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea set… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
"Boredom is a bit of a bore, to say the least."-Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea
"Everything is in the way the material is composed."-Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea
"Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name."-Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea
"It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends."-Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea
2. Don't Skip Out on Me
By: Willy Vlautin
4.13
Format: 304 pages, ebook
From award-winning author Willy Vlautin, comes this moving novel about a young ranch hand who goes … read more
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- fiction
"Mr. Reese had told him that life, at its core, was a cruel burden because we had the knowledge that we were born to die. We were born with innocent eyes and those eyes had to see pain and death and d…"-Willy Vlautin, Don't Skip Out on Me
3. A Star Called Henry
By: Roddy Doyle
4.11
Format: 96 pages,
Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern I… read more
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- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
4. The Floating Opera
By: John Barth
4.26
Format: None pages,
The Floating Opera is a 1956 novel by the American writer John Barth. It chronicles one day in the … read more
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- novels
- fiction
5. The King Without a Kingdom (The Accursed Kings, #7)
By: Maurice Druon
3.48
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
6. The Magnesium Miracle
By: None
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
REVISED AND UPDATED 2014 EDITION Magnesium is an essential nutrient, indispensable to your health a… read more
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7. The People on Privilege Hill
By: Jane Gardam
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Jane Gardam's delightful short stories range from the Lake District to Dorset; from Wimbledon, wher… read more
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- fiction
8. Red Sky in Morning
By: Paul Lynch
2.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Language and landscape combine powerfully in this tense exploration of life and death, parts of whi… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- ireland
- irish literature
9. Girl with Green Eyes (The Country Girls Trilogy, #2)
By: Edna O'Brien
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Cait, or Kate as she likes to be called and Baba are living in Dublin, making up for their sheltere… read more
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10. Aiding and Abetting
By: Muriel Spark
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Aiding and Abetting, the doyenne of literary satire has written a wickedly amusing and subversiv… read more
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11. Trajectory
By: Richard Russo
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Following the best-selling Everybody's Fool, a new collection of short fiction that demonstrates th… read more
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12. Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: The Autobiography
By: Rupert Everett
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Revealing himself to be a consummate storyteller, stage and screen star Everett ("My Best Friend's … read more
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14. Lost in the Funhouse
By: John Barth
4.27
Format: 197 pages,
Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fict… read more
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15. Lean On Pete
By: Willy Vlautin
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table, and a high school he can attend … read more
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16. 1916 The Easter Rising
By: Tim Pat Coogan
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
An account of the events, personalities and repercussions of the Irish rebellion The Easter Rising … read more
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17. Caravan
By: Dorothy Gilman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
With her anthropologist husband murdered and their caravan stolen by fierce Tuareg tribesmen, Cares… read more
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18. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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- ireland
- war
- irish literature
- fiction
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
19. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
20. Butcher
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
21. Dottie
By: Abdulrazak Gurnah
4.00
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural pastDottie Bad… read more
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