Enchanting Ireland   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $47, including
U.S. shipping, a 20% discount (Item no. EXIRE82)		  
Eyewitness Guide Ireland  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 384 PAGES
This superb guide is a wonderfully illustrated introduction to the country, featuring photographs, maps and short background essays on history and culture. Organized geographically, it surveys the attractions of Ireland from Dublin's best pubs, to the Book of Kells and charming rural villages. Take it along. (IRE02, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Ireland
The Truth about the Irish  •  Terry Eagleton
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2001 •  PAPER  • 181 PAGES
An irreverent A-to-Z guide to all things Irish by a native son. Eagleton's a shrewd, comic commentator, casting aside many myths, starting with his first entry - A for alcohol (the Irish have the lowest per capita consumption of alcohol in the E.U., after Greece and Italy). (IRE167, $14.95)		   The Truth about the Irish
Ireland Map  •  Michelin
2011 •  MAP
A colorful map of Ireland at a scale of 1:400,000, featuring insets of the road approaches to major cities, as well as an index to cities, towns, and villages. One Side. 41x35 inches. (IRE23, $11.95)		   Ireland Map



Also Recommended

Fodor's Dublin's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Take along this handy pocket guide, which includes a map and information on city highlights. (IRE30, $11.99)
 		  
A Book of Migrations, Some Passages in Ireland  •  Rebecca Solnit   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  In this intriguing book, the American-born author (now an Irish citizen) introduces the country, its history and literature in a series of essays. Solnit, a wonderful writer, is a thoughtful questioner of the modern Irish identity. (IRE44, $16.95)
 		  
How the Irish Saved Civilization  •  Thomas Cahill   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This best-selling history tells the generally unknown story of Ireland's preservation of classical learning in the Dark Ages. (IRE07, $15.95)
 		  
Magnum Ireland  •  John Banville   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This evocative collection of 250 photographs captures the people, landscapes and changing face of Ireland from the 1950s to the 21st century. (IRE170, $60.00)
 		  
The Encyclopedia of Ireland  •  Brian Lalor   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A gloriously detailed, magisterial encyclopedia of Irish life, culture, and history. Featuring full-color illustrations, maps, and an impressive range of biographical entries. (IRE137, $65.00)
 		  
The Book of Kells  •  Bernard Meehan   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Written by the keeper of manuscripts at Trinity College, this book features 110 color illustrations, including enlargements, of some of the more spectacular decorations in this most famous of medieval manuscripts. (IRE09, $19.95)
 		  
Angela's Ashes  •  Frank McCourt   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • YOUNG ADULTS  •  The Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of an Irish childhood spent in abject poverty in the slums of Limerick, told with enormous wit, grace, and skill. (IRE18, $16.00)
 		  
Green Shadows, White Whale  •  Ray Bradbury   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Set in Dublin, this 1953 hymn to Ireland recounts Bradbury's hilarious experiences writing the Moby Dick screenplay with John Huston (who Bradbury affectionately refers to as the "Devil Himself"). (IRE53, $13.99)
 		  
McCarthy's Bar, A Journey of Discovery in Ireland  •  Pete McCarthy   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A droll account of McCarthy's encounters on a bar-hopping jaunt from Cork along the west coast to Donegal. His motto, assiduously followed, was never to pass up a bar with his name on it! (IRE168, $16.99)
 		  
O Come Ye Back to Ireland, Our First Year in County Clare  •  Niall Williams  •  Christine Breen   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The first of four engaging chronicles of life on a farm in Kilmihi in rural County Clare, by an Irish-American couple who realized their lifelong dream of returning to Ireland. (IRE16, $12.00)
 		  
Dubliners  •  James Joyce   • LITERATURE  •  James Joyce's unsurpassed collection of short stories depicting ordinary life in Dublin among the lower middle class -- a milestone in the history of prose fiction. (IRE15, $11.00)
 		  
For the Love of Ireland, A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers  •  Susan Cahill   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Organized geographically, this rich anthology introduces Ireland through the words and lives of such luminaries as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Frank McCourt and Samuel Beckett. (IRE77, $15.95)
 		  
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales  •  W.B. Yeats   • LITERATURE  •  Edited by the Nobel Prize-winning poet who spearheaded the Celtic Renaissance in the early 20th century, these enchanting stories introduce a cast of changelings, ghosts, mermaids, demons, saints, priests and fairies. (IRE04, $16.00)
 		  
The Hill Bachelors  •  William Trevor   • LITERATURE  •  No one writes better short fiction than William Trevor. This collection of 12 stories captures the life and people of rural Ireland. (IRE42, $15.00)
 		  
The Princes of Ireland, The Dublin Saga  •  Edward Rutherfurd   • LITERATURE  •  An epic novel drawing on the events, personalities and drama of Dublin from settlement through the Easter Rebellion. (IRE145, $16.95)
 		  
The Teapots Are Out and Other Eccentric Tales from Ireland  •  John B. Keane   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of 17 sentimental, sad, outrageous and just plain fun stories by the prolific North Kerry saloon-keeper, balladeer, playwright and novelist. Keane, who died in 2002, had an eye (and ear) for Irish rural life. (IRE144, $13.95)
 		  
 
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