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	Fodor's Exploring Ireland  •  Lindsay Hunt GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Ireland and its attractions for visitors. Its features include suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events. (IRE28, $22.00)
	Ireland, A Concise History  •  Conor Cruise O'Brien HISTORY •  1985 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES With its lively, even-handed tone and hundreds of well-integrated photographs and illustrations, this book conveys the essence of Irish history and the Irish experience. Historian, scholar and statesman O'Brien is a grand figure in Ireland, and he sure can write. (IRE20, $19.95)
	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, $13.95)
	Ireland Map  •   Ordnance Survey MAP A colorful map of Ireland at a scale of 1:450,000, featuring insets of the road approaches to major cities, as well as a complete index to cities, towns, and villages. (IRE23, $12.95)

	Companion Guide Ireland  •  Brendan Lehane   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to Ireland for the traveler with a focus on history and culture. Anecdotal, literate and often delightful. (IRE79, $34.95)
	Fodor's Dublin's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy pocket guide includes a helpful map and information on city highlights. (IRE30, $11.95)
	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, $14.00)
	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, $14.95)
	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)
	Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland  •  Hugh Palmer  •  Christopher Fitz-Simon   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This handsome oversize picture book is an illustrated portrait of Ireland. Hundreds of color photographs accompany lively essays by Christopher Fitz-Simon. (IRE136, $40.00)
	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, An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin  •  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 on 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, $14.95)
	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 refers to affectionately as the "Devil Himself"). (IRE53, $12.95)
	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, $15.95)
	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 Kilmihil, in rural County Clare, by an Irish-American couple who realized their lifelong dream of returning to Ireland. (IRE16, $12.00)
	For the Love of Ireland, A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers  •  Susan Cahill   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A literary anthology featuring famous Irish writers such as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Frank McCourt and Samuel Beckett. (IRE77, $15.95)
	The Hill Bachelors  •  William Trevor   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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)
	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, $9.95)
	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, $13.95)
	The Princes of Ireland, The Dublin Saga  •  Edward Rutherfurd   • LITERATURE  •  An epic novel drawing in 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, $12.00)

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