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Ireland: Connemara & the Western Islands   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 2 items are available for $32, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXIRE57)		  
The Aran Islands  •  J.M. Synge  •  Tim Robinson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1992 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES
A much-loved turn-of-the-century account of the islands, drenched in the Celtic soul of Ireland. Synge ("The Playboy of the Modern World"), who went there to write, contrasts the rich communal life of the islands with the culture on mainland Ireland. (IRE26, $15.00)		   The Aran Islands
The Pirate Queen, In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea  •  Barbara Sjoholm
HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 355 PAGES
Tales of plucky female pirates and explorers in the North Atlantic. Long interested in women and seafaring, Sjoholm journeyed from Ireland out to the Shetland and Faroe islands, Iceland and Norway collecting folk-tales, stories and historical accounts of these remarkable seafaring heroines. (IRE135, $16.95)		   The Pirate Queen, In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea



Also Recommended

A Traveller's History of Ireland  •  Peter Neville   • HISTORY  •  From the Celts to the Norman invasions and modern-day Ireland, this short history is highly recommended for those who would like a brief overview of the Emerald Isle through the centuries. (GBR39, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
In Search of Ancient Ireland  •  Leo Eaton  •  Carmel McCaffrey   • HISTORY  •  This spirited, illustrated history, the companion to a PBS documentary series, traces the foundation, archaeology and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C. to 1167 A.D. with style and substance. (IRE222, $16.95)
 		  
Ireland, A Concise History  •  Maire O'Brien  •  Conor Cruise O'Brien   • HISTORY • COMING IN  •  With its lively, even-handed tone and hundreds of photographs, this grand history by scholar and statesman O'Brien conveys the essence of the Irish experience. (IRE20, $19.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
A Course Called Ireland  •  Tom Coyne   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • NEW  •  Not just a quest to play every seaside course in the Emerald Isle (60 by the time he got to Ulster), Tom Coyne's entertaining portrait of Ireland, its people, pubs and quirks illuminates "Uncommon Acts of Irish Hospitality." (IRE251, $16.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives  •  David Cordingly   • EXPLORATION  •  A fascinating survey of women who went to sea, as wives, crossdressing cabin boys or even lighthouse keepers, during the age of sail. (OCE94, $17.00)
 		  
Seamanship, A Voyage along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles  •  Adam Nicolson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Nicolson offers an engrossing account of a coastal voyage from Cornwall, along the western coast of Ireland, out to the Faeroes and to Orkney in this brief hymn to the sea. (GBR561, $13.95)
 		  
Stones of Aran, Labyrinth  •  Tim Robinson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In the second volume of Robinson's journey through Ireland's Aran islands, the poetic mapmaker turns inward to follow the labyrinthine coast of the largest of the islands. (IRE249, $22.95)
 		  
Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage  •  Tim Robinson  •  Seamus Heaney   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A richly layered hymn to Arainn, largest of the Aran Islands, Robinson's adopted home. (IRE227, $18.95)
 		  
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 Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate  •  Alan Gold   • LITERATURE  •  Gold's rousing tale of grace O'Malley, starring the 16th-century Irish pirate, as bold as she is beautiful. Gold sets his seafaring tale in Ireland and England from 1544 to 1588, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. (IRE215, $14.00)
 		  
Wild Decembers  •  Edna O'Brien   • LITERATURE  •  A haunting novel of clan enmities and forbidden love in rural Ireland. Few writers have as sure a sense of place as Edna O'Brien, whose lyrical prose builds inevitably toward final tragedy. (IRE94, $13.95)
 		  
 
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