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These 5 items are available for $83, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXIRE40)

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)
For the Love of Ireland, A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers  •  Susan Cahill ANTHOLOGY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 458 PAGES A rich anthology of writing about Ireland by such Irish luminaries as James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Seamus Heaney, William Trevor, Frank McCourt, Edna O'Brien and Samuel Beckett. The well-chosen excerpts, organized by province, evoke the geography of Ireland in wonderful literary detail. Cahill provides an introduction to each selection, along with specific routes and advice for the literary traveler. Highly recommended for any traveler, the anthology is also a fine introduction to Irish literature. The excerpts include short stories, novels, poems and memoirs. (IRE77, $15.95)
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales  •  W.B. Yeats LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 380 PAGES This volume combines two books of folklore edited by the Nobel Prize-winning poet who spearheaded the Celtic renaissance in the early 20th century. These stories of changelings, ghosts, mermaids, demons, saints, priests and fairies are enchanting and entertaining. Originally published in 1918. (IRE04, $13.95)
Ireland West Holiday Map  •  Ireland Ordnance Survey MAP A locally published, detailed map of the western part of Ireland, including Galway, County Clare, Burren and Connemara, at a scale of 1:250,000. (IRE52, $17.95)

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, $14.95)
Magnum Ireland  •  John Banville   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An evocative collection of 250 photographs of the people, landscapes and changing face of Ireland from the 1950s to the 21st century. Banville has chosen images from a stellar crop of photographers and writers to present the many faces of the country. (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 Truth About the Irish  •  Terry Eagleton   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An irreverent A-to-Z guide to all things Irish by a native son and shrewd, comic commentator, who casts aside many myths, starting with the 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)
An Innocent in Ireland, Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters  •  David W. McFadden   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The determinedly eccentric Canadian poet and essayist McFadden abandons a more ambitious journey and simply walks the countryside, exploring modern day Irish character as well as Ireland's history. (IRE22, $18.95)
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)
Round Ireland With a Fridge  •  Tony Hawks   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A publicity-fueled story of an Englishman abroad, in this case, hitchhiking around Ireland with a refrigerator. It's an entertaining, insightful tale. (IRE70, $13.95)
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)
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, $13.00)