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SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS
Enchanting Ireland
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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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) |
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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, $16.00) |
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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) |
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Also Recommended
Fodor's Dublin's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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Take along this handy pocket guide, which includes a map and information on city highlights.
(IRE30, $11.99)
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
• Thomas Cahill
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This best-selling history tells the generally unknown story of Ireland's preservation of classical learning in the Dark Ages.
(IRE07, $15.95)
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Magnum Ireland
• John Banville
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
• Senia Paseta
• HISTORY
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A remarkably concise history in the well-regarded series, touching on the major aspects of Irish history, politics, and society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
(IRE195, $11.95)
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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
• Barry W Cunliffe
• HISTORY
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A concise, revealing social history of the Celts, by a reigning authority and popular writer.
(CLT03, $11.95)
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The Truth about the Irish
• Terry Eagleton
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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, $14.95)
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The Book of Kells
• Bernard Meehan
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Dubliners
• James Joyce
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Hill Bachelors
• William Trevor
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Wild Decembers
• Edna O'Brien
• LITERATURE
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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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