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61) A week in winter
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller,"* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea... Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of Ireland where all the families know each other. When Chicky decides to take an old decaying mansion, Stone House, and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, the town thinks she is crazy. She is...
Author
Series
Paula Spencer novels volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Paula Spencer is a thirty-nine-year-old working-class woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Paula recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her feeling powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Roddy Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable....
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"A producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground after the Good Friday agreement, but they never really went away, and lately, bomb threats, arms drops, and helicopters floating ominously over the city have become features of everyday life. As the anchor requests the public's help in locating those responsible for this latest raid - a robbery at...
Author
Series
Faery rehistory volume 1
Formats
Description
Miss Ada Quicksilver, an orphan with a small inheritance and an inquiring mind, is a student of London's Lovelace Academy for Promising Young Women. Pursuing her anthropological study of the fairies' disappearance, she spends her Christmas holiday in Ireland.
In Dublin's absinthe bars, she investigates a supposed association between the bittersweet spirit and fairy sightings. One night in the Green Fairy, a handsome and intriguing Irishman approaches...
65) Holding
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nothing ever happens in tiny Irish towns like Duneen--until one day human remains are found buried on a farm there. For the first time ever, police sergeant PJ Collins has a genuine crime to solve. A lifetime's worth of small-town secrets are unearthed, revealing the villagers' dark pasts and rousing PJ's own inner demons.
66) '71
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A British soldier is caught behind enemy lines in Belfast 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, and increasingly wary of his own comrades, he must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien, and deadly landscape.
67) Intermission
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the suburbs of Dublin, more than a dozen strangers find their paths colliding in sometimes violent, sometimes absurd ways.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"Fans of Taylor's bestselling Irish Country novels know Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly as the irascible senior partner of a general practice in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. Newly married to his once long-lost sweetheart, he's ready to settle into domestic bliss, but there's always something requiring his attention, be it a riding accident, a difficult patient with a worrisome heart condition, a spot of grouse-hunting, or even some tricky...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Daniel Sullivan, a young American professor reeling from a failed marriage and a brutal custody battle, is on holiday in Ireland when he falls in love with Claudette, a world famous sexual icon and actress who fled fame for a reclusive life in a rural village. Together, they make an idyllic life in the country, raising two more children in blissful seclusion until a secret from Daniel's past threatens to destroy their meticulously constructed and...
72) United Kingdom
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Description
A basic overview of the history, geography, climate, and culture of the United Kingdom.
Author
Series
County Cork mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
vi, 293 pages ; 18 cm.
Description
"After calling Ireland home for six months, Boston expat Maura Donovan still has a lot to learn about Irish ways -- and Sullivan's Pub is her classroom. Maura didn't only inherit a business, she inherited a tight-knit community. And when a tragedy strikes, it's the talk of the pub. A local farmer, out for a stroll on the beach with his young son, has mysteriously disappeared. Did he drown? Kill himself? The child can say only that he saw a boat. Everyone...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (320 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows Inspector Jen Rooney and her team of detectives in Ireland as they investigate the death of a young Nigerian girl found near a refugee center and the subsequent disappearance of another girl from the center.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Tangiers. Harry is preparing his wife's birthday dinner while she is still at work and their son, Dillon, is upstairs asleep in bed. Harry suddenly remembers that he's left Robin's gift at the caf? in town. It's only a five minute walk away and Dillon's so tricky to put down for the night, so Harry decides to run out on his own and fetch the present. Disaster strikes. An earthquake hits, buildings crumble, people scream and run. Harry fights his way...
77) The quiet man
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 159 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Nine Irish legends come to life in these timeless, action-packed folktales about mythological creatures and epic heroes. A master of Irish mythology, bestselling author Michael Scott has crafted stories guaranteed to enthrall young readers who love magic, legends, and lore.
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Series
Storm Keeper?s island volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Deserted by his magic, Fionn Boyle, Storm Keeper of Arranmore, sees the island beginning to wither and illness sweeping the land and must find a way to summon Dagda's army of merrows.
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