Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Pig trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
195 p. ; 21 cm.
4) Traveler
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Visiting his childhood home in Rhode Island after learning that his first girlfriend has passed away, part-time actor Jono Riley remembers his coming of age at the sides of three best friends, a period that was marked by a mysterious shooting.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Katie and her family make shamrocks for each of her classmates to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but when Mrs. Connor shows a shamrock that looks very different, Katie is sad until, together, they learn the distinction between a shamrock and a four-leaf clover.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
288 pages
Description
When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it?s not easy. She deserted them all?and her high school sweetheart?five years before with little explanation, and they've got questions. Sunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the east coast, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful...
Author
Description
"In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. The book...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
James McParlan is an operative working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, who is hired by a major coal company to infiltrate and expose an underground terrorist organization, the "Molly Maguires". The Mollies operate within the impoverished mining communities of Pennsylvania and are mostly Irish emigrants. McParlan is selected to infiltrate the organization to pose as a new member, but it quickly becomes apparent that the working conditions are truly...
11) Screwed: a novel
Author
Series
Formats
Description
When Irish bouncer Dan McEvoy's step-gran shows up on the hunt for his dishevelled aunt Evelyn, it quickly becomes clear that -- despite the New Jersey mob -- family can provide the deadliest threat of all. In a city of gun-happy criminals, bent cops and a tough-talking woman detective who inspires terror and lust in equal measure, Dan may just have reached the point where sharp wit won't cut the mustard. But can he play the heavies at their own game?...
Author
Formats
Description
In this spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, top photographer Hope Dunne fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath who holds her in his thrall after she accepts a last-minute assignment to fly to London at Christmas and photograph one of the world's most celebrated writers--an Irish-American author known for novels of thrilling literary darkness.
Author
Publisher
U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
164 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Formats
Description
"Ella Young (1867-1956), an Irish storyteller of Celtic heroes and magic curses, had a fascinating, overlooked life story. She guarded weapons hidden under floorboards for Dublin rebels during the 1920s, hobnobbed with W.B. Yeats, shared a flat with Maud Gonne, talked to spirits in the windswept dunes of California's Pacific Coast, and lectured to overflow crowds at the University of California at Berkeley. A mystical, whimsical woman, she gathered...
14) Angela's ashes
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly-knit family. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After their good-for-nothing father dies and their mother leaves to be with the man she really loves, brothers Jack, Barry and Patrick are left with only each other as they struggle with their relationships. Married Jack is tempted to have an affair; Patrick isn't sure his fiancee is 'the one'; and Barry can't deal with the fact that he is actually falling in love.
Author
Series
Chesapeake Shores novels volume 14
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
At the heart of Lilac Lane is Keira Malone, who raised her three children alone after her first marriage broke apart, and who, after years of guarding her heart, finally finds love again. But that love is short-lived when her fiancé suffers a fatal heart attack. Grieving and unsure of what's next, Keira agrees to move from Dublin to Chesapeake Shores, Maryland, to spend time with her daughter, Moira, and her new granddaughter, Kate, as well as to...
Author
Formats
Description
"Renowned Irish-American journalist Niall O?Dowd gives unprecedented insight into a relationship that began with mutual disdain. Lincoln saw the Irish as instinctive supporters of the Democratic opposition, while the Irish saw the English landlord class in Lincoln?s Republicans. But that dynamic would evolve, and the Lincoln whose first political actions included intimidating Irish voters at the polls would eventually hire Irish nannies and donate...
19) The immigrants
Author
Series
Formats
Description
In this sweeping journey of love and fortune, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the rise and fall of a family of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in America at the turn of the century. Quick to ascend from the tragic depths of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Dan Lavette becomes the head of a powerful shipping empire and establishes himself among the city's cultural elite. But when he finds himself caught in a loveless marriage...
Author
Series
Chesapeake Shores novels volume 14
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
462 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"In Chesapeake Shores, Maryland, the clashes between Kiera Malone and O'Brien's chef, Bryan Laramie, have the town's matchmakers believing where there's heat, there's sure to be passion. As the two deal with their wounded pasts and discover common interests, they might just find the perfect recipe for love"--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know! Suggest a Title