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A memoir in which the author, a newspaper columnist in Ireland, gives an account of her life, reviewing her accomplishments, and discussing her yearning for a sense of fulfillment.

After disturbing a dead man in his grave an Irish girl nearly pays with her life, but thanks to her cleverness and bravery she finds love and riches instead.

In this retelling of an Irish folktale, a brave young woman battles a sea serpent and rescues her true love from a giant.

Before he becomes a saint, Patrick drives all the snakes but one out of Ireland and that last one he throws into Scotland's Loch Ness.

Explores the lives and careers of the members from the rock band U2, including how they formed, rising fame, revival, and more.

Ten-year-old Jamie O'Flaherty, in a Dublin jail for stealing, gets a chance to redeem himself, when he is bailed out by composer George Frideric Handel who needs Jamie to sing in the first performance of "Messiah" in 1742.

"If you had to pick five people to sum up your life, who would they be? If you were to raise a glass to each of them, what would you say? And what would you learn about yourself, when all is said? At the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He's alone, as usual -- though tonight is anything but. Pull up a stool and charge your glass, because Maurice is finally ready to tell his story. Over the course of this evening, he will raise five toasts to the five people who have meant the most to him. Through these stories - of unspoken joy and regret, a secret tragedy kept hidden, a fierce love that never found its voice - the life of one man will be powerful and poignantly laid bare. Beautifully heart-warming and powerfully felt, the voice of Maurice Hannigan will stay with you long after all is said and done."--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the tragedy of the nineteenth century Irish famine, analyzing the potato famine itself from agricultural science through the English politics and policy decisions that made it worse, to the impact of the Irish immigration in America.

This captivating, lively text will reveal to readers how four musicians of dubious musical ability became one of the biggest bands in the world.

Tough opportunist Gael Foess was raised in Dublin by careerist parents, whose flaws taught her how personal ambition and ideals can be compromised. She sees how her parents' lives threaten her younger, unwell brother, Guthrie, and refuses to let him suffer, especially when their father, a financier, walks out on the family during the 2008 financial crisis. Gael heads to London and then Manhattan, working an angle everywhere she goes to keep afloat--but she is also becoming unrecognizable to those who love her.