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1) Dubliners
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Cosham reads with a gentle accent that enhances Joyce's Dublin... Recommended for most collections." — Library Journal
James Joyce, 1882-1941, is one of the world's greatest writers. Dubliners, his first and most accessible fiction, was started in in 1904 and completed in 1905. Because it was considered explicit and critical of the Church, it was censored in Ireland. Two publishers broke contracts rather than publish it. When,
...Author
Series
Nan and Mary Cantwell series volume 1
Publisher
N.A. Talese
Pub. Date
1992.
Edition
First edition in the U.S.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After his mother dies suddenly, Denny Cullen returns home to Dublin for the funeral and to sort out his life. With no job, he spends his time hanging out with aimless friends who, in between stealing or doing drugs, seem to be searching for some meaning in life.
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of a group of residents living in an apartment complex at 66 Star Street in Dublin. As one inhabitant takes a chance on new love, another's relationship falls apart. Meanwhile, revealed secrets create tragic consequences as these residents come together in unexpected ways.
13) The dead
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gabriel and Gretta Conroy are enjoying a holiday party when Gretta begins to have poignant memories of a former lover who is deceased. Gabriel begins to see his life in an entirely new light with the shattering revelation of Gretta's secret past.
14) The gathering
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Veronica--once an attention-deprived middle child among 12 siblings, and now an unfulfilled wife and mother--has come to London to claim the body of her beloved yet estranged brother Liam who drowned himself at sea. As the nine surviving members of the Hegarty clan converge in Dublin for Liam's wake, Veronica wants to protect the past--and the secret of what transpired in her grandmother's house during the winter of 1968.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 360 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bodies can tell you a lot. There can be an eloquence about the dead. But you have to be able to interpret what they are telling you. "This captivating, expertly crafted mystery captures the life and essence of Victorian Dublin and draws the reader on a gripping journey of murder and intrigue. When a Dublin pawnbroker is found murdered and the lead suspect goes missing, Sergeant Joe Swallow is handed the poisoned chalice of the investigation. On the...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Born and bred in a small town a train ride away from Dublin, author John Banville saw the city as a place of enchantment when he was a child. It was first a birthday treat, the world his beloved, eccentric aunt inhabited. When he came of age and took up residence there, the city was a frequent backdrop for his dissatisfactions as a young writer (James Joyce had 'seized upon the city for his own literary purposes and in doing so had used it up')....
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anthony Bourdain is a seasoned traveler who's hit up all corners of the globe many times over. More often than not, he has time to kill in some of the world's biggest airport hubs. Instead of sitting at the airport hotel, he sets out to explore each city in the short amount of time he has there. Watch as Tony quickly gathers local intel, faces the enemy of time and distance, gets off the tired old tourist path and tries something new, all within a...
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