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"One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched -- asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men...
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xi, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to this highest office in the land.
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A pig escapes from its pen and roots up the garden of Kitty McCloud, a bestselling novelist who corrects the classics. What the obstreperous little pig unearths is evidence of a possible transgression that the novel's three Irish characters - the plagiarizing Kitty, her blood-feud rival Kieran, and a sexy swineherd named Lolly - are convinced the other has probably benefited from. How this hilarious mystery is resolved inspires both comic eloquence...
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The bestselling author of A Midwinter's Tale returns with a heartfelt sequel
Father Andrew M. Greeley returns to the saga of the O'Malley family with his signature blend of humor, classic American values and heart-rending storytelling.
Charles "Chucky" Cronin has come home to Chicago in one piece after a chaotic tour in post WWII Germany. And though his family thinks he's "become a man," Chucky knows he still has a lot of growing up to do. Anxious...
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More than forty million Americans claim Irish ancestry. This lively book explains how and why they got to the U.S. and shows how their history made them who they are. From prehistoric Ireland to Irish schools in America, this well-illustrated book provides an essential overview of the ties between the Emerald Isle and the New World.
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1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
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vii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
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A woman and man, parted a quarter of a century, reunite in a bar in New Orleans as the St Patrick's Day parade goes by. A divorced suburban dad helps his daughter pick out a card for her friend who's moving away. A group of friends in late middle age, all once promising, reunite for dinner when one of their number loses her husband, but the gathering splinters when bitter revelations about their shared past emerge. Two teenage boys sit in a drive-in,...
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"Set amongst the deadly coal mine fires of 1960s Pennsylvania, The Hollow Ground is an extraordinary debut that will "grab you by the brisket and not let go." (Gary Shteyngart) "We walk on fire or air, so Daddy liked to say. Basement floors too hot to touch. Steaming green lawns in the dead of winter. Sinkholes, quick and sudden, plunging open at your feet."The underground mine fires ravaging Pennsylvania coal country have forced Brigid Howley and...
14) Born in shame
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Born in trilogy volume 3rd
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351 pages ; 21 cm.
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Born in Shame is the third novel in the trilogy of three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Shannon Bodine's life revolves around her job as a graphic artist at a New York ad agency. But her world turns upside down when she learns the identity of her real father: Thomas Concannon. Obeying her late mother's wishes, Shannon reluctantly travels to County Clare. There, amid the...
15) Winter's tale
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When master mechanic Peter Lake attempts to rob a mansion on the Upper West Side, he is caught by young Beverly Penn, the terminally ill daughter of the house, and their subsequent love sends Peter on a desperate personal journey.
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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.
18) Danza de sombras
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348 pages ; 19 cm.
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Jordan Buchanan está encantada de que su hermano Dylan y su mejor amiga Kate MacKenna se casen. Durante la boda, un excéntrico profesor de historia medieval advierre que entre los clanes de la pareja existe una enemistad que se remonta a una antigua disputa que se originó en Escocia, cuando los Buchanan robaron un codiciado tesoro de los MacKenna ... Un maleante poderoso y amenazador, un hombre que esconde un secreto y una inesperada historia...
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464 pages ; 19 cm.
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"En muy poco tiempo, Shannon Bodine pierde a sus padres y recibe una noticia que le hace dudar hasta de su misma identidad. Decidida a aclarar las cosas, Shannon viaja de Nueva York al condado de Clare, donde la esperan Maggie, Brie y todos los que forman parte de su mundo ... Allí, Shannon descubre una nueva manera de vivir, llena de naturaleza, tranquilidad, mitos, ilusiones y sueños. Unos sueños que se repiten continuamente desde su llegada...
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274 pages ; 25 cm
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Five years after Sunday Brennan deserted her family without explanation, she is injured in a drunk driving accident. Sunday returns home to meet her resentful brothers and ex-fiancé. When a dangerous man from her past brings her family's pub business to the brink of financial ruin, the only way to protect the Brennans is to upend all their secrets. In the aftermath, the Brennans are forced to confront painful mistakes and find a way forward together....
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