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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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1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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After years of unemployment, John Phillips finally lands a job. He's on top of the world, until he runs into a by-the-book cop. O'Malley cites Phillips for a busted muffler, and the man loses his job. The desperate Phillips loses his freedom as well when he robs a pawnshop and lands in the slammer. When O'Malley meets Phillips' crippled daughter, he begins to realize he should temper justice with mercy. A new man, O'Malley falls for Barbara's teacher...
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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.
12) 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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viii, 320 pages ; 22 cm
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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...
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341 pages ; 25 cm
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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.
15) 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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1 videodisc (43 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Christmas is upon us and the Paddy's gang has got the spirit. Well, not really. For them, the holidays have always been a time of trickery, backstabbing, and disappointment. But this year things are going to be different as they are determined to rediscover the joy in Christmas.
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277 pages ; 22 cm
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"The extraordinary untold story of how Irish and Jewish immigrants worked together to secure legitimacy in America. Popular belief holds that the various ethnic groups that emigrated to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century regarded one another with open hostility, fiercely competing for limited resources and even coming to blows in the crowded neighborhoods of major cities. One of the most enduring stereotypes is that of rabidly...
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