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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.
5) Voices of the Irish immigrant: information wanted ads in "The truth teller" New York City, 1825-1844
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[2005]
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English
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[2003, c1996]
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English
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"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland....
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[2012], c2005
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English
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Who was known as "Old Hickory?" Who were America's greatest Irish heavyweight boxing champions? Who are considered to be America's "Royal Family?" Who was the youngest President ever elected to office? These are just a few of the questions answered in this engaging program. Explore the lives and accomplishments of such notable figures as Andrew Jackson, Mother Jones, Sandra Day O'Conner, John F. Kennedy, and many others. Their contributions to American...
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[2018]
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English
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"It's 1881 and eighteen-year-old Irishman George Graham steals a bag of potatoes to feed his starving family. This simple act of desperation sets him on an epic journey to lands he never knew existed. George endures the sweltering jungles of Indochina, faces blood thirsty pirates in the South Atlantic, fights a war in Cuba, and finally makes it to the land of milk and honey, America. After he lands on the gritty streets of Kensington, the Irish section...
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