books about: ireland (architecture gallaghers spellbound)

books about: ireland

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96 reviews
Karen Marie Moning

Delacorte Press, 2008

Holy Cow!
What can I say? I've loved Karen Marie Moning's writing since she introduced us to her wonderfully drawn Highland Druids and Adam Black. Taking those same characters, she now draws us into a dark world, not one of the fluffy, happily-ever-after romance worlds, but a world fraut with danger: physical, emotional and erotic. Mac continues her search for the Unseelie Book and she's starting to get ...

In the Woods

202 reviews
Tana French

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

Excellent Procedural, and Psychological Study
An excellent thriller laced with hardcore psychological drama, "In The Woods" is a terrific, smart, first novel. Different from a typical hard boiled detective thriller, it follows the investigation of the murder of a young girl found near an archeologist dig outside of a forest in Ireland. The twist, is that our narrator, and one of the two lead detectives in the case, actually has his own ...

The Likeness: A Novel

27 reviews
Tana French

Viking Adult, 2008

Seductively safe atmosphere and delicately suspenseful plot. This is an intelligent, enjoyable mystery. Highly recommended
A year after the events in In The Woods, Cassie Maddox has an unheard of opportunity: A recent murder victim is her exact double, and even used an undercover alias that Cassie created years ago. Now, she can become the victim, stepping into her life and her friendship with a close-knit group of four students, to try and crack the case from within. The Likeness is strongly atmospheric, with an ...

The Secret Scripture

11 reviews
Sebastian Barry

Viking Adult, 2008

The Perfect Summer Read
This is the best book I've read since "The Kite Runner"! Written by an Irish author, it has the expected tragedy and angst, but it's the beauty of the storytelling that lifts this book above so many other "recommended" fiction books I've read this year. It was one of those rare books that kept me ignoring items on my "To Do" list so I could sneak in another chapter before bedtime. Regretfully, it ...

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

54 reviews
Christopher R. Browning

Harper Perennial, 1993

Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach!
This book (as described by previous reviewers and the product description) details what the men in the Nazi Reserve Police Battalion 101 went through, specifically during the SS Invasion of Poland. Browning describes in detail the process of dehumanizing the Jews, and writes at length on the style of execution that the Germans refined and perfected in Poland, prior to the widespread use of gas ...

Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia

6 reviews
Patrick Tracey

Bantam, 2008

Highly recommended read for health professionals!
I really hope the APA asks Mr. Tracey to speak at the next convention as this book is one of the best I've read about how mental illness impacts a family--the range of emotions from survivor's guilt to denial, anger and fear. Who will be next to fall from the family tree and how can we save them? I prefer this memoir over the McCourt memoirs for its intellectual and introspective pursuit of ...

Rick Steves' Ireland 2008 (Rick Steves)

10 reviews
Rick Steves, Pat O'Connor

Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007

For anyone anticipating a trip to the Emerald Isle
Ireland offers visitors a diversity of memorable places to visit, memorable people to encounter, and memorable opportunities for recreation. Rick Steves is a seasoned and experienced travel writer and in collaboration with Ireland specialist Pat O'Connor has authored the "Rick Steves' Ireland 2008", a compact, 425-page travel guide that is packed from first page to last with informed and ...

The Prince (Special Student Edition)

2 reviews
Niccolò Machiavelli

Arc Manor, 2007

A guide to gaining and maintaining power
This book was written by the famous Italian statesman Niccolo Machiavelli in 1531. This book is a classic and I was pleasantly surprised that the content was not dated and the principles translate easily into the modern worlds of business and politics. The author wrote this book as an instruction guide for governing princes in the 1500's when Italy was divided into city states and were being ...

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

54 reviews
John O'Donohue

Harper Collins, 1998

Soul Food
The writing is exquisite. It feeds the part of me that responds to poetic language. I take time with this book as a gift to myself when my Spirit is feeling parched. Thank you, John, for sharing your word mastery.

Spellbound

48 reviews
Nora Roberts

Jove, 2005

love Nora Roberts
I have been reading Nora Roberts since I was in college. I especially love her family sagas (MacGregor) and mythical trilogies (the Hollow, etc)

European Architecture 1750-1890 (Oxford History of Art)

2 reviews
Barry Bergdoll

Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

History of architecture
this book must be read with Modern Architecture by Oxford in order to understand the history of architecture. This book covers the must needed areas of the field including, the hut to Palladio, and others up until the rise of modernism, where incidently the book Modern Architecture takes over. I recommend this book in concordance to that book and for the architecture student whether for class or ...

Heart of the Sea: The Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy #3 (Irish Trilogy)

93 reviews
Nora Roberts

Jove, 2000

Heart of the Sea (#3 in the Irish Trilogy)
Wow what fun this Trilogy has been to read. The third book is just as good as the first two. Makes me want to take off to Irland and go looking for fairies and love.

Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures (2nd Edition)

1 review
Bruce Barringer, Duane Ireland

Prentice Hall, 2007

Entrepreneurship Text Book
This is one of the easiest text book I have ever been assigned to read - but that also means that I did not learn anything new from it. So I rate it four star because its a quick read and not dry as text books go. But it is not five start because it did not contribute anything to my education by giving me new knowledge. Even the case studies were a bit out dated. Our class needed to go the ...

The Russian Revolution

8 reviews
Sheila Fitzpatrick

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

The Russian Revolution did not end in 1920.
Fitzpatrick's short book about the Russian Revolution is so concise one has to wonder if she skimped on the facts. This is not the case. Anybody reading the book can only remark that thickness is not indicative of weight. All one needs to know about the Russian Revolution is in this slim volume. Fitzpatrick's main contention is that the Russian Revolution did not end in 1920, but rather in the ...

Benjamin Disraeli (Jewish Encounters)

1 review
Adam Kirsch

Schocken, 2008

Biography of a very complex man
In 1852 Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer, posed for a portrait created by Sir Francis Grant. The portrait depicts Disraeli as a young man with full, sensual lips, intelligent black eyes, and thick, dark hair. A detail from the portrait, which illustrates the cover of the new biography, Benjamin Disraeli, by Adam Kirsch, contrasts sharply with a photograph of Disraeli that is also ...

Viking Ships At Sunrise (Magic Tree House 15, paper)

13 reviews
Mary Pope Osborne

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1998

Viking at sunrise
I think you should buy this book because Mary Pope Osborne has great illustrations in this book.The book is about Jack and Annie.The story is set to Ireland a long time ago and they gt in truble with some vikings.You have to read the book to find out what happens.

Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich

259 reviews
William L. Shirer

Simon & Schuster, 1990

One of the most readable histories I've read
At well over a thousand pages, one might wonder how "readable" such a history could be, but Shirer's work is excellent. I won't repeat much of the acclaim already found here. One stumbling block is that in a very few places the terminology is outdated, and most certainly not politically correct. For example, the homosexual leadership of the SA are described as "perverted" and "deviant", and ...

The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions)

61 reviews
Oscar Wilde

Dover Publications, 1990

Brilliantly Funny
This book has remained one of my favorites since reading it in high school ~5 years ago. I have re-read it multiple times, seen it live & as a movie, and never seem to tire of Wilde's excellent knack for satire. It is a quick & fun read full of irony and hilariously awkward situations. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys play-format comedies with strong irony.

Teacher Man: A Memoir

233 reviews
Frank McCourt

Scribner, 2005

Come and check out this FANTASTIC EVENT for TEACHER MAN
Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know there is a GREAT event coming up almost a week away in New York City. The American Place Theatre's Festival: Literature to Life is performing a theatrical adaptation of TEACHER MAN by Frank McCourt on September 21st, 2008. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to see this moving piece of literature come to life. Here's the information and can't ...

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

20 reviews
William Butler Yeats

Scribner, 1996

Great poet, great work, amazing compilation!
A great compilation of Yeats works, while other compilations have excellent notes and essays regarding his works this one has many of his poems (and series of poems) all in one book. An outstanding book to own, beautifully compiled in this soft cover book (which has surprisingly held up quite well against years of battering as I carry it with me from time to time).