Books Ireland (Sept. 2003): Book List (Raw)

Archaeology
The Boyne Valley:  landscape and history. Peter Harbison. Gill & Macmillan 192pp. E29.99 £24.99 hb 28 cm 0-7171-3498-9.
For Want of Good Money the story of Ireland’s coinage. Edward Colgan  Wordwell. 220pp. E30 hb 25 cm 1-869857-61-5. Illustrated history from earliest coinage to the euro. September
Lost and Found: discovering Ireland ’s past. ed. Joe Fenwick. Wordwell. 368 ppE30 pb 24 cm 1-869857-58-5. 40 archaeologists explain (sans academic jargon but with 100 colour pics) the thrill of discovery. September
Our Treasure of Antiquities. Peter Harbison. Wordwell in assoc. with National Library. 268pp. E30 pb 24 cm 1-869857-60-7. New in paperback: with 136ranger and Bigari in Connacht , 1779; 234 pictures. September

Architecture
Romanesque Ireland: archaeology and ideology in the twelfth century. Tadhg O’Keeffe. Four Courts Press. 336 iE45 hb 25 cm 1-85182-617-3. Analysis orL style and art of the time. October
Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies vol. 6. ed. Nicky Figgis. Irish Georgian Society (distrib. Gandon). 224pp. £20 pb 24 cm. 0-94684-697-9. Annual of the Irish Georgian Society with i 11 ustrated essays on post-med ieval arch itectu re. October.
Irish Architectural Review vol. 4. ed. John O’Regan. Gandon (distrib.) and RIAL 320pp. E40 hb 23 cm 0-94684-6 82-0; iE30 pb 0-94684-6 83-9. Annual with copiously illustrated essays, competition and award winners. September
Living in Dublin, Robert O’Byrne and Alex: Ramsay. Thames & Hudson. 208pp. £24.95 hb 25 cm square 0-500-51132-2. Stylish residences, si hts, places to stay and eat, 250 col. illus. SeptAer
McCullough Mulvin Architects. ed. John O’Regan. Gandon. 120pp. 1E25 pb 23 cm. 0-94684-625- 1. Work of a leading practice, including the cultural buildings for which they are best known. October.
O’Riordan StaeMi Architects 1972-2002. ed. Tom Hegarty. Gandon. 96pp. E20 pb 23 cm square. 0-94684-698-7. Thirty years’work of an innovative Cork-based practice. September

Arts
Crawford Open 1, 2 and 3. (3 volumes) ed. Peter Murray. Crawford Municipal Art Gallery (distrib. Gandon), each 80 ppE 7 0 pb 15 cm 0-94684-685-5, -690-1, -692-8. Full-colour records of the first three Crawford Open exhibitions, in 2000, 2002 and 2003. October.
Henry Flanagan OP (1918-1992), Treacher in stone. ed. Catrfona Fallon. River ank Arts Centre (distrib. Candon). 88pp. iE3O hb iF20 pb 27 cm. 0-94684-697-9. Colour illustrated monograph on the Irish sculptor. September.
Movers and Shapers: Irish art since 1960. Vera Ryan. Collins Press. 320pp. , E 19.95, pb 22 cm 1-903464-38-2. Interviews with people significant in the world of Irish art 1960-2000. September

Autobiography
Altar Boy: a story of life after abuse. Andrew Madden. Penguin. 224pp. £11.99 pb 27 cm 1-84488-002-8. Account of surviving sexual abuse by a priest. 2 October
Brum: a life in television. Brum Henderson. Appletree. 224pp. E22.95 £16.95 hb 23 cm 0-86281-864-8. Illustrated memoirs of UTWs first chief. September.
From the Old Waterford House. Arthur Power. Ballylough Books, Callaghane, Co Waterford (thomasfewer@hotmail.com). 165pp. €I8 £12.80 pb 22 cm 0-9533704-2-9. First published in 1940, memoirs of artist (1891-1984) who mixed with Modigliani, Maillol and joyce. 25 October
Hymn of the Dawn. Padraic Fallon. Lilliput. 240pp. E17.99 hb 27 cm 1-84351-036-7. Memoir by the youngest son of the poet of life in Wexford during a summer in the fifties. October
Iceman: The Remarkable Adventures of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean. Michael Smith. Collins Press. 128pp. iE7.99 pb 2 1 cm 1-903464-44-7. Illustrated story of the courageous explorer from Kerry. September
Letters of Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97): vol. 3, Dublin (1854-64) . Kevin J. Cathcart. UCD Press. 368pp. , €55 £42.95 hb 24 cm 1-90062 1-90-8. Recounting life in the first ten years of Newman’s Catholic university. September.
Lookin Under Stones: roots, family and a Dingle childlood. Joe O’Toole. O’Brien Press. 240pp. f25 £17.99 hb 23 cm 0-86278-842-0. Early memoirs from a natural storyteller.October
My Loyalist Life. Billy Hutchinson. New Island . 350pp. C15 pb 2 Icm 1-90260-200-5. Topical life story of one of Northern Ireland ’s most controversial figures. September
On the Outside Looking in: a memoir. Sam McAughtry. Blackstaff. 272pp. £9.99 pb 22 cm 0-85640-736-4. Vivid memoir by one of Ireland ’s favourite writers and broadcasters. October
The Same Age as the State. Maire Cruise O’Brien. O’Brien Press. 376 ppE25 £17.99 hb 23 cm 0-86278-799-8. Life of Mjire Mhac an tSaoi, et, scholar and diplomat. October
TAto in a Rearview Mirror. Donal Ruane. Gill & Macmillan. 224 ppE9.99 £7.99 pb 20 cm 0-7171-3596-9. A taxi driver’s reminiscences. September
Three Villages. Donal Foley. Ballylough Books, Callaghane, Co Waterford (thomasfewer@ hotmail.com). 127ppiEI6£11.50pb22cm 0-9533704-3-7. The ‘man bites dog’ man’s story, first published 1977. 27 September

Biography
40 Years of Controversy. T. Ryle Dwyer. Mercier Press. 224 ppE72.95 pb 20 cm; 1-85635-426- 1. Up-to-date assessment of the man who thrives on controversy, C. J. Haughey. October
Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer of Limerick , 1842-1917. Thomas Morrissey. Four Courts Press. 500 ppE55 hb 23 cm 1-85182-772-2. September
Children of the Far-Flung. Geraldine O’Connell Cusack. Liffey Press. 240pp. €16.50 pb 23 cm. 1-904148-33-6. True account of the Irish-American family of Deirdre O’Connell, founder of the Focus Theatre. September
Germany Calling: a personal biography of William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw. Mary Kenny New Island . 400pp. E2~ hb 24 cm 1-90260-278- 1.. Life of the notorious World War 2 Nazi broadcaster. October.
Harry Boland’s Irish Revolution, 1887-1922. David Fitzpatrick. Cork UP 420pp. C39 £24.95 $39 hb 23 cm 1-85918-222-4. First major life, from letters, diaries, etc. September
Himself Alone: the life of David Trimble. Dean Godson. Harper Collins. 320pp. £25 hb 23 cm 0-00-257098-X The Unionist politician who’s headini.for reconciliation, while keeping the diehar from disaster. October
Iris Murdoch as 1 Knew Her. A. N. Wilson. Hutchinson. 384pp. £ 17.99 hb 0-09-174246-3. Pulls no punches. October
James Clarence Mangan: a biography. ed. E] len Shannon-Mangan. Irish Academic Press. 528pp. pb E22.50 £28 pb 0-7165-2793-6. Into paper for 1996 book, to celebrate the bicentenary.
Joe Cahill: A Life in the IRA. Joe Cahill. O’Brien Press.432 ppE 12. 95 £8.99 pb 20 cm 0-86278836-6. Controversial biography now in paperback. October
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: a life in pictures. Phaidon. 304pp. £24.95,E39.95 hb 29 cm 0-7148-4362-8. Colour and cluotone pictures forty years after his death. October
John McCormack: the great Irish tenor. Gordon T. Ledbetter. Townhouse. 288pp. C20 hb 25 cm 1-86059-178-7. Well illustrated life and times of the voice that sold 200 million records. October
Michael Collins: the man. Chrissy Osborne. Mercier Press. 144pp. E 12.95 pb 21 cm; 1-85635-407-5. A unique insight into his character and personality, illustrated. October
No Laughing Matter: the life and times of Flann O’Brien. Anthony Cronin. New Island . 250pp. E17.99pb 24 cm 1-904301-37-1. First full-length biography, re-issued with a new introduction. September.
No Ordinary Women: Irish Female Activists in The Revolutionary Years, 1900-1923. Sinead McCoole. O’Brien Press. 288pp. iE28 £19.99 hb24 crin 0-86278-813-7. Irish women who were imprisoned for their beliefs. September
Patrick Kavanagh: a biography. Antoinette Quinn. Gill & Macrnillan. 560pp. iE 12.99 £9.99 pb 20 cm 0-7171-3643-4. First paperback, but we didn’t see the hardback, being in the doghouse at the time. September
Rory and Ita. Roddy Doyle. Vintage. 352pp. £7.99 pb 0-09944922-6. Account of the author’s parents. October
Sean O Riada: his life and work. Tomas Canainn. Collins Press. 320pp. f20wb 22 cm 1-903464-40-4, h/w photographs. e composer’s life and contribution to Irish culture. October
The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde. Neil McKenna. Century. 288pp. £16.99 hb 0-7126-6986-8. ‘An intimate biography’ charting all his liaisons. October.
Seek the Frozen Lands: Irish polar explorers 1740-1922. Frank Nugent. Collins. 250pp. iE30 hb 25 cm 1-903464-24-2. Illustrated round-up of the Irish contribution. October
Tom Barry. Meda Ryan. Mercier Press. 350 ppE25 hb 21 cm 1-85635-425-3. The action-packed life of the commander of the a West Cork flying column, an architect of modern guerrilla warfare. September
W. B. Yeats, a life II: the arch-poet, 1915-1939. R. F. Foster. Oxford University Press. 832pp. £30 hb 23 cm 0- 19-818465-4. The long-awaited second part of the arch-biography. October

Irish Studies
Eriu: in search of Celtic Ireland. Robert Vance. Gill & Macmillan. 192pp. C29.99 £24.99 hb 28 cm 0-7171-3664-7. Illustrated companion to an autumn TV series. October
Legendary Ireland:a Journey through Celtic [...]. Eithne Massey. O’Brien Press. 54---0-pp,625,~17.99 hb 24 cm 0-86278-766I.Twenty-eight ancient sites and the myths that surround them. October
Starscopes. Sarah Delamere-Hurding. Poolbeg. f9.99pb 1-84223-174-X Non-dating horoscopes by a psychic columnist who uses ‘ancient Chinese techniques’. September

Crafts
Irish Crochet Lace: motifs from County Monaghan . Eithne D’Arcy. Colin Smythe. 64X,,p £8.99 pb 27 cm 0-85105-514- 1. Revised an ‘t last available again, with over 200 photos. September
Traditional Crafts of Ireland . David Shaw-Si-nith. Thames & Hudson. 256pp. £24.95 hb 25 cm 0-500-51142-X 621 colour illustrations, with text by various hands. October
A Dark Day on the Blaskets. Micheal O Dubhshlaine. Brandon. 224 ppE20 £14.99 hb 22 cm 0-86322-318-4. Death of a young Dublin woman on the Blaskets in 1909. 23 October
Frozen Blood. Michael Sheridan. Mentor . iE9.99 pb 1-84210-206-0. On serial killers, and particularly on the cause of many women disappearing in Ireland . September
Sex in the City: the Prostitution Racket in Ireland . Paul Reynolds. Gill & Macmillan. 256pp. iE9.99 £7.99 pb 20 cm 0-7171-3688-4. The oldest profession by one of the boldest. October
The Stealing of the Irish Crown jewels: An Unsolved-crime. Myies Dungan. Townhouse. 288pp. E 14.99 hb 1-86059-182-5. An inside job that opened up a web of intrigue to the police in 1907. October
Truth, Power and Lies: Irish society and the case of the Kerry babies. Tom Inglis. UCD Press. 320pp. ,624 £18.50 pb 23 cm 1-904558-0 1 - I; i1F50 hb 24 cm 1-904558-02-X A sociologist reflects on the strange story of two dead babies in 1984. October
John McGahern: from the local to the universal. Eamorm Maher. Liffey. 200pp. iE16.50pb 23 cm 1-904148-40-9. New study in the Contemporary Irish Writers series. October

Environment
Before the Wells Run Dry: Ireland ’s transition to renewable energy. ed. R i chard Douthwa ite. Lilliput. 320pp. iE 14.99 pb 24 cm 1-84351-037-5. Ground-breaking essays on decline in fossil fuels and the alternative energy possibilities.,October
Dying for Water. Sean McDonagh. Veritas. 112pp. f 9.95 21 cm pb 1-85390-616-6. Causes and consequences of an environmental and political crisis. October
Samuel Hayes’ Practical Treatise on Trees. Samuel Hayes. New Island . 150pp. iE30 hb 20 cm 1-90260-294-3. The first ever book on Irish trees, re-introduced by Thomas Pakenham. September.

Essays
Cutting to the Point: essays and objections, 1994-2003. Desmond Fennel 1. Liff ey. 288pp. f 19.50 pb 23 cm 1-904148-35-2. Wide-ranging essays from one of Ireland s leading thinkers. October.
Hard Shoulder. Peter Woods. New Island. 350pp ,E.1 2.99 pb 21 cm 1-90430-123- 1. “The m issi ng piece in the j igsaw of 1 rish narrative. 1 loved th is book,” says Colm T6ibin. October.
Paul Durcan’s Diary. Paul Durcan. New Island . 270pp. f 11.99 pb 21 cm 1-90430-140- 1. Personal reflections from ‘the people’s poet’. October.
The Spire and other essays on modern Irish culture. Bruce Arnold. Liffey. 280pp. f 18.50 pb 23 crin 1-904148-36-0. Selected work of a leadin journalist and critic. October
Time Tracks: scenes from the Irish everyday. Michael Cronin. New Island. 200pp. iE 12.99 hb 18 cm 1-90430-141-X. Reflections from the Irish Times and Dublin Review. October

Religion
Does Morality Change? SeJin Fagan SM. Columba. 248pp. 1E14.99 £9.99 pb 21 cm 1-85607-407-2. Reflection on radical changes and how they affect our understanding of morality. September

Womens Studies
Beara Woman Talking. Martin Verling. Mercier Press. 144ppE14.95 b20cm; 1-85635-417-2.  A rare collection of folklore from a woman of the Beara Peninsula . September
The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise-woman healer. Geróid Ó Crualaoich. Cork UP 320pp. 1E49 £30 $49 hb 23 cm 1-85918-372-7. Radical interpretation of written and oral lore of the past 150 years. September
Fairs and Markets of Ireland: A Cultural Geography. Patrick J. O’Connor. Oireacht na Murnhan. 166 €30 hb 30 cm 0-9533896-3-4. Fu 11 i 11 ustrated history of a tradition from beginnings to end. October
Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of hidden Ireland . Eddie Lenihan. Gill& Macrnillan. 296 ppE 14.99 £10.99 pb 0-7171-3659-0. Life and times of the little people. October
An Irish Adventure with Food: the Tannery cookbook. Paul Flynn. Collins Press. 240pp. iE25 pb 28 cm 1-903464-29-3. Sumptuous recipes from ex-Irish Times food columnist; full colour. October
Neven Cooks 11. Neven Maguire. Poolbeg.,1E14.99 square format 1-84223-130-8. 60 recipes with colour illustrations. October
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Dermot Gardens. Dermot O’Nei 11. Poolbeg. E 14.99 £9.99 pb 19 crin 1-84223-065-4. Open House’s resident gardener with a book for beginners. October

Guides
Guide to Tracing your Limerick Ancestors. Margaret Franklin. Flyleaf Press. 125pp. iE 10.50 pb 23cm 0-9539974-4-8. How-to guide and list of resources for family history in the county. October
Buildings in the Landscape in Ireland address book. Appletree. 128pp. E 17.95 £12.99 hb 18 cm 0-86281-867-2. Address book with colour reproductions of art from NI museums and ~alleries. September.
Buildings in the landscape in Ireland yearbook 2004. Appletree. 128pp. 1E18.95 £13.99 hb with slipcase 18 cm 0-86281-865-6. Desk diary with colour reproductions of art from NI museums and galleries. September.

History
Apocalyptic and Eschatological Heritage: the Middle East and Celtic realms. ed. Martin McNamara. Four Courts Press. 208pp. iE65 hb 23 cm 1-85182-632-7. September
The Black and Tans. Richard Bennett. Spellmount (enquiries@spellmount. corn). £ 14.99 pb 1-86227-098-8. Reissue, but they don’t say when the original appeared. 30 September
The Eyes of Another Race: Roger Casement’s Congo report and 1903 Diary. ed. Sdamas 0 Slochdin and Michael O’Sullivan. UCD Press. 376pp. iE25 18.95 pb 23 cm 1-90062-99- 1; E52 £39.95 hb 24 cm 1-900621-98-3. Scholarly editions of long-out-of-print 1903 Congo report and diary. October
The Fisherman’s Net: the influence of the papacy on history, Michael Collins. Columba._192pp. iFI2.99 £8.99 pb 21 cm 1-85607-412 9. how the papacy has influenced the world we live in. October.
Ireland in the 1950s: the lost decade? Dermot Keogh & Carmel Quinian. Mercier Press. 240pp. ,E16.95 pb 20 cm; 1-85635-418-0. A society seeking solutions to high unemployment, poor econonnic performance, mass emigration and a Iiigni to the cities. September
Ireland in the Twentieth Century. Ti m Pat Coogan. Hutchinson . 352pp. £20 bb 0-09-179427-7. Well, he saw most of it. October
Irish history: a yearbook 2. ed. J. Augusteij n & Marian Lyons. Four Courts Press. 192pp. hb 23 m iE24.95 1-85182-784-6. Dealing with Irish culture, history and political affairs. October
Irish Protestant Ascents and Descents, 1641-1779. Toby Barnard. Four Courts Press. 380pp. hb 23 cm iE5O 1-85182-693-9. Explores what it was meant to be a Protestant in 1 7th- and 18th-centuryireland. October
Irish villages. ed. Karina Holton et al. Four Courts. 320pp. hb 1-85182-766-8. Case studies for the evolution of villa es, including Kilmainham, Sixmilebridge an5 Ballycastle. October
Junior Dean R. B. McDowell: encounters with a legend. ed. Anne Leonard. Lilliput. 176pp. f 12.99 pb 21 cm 1-84351-038-3. Graduatesand friends remember encounters with the charismatic historian over seventy years. September
Maud Gonne’s Irish Nationalist Writings, 1895-1946. ed. Karen Steele. Irish Academic Press. 240pp. f45 £35 hb 0-7165-2761-8. Broadens our understanding of female activism during the foundation of the Irish state. October
Medieval Ireland: the Barryscourt lectures vol. 1. ed. John Ludlow and Noel Jameson. Barryscourt Trust (distrib. Candon). 394 ppE30 hb 17 cm 0-94684-630-8. Illustrated essays by leading authorities in the field. October.
Melancholy Madness: a coroner’s casebook, Michelle McGoff McCann. Mercier Press. 240pp. iE20 pb 20 cm 1-85635-424-5. Coroner’s reports from post-famine Ireland , revealing the last moments of those whose death was considered unusual or suspicious. October
The Ormond Lordship in County Kilkenny , 15 15-1642: the rise and fall of Butler feudal power. David Edwards. Four Courts Press, 400pp. iE45 hb 23 cm 1-85182-578-9. September
Sarsfield and the jacobites. Kevin Haddick Flynn. Mercier Press. 240pp. iE 16.95 pb 20 cm; 7-85635-408-3. The first book written on Patrick Sarsfield by an Irishman in over 100 years. September
Stories from Gaelic Ireland: microhistories from the sixteenth-century Irish Annals. Bernadette Cunningham & Raymond Gillespie. Four Courts Press. 224pp. iE45 23 cm 1-85182-617-3. September
Tea wue land, or A merry ramble to the wild Irish. o~n Dunton, Four Courts Press. 192pp. , hb 23 cm iE65 1-85182-684-X. 1 7th-century Ireland remembered by the eccentric London bookseller who was based in Dublin in 1698. September
A Timeline of Irish History. Richard Killeen. Gill & Macmillan. 112pp. f29.99 £24.99 bb 24 cm 0-7171-3484-9. A skeletal guide from earliest times to today. October

Local History
Our Daily Bread: the story of Ulster ’s bakeries. jarnes Davidson. Colourpoint. 160pp. £ 13.99 pb 26 cm 1-904242-14-6. Rich store of material including many archive photographs. October
An ill Wind Blowing Good: the story of the COPE foundation. John P. Teegan. Mercier Press. 124pp. iE 14.99 pb 17 cm; 1-85635-406-7. The COPE foundation from 1957 to the present day; colour illustrations. September
The Irish Fertiliser industry: a history~ Mark Cooper and John Davis. Irish Academic Press. 304pp. E45 £39.50 hb 0-7165-2750-2. Explores the development of an industry so far been neglected. October
Local History
Christopher Bellew and his Galway estate, 1763-1826. Four Courts Press. 64pp. iE9.95 1-85182-763-3. September
Cork , Galway , Limerick & Derry in Old  Photographs. Gill & Macmillan. 144pp. each iE 14.99 £10.99 pb 23 cm 0-717 1-. Respectively: Fim Cadogan, -3566-7; Peadar O’Dowd,
-3483-0; Seán Spellissy, -2940-3; Seán McMahon and Art Byrne, -3641-8. Photos from 1890s to present, continuing a series. October
A Galway Landlord during the Famine: Ulick John de Burgh, first Marquis of Clancricarde. John Conwell. Four Courts Press. 64pp. 22 cm iE9.95 1-85182-762-5. September
Headford, County Galway , 1775-1901. Geraidine Candon. Four Courts Press. 64pp. 22 cm iE9.95 1-85 782-764- 1. September
A History of County Wicklow . Wexford, Kildare & Clare. Gill & Macmillan. 192pp. each E 14.99 £10,99 pb 23 cm 0-7171-. Respectively: Arthur Flynn, -3485-7; Nicholas Furlong, -3461 -X;
Padraic O’Farrell, -3462-8; Sein Spellissy, -3460-1. From early Christian settlements to the present., October
The Irish National League in Dingle, Co. Kerry,  1885-92. Four Courts Press. 64pp. 22 cm iE9.95 1-85182-765-X. Sepember
Sir Charles Domvile and his Shankill estate, County Dublin , 1857-71. Four Courts Press. 64

Language
Irish! Thornton B. Edwards. Mercier Press. 192pp. iEI2.95 pb 20 cm,. 1-85635-420-2. First ever collection of colourful expressions and phrases containing the word ’Irish’. September
Languages of Ireland: Strangers to Ourselves. ed. Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin & Michael Cronin, Four Courts Press. 256pp. iE50 1-85182-698-X. Ex~loring the linguistic influences on society and cu lure in the last 1000 years. October
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Anthologies
New Soundings. ed. Daragh Carville. Blackstaff. 224pp. £8.99 pb 22 cm 0-85640-739-9. Anthology of new writing from Northern Ireland . October
Verse in English from Tudor and Stuart Ireland. Andrew Carpenter. Cork UP 624pp. iE69 £45 $69 bb 22 cm 1-85918-534-9; E29.95 £19.95 $29.95 pb -373-5. Anthology from 16th and 1 7th centuries. September
A Hidden Ulster: people, songs and traditions of Oriel. Pidraigin Ni Uallachjin. Four Courts Press. 540pp. iE65 hb 23 cm 1-85182-685-8; f24.95 pb -728-2. A study of the song tradition of an area that includes Armagh , Monaghan and Louth. September
The Life and Music of Brian Boydell. ed. Cox et a[. Irish Academic Press 160pp. f44 £35 hb 0-7165-2762-6. Engaging illustrated portrait of the composer, with lists of compositions and writin s, and a d’isco~raphy. October
Peter and the Wolf Prokofiev Irish Hospice  Foundation (outside Ireland: Bloomsbury ). 64pp. ,E20 hb 20 cm with 27-minute CD, boxed.  0-9534880-2-0. Adapted by Gavin Friday and
 Maurice Seezer, introducing accordion, banjo,  mandolin etc; illustrated by Bono. 1 October
Ireland. Michael Viney. Blackstaff. 352pp. £20 hb. 22 cm 0-85640-744-5. A comprehensive account of Ireland ’s geology and natural history. September
An Army with Banners. William Brown. Beyond the Pale. 208pp. £12.99 pb 23 cm 0-90096024-9. Critical appraisal of Orange Order’s history and current role. October

Topography
Cities of Belfast. ed. Nicholas Alien & Ronan Kelly. Four Courts Press. 272 py pb f24.95 1-85182
771-4. Considers the radical possibilities that culture offers a city said to be trapped in its past. October
Eyewitness: four decades of Northern life.  Brendan Murphy & Seamus Keiters. O’Brien Press. 160pp E42 £30 hb 27 cm 0-86278-844-7. Personal photo raphic memoirs from an eminent and seasoned photo journalist. October
Hope and History: making peace in Northern Ireland Gerry Adams. Brandon . 416 ppE25 £20 hb 23 cm 0-86322-317-6. Personal memoir of involvement in the peace process. 1 October
Stakeknife: Britain ’s secret agents in Ireland . Greg Harkin & Martiningram. 0 Brien Press. El 1.95 £8.99 pb 20 cm 0-86278-843-9. Exposd of how British military intelligence really works. October

Novels
Best Laid Plans. Mary A. Larkin. Time Warner. 480pp. £15.99 hb 22 cm 0-316-72583-8. Love doesn’t run smoothly in 1960s Belfast ; author of Playing with Fire. October
Best of Friends. Cathy Kelly. Harper Collins. 512pp. £ 17.99 hb 23 cm 0-00-715633-2; £ 10. 99 pb -715403-8. Someone else’s trawedy shows four women they’re not so badly o . October
Brown Morning. Franck Pavlov, trsi. Chris Mulhern. O’Brien Press. 32pp. f4.95 £3.50 pb 20 cm 0-86278-838-2. Anti-fascist French bestseller published in English for the first time. October
Call Me the Breeze. Patrick McCabe. Faber 308pp. £16.99 bb 0-571-21745- 1; £10.99 pb -22024-X. A kidnapper and fantasist tells it how it was. September
Call My Brother Back. Michael McLaverty. Blackstaff. 204pp. £6.99 pb 20 cm 0-85640746- 1. His first and most acclaimed novel. October
Do Nothing till You Hear from Me. Decian lynch. Simon & Schuster Townbouse. 268pp. f9.99 pb 1-903650-57-7. Sunday lndo columnist, author of All the People, All the Time. October
Emma Brown. Clare Boylan. Little, Brown. 448pp. £ 16.99 hb 23 cm 0-316-72547- 1; £12.99 pb  -72611-7. Charlotte BrontL! wrote 20 pages,  Boylan the rest. September
Falling for a Dancer. Deirdre Purcell. TownHouse. 496 ppE9.99 pb 20 cm 1-86059-194-9. Reissue. 2 September
High Ride. Peter Benjamin. Simon & Schuster Townhouse. 354pp. iE9.99 pb 1-903 650-25-9. D ick- Franc is-type thriller; author also known as Peter Cunningham. September
It Means Mischief. Kate Thompson. New Island . 450 ppE9.99 pb 18 cm 1-87459-773- 1. Her ’irresistible and beguiling’ (Deirdre Purcell) first novel re-issued. October.
Last Summer in Arcadia . Deirdre Purcell. New Island . 500pp. f 15 pb 24 cm 1-90260-258-7. Latest from author of bestseller Marble Gardens . 4 September
Looking Good. Tracy Culleton. Poolbeg. iE9.99 pb 1-84223-155-3. Winner of a ’write a bestseller’ competition. September
Lost Souls. Michael Collins. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 384pp. £12.99 bb 22 cm 0-29764565-X. Black humour from author of The Resurrectionists. September
The Men in her Life. Mary Hosty. Poolbeg. 1E9.99 gb 1-84223-125- 1. “Money is not the cure for a roken heart”. October
More Mischief. Kate Thompson. New Island . 450
gEgl. 99 pb 18 cm 1-90260-209-9. Her second epstse~ller by the author of the forthcoming A Perfect Life. October
Nothing to Say. Mannix Flynn. Lilliput; 144pp. f9.991 pb 2 lcm 1-84351-030-8. Bestselling novel set in Letterfrack Reform School now revised; October
A Place of Stones. Deirdre Purcell. TownHouse. 480pp. ,69.99 pb 20 cm 1-86059-193-0. Reissue. 2 September
The Pleasure of Eliza lynch. Anne Enright. Vintage. 256 p~p £6,99 pb 0-099-43694-9. About the richest woman in the world (of 1860). October
The Rackets. Thomas Kelly. Weidenfield & Nicolson. 384pp. £12.99 bb 22 cm 0-29784730-9. Thriller set in thirties New York: mobsters and racketeers. October
Revenge. Mary Stanley. Review. 320pp. £18.99 bb 0-7553-0698-8. Author of Missing and Retreat sticks to one word. A grandmother avenges her granddaughter’s attacker. 1 September
The Rizzoli Contract. Kevin Stevens. Simon & Schuster TownHouse. 432pp. iE9.99 pb 1-903650-33-X. Political thriller by an American now living in Dublin . September
Season’s End. Anna Dillon. Poolbeg. iE9.99 pb 1-84223-128-6. Third of a trilogy under Michael Scott’s nom de guerre. September
Scread Mhaidne. ~loe Steve 6 Neachtai n. C16 lar-Chonnachta. 350pp. iEl2 pb 21 cm 1-902420-52-7. A moving story about a woman”s search for her birth mother. October
Stay. Aislinn Hunter. New Island . 350pp. iEI0.99 pb 20 cm 1-90430-136-3. ’Masterfully written’ say the jud es of the Books in Canada award. S~p toe m,o, e r.
Story of a Girl. Tom Mac Intyre. Lilliput. 160pp. iEl6.99 bb 2 lcm 1-84351-014-6. Absorbing and kaleidoscopic novel from an acclaimed writer. September 03
Tara flynn. Geraidine O’Neill. Orion. 544pp. £17.99 hb 23 cm 0-75286-0 10-0; £9.99 pb -0 11-9. New voice from Tullamore in the Cookson-Binchy tradition. September
The Teahouse on Mulberry Street . Sharon Owens. Poolbeg. C 14.99 £9.99 pb 1-84223-137-5. Romantic debut. October
The Thirteenth Room. Siobhán Parkinson. Blackstaff. 192pp. £6.99 cb 20 cm 0-85640-745-3. First adu t novel by an award-winning children’s writer. October

Philosophy
The Buddha Discovery Deck. Osho. Gateway. 144pp. f 16.99 £12.99 pb + 53 cards boxed 19 cm 0-7171-3665-5. ’The perfect medication kit’. September
Ireland: the land of heart’s desire. Filippo Cerrina. Gill & Macmillan. 300pp. iE29.99 £24.99 hb 31 cm 0-7171-3690-6. New collection of photographs. September
GWO
C6igear Chonamara. Micheil 0 Conghaile. C16 lar-Chonnachta. 114pp. iE8 pb 18 cm 1-902420-86- 1. Drama about five people living in Connemara , each troubled in his own way. October

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