Non-Fiction
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60 Years, 30 Perspectives: Ireland and the Universal Declaration of Human RightsWritten by Donncha O'Connell.60 Years, 30 Perspectives offers a unique insight into how the values set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are protected and respected in Ireland, sixty years after its adoption. Edited by Donncha O'Connell of NUI Galway, thirty contributors, including Niall Crowley, Theo Dorgan, Dr Diarmuid Martin, Emily O'Reilly and Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, reflect on the relevance to Ireland in 2009 of specific articles of the UDHR. The book also includes a photo-essay from one of Ireland's best-known photographers, Derek Speirs. |
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A Divided Paradise: An Irishman in the Holy LandWritten by David Lynch.A Divided Paradise: An Irishman in the Holy Land is a vivid account of ordinary life in one of the world’s most contested and volatile regions. Award-winning journalist David Lynch brings to life stories from both the Palestinian and Israeli streets. A provocative introduction to the political and personal tragedy suffered by the Palestinian people and the continuing wider Middle Eastern conflict. |
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A More Complex Truth: Selected WritingsWritten by Nuala O'Faolain.Edited and selected by Tony Glavin, with an introduction by Fintan O'Toole, A More Complex Truth is a timely selection of Nuala O’Faolain’s non-fiction from the mid-1980s to shortly before her death in 2008. Hailed as ‘one of the greatest columnists ever to inhabit the English language’, her wide-ranging essays cast a canny eye on all matters Irish – from sex, contraception, old age, the Border, and the rights of the marginalised, to Charlie Haughey, Mary Robinson, John McGahern and U2. Gifted with a unique capacity to look at issues from all sides, her cutting-edge commentary – whether on our latter-day materialism or the duties of citizenship – remains as topical today as when first penned. |
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A Page in the Life: True Life Stories from The Marian Finucane ShowWritten by Claire Prior .Marian Finucane's highely popular writing series, A Page In The Life, ran on her top-rated radio show throughout the 2004-05 season. Featuring true life stories written by the listeners to the program, A Page In The Life showcased the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives. Now these exceptional pieces are gathered together for the very first time. |
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A Secret Map of IrelandWritten by Rosita Boland.When award-winning Irish Times’ journalist Rosita Boland was a young schoolgirl she had, in common with all Irish children, a map of Ireland. Iconic in its pinks, greens and yellows, the Educational Company of Ireland map was a staple of the Irish schoolhouse. Taking her very own map from those by-gone schooldays, Rosita Boland takes the reader on a tour of Ireland, a tour like no other. |