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Born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants, Frank McCourt experienced a childhood fraught with poverty and occasional cruelty. When ... More

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The internationally bestselling memoir--now in a Spanish language edition.

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After years of teaching creative writing, Frank McCourt published his first book, thus obliging his many friends who had been urging him to write ... More

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Always at the centre of any artistic and cultural excitement, the Irish writer George Moore enjoyed a sixty-year literary career of prolific writing, ... More

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Although written as fiction, this book is autobiographical -- peopled with extraordinary characters, suffused with humor, and yet unflinching in its ... More

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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 ... More

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Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in ... More

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Sara Walsh was born in a land of storytellers in 1919, in Ahanagran, in the west of Ireland. She has made her life out of the stones that she told ... More

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The prodigious childhood talent of Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind, " is brought to life in this collection of writings published on ... More

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This powerful memoir gives new insights into the experiences and forgotten hopes of the white collar professionals, who provided late nineteenth ... More

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In 1871, John Devoy, a young Irishman fighting for Irish independence, came to the United States in exile. Yet even while across the ocean, this ... More

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'A Dictionary of Irish Biography' is an essential reference book containing brief biographies of nearly 1,700 noteworthy and lesser-known Irish men ... More

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Samuel V. Kennedy offers the first definitive work on the magazine muckraker who became a biographer, novelist, historian, and master storyteller -- ... More

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Arguably the most influential writer of the 20th century, James Joyce continues to inspire writers, readers, and thinkers today. Now one of Ireland's ... More

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This book is a celebration of the Irish Americans of the century, as chosen by the editors of Irish America magazine. It profiles the personalities ... More

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The Author Chronologies Series aims to provide a means whereby the precise chronological facts of an author's life and career can be seen at a glance ... More

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