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Patricia Groves Petticoat Rebellion: The Anna Parnell Story Complex leader of the Ladies' Land League was more than just Parnell's sister: The Irish Times, August 5, 2009 (review by Anne Dolan) Petticoat Rebellion – The Anna Parnell: Sunday Tribune, July 19, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) Buy Groves' Petticoat Rebellion—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ian Malcolm's Towards Inclusion: Protestants and the Irish Language Do Protestants really think the Irish language is not for them?: Belfast Telegraph, July 30, 2009 (by Ian Malcolm) Buy Malcolm's Towards Inclusion—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John O'Connell God is a Woman and the Future's Female!: Why Our Lady is Really God, and Mark Durkan Knows it, the Unionists Deny it, But Gerry Adams Just Doesn't Get it at All! Messing with the mystic in Ireland today: Tribune Magazine (UK), December 3, 2008 (review by John Coulter) Buy O'Connell's God is a Woman and the Future's Female!—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Marnie Hay Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in Twentieth-Century Ireland Sidelined republican who lived for 50 years in rage and obscurity: The Irish Times, June 24, 2009 (review by Jeffrey Dudgeon) Buy Hay's Bulmer Hobson—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard Moore Can I Give Him My Eyes? I met the soldier who blinded me — but he never apologised: Irish Independent, July 8, 2009 (by Sue Leonard) Heroic tale of a child caught in crossfire who had the vision to forgive: The Irish Times, May 19, 2009 (review by Gemma Hussey) Buy Moore's Can I Give Him My Eyes?—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Cal McCarthy Green, Blue & Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War America's fighting Irish: Irish Examiner, July 6, 2009 (review by Peter Levy) The fightin' Irish who saw action on both sides of the American Civil War: The Irish Times, June 29, 2009 (review by Frank McNally) New book features the US military exploits of Sligo's Michael Corcoran: Sligo Champion, May 27, 2009 Buy McCarthy's Green, Blue & Grey—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ruan O'Donnell O'Brien Pocket History of the Irish Famine The Irish Famine: Irish Democrat, June 2, 2009 (review by David Granville) Buy O'Donnell's O'Brien Pocket History of the Irish Famine—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Museum of Free Derry Bloody Sunday in Pictures Photographic insight into Bloody Sunday: Irish News, May 23, 2009 (by Seamus McKinney) Powerful new 'Sunday' book published: Derry Journal, April 24, 2009 Buy Bloody Sunday in Pictures—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Maurice Walsh's The News From Ireland: Foreign Correspondents and the Irish Revolution An Irish battle for hearts and minds: Financial Times, May 24, 2009 (review by David Gardner) Reports from the diplomatic front line on a world turned upside down: The Irish Times, Decmeber 2, 2008 (review by Deirdre McMahon) Struggling to cover the revolution: The Irish Times, October 11, 2008 (review by Eunan O'Halpin) History – Freedom and the press: Sunday Tribune, November 30, 2008 (review by Justine McCarthy) Buy Walsh's The News From Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Rosín Higgins, Regina Uí Chollatáin (Editors) The Life and After-Life of P.H. Pearse: Padraig MAC Piarais: Saol Agus Oidhreacht Long-awaited mature debate on an insistent ghost in Irish republicanism: The Irish Times, May 26, 2009 (review by Ruth Dudley Edwards) A balanced account of Pearse's life and legacy: Sunday Business Post, May 17, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy The Life and After-Life of P.H. Pearse—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Henry Patterson's Ireland Since 1939 – The Persistence of Conflict Ireland Since 1939: Irish Democrat, December 9, 2008 (review by Roy Johnston) Parallel lives on Irish island: Irish Independent, September 30, 2006 (review by John Bruton) Polished history of modern Ireland: Sunday Business Post, August 20, 2006 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) Buy Patterson's Ireland Since 1939 Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Thomas Fleming's Irish American Chronicle Fordham symposium will consider Chronicle: Irish Echo, April 8, 2009 Buy Fleming's Irish American Chronicle—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Robert Ramsey's Ringside Seats: An Insider's View of the Crisis in Northern Ireland What unionists must do now to get the thumbs up from Europe: Belfast Telegraph, April 30, 2009 (by Eamonn McCann) Buy Ramsey's Ringside Seats—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Carmel McCaffrey's In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day In Search of Ireland's Heroes: Irish Democrat, April 19, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Buy McCaffrey's In Search of Ireland's Heroes—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Diarmaid Ferriter's Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera 'Judging Dev' deal sparks war of words between historians: The Irish Times, April 17, 2009 (by Paul Cullen) Dev book wows judges to win top awards: Irish Examiner, April 25, 2008 'The Civil War was a joke, but it was an obscene and bloody joke': Sunday Independent, March 2, 2008 (by Con Houlihan) Judging Dev: Ulster Herald, November 8, 2007 Let's deal with our historical figures as humans — not gods or devils: Irish Examiner, November 3, 2007 (by Ryle Dwyer) De Valera 'lacked emotional intelligence' about partition: (from the Irish News, October 22, 2007 – by Margaret Canning) Badly needed corrective to vilification of Long Fellow: Sunday Independent, October 21, 2007 (by Eoghan Harris) New book tries to reclaim Dev's legacy: Irish Independent, October 16, 2007 Being an American did not save Dev in 1916 book says: (from the Irish News, October 13, 2007) Long fellow writ large: Sunday Business Post, October 14, 2007 (review by Emmanuel Kehoe) Buy Ferriter's Judging Dev—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Myles Dungan's The Captain and the King: William O'Shea, Charles Stewart Parnell and Late Victorian Ireland Revisiting the greatest scandal in Irish history: Sunday Business Post, April 12, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy Dungan's The Captain and the King—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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William McKee's Governor The Governor – Inside the Maze: Sunday Tribune, March 15, 2009 (scroll down for review by Tom Widger) Why prison officers at the Maze were jailbirds too Governor: Irish Independent, March 28, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes) Former Kesh gov speaks of IRA men's dedication: Belfast Media, March 30, 2009 (by Ciarán Barnes) Why prison officers at the Maze were jailbirds too Governor: Irish Independent, March 28, 2009 Buy McKee's Governor—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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A. R. Oppenheimer's IRA: The Bombs and the Bullets: a History of Deadly Ingenuity The Bombs and the Bullets – a history of deadly ingenuity: Irish Democrat, March 12, 2009 (review by Peter Berresford Ellis) Buy Oppenheimer's IRA: The Bombs and the Bullets—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Martin J. Mitchell's New Perspectives on the Irish in Scotland Building bridges across the sectarian divide: The Sunday Times, March 15, 2009 (review by James Boyle) Buy Mithchell's New Perspectives on the Irish in Scotland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Gabriel Doherty's 1916 – The Long Revolution Men of 1916 wanted a German victory: Irish Independent, August 4, 2007 (review by John Bruton) 1916 – The Long Revolution: Irish Democrat, March 12, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Buy Doherty's 1916 – The Long Revolution—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jonathan Powell's Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland Great Hatred, Little Room by Jonathan Powell: The Observer, March 29, 2009 (review by James Purdon) Great Hatred, Little Room: Irish Democrat, July 4, 2008 (review by Tom Griffin) An insider's view of long and winding road to peace: Sunday Business Post, April 13, 2008 (review by Andrew Lynch) Great Hatred, Little Room: The Guardian, September 20, 2008 (by Sue Arnold) The Troubles We've Seen: American Interest, July/August 2008 (review by Mitchell B. Reiss) Paisley, by Ed Moloney & Great Hatred, Little Room, by Jonathan Powell: The Independent, May 2, 2008 (review by David McKittrick) Convoluted path to an unlikely peace: Financial Times, April 28, 2008 (review by John Murray Brown) Great Hatred, Little Room – Paying the price of peace: The Spectator, April 8, 2008 (review by Dean Godson) A chronicle of craven surrender: Daily Mail, April 15, 2008 (review by Peter Hitchens) A triumph of stamina: Daily Telegraph, April 4, 2008 (review by Leo McKinstry) Agreeing to differ: The Guardian, April 5, 2008 (review by David Trimble) Making peace in Northern Ireland: Daily Telegraph, April 4, 2008 (review by Andrew Gimson) Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland by Jonathan Powell: The Times, March 29, 2008 (review by George Brock) Fudges, nudges and titbit revelations in new book: Irish News, March 24, 2008 (by Tom Kelly) Jonathan Powell – every prime minister needs him: The Sunday Times, March 23, 2008 (by Martin Ivens) You can laugh about it now ...: The Observer, March 23, 2008 (review by Sean O'Hagan) Jitters and giggles at the 'hand of history' talks: The Guardian, March 19, 2008 (extract) Top Blair aide's book recalls talks in Derry: Derry Journal, March 19, 2008 Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland by Jonathan Powell: The Sunday Times, March 23, 2008 (review by Max Hastings) Powell on ... Clinton nodding off: The Guardian, March 19, 2008 (extract) The £200m inquiry – McGuinness would have settled for apology: The Guardian, March 19, 2008 (extract) 'Everyone was nervous – Gerry Adams' hands were visibly shaking...': Irish Independent, March 22, 2008 (review by John Cooney) Meeting the arms decommissioners: The Guardian, March 18, 2008 (extract) Talking to the enemy – the secret intermediaries who contacted the IRA: The Guardian, March 18, 2008 (extract) A moment in history – sitting down to talk with Adams and McGuinness: The Guardian, March 17, 2008 (extract) Tea and biscuits at a safe house in Derry: The Guardian, March 17, 2008 (extract) Buy Powell's Great Hatred, Little Room—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Malachi O'Doherty's Empty Pulpits Empty Pulpits – Ireland's Retreat from Religion by Malachi O'Doherty: Irish Catholic, September 25, 2008 (review by Eamon Maher) Malachi O'Doherty – Empty Pulpits: BrazenCity.com, September 25, 2008 (by Graeme Watson) Why haven't the arguments of these atheists really evolved?: Belfast Telegraph, October 13, 2008 (by Malachi O'Doherty) Buy O'Doherty's Empty Pulpits—in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Fergal Francis Davis's The History and Development of the Special Criminal Court 1922-2005 Special Criminal Court 1922 – 2006: Irish Democrat, February 1, 2009 (review by Michael O'Sullivan) Buy Davis's The History and Development of the Special Criminal Court—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Martyn Frampton's The Long March: The Political Strategy of Sinn Fein, 1981-2007 Overpriced but important look at Sinn Féin's long march towards unity: The Irish Times, March 4, 2009 (review by Ruth Dudley Edwards) Buy Frampton's The Long March—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Terence O'Reilly's Hitler's Irishmen Hitler's Irishmen by Terence O'Reilly: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, February 25, 2009 (by Cahir O'Doherty) The Irish who fought for Hitler: Sunday Business Post, July 27, 2008 (review by Dermot Bolger) Buy O'Reilly's Hitler's Irishmen—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bryan Fanning's The Quest for Modern Ireland: The Battle of Ideas 1912-1986 The Quest For Modern Ireland: Irish Democrat, December 9, 2008 (review by Roy Johnston) Buy Fanning's The Quest for Modern Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Thomas Mahon & James J. Gillogly's Decoding the IRA Hawaii doc is on trail of 1920s IRA: Irish Echo, February 4, 2009 (by Peter McDermott) Buy Mahon & Gillogly's Decoding the IRA—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Stephanie Rains's The Irish-American in Popular Culture, 1945-2000 The Irish-American in Popular Culture 1945-2000: Irish Democrat, December 9, 2008 (review by Michael O'Sullivan) Buy Rains's The Irish-American in Popular Culture—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Frank Millar's Northern Ireland: The Triumph of Politics; Interviews and Analysis 1988-2008 Peerless guide to how the peace was won: Irish Independent, January 31, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes) Now at last it can be told: (from The House Magazine, January 19, 2009, review by Lord Brooke) This isn't a triumph of politics: The News Letter, January 12, 2009 (by Alex Kane) Insider's illuminating insights into inner workings of the peace process: The Irish Times, December 16, 2008 (review by Brian Feeney) Buy Millar's Northern Ireland: The Triumph of Politics—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Walsh's Quiet Reformer: The Official Biography of Patrick Hillery Hillery – saviour and slave of the Irish presidency: Sunday Business Post, January 25, 2009 (review by David O'Donohue) Buy Walsh's Quiet Reformer—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ruan O'Donnell's The Impact of the 1916 Rising: Among the Nations The Impact Of The 1916 Rising: Irish Democrat, September 2, 2008 (review by Ken Keable) Buy O'Donnell's The Impact of the 1916 Rising—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Alf McCreary's A Fund of Goodwill – the Story of the International Fund for Ireland Laboriously researched background to the International Fund for Ireland: The Irish Times, January 28, 2009 (review by Seán Donlon) The debt that we owe to generous foreign donors: Belfast Telegraph, November 17, 2008 Buy McCreary's A Fund of Goodwill—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Caitriona Crowe, Eunan O'Halpin & Dermot Keogh (Editors) Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1939-1941 Archives shed light on the will to protect sovereignty: Sunday Independent, January 11, 2009 (review by John A Murphy) History teaches us there is hope in times of crisis: Irish Independent, December 6, 2008 (by James Downey) Reports from the diplomatic front line on a world turned upside down: The Irish Times, Decmeber 2, 2008 (review by Deirdre McMahon) Buy Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1939-1941—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dermot Meleady's Redmond: The Parnellite Redmond – the Parnellite: Irish Democrat, December 15, 2008 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Now is the time for the honour of remembrance: Sunday Independent, May 11, 2008 (review by Charles Lysaght) Writing Redmond back into history: Sunday Business Post, May 11, 2008 (review by Steven King) Unravelling Redmond – the hero, villain and enigma: Sunday Tribune, April 20, 2008 (review by Ronan O'Brien) Buy Meleady's Redmond—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Mervyn Busteed, Frank Neal, Jonathan Tonge (Editors) Irish Protestant Identities Reshaping the dry stone wall of Irish history: OpenDemocracy.net, December 27, 2008 (review by Arthur Aughey) Buy Busteed, Neal & Tonge's Irish Protestant Identities—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Eugene Hynes's Knock: The Virgins Apparition in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Analysis of 19th-century devotion in which all is not as it appears: The Irish Times, November 11, 2008 (review by Dáire Keogh) Buy Hynes's Knock—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Donal Nevin (editor) Between Comrades: James Connolly's Letters and Correspondence, 1889-1916 Connolly's socialist beacon burns bright: Sunday Business Post, January 13, 2008 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) Buy Nevin's Between Comrades—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard Humphreys's Countdown to Unity: Debating Irish Reunification A curiosity or a practical roadmap to the long-sought goal of a united Ireland?: The Irish Times, December 24, 2008 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy Humphrey's Countdown to Unity—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Robert Kerr's Republican Belfast: A Political Tourist's Guide Rewriting the history books – Republican 'tour guide' fails to mention a few home truths: (from the Irish Daily Star, December 8, 2008 by John Coulter) Perfect gift for anyone steeped in Belfast history: Irish News, December 11, 2008 (by Jim Gibney) Buy Kerr's Republican Belfast—in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Murals of Derry 'Murals of Derry' book on sale now: Derry Journal, September 3, 2008 Buy Johnston's In the Shadows of Giants—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Patrick Geoghegan's King Dan: the Rise of Daniel O'Connell, 1775-1829 Duels, debts and love affairs – the real Daniel O'Connell: The Observer, November 16, 2008 (by Henry McDonald) Buy Geoghegan's King Dan—in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Peter Edwards's Delusion: The True Story of Victorian Superspy Henri Le Caron Man of Mystery: The Beaver, August – September 2008 (review by P. G. Smith) 'Strange, but true' spy story: Winnipeg Free Press, July 27, 2008 (review by Graeme Voyer) Buy Edwards's Delusion—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James G. Patterson's In the Wake of the Great Rebellion: Republicanism, Agrarianism and Banditry in Ireland after 1798 Professor's book examines Irish history: Warren Reporter, September 21, 2008 Buy Patterson's In the Wake of the Great Rebellion—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Myles Dungan's Speaking Ill of the Dead Speaking ill of the wrong subjects: Sunday Business Post, January 21, 2008 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy Dungan's Speaking Ill of the Dead—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Seamas O'Siochain's Roger Casement: Imperialist, Rebel, Revolutionary Roger Casement versus the British Empire: The Times Literary Supplement, September 24, 2008 (review by Roy Foster) Buy O'Siochain's Roger Casement—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tom Reilly's Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy Moral compass lost in quest for truth about Cromwell: Sunday Independent, September 21, 2008 (review by Marc Coleman) Buy Reilly's Cromwell—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Brian Rowan's How the Peace Was Won Duddy key to peace progress – new book: Sunday Journal, August 24, 2008 Years in search of truth in the North...: Irish Independent, September 13, 2008 (review by Maurice Hayes) Subtext every bit as interesting as subject matter: Irish News, August 21, 2008 (by Jim Gibney) How policeman and Provo talked peace: Belfast Telegraph, August 18, 2008 Buy Rowan's How the Peace Was Won—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David Vance's Unionism Decayed: 1997 – 2007 Dissenter of attention: Sunday Tribune, August 31, 2008 (by Suzanne Breen) Buy Vance's Unionism Decayed—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Daire Keogh's Edmund Rice and the First Christian Brothers Edmund Rice – husband, father, Christian Brother: Irish Independent, September 13, 2008 (review by Brian Lynch) Portrait of a Christian crusader: Sunday Business Post, August 31, 2008 (review by Dermot Bolger) Founding fathers of a powerful brotherhood: The Irish Times, August 30, 2008 (review by Mary E Daly) Buy Keogh's Edmund Rice and the First Christian Brothers—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ken Wharton's A Long Long War: Voices from the British Army in Northern Ireland 1969-98 Soldier sang to quell Maze prison riots: South Wales Echo, August 18, 2008 (by Nathan Bevan) Book published by Solihull firm recalls Ireland's troubled times: Birminham Post, August 4, 2008 (by Neil Connor) Buy Wharton's A Long War—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Brian Fleming's The Vatican Pimpernel: The Wartime Exploits of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty How could a humble man of God outwit the Nazis?: Irish News, August 4, 2008 (by Margaret Canning) The Kerry monsignor who defied the Nazis: The Irish Times, April 5, 2008 (review by Joe Carroll) Ireland's one shining light in the Nazi gloom: Sunday Business Post, May 4, 2008 (review by Dermot Bolger) Buy Fleiming's The Vatican Pimpernel—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Elisabeth Kehoe's Ireland's Misfortune: The Turbulent Life of Kitty O'Shea Kitty O'Shea to the Irish, Katie to her friends: The Times, June 28, 2008 (review by Norma Clarke) Unwitting architect of Parnell's downfall: Sunday Business Post, June 15, 2008 (review by Maria Luddy) Biography Sex, lies and turbulence: Sunday Tribune, May 25, 2008 (review by Helen Rock) Buy Kehoe's Ireland's Misfortune—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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