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January 10, 2012

Irish Food – Slow & Traditional by John McKenna and Sally McKenna

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Irish Food – Slow & Traditional by John McKenna and Sally McKenna and Irish Food – Fast & Modern by Paul Flynn and Sally McKenna  
(Published by Estragon Press)

Although these cookbooks are small, just 64 pages each, they are beautifully formed. The Irish Food books are from the same stable that produces

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Irish Cooking: Over 100 Traditional Recipes by Clare Connery

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Irish Cooking: Over 100 Traditional Recipes by Clare Connery   
(Published by Hamlyn)

As the perfect birthday present for a person on the other side of the world to Ireland Clare Connery’s Irish Cooking: Over 100 Traditional Recipes comes pretty close. There’s nothing new about this cookbook – nor

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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins

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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins  
(Published by No Exit Press)

Switters is a walking contradiction; he is a CIA agent who hates the American Government, a pacifist who carries a gun and a vegetarian who loves gravy. Obsessed with innocence, the latest object of his affection is his 16-year-old stepsister

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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri  
(Published by Flamingo)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies would be one to recommend. This book flew of the shelf and into my hand on the wings of its stunning title. Later, I was pleased to find that as the pages

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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote   
(Published by Penguin Modern Classics)

Sometimes the most fascinating literary crimes are the ones that happen for real. Forget the cult of celebrity and Hello magazine, nothing grabs the public attention faster than real-life murder. Even more so if at first it appears to be motiveless

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I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti

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I’m Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti  
(Published by Canongate International )

True page-turners of a certain caliber are hard to find. I have been on the look out for a book that I would sink into from page one for many months now. Although I have found many wonderful books, this book will take you briefly into another

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Hunter's Moon by Alexandra Connor

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Hunter’s Moon by Alexandra Connor  
(Published by Harper Collins)

Alice Rimmer was abandoned at Netherlands Orphanage when she was little more than a baby. But unlike the rest of the orphans Alice is different from the start: she has her own personality, she is defiant and she clings to the hope that her parents

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A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal by Åsne Seierstad

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A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal by Åsne Seierstad  
(Published by Virago Press)

In January 2003 Åsne Seierstad entered Baghdad on a ten-day visa. Through bribery, pleading and begging she stayed for over three months, reporting on the war and its aftermath. A Hundred and One Days is her account of life

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How Was It For You? by Carmen Reid

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How Was It For You? by Carmen Reid  
(Published by Corgi)

Pamela and Dave have been married for seven years, meeting while in college and surviving together as two starving artists. Eventually the world wore them down and now they have jobs as a hospital administrator and interior designer. After five years of gruelling

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How to Cook Absolutely Everything & Best Recipes for Absolutely Everything by Anne Willan

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How to Cook Absolutely Everything & Best Recipes for Absolutely Everything by Anne Willan  
(Published by Quadrille Publishing)

Before I started reading/reviewing these books, Anne Willan was unfamiliar to me but, as soon as they arrived, her name started to crop up in my reading with increasing regularity. An American

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