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January 10, 2012

‘Tis Herself: A Memoir’ by Maureen O’Hara

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Biography — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: 'Tis Herself Author: Maureen O'Hara, John Nicoletti, Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: Mar 1 2005 Pages: 336

The Hollywood star traces her career and personal life, discussing such topics as her relationships with fellow actors, her marriage to plane crash victim Charles F. Blair, and her work on specific causes.

Maureen O’Hara recently received a life time achievement award at the Irish film and television awards. While she will always be remembered

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Trace by Patricia Cornwell

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Trace Author: Patricia Daniels Cornwell Genre: Thriller Publisher: Berkley Release Date: 2012 Pages: 530

Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Kay Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered.

Against her own judgement, the advice of Benton Wesley and her niece Lucy, Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on a case involving the death of a

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Trattoria: Food for Family and Friends by Ursula Ferrigno

Filed under: Book Reviews,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Trattoria Food for Family and Friends Author: Ursula Ferrigno Genre: Cookery Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Release Date: 2008-03 Pages: 256

My first introduction to Ursula Ferrigno was through a book called Bread (Dorling Kindersley) that she co-wrote with Eric Treuille, the owner of London shop/haven Books For Cooks. It’s an eminently useful publication with, as is the Dorling Kindersley way, plenty – almost too many – illustrations. This has become a much-used publication

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The Picture She Took by Fiona Shaw

Filed under: Book Reviews,Historical Fiction — The Writer @ 12:55 pm
Title: The Picture She Took Author: Fiona Shaw Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Virago Press Release Date: 2005 Pages: 344

Set in England, Belgium and Ireland in the aftermath of World War I, The Picture She Took is a love story uncomfortably pinned onto a reasonably well-drawn historical canvas. Beginning in England in the 1920s, it slowly brings together Daniel, a man mentally, physically and emotionally broken by time spent fighting with the Black and Tans, and Jude

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The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Filed under: Book Reviews,Science Fiction — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Time Traveler's Wife Author: Audrey Niffenegger Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Jonathan Cape Release Date: Jan 8 2004

Another debut novel by a new writer hits our shelves, once again we hold our breath in eager anticipation – is this the birth of a new Anita Diamant? – Unfortunately the answer is no.

Niffenegger’s concept is nearly brilliant and perhaps in the imagination of a slightly more experienced author, with a brilliant editor this book would

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The Restaurant: Food and Wine from the TV Series

Filed under: Book Reviews,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Restaurant Author: Gary Flood, Regina Lobby, Sharyn Mitchell, Genre: Cooking Release Date: Nov 1 2004 Pages: 134

While I was still in Ireland when The Restaurant programme started, the lack of a television set precluded me from actually seeing the stars in action but the recently published book of the series gives a good picture of how it worked. Each week The Restaurant played host to a celebrity chef who planned the menu, chose the wine and, together with

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The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Tea House on Mulberry Street Author: Sharon Owens Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd

Penny Stanley has been married to Daniel for seventeen years and their marriage is falling apart. So too is their shabby tea house on Mulberry Street and Penny is slowly dying inside. Cheapskate Daniel is completely oblivious to his wife’s unhappiness and is determined to save every penny he can in case his life ever returns to the horrible

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Temptation by Martina Devlin

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Temptation Author: Martina Devlin Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press Release Date: Jan 1 2004 Pages: 368

Kitty Kennedy is divorced twice. Well, technically speaking that’s one annulment and one divorce – but she’s just in her early 30s. With two failed marriages behind her, Kitty has decided that some women are just not meant to live with a man. Inspired by New Year’s Eve Kitty decides that her resolution will be to become a

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The Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Tenko Club Author: Elizabeth Noble Genre: Female friendship Release Date: 2004 Pages: 377

The Tenko Club is made up of four women, Freddie the tall straight shooting American, Tamsin the English student and born to be mother, Reagan a moody intelligent career women and Sarah the beauty who makes men swoon. The girls met at Oxford University in the 80’s and over girly chats and late nights formed the Tenko Club, vowing to always

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The Affair by Anna Dillon

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Affair Author: Anna Dillon Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: 2005 Pages: 419

The saying goes that there are two sides to every story, but in The Affair there are three: those of the wife, the husband and the mistress.

Kathy and Robert have been married for eighteen years and have three children. Robert is spending more and more time at the office, working in his production company building the business – or so Kathy

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