Title:
In the Company of the Courtesan
Author:
Sarah Dunant
Genre:
Courtesans
Publisher:
Virago Press
Release Date:
Jan 1 2013
Pages:
408
After the success of The Birth of Venus, Sarah Dunant returns to the realm of historical fiction for In the Company of the Courtesan. Like her earlier book, this is also set in the same time period, the 1500s, and location – Renaissance Italy. The courtesan of the title is the beautiful and celebrated Fiammetta Bianchini and one of the most
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Title:
The History of Love
Author:
Nicole Krauss
Genre:
Authors
Publisher:
Penguin UK
Release Date:
2006
Pages:
252
A book-within-a-book – also called The History of Love – links elderly Jewish man Leo Gursky and fellow New Yorker, 14-year-old Alma Singer.
Having survived World War II in Poland, Leo has a fear of dying unnoticed and is constantly, albeit quietly, seeking attention. Alma, who lost her father when she was seven, is a precocious child
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Title:
Georgina Campbell's Ireland
Author:
Georgina Campbell
Genre:
Travel
Publisher:
Georgina Campbell Guides
Release Date:
2005-11-01
Pages:
255
While the internet has undoubtedly simplified the matter of finding holiday accommodation, it’s never at hand (unless, of course, you’ve got your portable internet device nearby) when you’re on the road, looking for a decent bite to eat and somewhere to stay at short notice. It’s situations like these that make you thankful
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Title:
100 Best Restaurants in Ireland 2006
Author:
John McKenna, Portfolio Books Limited, Sally McKenna,
Release Date:
2006-12
Pages:
143
With 15 years of eating and sleeping the length and breadth of the country in a tireless quest for the best of the best, John and Sally McKenna have it down to a fine art. This year’s editions of The Bridgestone 100 Best Restaurants and The Bridgestone 100 Best Places to Stay are as wonderfully opinionated and idiosyncratic as ever. And also
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Title:
Atlas of Cork City
Author:
edited by John Crowley, Robert Devoy, Denis Linehan and Patrick O'Flanagan
Genre:
Geography
With UCC as my alma mater and the Historian as my Bibliofemme name, it was to be expected that the Atlas of Cork City, published by Cork University Press, would appeal. This tome – there are nearly 500 lavishly illustrated pages – boasts contributions from more than 60 experts, concentrating particularly on the areas of history, geography
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Title:
Ash Wednesday
Author:
Bingham Hawke, Ethan Hawke,
Genre:
Fiction
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Release Date:
2002
Pages:
240
Having read and enjoyed Ethan Hawke’s debut novel, The Hottest State, it was, of course, my interest in his published oeuvre that drew me to the reading of his new book, Ash Wednesday, at the Project in Dublin a couple of years ago. Well, that and the power of celebrity. It’s not often that you get an international actor at your questioning
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