Malachy McCourt, Author . Running Press $18.95 (141p) ISBN 978-0-7624-1124-5
"Danny Boy" is one of the best-known and most beloved songs in the Western world. Whether sung at funeral masses or by Elvis Presley, it nearly always raises a lump in the throat and brings a tear to the eye. The song itself may be simple...
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Malachy McCourt, Author . Running Press $29.95 (1200p) ISBN 978-0-7624-1336-2
In this excellent primer to modern Irish literature and politics, McCourt (A Monk Swimming) collects and introduces the work of 12 Irish writers. Some of the works are well known, such as Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, Wilde's The
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Malachy McCourt, Author . Running Press $19.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-7624-1965-4
McCourt (A Monk Swimming
) breaks down Ireland's history into 16 sections and, through biographical vignettes, uses famous Irish men and woman to define each epoch. For example, he explores ancient Ireland by profiling the three most prominent...
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Malachy McCourt, Author HarperCollins Publishers $25 (242p) ISBN 978-0-06-019593-9
HA surprisingly tender McCourt disarms the reader with his openness and dexterous touch in this winning sequel to A Monk Swimming. Two constants undergird the book: McCourt's love for (and sometimes rocky relationship with) his second wife, Diana,...
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Malachy McCourt, Author Running Press Book Publishers $16.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7624-1555-7
The titular bauble--a pair of hands clasping a crowned heart with the motto""Let love and friendship reign""--is a traditional Irish emblem passed from mothers to daughters and granddaughters, exchanged by betrothed couples or given to friends, and...
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Malachy McCourt, Author, Malachy McCourt, Read by HarperAudio $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-694-52295-8
""If ever there was an unexamined life on this earth,"" says Malachy McCourt, ""it was mine."" No more. In this sequel to his memoir A Monk Swimming, McCourt examines his every itch and scratch. These confessions of ""a recovering Catholic"" are...
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