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  | | The Aerofilms book of Ireland from the air(1st Edition) by Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1985 by Weidenfeld Nicolson Import ISBN-13: 978-0-297-78730-3, ISBN: 0-297-78730-6 "The physical beauty of Ireland is potent and unforgettable, and goes some way to explaining the magnetism of this uniquely complex and mysterious island. For centuries the place has held an almost hypnotic attraction for poets and painters, and in spite of its problems has drawn emigrant Irish back from the other side of the world. This spectacular survey of Ireland north and south conveys that beauty, and much of the country's atmosphe ..." |
 | | Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland(1st Edition) by William Butler Yeats, Benedict Kiely, Richard J. Finneran, W.B. Yeats Paperback, 387 Pages, Published 1983 by Scribner Paper Fiction ISBN-13: 978-0-02-055640-4, ISBN: 0-02-055640-3 "The Classic One-Volume Introduction To Ireland'S Rich Folklore: William Butler Yeats'S Magical Selection Of Traditional Irish Fairy And Folk Tales Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland combines two books of Irish folklore collected and edited by William Butler Yeats -- Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, first published in 1888, and Irish Fairy Tales, published in 1892. In this delightful gathering of legend and song, the familiar c ..." |
 | | Nothing Happens in Carmincross(1st Edition) by Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 279 Pages, Published 1985 by David R Godine Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-87923-585-7, ISBN: 0-87923-585-3 "At the height of the Troubles, Mervyn returns from America to his native Ulster, only to find the specter of bombs and political murder hanging over his idyllic Carmincross. This is the timely reissue of Benedict Kiely's novel about a land riven by terrorism. Benedict Kiely was one of the most celebrated Irish writers of the twentieth century. He died in February 2007." |
 | | The Penguin Book Of Irish Short Stories by Benedict Kiely Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1981 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-005340-1, ISBN: 0-14-005340-9 "Beginning with an exquisite love story -- an ancient saga retold by Lady Gregory -- and continuing with George Moore and the birth of the modern short story at the turn of the century, this highly representative collection includes both classic writers and contemporaries. It features the work of such preeminent literary figures as James Joyce, Sean O'Faolain, Mary Lavin, Frank O'Connor, and Liam O'Flaherty, whose work re-established the ..." |
 | | Nothing Happens In Carmincross(Updated) (Modern Fiction) by Benedict Kiely Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1986 by Methuen Publishing Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-413-41590-5, ISBN: 0-413-41590-2 "Peter Loughrey, a twenty-year-old mechanic, is peacefully at home when he hears shouting and screaming outside his house. He looks out of the sitting-room ..." |
 | | Ireland from the Air(1st Edition) by Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1985 by Random House Value Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-517-55651-1, ISBN: 0-517-55651-0 "Book by Kiely Benedict" |
 | | The State of Ireland by Benedict Kiely Paperback, 389 Pages, Published 1982 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-006083-6, ISBN: 0-14-006083-9 "Jody said: Time's money. Why don't the two of you slip upstairs. Your heads would make a lovely pair on a pillow. Austin was singing: Oh she's neat, oh she's sweet, she's a beauty every line, the Queen of Connemara is that bounding barque ..." |
 | | The State of Ireland(1st Edition) A Novella and Seventeen Stories by Benedict Kiely, Thomas Flanagan Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 1980 by David R Godine Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-87923-320-4, ISBN: 0-87923-320-6 "Short stories reflecting an understanding of daily life in Ireland in the twentieth century accompany a novella, Proxopera, about three IRA Provisionals who force Granda Binchey to deliver a bomb to a local judge's doorstep" |
 | | Nan(1st Edition) The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman by Sharon Gmelch, Sharon Bohn Gmelch, George Gmelch, Pat Langan, Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 239 Pages, Published 1986 by W.W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-02331-2, ISBN: 0-393-02331-1 "Nan Donohoe was an Irish Travelling woman, one of Ireland's indigenous gypsies or "tinkers." Traditionally, they traveled the countryside making and repairing tinware, sweeping chimneys, selling small household wares, and doing odd-job work. Today, they live on the roadside in trailers and in government-built camps. Told largely in her own voice, Nan's saga begins in 1919 with her birth in a tent in the Irish Midlands; it follows her li ..." |
 | | Proxopera(1st Edition) A Tale of Modern Ireland by Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 117 Pages, Published 1987 by David R Godine Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-87923-651-9, ISBN: 0-87923-651-5 |
 | | The Port Wine Stain, Patrick Boyle's Best Stories(Updated) by Patrick Boyle Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1983 by Allison & Busby ISBN-13: 978-0-85031-497-7, ISBN: 0-85031-497-6 |
 | | Nothing Happens in Carmincross a Novel by Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1985 by Gollancz ISBN-13: 978-0-575-03670-3, ISBN: 0-575-03670-2 |
 | | Dublin(1st Edition) (Small Oxford Books) by Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 1983 by Oxford Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-19-214124-8, ISBN: 0-19-214124-4 "Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6dp London Glasgow New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland and associates in Beirut Berlin Ibadan Mexico City Nicosia Compilation, introduction, and editorial matter © Benedict Kiely 1983 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sy ..." |
 | | Bird Alone(Updated) (Twentieth Century Classics) by Sean O'faolain, Benedict Kiely Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1986 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-281906-2, ISBN: 0-19-281906-2 "This novel is set in late 19th-century Ireland, where Corney Crone grows up in a family marked by poverty, pride, and spoiled aspiration. The recurring theme in Corney's life is one of solitude, a note which becomes more dominant in his old age. Corney is a "bird alone," reliving the experiences of his youth and the secret love for his childhood sweetheart." |
 | | The Port Wine Stain(1st Edition) Patrick Boyle's Best Stories (Classic Irish Fiction) by Patrick Boyle, Benedict Kiely Hardcover, 236 Pages, Published 1983 by O'brien Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86278-010-4, ISBN: 0-86278-010-1 "Introduced by Benedict Kiely Twelve of Patrick Doyle's best stories which draws equally on his three collections. Includes a recognised masterpiece, Leles Vulgaris, in which the badger's fight assumes epic proportions, and presents other memorable accounts of people living with and in spite of forces at work in an elemental world." |