Belfast a novel of the troubles

Belfast, A Novel of the Troubles

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Belfast Punk and the Troubles: an Oral History

This book is an oral history of punk in Belfast from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. It reads a small number of interviews in close detail to place them i

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A Song of Stone - Banks Iain

Anotace: The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. However, the lieutenant of an outlaw band has oth...

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Song Of Stone

The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. However, the lieutenant of an outlaw band has other ide...

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The Boy and the Dog - Hase Seishu

Anotace: Winner of the Naoki Prize Perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and Before the Coffee Gets Cold `It`s no wonder the author won the prestigious Naoki Prize for this novel, which is at times heartwarming and suspenseful, detailing true resilience and survival.` Belfast TelegraphOne dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his f...

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Say Nothing : A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Keefe Patrick Radden

Anotace: `A must read` Gillian FlynnOne night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of the brutal crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.Through the unsolved case of Jean McConville`s abduction, Patrick R...

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Say Nothing : A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe

<p>'A must read' Gillian Flynn One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of the brutal crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades. Through the unsolved case of Jean McConville's abduction, Patric...

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An Emotion Of Great Delight - Mafi Tahereh

Anotace: From bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and the National Book Award-nominated A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Tahereh Mafi, comes a stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating dual-identity as a Muslim teenager in America, and reclaiming your right to joy. It's 2003. It's been several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq,...

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An Emotion Of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi

<p>From bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and the National Book Award-nominated A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Tahereh Mafi, comes a stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating dual-identity as a Muslim teenager in America, and reclaiming your right to joy.</p> <p>It’s 2003. It’s been several months since the US officially declared war o...

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Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

<p>A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the worldA smog has spread. Food crops are disappearing. A chef escapes her career in London to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles. There, her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for...

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Where Are You Really From?

A fascinating and powerful memoir about growing up black in the Falls road area of Belfast during the Troubles in the 1970s and 80s, and a moving trib

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Illuminae: The Illuminae Files: Book 1 - Kaufmanová Amie, Kristoff Jay,

Anotace: Brad Pitt`s Plan B Entertainment and Warner Bros are set to bring YA sci-fi novel Illuminae to the big screen. The year is 2575 and two mega-corporations are at war over a planet that`s little more than an ice covered speck. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them Ezra and Kady have to make their escape on the...

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Van Morrison

Set against the cultural and political backdrop of Belfast, before, during and after the Troubles, No Surrender offers a unique and penetrating perspe

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Paperboy

It’s Belfast, 1975. The city lies under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills the air like smoke. But Tony Macaulay has just turned tw

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No Bones

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002 - a stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.

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My Name is Maame: The bestselling reading group book that will make you laugh and cry this year - Jessica George

<p>THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MY NAME IS MAAME is the most moving debut - and a heroine you'll never forget.*Read with Jenna Today Book Club Pick**Apple Book of the Month**A 2023 Debut of the Year as chosen by:SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, VOGUE, RED MAGAZINE, INDEPENDENT, BELFAST TELEGRAPH, HUFFINGTON POST UK, POP SUGAR, HA...

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Trespasses - Kennedy Louise

Anotace: * THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times) * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 ** WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 ** SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022 ** AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2022 ** A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME *--------------...

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Trespasses - Louise Kennedy

<p>* THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times) * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 * * WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 * * SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022 * * AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2022 * * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME * --------...

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Badenheim 1939

'A masterpiece ... the greatest novel of the Holocaust' The Guardian A haunting, dreamlike portrayal of the encroaching horror of the Holocaust onto a genteel MittelEuropean resort town Badenheim, a resort town near the forests of Vienna, is preparing for the arts festival of the summer season. The hotel workers and local tradespeople rush to prepare the small town for th...

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Ripples - Richard C Pizey

<p> RIPPLES is Richard’s first novel. Alex and Jessica live in north London and, like many young couples, lead a problematic lifestyle. Now, unbidden, an extra dimension lands on the doormat and adds to their troubles. Set in the 1980s, this ingenious story flirts with humour, music, art history, Nazi machination . . . and sex, as Alex and Jessica delve into the se...

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Pilgrims - Kneale Matthew

Anotace: 1289. A rich farmer fears he`ll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pilgrim badges to sew into her hat and show off at church. A poor, ragged villager is convinced his beloved cat is suffering in the fires of purgatory and must be rescued. A mother believes her son`s dangerous illness is punishment for her own adultery and seeks forgiveness so...

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Love In Provence

***Pre-order the brand-new summer novel by Jo Thomas!***'Filled with fun and summer sunshine in the south of France!' Jill Mansell---------------Escape to the beautiful lavender fields of Provence this summerDel moved to the south of France three years ago and hasn’t looked back. She’s found new friends, new purpose, and new love with gorgeous Fabien. But just as harvest ...

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Maame - Jessica George

<p>Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MAAME is the most moving debut of 2023 - and a heroine you'll never forget.*Read with Jenna Today Book Club Pick**Apple Book of the Month**A 2023 Debut of the Year as chosen by:SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, VOGUE, RED MAGAZINE, INDEPENDENT, BELFAST TELEGRAPH, HUFFINGTON POST UK, POP SUGAR, HARPERS BAZAAR, MY WEEKLY, EVENING STANDARD,...

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