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Book Cover for: Factory Girls, Michelle Gallen

Factory Girls

Michelle Gallen
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Patricia Forde is new Laureate na nÓg; Michelle Gallen’s Factory Girls shortlisted for Encore Award https://t.co/6fww6gdE1h

Paperback, 2022

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, Tom Hanks

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks
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US actor was speaking at the Dalkey Book Festival and discussed his debut novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece https://t.co/lQpi93aSgx

Paperback, 2024

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Found

Paul Murphy
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Paul Murphy (61) and Jason Bonney (52) found guilty of providing getaway vehicles in 2016 killing of David Byrne https://t.co/YmZlhc9YaO

Paperback, 2018

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Rachel Incident, Caroline O'Donoghue

The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue
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The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue: A deeply satisfying novel about friendship and love https://t.co/YDvG1CUD4u

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Thrust, Lidia Yuknavitch

Thrust

Lidia Yuknavitch
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Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch: Prescient, elegiac and epic https://t.co/q3YseRREc9

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Health, David Nutt

Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Health

David Nutt
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Alcohol and your health: “Most people, the first time they drink, find it horrible,” says Prof David Nutt, the chair of Drug Science, an independent UK scientific body researching drugs and alcohol (1/5) 🧵 https://t.co/N9gyBlJ81I

Paperback, 2020

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead
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Book review - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: a pacy, rollicking read https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-a-pacy-rollicking-read-1.4664157

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Oh William!, Elizabeth Strout

Oh William!

Elizabeth Strout
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Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout: a profoundly moving experience https://bit.ly/3nqjPkO

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Biography of X, Catherine Lacey

Biography of X

Catherine Lacey
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Biography of X by Catherine Lacey: Unorthodox portrait of a revered artist by her grieving widow https://t.co/rufnnAYhS5

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift
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All Ukrainians know Gulliver’s Travels. Here at Marsh’s Library they love to hear about Jonathan Swift https://t.co/A8m4rw7hMF

Hardcover, 2011

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book