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From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008, to November 2010 when heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB arrived in government buildings, Ireland was on a one-way road to ruin. This title describes the events of that period and assesses the fall-out and what it means for Ireland's future.

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Asserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as well as familiar pieces from over the centuries.

First published in 1890, this is the author's study of the slums of New York, where Italians, Jews, "Bohemians", Blacks and Chinese struggled against the effects of poverty, alcohol and lack of education.

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People spend vast amounts of money, time and energy to achieve and maintain beauty, and yet despite its undisputed importance few of us devote similar efforts to be interesting. In this book, the author reveals how playing with ideas, making connections, speculating and using the imagination are at the heart of being an interesting person.

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A collection of short stories that twist and inspire the imagination.

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From the 13th century, these seven stories feature both the pastoral society of Iceland and the royal courts of Norway and Denmark.

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Drew Hagel has spent the last decade watching things slip away - his first marriage, his real estate brokerage, and his daughter, Shannon. He is in danger of losing his place in the suburbs, when an unexpected friendship with Quint Manning opens Drew's eyes to vast wealth. What Drew doesn't know is that Manning has problems of his own.

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Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope, travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister and man-servant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In poor health, Bramble sees the world as one of degeneracy and raucous overcrowding, and will not hesitate to let his companions know his feelings on the matter.

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Rhodes is a 'Husk'. It's an illegal, controversial and highly lucrative job - renting out control of his body and mind to the highest bidder. It's a sure way to gain a better life, but some clients go too far. Sometimes, he wakes up with scars. Making A Killing. Then the visions start - terrible sights that haunt his waking hours.

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Presents the story of how couples are forever tripped up by the missteps of love and sex. This work shows the infinity of ways men and women drive each other crazy, yet remain essential to one another.

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His Victims - The first kill was easy. The second even easier. No guilt, no remorse, just a rush of adrenaline surging through him as each life drains away, and the pleasure of knowing that their deaths will help his beloved Lindsay. And there are many more who will die...

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What's it like to start a revolution How do you build the biggest tech company in the world And why do you walk away from it all Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an entire industry. This title tells the story of how it came about.

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When a homeless man walks into Greenwich police station and confesses a killing, it should be the admission that cracks open a murder enquiry. Instead, he stumbles out on to the street and collapses, bleeding from a stab wound he's attempted to repair himself...

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Tells the Jimmy Choo founder's account of her life in the fashion business. This is a memoir from one of the most successful and self-made British businesswomen of her generation.

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Kate O'Brien is thirty and has very little to think about except trying to keep her balance as she totters up London's media-land ladder. Fiona O'Brien is Kate's responsible older sister - with a husband, twin boys, a dog and now ...a life-changing problem. It's a problem that means Kate going back to Dublin. Pronto.

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Stella Bradberry and Bella Chambers work at the same high-achieving, high-end London firm. Bella is a pretty, young single mum, but an assistant to men with half her smarts. Stella, a go-getting, multitasking mother of two, has a seat on the board firmly in her sights. Suddenly, both are telling lies to friends, loved ones and workmates.

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What is civilization Why do we need it And what can civilization offer us in an age of irony This title explores the nature and aims of civilization, examining how civilizing forces from the Greeks to the Renaissance have shaped and coloured our ideas of what a good existence means.

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Taking its title from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES traces one family's profound journey through four generations--and across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America. It is one of John Updike's fullest and finest work of fiction.