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US President Barack Obama has said he will visit Ireland in May.

Full Article online @ http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0317/kenn... US President Barack Obama has said he will visit Ireland in May. Speaking at the end of a meeting in the Oval Office with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, President Obama said he is looking forward to visiting Ireland. 'I wanted to say today that I intend to come to Ireland in [...]

Kenny hopes for 'royal welcome' for Queen

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0511/came... Speaking in CityWest in Dublin this afternoon, Mr Kenny said the Queen's visit and that of US President Barack Obama were important for the country. The Taoiseach also confirmed British Prime Minister David Cameron would make his first official visit to Ireland next week. Mr Cameron's visit will come during the Queen's time in [...]

New Title: The Calling Of The Grave

Title: The Calling of the Grave Author: Simon Beckett Hardcover:336 pages Publisher:Bantam Press (3 Feb 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:0593063457 ISBN-13:978-0593063453 Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16 x 3.4 cm Product Description 'At first glance it could have been anything – a stone, a knotted root – until you looked more closely. Thrusting out of the wet earth, [...]

Great Book: Nudge

Title: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness   Author:  Richard H Thaler and Cass R Sunstein  Paperback:320 pages Publisher:Penguin (5 Mar 2009) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:0141040017 ISBN-13:978-0141040011 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm Product Description Every day we make decisions: about the things that we buy or the meals we eat; about the [...]

Book Recommendation: This Heart Within Me Burns

Title: This Heart within Me Burns:From Bedlam to Benidorm Author: Crissy Rock Hardcover:288 pages Publisher:John Blake Publishing Ltd (12 Mar 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:1843583437 ISBN-13:978-1843583431 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm Product Description Best known for her role in cult comedy TV hit, Benidorm and for playing Maggie Conlon in Ken Loach's remarkable film [...]

New Title: Midnight

Title: Midnight   Author:  Josephine Cox  Hardcover:357 pages Publisher:HarperCollins (17 Feb 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:0007301464 ISBN-13:978-0007301461 Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3 cm Product Description No. 1 bestselling author Josephine Cox returns with a powerful, dark love story shrouded in shocking secrets and malignant forces. All Jack's life, the nightmares had haunted him, dragging him [...]

Great Book: Think and Grow Rich

Title: Think and Grow Rich: The Original Classic   Authors:  Napoleon Hill and Tom Butler-Bowdon  Hardcover:388 pages Publisher:Capstone; De Luxe Ed edition (23 April 2009) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:1906465592 ISBN-13:978-1906465599 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.6 x 3.4 cm Product Description The greatest motivational book of all time!Napoleon Hill′s thirteen step programme will set you on the path [...]

Book Recommendation: Predictably Irrational

Title: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions   Author: Dan Ariely  Paperback:304 pages Publisher:HarperCollins (5 Mar 2009) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:0007256531 ISBN-13:978-0007256532 Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm Product Description Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly [...]

New Title: Carte Blanche

Title: Carte Blanche (James Bond)   Author: Jeffery Deaver  Hardcover:448 pages Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton (26 May 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:1444716476 ISBN-13:978-1444716474 Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16 x 3.7 cm Product Description 'The face of war is changing. The other side doesn't play by the rules much any more. There's thinking, in some circles, that we need [...]

Great Book: When Money Dies

Title: When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-Inflation   Author:  Adam Fergusson  Paperback:288 pages Publisher:Old Street Publishing (6 July 2010) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:9781906964443 ISBN-13:978-1906964443 ASIN:1906964440 Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2.2 cm Product Description This is, I believe, a moral tale. It goes far to prove the revolutionary axiom that if you wish [...]