Jay Dolan of Notre Dame University is one of America's most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history. In THE IRISH AMERICANS, he caps his decades of writing and teaching with this magisterial history of the Irish experience in the United States. Although more than 30 million Americans claim Irish ancestry, no other general account of Irish American history has been published since the 1960s. Dolan draws on his own original research

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In this spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, top photographer Hope Dunne fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath who holds her in his thrall after she accepts a last-minute assignment to fly to London at Christmas and photograph one of the world's most celebrated writers--an Irish-American author known for novels of thrilling literary darkness.

A romance moving between the glamorous cosmopolitan world of Boston and small-town Texas follows the tumultuous relationship between Jordan Buchanan and Noah Clayborne. Jordan Buchanan is thrilled that her brother and best friend are tying the knot. The wedding is a lavish affair -- for the marriage of Dylan Buchanan and Kate MacKenna is no ordinary occasion. It represents the joining of two family dynasties. The ceremony and reception proceed without...

What the pig did -- in Joseph Caldwell's charmingly Romantic tale of an American in contemporary Ireland -- is create a ruckus, a rumpus, a disturbance, utter pandemonium ... and finally the mystery of a possible criminal transgression that the beast roots up from a vegetable garden.

Nora Kavanagh and her young son Daniel have fled famine-ravaged Ireland to build a new life in America. Michael Burke, a dedicated and resolute New York City policeman, wants to keep his promise to his best friend, Morgan Fitzgerlad, to marry Nora and protect her. But Nora's instincts urge her to follow her heart in a different direction. Now they struggle to survive intheir new and unfamiliar county. Even with the friendship and help of a wealthy,...

Explores the history, culture, and contributions of Irish-Americans from colonial times to the present day.

The four O'Brien brothers face a claim on their ranch by bounty hunter turned "businessman" Rafe Kingstone, the fastest gun in the West.

In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. The book...