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• Round Ireland with a Fridge

  Tony Hawks

  
  On his only prior visit to Ireland, songwriter/comic Tony Hawks had seen a man hitchhiking with a refrigerator. For years, he was wont to tell the tale during late-night drinking matches, and after one particularly heavy-duty night of partying, he awoke to find a bet scrawled pillow-side: a friend wagered 100 pounds that Hawks wouldn't travel Ireland for a month with a refrigerator at his side.

  Out of this stupid premise, a ridiculously amusing book was born. Quickly discovered by the Irish media, the thumbing Englishman finds that he and his box fridge are elevated to celebrity status, and there's no dearth of rides, places to stay or goofy people to meet, from kings to spoons players to locals who take his fridge surfing. As insightful about the strange inner workings of Hawk's mind as it is about charming peculiarities of Irishmen--it's doubtful that Hawks would have been similarly embraced by Germans, Italians, or the French--Round Ireland with a Fridge is an entirely silly, heart-warming tale told in a rollicking funny and refreshing style. --Melissa Rossi

  
   

• Ireland (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

  Fionn Davenport, et al

  
  From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you are going there chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy and matter-of-fact writing style, these guides are guaranteed to calm the nerves of first-time world travellers, while still listing off-the-beaten-path finds sure to thrill even the most jaded globe-trotters. Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks for nearly 30 years and as a result, has experience and know-how similar to an older sibling's "been there" advice. The original backpacker's bible, the LP series has recently widened its reach. While still giving insights for the low-budget traveller, the books now list a wide range of accommodations and itineraries for those with less time than money.

  >From pub hopping and leprechaun chasing to Ogham stones and the Book of Kells, Lonely Planet presents the essential Ireland. In addition to the requisite low-down on food and accommodations, a detailed activities section covers everything from walking and birdwatching to hang gliding and rock climbing. The book's intriguing "boxed asides" delve into topics ranging from the mystical to the environmental, including the Witch of Kilkenny, the Legend of Inishbofin Island, the Birr Observatory and Telescope, even Ireland's Disappearing Bogs. --Kathryn True

  
   

• Dublin (Lonely Planet City Guide)

  
  
   

• Comprehensive Road Atlas Ireland (Road Atlas)

  
  
   

• Rail Atlas Great Britain and Ireland

  Stuart, K. Baker

  
  
   

• The Rough Guide to Ireland

  Paul Gray, Geoff Wallis

  
  
   

• I Never Knew That About Ireland

  Christopher Winn

  
  
   

• Map of UK and Ireland (Map)

  
  
   

• Dublin (Eyewitness Travel Guide)

  
  
   

• Connemara: Listening to the Wind (Connemara Trilogy 1)

  Tim Robinson

  
  
   

• Ireland (Eyewitness Travel Guide)

  Lisa Gerard-Sharp, Tim Perry

  
  
   

• Mr & Mrs Smith. The Hotel Collection. UK and Ireland: The UK and Ireland Hotel Collection (Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection)

  Sophie Dening

  
  
   

• Dublin (Eyewitness Top Ten Travel Guide)

  Polly Phillimore, Andrew Sanger

  
  
   

• Caravan and Camping Britain (AA Lifestyle Guides) (AA Lifestyle Guides)

  AA Publishing

  
  
   

• Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Atlas)

  
  Shows the boundaries and codes of all the postcode areas and districts in Great Britain and Northern Ireland Clear and detailed background maps at a scale of 4 miles to 1 inch (9 miles to 1 inch for Northern Ireland) Central London maps show a scale of 3
  
   

• The Irish Pub

  Turtle Bunbury, James Fennell

  
  
   

• McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland (A Lir book)

  Pete McCarthy

  
  The premise of Pete McCarthy's first book, McCarthy's Bar, is that you should never pass up the opportunity of having a drink in a bar that shares your name. There is clearly more to this plan than the obvious publicity stunt, since it could work with books as well--try reading Cormac McCarthy after reading this hilarious, informed and intelligent book, and you may well be tempted to buy books by every other McCarthy around.

  Born in Warrington, Pete McCarthy decides to go back to rural Ireland, to rediscover his Irishness. The feeling that you have heard this sort of thing all before doesn't last for long. There is a serious writer struggling to make himself heard above the many excellent jokes and this is what makes McCarthy's book so distinctive. Although he can crack Brysonesque quips with the best of them ("I've often wondered how businessmen used to cope before [mobile phones] were invented. How did they tell their wives they were on the train?"), and take us through hilarious and largely drunken set-pieces, McCarthy is equally at home discussing Celtic standing stones and the potato famine.

  The resulting book is a wonderful debut. By the end, we, too, would like to move to Ireland. You sense that McCarthy has such a genuine feeling for Ireland, Irishness and Irish history that he can only temper his writing with side-splitting humour. In this way, his first book successfully embodies much of what it is to be Irish. --Toby Green

  
   

• The North of England (Room at the Inn) (Room at the Inn)

  AA Publishing

  
  
   

• Castles: England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales

  Plantagenet Somerset Fry

  
  
   

• Mr and Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: UK / Ireland: v. 2: UK / Ireland: 2 (Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection)

  Juliet Kinsman