Off the Shelf
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Off the Shelf, Saturday 4th May
William Reville, Paul O’Grady and David McConnell discuss ‘Religion in Human Evolution’ by Robert N Bellah (Harvard)
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Off the Shelf, Saturday April 27th 2013
Conor Brady, Colum Kenny and Helen Shaw on ‘Eminent Elizabethans- Rupert Murdoch, Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher and Mick Jagger’ by Piers Brendon (Jonathan Cape)
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Off the Shelf, Saturday 20th April
Bride Rosney, Tom Garvin and Noel Dorr discuss on ‘Governing the World: The History of an Idea’ by Mark Mazower (Allen Lane)
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Off the Shelf, Saturday April 13th
John Hughes, Fiona Palmer and Kevin O’Connell discuss ‘Conducting Business- Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro’ by Leonard Slatkin (Amadeus)
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Off the Shelf, Saturday April 6th
Charles Lysaght, Alison O’Connor and Ronan Fanning discuss ‘Standing by the Republic: 50 Dáil Debates that shaped the nation’ by John Drennan (Gill and Macmillan)
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Off the Shelf, Saturday March 30th
Julia Carlson, Adrian Kenny and Michael O’Loughlin discuss ‘Silent House’ by Orhan Pamuk (Knopf)
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Off the Shelf, Saturday 23rd March 2013
Patsy McGarry, Enda McDonagh and Finola Kennedy discuss 'Quo Vadis- Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law' by Mary McAleese.
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Off the Shelf, Saturday 16th March 2013
David McConnell, Ruth Byrne and Paul O’Grady discuss ‘Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything’ by Philip Ball(Bodley Head)
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Off the Shelf, Saturday March 9th 2013
David McConnell, Ruth Byrne and Paul O’Grady discuss ‘Curiosity: How Science became interested in everything’ by Philip Ball(Bodley Head)
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Off the Shelf- 2nd March
Dan O’Brien, Mary Corcoran and Patrick Paul Walsh discuss ‘Winner Takes All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for Us’ by Dambisa Moyo (Allen Lane).
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Off the Shelf- Bernard Lewis
Noel Dorr, Brigid Laffan and Francesco Cavatorta discuss 'Notes on a Century' by Bernard Lewis
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Off the Shelf
Ronan Fanning and Martin Mansergh discuss 'Terror In Ireland 1916-1923' edited by David Fitzpatrick (Lilliput).
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Off the Shelf, February 9th
Nuala N Dhomhnaill and Michael Cronin discuss ‘Rebel Act: Michael Hartnett’s Farewell to English’ by Pat Walsh. (Mercier Press) .
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Off The Shelf podcast 26 Jan 2013
Andy O'Mahony with guests Shane O'Mara, Alison O'Connor and Terry Prone discuss 'The Political Brain' by Drew Weston.
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Off The Shelf December 22nd
Julia Carlson and Derek Hand discuss John Banville’s novel ‘Ancient Light’ (Penguin).
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Off The Shelf, 5th January 2013 'How Much is Enough'
Jill Kerby, John Waters and Marie Murray discuss ‘How Much is Enough- the Love of Money, and the Case for the Good Life’ by Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky (Allen Lane)
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P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Bill McCormack, Eve Patten and Colin Graham discuss P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters, edited by Sophie Radcliffe
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Programme 3: Saturday 1st September 2012
Andy O'Mahony meets Raymond Tallis, author of Aping Mankind. Producer: Bernadette Comerford.
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Off The Shelf 23rd June 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The Pursuit of Italy by David Gilmour (Allen Lane) discussed by Finbarr McAuley and Cormac Cuilleanin.
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Off The Shelf 28th April 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The End: Hitler's Germany 1944-45 by Ian Kershaw (Allen Lane) discussed by Stephan Malinowski and Denis Staunton.
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Off The Shelf 21st April 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
From Big Bang to Big Mystery by Brendan Purcell (Veritas) discussed by David McConnell and Paul O’Grady.
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Off The Shelf 14th April 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Margaret O’Callaghan, Frank Callinan and Charles Lysaght discuss Enigma: A New Life of Parnell by Paul Bew (Gill and MacMillan).
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Off The Shelf 31st March 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The Power of Silence: Silent Communication in Daily Life by Colum Kenny discussed by Anne Fogarty, Rob Weatherill and Paddy Quinn.
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Off The Shelf 24th March 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Julia Carlson and Niall MacMonagle discuss The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.
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Off The Shelf 10th March 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Frank Duff: A Life Story by Finola Kennedy discussed by Lindsey Earner-Byrne and Charles Lysaght.
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Off The Shelf 25th February 2012. Presenter: Andy...
The Pale King: An unfinished novel by David Foster Wallace (Hamish Hamilton) discussed by Julia Carlson and Niall MacMonagle.
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Off The Shelf 3rd March 2012. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language by David Crystal (Oxford) discussed by Selina Guinness and Terence Brown.
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Off The Shelf 18th February 2012. Presenter: Andy...
The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose Vol. IV 1956-62, edited by Edward Mendelson (Princeton) discussed by Eve Patten, Colin Graham and Bill McCormack.
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Off The Shelf 11th February 2012. Presenter: Andy...
The Fear of Barbarians by Tzvetan Todorov (Polity) discussed by Tom Garvin and Ivana Bacik.
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Off The Shelf 28th January 2012. Presenter: Andy...
Listen to This by Alex Ross discussed by Ronan Guilfoyle and Ethna Tinney.
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Off The Shelf 7th January 2012. Presenter: Andy...
Gerry O’Flaherty, Terence Killeen and Anne Fogarty discuss Gordon Bowker’s biography of James Joyce.
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Off The Shelf 10th December 2011. Presenter: Andy...
Whatever Happened to Modernism by Gabriel Josipovici (Yale), discussed by Anne Fogarty and Declan McGonagle.
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Off The Shelf 5th November 2011. Presenter: Andy...
This programme was recorded before the Presidential election campaign. President-Elect Michael D. Higgins, Brigid Laffan and Paul Gillespie discuss Why the West Rules - For Now by Ian Morris (Profile Books).
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Programme 3: Saturday 27th August 2011
Andy O'Mahony talks to Deborah Mattinson, author of Talking to a Brick Wall. Producer: Bernadette Comerford
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Off The Shelf 7th May 2011. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Ita Daly and Tony Roche discuss The Grant Book of the Irish Short Story, edited and with an introduction by Anne Enright.
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Off The Shelf 30th April 2011. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Ronan Fanning and Michael D. Higgins discuss "Conor Cruise O'Brien: Violent Notions" by Diarmuid Whelan.
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Off The Shelf 23rd April 2011. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The Empty Family by Colm Tibn (Viking) discussed by Julia Carlson and Maurice Devlin.
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Off The Shelf 16th April 2011. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Selected Letters of Louis MacNeice discussed by Eve Patten, Derek Hand and Colin Graham.
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Off The Shelf March 25th
Catriona Crowe, Noel Dorr and Ronan Fanning discuss Crisis of Confidence: Anglo Irish relations in the Early Troubles by Anthony Craig.
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Off the Shelf 12th March 2011. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk discussed by Adrian Kenny and Julia Carlson.
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Off the Shelf 5th March 2011. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Joan O'Connor and Frank McDonald discuss Norman Foster: A Life in Architecture: The Authorised Biography by Deyan Sudjic
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Off the Shelf 12th February 2011. Presenter: Andy...
Niall MacMonagle and Julia Carlson discuss "Solar" by Ian McEwan.
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Off the Shelf 5th February 2011. Presenter: Andy...
Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy by Joseph Stiglitz discussed by Brigid Laffan, Joe Durkan and Antoin Murphy
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Off the Shelf 29th January 2011. Presenter: Andy...
Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth by Oliver Hilmes discussed by Ethna Tinney and John Hughes.
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Off the Shelf 27th March 2010
Ireland, Europe and the World by Dan O’Brien discussed by Brigid Laffan, Alan Dukes and Martin Mansergh
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Off the Shelf 27th February 2010. Presenter: Andy...
Selina Guinness and Derek Hand discuss "Love of the World", essays by John McGahern.
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Off the Shelf 20th February 2010. Presenter: Andy...
Mary Raftery and Kevin O'Rourke discuss Famine: A Short History by Cormac Grda.
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Off the Shelf 13th February 2010. Presenter: Andy...
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown discussed by Judith Devlin and Ron Hill.
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Off the Shelf 6th February 2010. Presenter: Andy...
Harold Macmillan by Charles Williams discussed by Ronan Fanning and Charles Lysaght.
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Off the Shelf 30th January 2010. Presenter: Andy...
Eamonn McCann, Mirin de Burca and John A. Murphy discuss The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party by Brian Hanley and Scott Millar.
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Off the Shelf 16 January 2010. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Judging Lemass by Tom Garvin discussed by Mary E. Daly, John Horgan, and Ronan Fanning.
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Off the Shelf 31 October 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on The Quest for Modern Ireland by Bryan Fanning (Irish Academic Press)
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Off the Shelf 24 October 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on "The Triumph of Music " by Tim Blanning (Allen Lane).
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Off the Shelf 3 Oct. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Mary Raftery, Alan Dukes and Brendan Keenan discuss "The Storm" by Vince Cable.
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Off the Shelf 16 May 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on "King Dan: the Rise of Daniel O'Connell, 1775-1829" by Patrick M.Geoghegan (Gill and Macmillan).
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Off the Shelf 9 May 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on Plays and Controversies: Abbey Theatre Diaries 2000-2005 by Ben Barnes.
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Off the Shelf 25 April 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Eunan O'Halpin and Ronan Fanning discuss British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence in Ireland 1916-1945 by Paul McMahon (Boydell Press).
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Off the Shelf 18 April 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Darwin's Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore discussed by Prof. David McConnell and Fr. Brendan Purcell.
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Off the Shelf 7 March 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on The "Times" Great Irish Lives, edited by Charles Lysaght
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Off the Shelf 21st Feb. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on Philip Roth's "Indignation" and Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger".
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Off the Shelf 14th Feb. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on Tony's Ten Years: Memories of the Blair Administration by Adam Boulton.
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Off the Shelf 31 Jan. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Eilan N Chuilleannin, Hugh McFadden and David Norris discuss Leland Bardwell's memoir A Restless Life (Liberties Press).
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Off the Shelf 24 Jan. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music discussed by Ethna Tinney and John Hughes.
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Off the Shelf. 17 Jan. 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on "Beijing Coma", a novel by Ma Jian.
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Off the Shelf 10 Jan. 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on "Redmond the Parnellite" by Dermot Meleady.
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Off the Shelf 27 Dec. 08. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on "The Life and Times of Brian Eno" by David Sheppard.
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Off the Shelf 20 Dec. 08. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Discussion on "Redmond the Parnellite" by Dermot Meleady
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Off the Shelf 3 Jan. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria discussed by Michael D. Higgins and Alan Dukes
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Off the Shelf 13 Dec. 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore discussed by Julia Carlson and Niall MacMonagle
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Off the Shelf 25th October 2009. Presenter: Andy...
Common Wealth by Jeffrey D. Sachs rdiscussed by Patrick Honohan, Mary Raftery and Brendan Keenan
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Off the Shelf 11th October 2008. Presenter: Andy...
A Life of Picasso Vol. 3: by John Richardson discussed by Medb Ruane and Robt. Ballagh
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Off the Shelf 4th Oct. 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Pope Benedict XVI: The Conscience of Our Age: discussed by the author Fr. D. Vincent Twomey and by Fr. Sean Fagan
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Off the Shelf 27 Sept. 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
The Monopoly of Violence: Why Europeans Hate Going to War by James J. Sheehan discussed by Brigid Laffan, Michael D. Higgins and Alan Dukes.
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Off the Shelf 13 September 2008.Presenter:Andy...
Aine Hyland, Dermot Moran and John Coolahan discuss Anton Trant's "Curriculum Matters in Ireland".
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Off the Shelf 20 Sept 2008.Presenter Andy O'Mahony...
Mary O'Donnell and Peter Sirr discuss "Letters of Ted Hughes" edited by Christopher Reid.
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Off the Shelf 6 Sept 08.Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Ethna Tinney, Harry White and Ronan Guilfoyle on The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th century by Alex Ross.
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Off the Shelf. 17th May 2008. Presenter Andy O'Mahony....
Suite Francaise and Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky discussed by Julia Carlson and Niall MacMonagle
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Off the Shelf 8th March 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony....
Paisley: Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland by Steve Bruce (Oxford) reviewed by Arlene Foster, Brian Feeney and Andy Pollak.
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Off the Shelf 16th February 2008
John Connolly and Tom Clonan discuss "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony.
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Off The Shelf Podcast : 06 February 2008
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Off The Shelf Podcast: 30 June 2007
Andy O'Mahony talks to John Waters about "Murder in Amsterdam" by Ian Buruma. Producer: Bernadette Comerford
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Off The Shelf Podcast : 09 June 2007
Gemma Hussey, Mary Corcoran and Brendan Halligan discuss "Causes for Concern" by Michael D. Higgins
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Off The Shelf - 12 May 2007
Writing Lough Derg: by Peggy O'Brien is the book on 'Off the Shelf' this week.
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Off The Shelf Podcast : 14 April 2007
"Writing Lough Derg" by Peggy O'Brien discussed by Nuala N Dhomhnaill, Mark Patrick Hederman OSB and Brian Cosgrove.
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Off The Shelf - 7 April 2007
Fashion rivalry is discussed in the review of the The Beautiful Fall by Alicia Drake.
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Off The Shelf Podcast : 26 March 2007
This week Andy O'Mahony and the panel discuss, "Christianity and Creation: The Essence of the Christian Faith and Its Future Among Religions" by James P. Mackey
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Off The Shelf Podcast : 08 March 2007
This week on Off the Shelf, Ita Daly and John Boland discuss Gore Vidal's memoir "Point to Point Navigation".
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Off The Shelf - 17 February 2007
Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan and Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
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Off The Shelf - 10 February 2007
Ireland since 1939: The Persistence of Conflict by Henry Patterson
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Off The Shelf - 5th February 2007
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
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Off The Shelf -andnbsp;27 January 2007
Niall Ferguson's The War of the World is discussed by Finola Kennedy, Noel Dorr, and Rob Weatherill.
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Off The Shelf - 13 January 2007
Feargal Quinn, Laura Magahy and Niamh Brennanreflect on what the 21st century may mean for businesses and their leaders.
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Off the Shelf - 6th January 2007
Unknown Soldiers: How Terrorism transformed the Modern World by Matthew Carr
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