Iphoto albums have disappeared

Somehow I have lost several albums from iPhoto on my Macbook. But these albums are still showing up on my iPad although I can't import the photos because they were originally taken with a camera.
I therefore wondered if there was any way to copy the albums back from my iPad to my Macbook, as the sync option in iTunes seems only for copying from iPhoto to my iPad and not the other way around
Any assistance would be very much appreciated
Many thanks in advance
Bernard

If the photos are not visible in the library nor their thumbnails try this:
Start over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
2. Open the library package like this.
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3. Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
4. Drag the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
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This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects. Check to see if the missing Events are there. If not then you can delete the new library and revert back to your current library which will be untouched or changed in the process.
I forgot to ask if you have a backup of the library from before this problem started? If so bring it back and open with iPhoto and let iPhoto rebuild it to the latest version as required.

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