Nonfiction

This guidebook will provide detailed information on nearly 100 museums and galleries in Ireland, North and South. Each listing will include information on the museum's history and background, its most...

Nearing 70, and in what would be the last decade of his life, H.G. Wells fell in love at least three times - once with the much younger Baroness Budberg,...

Irish writer Eilis Ni Dhuibhne has produced over 20 books since 1988: novels in English and Irish, short stories (predominantly in English), drama (predominantly in Irish), and children's/young adult fiction...

During the four years of research in the national archives and presidential libraries, William Doyle unearthed scores of White House tape recordings, videotapes and transcripts, many never before published. He...

This title presents battle uniforms, personal equipment, insignia and weapons of the infantrymen of the Great War illustrated in detail. Original surviving uniforms, harness and weapons - assembled from rare...

Today, innovation is essential for the development, and even for the survival of businesses, and can be influential in a number of areas. Innovation is the result of a voluntary,...

The Barony of Castleknock lies six miles from Dublin on the Navan Road. Its first castle was built by the Norman Hugh Tyrel and it was the rallying point for...

Written with full co-operation of Michael Foot, the former Labour party leader, to whom she was married for 50 years prior to her death in 1999, this biography of the...

In Rory MacLean's groundbreaking debut travel book, Winston the pig drops on to Uncle Peter's head and kills him dead. Unwilling to be left alone in her house Aunt Zita,...

Eddie Hobbs has never been one to shy away from a challenge and his advice is that you shouldn't either! When the oil that we depend reaches scary prices, our...

Managing performance is a critical focus of HR activity. Well-designed strategies to recognise and improve performance and focus individual effort can have a dramatic effect on bottom-line results. The problem...

When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first man-made explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel...

From the nightlife of Glasgow to the peaceful calm of the Western Isles, this travel guide to Scotland provides the reader with up-to-date commentary, advice and reviews. There is reliable...

Bonsai is both an art and a craft. It can be learned by novice gardeners and turned into a satisfying hobby, whether the plants are grown in the garden or...