Books Under €20

The laugh-out-loud Tom Gates is back in another brilliant instalment of Liz Pichon's bestselling illustrated series. Sometimes making up my mind isn't easy to do. Especially when my grumpy sister...

A classic thriller from Jack Higgins, the undisputed master of adrenalin packed adventure and the bestselling author of 'The Eagle has Landed' It's 1963 and the eve of John F.Kennedy's...

Get ready to go on an adventure with Detective Pikachu! The official story of the movie.On the neon streets of Ryme City, people live in harmony alongside Pokemon: a diverse...

Little Woody Swope was gravely ill. Treatment was possible, if painful. But his parents, members of a bizarre sect called the Touchers, threatened to take him out of hospital. Then...

'Steaming hot chick lit ... Murphy is a laugh-out-loud, talented and insightful writer' Irish IndependentSome Girls Do is a witty, sexy and warm-hearted serving of contemporary fiction that will have...

The Fratricides is about internecine strife in a village in the Epirus during the Greek civil war of the late 1940s. Many of the villagers, including Captain Drakos, son of...

In this blistering sequel to the bestselling cult sensation, "John Dies at the End", our heroes find that books and movies about zombies may have triggered a zombie apocalypse, despite...

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quiakides once turned his back on the League - and has been hunted by them ever since. Though many have tried, none can kill him or stop...

This smart, provocative book reveals how Useful Art is changing the world. Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead? In this cutting-edge book, John...

Groan Teethgrit and Gordo Goldeaxe have looted one village too many, and now the Lords of Illmoor are baying for their blood. Can Duke Modeset, exiled Lord of Dullitch, devise...

This book features urban attractions as well as scenic country drives which retrace the Oregon Trail. It offers practical tips for travellers of every budget and in forms readers of...

'Every aspiring or published writer should have a copy' - Good Book Guide'A mellower, more considered guide to contacts and markets... For the unpublished novelist, The Writer's Handbook must be...

The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's...

Let Marco Polo Crete guide you around this beautiful Greek island. Explore Crete with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the island's...

Andrew Jamieson notes that only two species of mammal have an extensive, post-reproductive life: killer whales - whose elders can sniff out food for their pods - and Homo sapiens....

A charming gift for anyone prone to insomnia'The dilemma my friends suppose me to be in,' writes the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 'has, for its two horns, the...

We may spend years mastering the external world - acquiring degrees, advancing careers, building families - without ever turning inwards to make sense of the person orchestrating it all: ourselves.This...

A strong relationship isn't the product of magic or luck. It grows through the small, repeated acts of honesty, vulnerability and humour we are brave enough to share. Yet even...

As a trainee doctor, Andrew Lees was enthralled by his mentors: esteemed neurologists who combined the precision of mathematicians, the scrupulosity of entomologists and the solemnity of undertakers in their...

A good life is the result of good decisions. However, we seldom accord the business of decision-making the careful attention it requires. When faced with a major decision, we lack...

"See yourself in the movies!" Prior to the advent of the home movie camera and the ubiquitousness of the camera phone, there was the local film. This cultural phenomenon, produced...

A Spectator Best Book of the Year'There are three rules for writing a novel,' Somerset Maugham once said. 'Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.'So how to bring characters to...

Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893 1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the...

Ideas of national identity, nationalism and transnationalism are now a central feature of contemporary film studies, as well as primary concerns for film-makers themselves. Embracing a range of national cinemas...

Around the world the foundations of democracy, freedom, civil liberties are being eroded - what can be done?Are we living through the end of the democratic moment? While democracy once...

Evening draws in; families reunite, fires are lit, curtains snapped shut. But what is hiding in the shadows beyond the warm living-room glow, where the light won't reach? And what...