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Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired...

WINNER OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IRISH BOOK AWARD 2014Paul Durcan never imagined he would be clasped by a woman again, but life is full of surprises! After all, would it...

Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence...

Just thirty, with a well-paid job, no love life and a terrible attitude, the anti-hero of this grim, funny novel smokes four packs of cigarettes a day and writes weird...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE ROGERS WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZEFROM THE MAN BOOKER AND ORANGE PRIZE SHORTLISTED...

Hush, hush, hush. Here comes the Bogeyman...London during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city outwardly in ruins, weakened by exhaustion and rationing. But behind the blackout, the...

Matthew Baxter was almost there. Almost a writer, almost a lover, almost a traveller. He wrote for the Tread Lightly range of travel guides, he loved his boss and he...

In August 1970 Elton John achieved overnight fame after a rousing performance at the Troubadour in Los Angeles; over the next five years he was unstoppable, scoring seven consecutive number...

Harry is a Richard Nixon scholar who leads a quiet, regular life; his brother George is a high-flying TV producer, with a murderous temper.They have been uneasy rivals since childhood.Then...

Few landscapes are as iconic as the islands off the north-western Scottish coast. On the outer edge of the British Isles and facing the Atlantic Ocean, the Hebrides form part...

Michigan, 1985. The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy,...

'The day after I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was standing in the chemist with a basket in my hand, blinking back tears and thinking, "Now what does a...

Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further -...

I must record the facts that have led me to where I am now. So that, when someone reads this, they understand.Sam Hunter's neighbours are pillars of the community, the...

Cass has always wanted to audition as an acrobat for the famous Circus Boat that sails the warm seas of the Longest World. But when her chance is snatched away,...

A deadly compendium of all your favourite feckin' booksDo you know the difference between a bowsie and a cute hoor? Can you sing all the words to 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy'...

Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Here's the REAL skinny on Irish history.Invasions, Emergencies, one Big Rising, all sorts of Troubles; the Siege of Limerick (continuing), Paddy of...

A beautiful collection of specially-commissioned new poems for children of all ages. Includes poems from leading Irish poets: Seamus Heaney, Thomas Kinsella, Maighread Medbh * Paula Meehan * Brendan Kennelly...

'The scream was awful - a horrible desolate cry ... the child led my unresisting brother up the path and further into the tangled garden. Out of my sight.'My name...

The circus has come to town. But it's no ordinary circus, it's Monty's Marvellous Monkey Circus and all the performers are monkeys! All the kids from Budsville are really excited,...

The Irish mix wit and wisdom the way they do whiskey and water, and to the same intoxicating effect.Irish wit is an art form that can be sage, silly, insulting,...

How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position of influence at the highest levels of US and Irish politics.A remarkable firsthand account of an Irish emigrant who began as...

How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position of influence at the highest levels of US and Irish politics.A remarkable firsthand account of an Irish emigrant who began as...

Marion 'Mick' Mulligan is a failed sci-fi author who dreams of escaping his humdrum life. His dreams become nightmares when he is abducted by extraterrestrials and abandoned on a lawless...

On 24 April 1916, as President of the Provisional Government, Patrick Pearse appeared under the GPO Grand Portico on Dublin's O'Connell Street and read aloud the Proclamation of the Irish...

Do you love the taste of Red Lemonade, change into your swimming togs under a towel on the beach or find yourself admiring 'the grand stretch in the evenings'? Then...

A dictionary of over 2,000 Celtic names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. But more than that, it gives the origin and meaning of each...

This condensed history examines why the Great Famine was so catastrophic, and explores its effect on Irish society and culture. It explains the circumstances surrounding the period and addresses issues...

The latest great book from the author of the best-selling 'Eva' and 'Alice & Megan' series.Eva Gordon's great at solving problems, but surely even she can't fix something that went...

Stories inspired by the Boyne Valley from long, long ago, part of an ancient oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation and written down by the Christian monks of...

Bringing the spirit and beauty of Yeats's writing to a whole new young audience!This sumptuously illustrated book complements the carefully selected works of W.B. Yeats, which include poems, stories, a...

What makes an Irish home? Is it the neatly folded wrapping paper saved for another Christmas? Or the pressure cooker that you can't throw out but you haven't used since...

Cass and her best friends, Lex and Nicholas, are the Bubble Street Gang! They investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They've even got their own secret clubhouse.After the...

Book 2 in the Cass and the Bubble Street Gang series! Cass and her best friends, Lex and Nicholas, are the Bubble Street Gang! They investigate crimes, solve mysteries and...

For many, the driving test is their last obstacle to independence, increased job opportunities - even freedom and adventure.For learner drivers preparing for your driving test or international drivers converting...

This gripping audio pack provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century and is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book containing the transcripts...

You don't have to be an eccentric obsessive to be a scientist, but it helps...In The Mad Science Book, Reto Schneider tells the extraordinary tales of 100 of the more...

A whole family has been murdered with a pickaxe. They were old Danner the farmer, an overbearing patriarch, his put-upon devoutly religious wife, and their daughter Barbara Spangler, whose husband...

Great Irish Speeches contains 50 of the most stirring and memorable speeches in Irish history. From the political oratories of Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera to...

How well do you know yourself? This question is fundamental to the core of personality assessment. Using the psychometric tests in this book you can learn more about yourself than...

Each spread in "The Graveyard Guide" features a different category of fantastical creatures, such as skeletons, ghosts, zombies, or werewolves - or a supernatural setting, such as a haunted house...