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The Dictionary of Hiberno-English is the leading reference book on Hiberno-English - the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland. It connects the spoken and the written language, and is...

The Irish language has thirty-two words for field. Among them are:Geamhar - a field of corn-grassTuar - a field for cattle at nightReidhlean - a field for games or dancingCathairin...

Redemption is the fifth heart-pounding Memory Man thriller from number one international bestseller David Baldacci.FBI consultant Amos Decker returns to the scene of a family tragedy, and is confronted by...

Has DCI Jack Logan finally met his match?When a blood-soaked old man is spotted wandering through a sleepy fishing village in the far north of Scotland, his neighbours think he's...

Major John MacBride, who was Born in Westport, County Mayo in 1868, was a household name in Ireland when many of the leaders of the Easter Rising were still relatively...

'An essential book about the transformative power of a grounded spiritual life' Jack Canfield, internationally bestselling author of Chicken Soup for the Soul'This wonderful blend of science and spirituality provides...

Another blockbuster from bestseller Erica James - set beside the sea in idyllic Pembrokeshire.Angel Sands is a traditional seaside resort of bed and breakfasts, cottages to let and teashops. And...

Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. Michel is a molecular biologist, a thinker and idealist, a man with no erotic life to speak of...

When the honeymoon is over, real life begins...Newly married Debbie is at her wits' end about her and Bryan's mounting debts, but there's no way he's going to stop living...

The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules:...

A major film starring Brie Larson, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTAShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and a Richard...

Meet the Kings of Sin . . .The must-read billionaire romance from the bestselling author of the Twisted series. 'Get ready for all the spice, all the build-up and all...

Coming soon to Disney+! Half boy. Half God. ALL Hero. Normally when you turn sixteen you get a really cool present. But, being sixteen and the son of Poseidon can...

Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. When she decides she wants a living wake - a party to bring her family and...

'Thrilling from beginning to end - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Absorbing and fast-paced' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'Excellent - domestic noir in all its darkest shades' CARA HUNTERThe...

The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country - beautifully illustrated...

'We asked listeners to be honest, creative, funny, engaging and evocative in their writing ... to try to make us laugh, cry and think. We never imagined we would get...

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most important...

The full-career autobiography from one of Ireland's greatest ever jockeysFrom Davy Russell's early life in Youghal to his winning ride on Tiger Roll in the 2018 Grand National, this book...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is broke and out of love. His wife has gone to America, taking his daughter with him; his mother has become a celebrity chef on daytime television, with...

A year after the devastating events that took place in Fool Me Once, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce's college days comes back to haunt him. Present day is...

CHOSEN BY GAIL HONEYMAN ON BBC RADIO 4 A GOOD READ'Sad, funny and full of charm - a delight' Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineThe 1980s: Ten-year-old...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEA debut linked story collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny fiction from Mexico.Life's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even...

The sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow, shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 'Superb.' The Times'Utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail'A joy to read.' Sunday Times'The ultimate page-turner.' Irish IndependentOn the...

* Winner of the Costa First Novel Award * No.1 Sunday Times bestseller * Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon 'Funny, touching and unpredictable' Jojo...

'A realistic approach to positive thinking' Sunday TimesDo you want to be better at pursuing goals, grasping opportunities and facing set-backs? Do you want to FLOURISH?Psychologist Maureen Gaffney believes that...

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, SUPERWORM, is now available in an appealing read-alone format. Never fear, Superworm's here! He can fish Spider out of a well, and...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.' Dramatic...

A breath-taking psychological suspense about obsession and dangerous love. The new edition of Too Late from the TikTok phenomenon and #1 bestselling author of Verity. Sloan will go through hell...

From the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling: a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town.When Adela...

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks-the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. 'Sully' Sullenberger-the pilot who miraculously...

An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home. The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond, Virginia's Deep Water Terminal...

Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered. Against her own judgement and...

Frank Delage, a middle-aged Australian, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. He has invented a revolutionary piano and means to market it to the grand old world...

Barrowland: A Glasgow Experience charts the amazing resurrection of the legendary rock concert venue from its humble beginnings as a popular Glasgow dance hall through its commercial decline in the...

Nina Findlay, alluring, accomplished, deluded, always the heroine of her own life, has found an irresistible safety in being adored by two men, brothers she's known since childhood. But when...

As a young girl Alice Carey came to realise that `home' can mean different things. The only child of Irish immigrants to New York in search of a better life,...

Derry~Londonderry has a distinctive cultural history which reflects its unique position in the history of Ireland. This ground-breaking book examines three centuries of music and theatre in the city highlighting...