Douglas is born into wealth, privilege, and comfort. His father a superstar, his mother a beautiful socialite, his grandfather a legend. But by the age...
On RTÉ's The Meaning of Life, Gay Byrne has spoken with public figures about these questions and many others.
***Includes a new foreword by Gary Lineker about football in lockdown*** Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 'Lineker is nearly as good a presenter...
The Sunday Times bestseller FEATURED ON THE DELICIOUSLY ELLA PODCAST We're all on a search for happiness, but we're looking in the wrong places. Everyone...
In his trademark straight-talking, no-nonsense style Mark Webber reveals his amazing life on and off the Formula One race track in Aussie Grit. Mark Webber...
Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre,...
A study of one of Ireland's most respected writers of the twentieth century, complete with bibliography.
Full of the true-life stories of scientists and innovators who have shaped our society and how we see the world around us, this book puts...
Cavan's Charlie Gallagher was the George Best of Gaelic football in the swinging sixties - good looking, talented and worshipped by GAA fans all over...
WINNER OF THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'I...
Powell writes of his difficulties as well as the triumphs that marked his rise from a boyhood in the Bronx to the rank of four-star...
The biography of author John Broderick, whose powerful Balzacian novels of life in the Irish midlands, were banned for their depictions of Irish sexuality and...
Everybody Matters Moving memoir from the first female President of Ireland, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. Full description
Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for...
The frozen land of Antarctica is not for ordinary people but Tom Crean was no ordinary man. Tom explored the unknown, crossed ice fields and...
From the bestselling author of Girlhood, an examination of celibacy as well as the solitude, the freedoms and the feminist heroes discovered along the way...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 600-618) and index. Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, c1966.
A RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK' Sometimes it's hard to be a woman and sometimes it's time to be a hard woman . ....
A biography of Grace Kelly, an American actress who later became the Princess of Monaco and died in a car crash in 1982.
'The only wise prediction to make about a new Brian Moore novel is that it will be unpredictable and wise,' wrote Christopher Ricks reviewing BLACK...
'Wonderfully funny, utterly charming and sharp as all Hell' SARAH MILLICAN 'Tom Allen is one of the funniest comedians in the UK, the best dressed...
Features photographs of the author's pet coonhound Maddie as they road trip all over the United States, including Maddie standing on a horse, Maddie standing...
A biography of the Little Flower supplemented by imagery depicting the Thérèse's life and the world in which she lived.
'The greatest Gaelic footballer of all time.' Pat Spillane When Colm Cooper retired from inter-county football in 2017, he left behind a remarkable legacy. The...
The author relates his work with dogs in mountain search and rescue, drowned victim recovery, collapsed structure searching, and optical disc and drug detection situations...
Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, has become one of Britain's most popular politicians; a woman who evokes immense personal empathy among politicians...
'Utterly engrossing and timely' INDIA KNIGHT 'A true act of bravery and sisterhood' ELIZABETH DAY 'Fascinating...truly valuable' JULIA SAMUEL 'I gobbled this book up. It's...
This memoir will make you question our definition of the "perfect life", laugh at the absurdity of the modern workplace and be warmed by the...
The ultimate Queen's bible written by Australian blogger Constance Hall.
Daniel Mattson once believed he was gay. Raised in a Christian family, and aware of attractions to other boys at age six, Mattson's life was...
In this “vivid…lovely and inviting” (The New York Times) coming-of-age memoir—the “best piece of nature writing since H Is for Hawk” (Neil Gaiman)—a young man...
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most...
A classic of mountaineering literature, this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the most legendary and...
ONE WOMAN. 140 NEEDY CHILDREN. A FOSTER MOTHER'S INSPIRING LIFE STORY. Rio Hogarty has always opened her home and her heart to children in need....
Includes index.
