Books

Sardines, chickpeas, lentils, oats, tahini - these are the kinds of ingredients that tend to hang around in your cupboard for ever looking lonesome...

You are now Family. There will be bread and salt between us. This phrase used as a welcome in the Lebanon, symbolises the act of breaking bread tog...

Revisiting the characters of the boy, the penguin and the star from Oliver Jeffers earliest books, this heart warming story is all about finding a ...

Broadcaster and talking head Hector's thesis is that when you speak in Irish, every word is a tiny poem. This very loving look at the intricacies a...

This labour of love from author Chris Haughton uses the lens of information to explain why the world is like it is. His beautifully illustrated an...

They say money makes the world go around, but just exactly why is that? Where did it come from, why was it invented and why do we let it have so mu...

Continuing the excellent Blasta series, we have Agak-agak (pronounced aga-aga, with a silent k) is a Malaysian saying that means ‘guess-guess’ or ‘...

Pickles make everything better. Cooking is all about balancing basic flavour profiles- sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami and adding contrast, turni...

Seed to Supper takes you through every stage of food’s journey from its start as a seed in the soil to the table via the kitchen and everything – a...

Listen to and learn to identify our most loved garden birds with this clever interactive book. There are 12 bird songs recorded as well as informat...

The Dictionary wishes she could tell a story just like the other books do. One day she decides to bring her words to life. While she's delighted th...

The Irish explores the lives of over forty men and women who travelled from Irish shores all over the world and played a profound role in world his...

With a grungy, vintage letterpress vibe, the letters irresistibly recall the age of print newspapers - and the collection includes type ornaments, ...

When regular words just won't do it, sometimes the best way to connect is through poetry, and that's exactly what this lovingly assembled book of...

This lovely reprint of What to Draw and How to Draw it, was apparently the book that first got Walt Disney into drawing. Originally printed in 1913...

Full of inspiration for the amazing adventures you can have in Ireland, the Great Irish Bucket List gives you 101 choices of things to do around Ir...

I find the point of most cookbooks is inspiration, and while I own and look at lots of them, rarely do they actually change what I cook on the regu...

Johnny Marr is the ultimate Musician's Musician. In this amazing comprehensive and beautifully illustrated catalogue of his guitars he tells the st...

In 1814, the Richmond Lunatic Asylum at Grangegorman in Dublin started an extraordinary programme of asylum building across Ireland, aimed at allev...

This warm, practical and witty book by Philippa Perry delves into relationships and the quality of those connections in this practical guide to eva...

Masarap, which means tasty in Tagalog, the Filipino language, explores all things tasty in this, the 8th book from the Blasta book series.  Richie ...

A delightfully fun little book, Irish Kitchen Cocktails is packed tot he brim of recipes that are colourful, testy and very accessible.  There's no...

This beautifully compiled and illustrated cookbook contains a tasty array of recipes that aim to show you how to get the very most out of your vege...

 Social media has been shaping the lives of millions here in Ireland, and billions around the world over the last 3 decades. As each new platform h...