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-a selection of books that reflect our modern world.

  • The Dead

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    The greatest short story in an exquisite hardback gift edition. With a new introduction by the award-winning and bestselling Irish author Nuala O’C...

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  • An Alternative Irish Christmas

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    Celebrate the darker season with new stories and essays from the best and most exciting Irish writers. When shadows grow longer, when expectation w...

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  • Gallivanting With Words - How the Irish Speak English

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    Take a language road trip across the island of Ireland, from Cork to Connemara, uncovering the sayings, slaggings and the side-eye humour that shap...

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  • They Say It Might Rain

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    Ah, the Irish weather, our favourite icebreaker, daily obsession, and eternal mystery. We talk about it, plan around it, and love to complain about...

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  • Public Library And Other Stories

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    In Public Library and Other Stories, Ali Smith invites us to explore what happens when the spaces dedicated to books, the public library, the commu...

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  • Holy Show - Contemporary Irish Life & Culture, Issue 7

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    This is the seventh edition of Holy Show magazine, covering contemporary life and culture in Ireland as seen through the eyes of Irish artists. Hol...

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  • Ireland in Iceland book cover with green spine, and old illustration of 3 men in a rowing boat on water

    Ireland in Iceland - Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land

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    In this vividly illustrated exploration, Manchán Magan uncovers the overlooked influence of the Irish in Iceland—monks, settlers, storytellers, and...

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  • Ireland's Curious Places book cover showing a grand and old roof covered toll bridge on a road though a forest

    Ireland's Curious Places

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    Discover the quirky and hidden gems of Ireland. Take and unforgettable journey off the beaten track, through ancient landscapes with forgotten trad...

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  • The Secret Life of Leinster House

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    If you've ever wanted to know what is it like to run for election: the the almost constant abuse, the cut-throat competition from their rivals – an...

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  • Yoga for Stiff Birds book. Pink cover with drawing of a black bird with orange beak in a downward yoga pose

    Yoga for Stiff Birds

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    A yoga book for birds of all feathers. Experience the benefits of yoga with bestselling and award-winning artist, Marion Deuchars. She believed yog...

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  • Dublin, Written in Our Hearts

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    Specially commissioned for this year's One Dublin One book - Dublin Written in Our Hearts is an Anthology of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry about...

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  • BLIND BOY BOATCLUD TOPOGRAPHIA HIBERNICA BOOK COVER WHITE WITH LIGHT BLUE PATTERN OF TREES AND BIRDS

    Topographia Hibernica - Paperback

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    There are few writers like Blindboy, and this book is one that is hard to describe. Absorbing and hard to put down, it is packed full of stories an...

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  • Eatopedia

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    The third book in the series on the Natural world from illustrator Ania Bestaed, Eatopedia is encyclopedia of how animals eat, digest and poo. Food...

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  • Upcycled Beauty

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    Let cult skincare brand UpCircle show you how to make your own zero-waste balms, masks, butters, bath bits, oils, scrubs and ices with everyday nat...

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  • Weird Ireland - An Unofficial Guide to the Island.

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    This book is a fascinating look at modern folklore. All around Ireland, there are frankly weird phenomena: singing walls, fairy rings, holy wells, ...

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  • Mushroom Magic bookcover grey with two pale orange oyster mushrooms

    Mushroom Magic - An illustrated introduction to fascinating fungi

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    Mushrooms have existed for millennia, and have always fascinated us. We've used them  for food, medicine, and expanding our consciousness. Fungi ha...

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  • The Irish Words You Should Know

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    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...

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  • The History of Information

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    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...

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  • Windfall - Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Connect

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    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...

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  • Asylum - inside Grangegorman

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

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  • cover of book. green background with four white rectangular text boxes- going vertically down the page, highlighted with orange surrounding. each of the four boxes has one of the following words in a different black font- the/ irish/ insult/ generator

    Irish Insult Generator

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    Is he a shitehawk or a messer? A gombeen or a dope? Take the decision-making out of your trash talk and fire out hilarious one-line insults left, r...

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  • Motherfocloir: Dispatches from a not so Dead Language

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    Based on the hilarious Twitter feed @theirishfor, Motherfocloir, by Darach o Seaghdha, is an incredibly funny book about the Irish language. Featur...

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    An Irish Word A Day

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    365 ways to speak Irish everyday. Each day brings a new word or phrase, wrapped in a little story to help it stick. Start your morning naming your ...

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    Mouse Machine - Rob Ives Paper Animation Kits

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    These Paper Animation Kits from Rob Ives are a great project for a rainy day. There's step by step instructions cutting, folding and assembly, and ...

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