society and culture

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...

High Society explores the proliferation of mind-altering substances both around the world and throughout history. Cultural historian Mike Jay discu...

This updated version of the classic Hegarty on Advertising discusses how John Hegarty's career coincided with the rise of the advertising agency. W...

Edible is a food adventure exploring 70 sustainable plants that are changing how we eat. While you might not find most of these in your local super...

A life long hiker, Roz Purcell grew up at the foot of Sliabh Na mBan in Tipperary, which was her childhood playground and escape from the jobs on t...

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

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...

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

The Late Night Writers Club sees a talented, but rather annoying, writer struggle through writer's block to complete his first novel. Tortured by h...

A delight to the eyes, this beautifully laid out book is a catalogue of ways on how to use garden produce to provide food all year round. It steps ...

The terrifying effects of a warming planet are as impossible to ignore as they are hard to contemplate, making it hard at times to pick through the...

The words gathered in these pages, matched with evocative illustrations by Steve Doogan, should leave you with no uncertainty about the poetry, wis...

Does anything beat jumping into the sea as the sun rises over Dublin Bay? I think not. From The Forty-foot to Seapoint, sea swimming has seen a rea...

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...

Wabi Sabi is a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth a...

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

Discover the inner sanctum of Freemason's Hall, see Napoleon's toothbrush, marvel at a hoax plaque hidden in plain sight on O'Connell Bridge, try G...

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

Kawaii, meaning cute or adorable, is an aesthetic closely associated with Japanese culture. It came to prominence in the 1970's and has remained po...

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

A collection of 36 curious stories about overlooked aspects of Irish history told in a very entertaining style, you'll definitely learn a thing or ...

In this witty, iconoclastic book, the bestselling author Fintan O'Toole challenges how we tend to interpret Shakespeare's tragedys. Originally publ...

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 ...