Bibliomaniac

Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince’s stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided he would ins …

The Irish Assassins

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ONE OF THE TIMES’ BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2021’The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar, but Kavanagh recounts it with a great sense of drama… Kavanagh’s account reminds me of the very b …

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When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her so …

Gilligan

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John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise …

The Butchers

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***WINNER of the 2021 RSL Ondaatje Prize***’I binged it like a Netflix show… It’s stunning’ Luke Kennard, author of The Transition______________________________A photograph is hung on a gallery wall …

Why the Germans Do it Better

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***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***BOOK OF THE YEAR IN GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST & NEW STATESMAN’Excellent and provocative… a passionate, timely book.’ Sunday Times’A fine new book… thoughtful, deeply rep …

Keep Your Eyes on Me

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· · A NUMBER ONE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER · ·’Pacey and exciting and totally joyous.’ Jo Spain, author of The Confession________________________You won’t be able to look awayWhen Vittoria Devine and Lil …

In Bed with the Blueshirts

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The definitive inside account of the 2016-20 coalition government.Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts, the crises when the coalition came clo …

The Monk

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On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law – and won. …

The Lost Lights of St Kilda

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RNA HISTORICAL ROMANCE AWARD 2021**LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2020*’Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot’ Katie FfordeChrissie Gillies c …

Fifty Years On

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In 1969, an eruption of armed violence traumatized Northern Ireland and transformed a period of street protest over civil rights into decades of paramilitary warfare by republicans and loyalists. In t …

The Regency Revolution

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Shortlisted for the HWA Non-fiction Crown Award 2020’Superb’ The Economist’Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising’ New York TimesThe fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain – an im …

Britain by Numbers

A beautiful, compelling and eye-opening guide to the way we live in Britain today.______________How much more do we drink than we should? Why do immigrants come here? How have house prices changed in …

Unnatural

From the Irish bestselling author of Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan comes a short story about modern love, old-fashioned values and a new-born calf.____________________________While the country gears up …

Sylvan Cities

Sylvan City is a potted-journey through our cities’ woody places and a literary hunt for where their wild things are.Reviews for Sylvan Cities:’Clever, pretty, fun and informative – what more can a re …

Why We Get the Wrong Politicians

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Winner at the 2018 Parliamentary Book AwardsShortlisted for the 2018 Waterstones Book of the YearLonglisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019____________Daily Telegraph’s Best Books of the Year, 2018Guardian …