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Irish Contemporary Biography
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Jen's Journey (Hardback)€22.99
Jen shares her remarkable story as well as the recipes and habits that have led to her 12-stone weight loss.
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And a Bang on the Ear: Reclaiming My Life After a Brain Injury€17.99
Part investigative tale, part time capsule, And a Bang on the Ear sees Philip painstakingly piece together the events that led up to, and followed, the accidental clash of heads that left him in a coma before waking up to 30 years of pain and paralysis. Full of hope and humour, rage and rehabilitation, this is an autobiography unlike any other.
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Under Water: How holding my breath taught me to live€18.99
Under Water is Claire’s candid and captivating story of how holding her breath taught her to live.
SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Sports Book of the Year
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Finding My Wild: How a Move to the Edge Brought Me Home€16.99
After moving back to her homeplace on the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal with her young family, journalist Kathy Donaghy’s life changed in ways she never saw coming.
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Unlocked : An Irish Prison Officer's Story€13.99
McDonald dealt with notorious household names like John Gilligan, Christy Kinahan, Brian Meehan, Dessie O'Hare and, more recently, killers like Graham Dwyer, in his average working day.
BOOKS OF THE MONTH
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A Woman in Defence : A Soldier's Story of the Enemy Within the Irish Army€18.99
Despite a pioneering career, Karina Molloy faced many setbacks in an institution rife with misogyny - from sexual assault to routine bullying to promotional glass ceilings. And yet she persevered.
SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Biography of the Year
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OMP: O'Mahony Pike Architects (Hardback)€39.99
OMP is widely recognised for having developed serious expertise in diverse fields over five decades, including urban planning, housing and off-site construction. This book is a fitting record of an architectural practice that is building towards a sustainable future for Ireland’s towns and cities
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Tales from the Ivory Tower€19.99
Far from a typical memoir, Tales from the Ivory Tower is sometimes sad, often happy, sometimes humorous, sometimes earnest and mostly true, and it offers an elegiac view of things Ireland needs but may not quite deserve.
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Bono: Surrender - 40 Songs, One Story (Hardback)€29.99
Writing with candour, self-reflection, and humour, Bono opens the aperture on his life - and the family, friends and faith that have sustained, challenged and shaped him.
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The Moderator: Inside Facebook’s Dirty Work in Ireland€19.99
As a Facebook moderator, Chris Gray made a living looking at graphically violent images and reviewing some of the internet’s most toxic debates...