Books

Swiss surrealist artist HR Giger (1940–2014) achieved international fame in 1979 for designing the fantastic creatures and eerie environments that terrified moviegoers in Ridley Scott’s science fiction film Alien. 

The idea of place runs like a river through the life and works of the poet and playwright W.B. Yeats. This book focuses on his time in Dublin, London, Sligo and elsewhere in the west of Ireland, embracing the homes, landscapes and people that impacted his life and stimulated his vast body of work.

Whether you are an experienced swimmer or just starting to discover the joy of wild dips, this comprehensive guide will inspire you to discover new Irish locations for swimming, diving and snorkelling.

April Ashley was a trailblazing figure in the history of transgender rights and advocacy. Born in 1935 in Liverpool, Ashley was assigned male at birth, but knew from a young age that she identified as a woman. 

Over the course of seven difficult years Miriam Mulcahy lost her mother, father and sister, each grief threatening to drown her. . .

SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Lifestyle Book of the Year

The Number One Global Sensation.

This is one hell of a story. It's just not hers to tell . . . 

How well do you know your friends? Four friends on the holiday of a lifetime. Until a vicious murder shatters their paradise. 

Sheila O'Flanagan's new novel tells a compelling and thought-provoking story about two strong women, one complicated man, and the secrets and dreams that draw them together - with explosive consequences .

'We're mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a flash, we can reach the edge of the universe, or tunnel into a quark, or swim within a star-core... We're as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring.

The Fourth novel in the record breaking bestselling Thurday Murder Club series.

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club.