GILL BOOKS AUTUMN–WINTER 2017 NEW BOOKS CALENDAR
TITLE ISBN HB PB E AUTHOR
AUGUST WELCOME TO THE GILL BOOKS In Sight of Yellow Mountain 9780717178780 • • Philip Judge
Bully-Proof Kids 9780717175420 • • Stella O’Malley CATALOGUE OF NEW BOOKS
Simplex 4 9780717178971 • Mary O’Brien
The National Gallery of Ireland Diary 2018 9780717178995 • Books are back!
SEPTEMBER We never really believed they’d gone away, but it’s certainly great to This Book is Worth €25,000 9780717175635 • • Karl Deeter & Charlie Weston read reports of the resurgence of the printed book and of destination By Time Is Everything Revealed 9780717170982 • • Fiann Ó Nualláin bookshops.
Ciara’s Diary 9780717178896 • • Ciara King In the crazy times we’re living in, perhaps it’s more important than ever Oh My God What a Complete Aisling 9780717175536 • • Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen that we can turn to a book to gain solace, perspective and balance. Francis Brennan’s Book of Household Management 9780717175529 • • Francis Brennan
Cook Well, Eat Well 9780717175642 • Rory O’Connell Barack Obama* said that books were invaluable to him during his presidency, that they helped him ‘slow down and get perspective’ and Boy Wonder 9780717178926 • • Dave Hannigan gave him ‘the ability to get in somebody else’s shoes’. The Ascent 9780717175505 • • Barry Ryan
Irishisms 9780717175512 • Ronan Moore We hope this season’s books can be there for you, whether you’re
Michael Murphy’s Book of Dreams 9780717179176 • • Michael Murphy looking to:
The Good Fight 9780717175727 • • Jim McDowell • ENGAGE WITH IT. Caitríona Perry, Blindboy and Frank Connolly’s OCTOBER books offer unique perspectives on the times we’re living in. The President’s Glasses 9780717175390 • Peter Donnelly
Cornflakes for Dinner 9780717179039 • • Aidan Comerford • ESCAPE FROM IT. In Sight of Yellow Mountain, Oh My God, What A A Time to Risk All 9780717175611 • • Clodagh Finn Complete Aisling and Andrea Hayes’ Dog Tales will help you get away NAMA-land 9780717175475 • • Frank Connolly from it all. DeValera: Rise 1882-1932 9780717155866 • • David McCullagh
Pigín of Howth Audio + CD Edition 9780717179893 • Kathleen Watkins, illustrated • GO INWARDS. Francis Brennan, Michael Murphy and Fiann Ó by Margaret Anne Suggs Nualláin are all here to help make your life more meaningful. Dog Tales 9780717179480 • • Andrea Hayes The M Word 9780717169788 • • Maia Dunphy In addition, we hope you’ll find plenty of gorgeous gifts for friends How to Deal with Poxes (on a daily basis) 9780717179466 • Aoife Dooley and family this season. After all, if books are back, you’ll be giving the Neven Maguire’s Perfect Irish Christmas 9780717179107 • Neven Maguire hottest accessory around. The Rory’s Stories Guide to the GAA 9780717179251 • • Rory O’Connor In America 9780717179534 • • Caitríona Perry The Gill Books Team The Gospel According to Blindboy 9780717178872 • • Blindboy Boatclub
NOVEMBER Foclóiropedia 9780717175543 • Fatti and John Burke *Check out p.9 for another fabulous president. Waterford Whispers News 9780717179503 • • Colm Williamson 3 HUMOUR/ CURRENT AFFAIRS/ FICTION POLITICS
OCTOBER NOVEMBER 304 PP 240PP
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WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES UK AND IRELAND 9780717178872 9780717179534
€22.99 £19.99 €19.99 £17.99
The Gospel In America According to CAITRÍONA PERRY Blindboy BLINDBOY AUTHOR BOATCLUB Caitríona Perry is currently RTÉ’s Washington Correspondent. She has won THE FUNNY MAN WITH THE PLASTIC BAG YOU KNOW WHY PEOPLE DIDN’T VOTE FOR AUTHOR awards for her television DONALD TRUMP - NOW FIND OUT WHY ON HIS HEAD REVEALS AN ASTOUNDING and radio reportage, SOME PEOPLE DID Blindboy Boatclub is LITERARY TALENT including a Justice Media Ireland’s foremost satirist Merit Award for TV News in As RTÉ’s Washington Correspondent, Caitríona Perry and its most original The Gospel According to Blindboy is a surreal and genre- June 2015. She has a degree has earned a reputation as a reliable source of truth comedic voice. As one half defying collection of short stories and visual art exploring in journalism and a master’s of the Rubberbandits, he the myths, complacencies and contradictions at the heart degree in international as we try to make sense of the maelstrom of shocking has released a number of hit of modern Ireland. Covering everything from love and relations from Dublin City headlines emanating from Trump’s America. In her first singles, including the iconic death to sex and politics, it’s pitched halfway between the University, where she was book, she goes beyond the news reports and delves into ‘Horse Outside’ and ‘Dad’s Angelus and Oculus Rift, globalisation and gombeenism. recently named one of the the American heartland where she witnessed the rise of Best Friend’ (featured on the university's distinguished soundtrack to Trainspotting Trump at first hand. Whip-smart and provocative, and animated by the alumni. 2), toured to critical acclaim Bringing to the table the voices of those who voted for both at home and abroad, author’s unmistakably dark wit, it recalls some of the and presented a number nation’s most acclaimed literary voices – such as Flann Trump, Hillary Clinton’s so-called ‘basket of deplorables’, of popular television O’Brien and Kevin Barry – while simultaneously breaking the ones whose opinions didn’t coalesce with acceptable shows, such as RTÉ’s new and exciting ground. Unlike anything else you’re mainstream discourse, Caitríona Perry reveals just what is Rubberbandits’ Guide and going to read this year. really happening in America right now. The Almost Impossible Gameshow. Blindboy has also campaigned in support of numerous social issues, including male mental health.
4 5 CURRENT AFFAIRS/ BIOGRAPHY/ POLITICS HISTORY
OCTOBER OCTOBER 320 PP 560 PP
234 X 156 MM 234 X 156 MM PAPERBACK HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717175475 9780717155866
€16.99 £14.99 €24.99 £22.99
De Valera: NAMA-land Rise 1882- FRANK CONNOLLY 1932
AUTHOR DAVID MCCULLAGH Frank Connolly is one of Ireland’s most distinguished A LANDMARK BIOGRAPHY OF THE PIVOTAL investigative journalists HOW IRELAND’S PROPERTY CRISIS HELPED AUTHOR FIGURE IN MODERN IRISH HISTORY and the author of the CREATE A NEW ELITE acclaimed bestseller Tom David McCullagh is the No man had a greater influence on Ireland’s twentieth The National Asset Management Agency was created in author of The Reluctant Gilmartin: The Man Who century than Éamon de Valera. His legacy lives on Brought Down a Taoiseach. 2009 to contain the spiralling fallout from Ireland’s property Taoiseach, a biography He is currently Head of and banking collapse. Its job was to get the maximum return of John A. Costello, and through Ireland’s constitution as well as ongoing debates Communications at SIPTU. from the sale of assets for the Irish people and help pay down A Makeshift Majority, about nationalism, women’s rights and sovereignty. Irish He is a regular contributor the state’s massive debts. Riven with secrecy and scandal a history of the first political and cultural life remains, to a great extent, a to print and broadcast inter-party government. world of his creation. But while de Valera the statesman, in recent years, however, NAMA has consistently fought off He began working as a media. He lives in Dublin. the rebel, the visionary, has passed over into myth, de accusations of corruption, insider dealing and conflicts of journalist with the Evening interest. Press before joining RTÉ, Valera the man has always felt elusive. where he currently presents Here, in this groundbreaking study, David McCullagh Here, and for the first time, bestselling investigative the broadcaster’s flagship journalist, Frank Connolly, details how mismanagement has current affairs programme, returns to de Valera’s early years, etching a vibrant handed valuable assets belonging to the Irish people to a Prime Time. portrait of a complex and conflicted character, whose small coterie of international venture capitalists and created personal struggles and insecurities would help shape the a vibrant trade in state secrets. Based on exclusive interviews course of Irish history. with a wide range of interested parties, NAMA-land is the The second volume of this seminal study of de Valera’s shocking story of how the sale of public assets conspired to life, De Valera: Rule 1932–1975, will be published in disinherit the Irish people and enrich a new local elite. Autumn 2018.
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OCTOBER NOVEMBER 256 PP 176 PP
197 X 129 MM 245 X 175 MM HARDBACK PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717179251 9780717179503
€12.99 £10.99 €16.99 £14.99
The Rory’s Waterford Stories Guide Whispers to the GAA News RORY O'CONNOR COLM WILLIAMSON AUTHOR
Rory O'Connor is a stand- THE FACEBOOK PHENOMENON MAKES THE AUTHOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL FROM IRELAND'S up comedian and the LEAP TO THIS YEAR’S NO.1 CHRISTMAS Colm Williamson created LEADING ONLINE SATIRICAL SITE mastermind behind the STOCKING FILLER FOR GAA FANS Waterford Whispers Rory's Stories Facebook News in 2009 when he Waterford Whispers News: Newsageddon is the 2017 page, one of the biggest Based on the popular Facebook page, which regularly was unemployed. Though annual from Waterford Whispers News, featuring the social media pages in reaches over 500,000 people, The Rory’s Stories Guide it began as a hobby, his funniest stories from Ireland’s leading satirical website, the country, boasting an to the GAA sends up a certain kind of lad: obsessed with unique brand of topical, audience of hundreds of including the latest on Garda scandals, Donald Trump, distinctly Irish satire thousands – an audience the GAA calendar, his local club and county team above Brexit, Enda Kenny’s departure and Conor McGregor’s quickly attracted thousands so large, in fact, that Rory everything else. of fans. It now has over baby. Follow the diary of a garda recruit in his first year at has toured his material to 570,000 Facebook followers Templemore and find out who the five greatestLate Late sold-out shows as far afield This hilarious guide to the GAA covers it all: bleep tests; and an average of 2 million guests of all time were. as Australia and the Middle post-game hangovers; forty-way WhatsApp conversations; page views on the website East. that lad always doing his hamstring; fair-weather Dub every month. Colm runs Packed with brilliant satire, sharp wit and insightful social supporters; old men who’ve umpired every parish Waterford Whispers News commentary, Ireland’s answer to The Onion is now a game since the Civil War; Marty Morrissey’s forehead; from his home town of worldwide phenomenon and a must-read in an era when ham sandwiches; dirty corner-backs; more hangovers; Tramore in Co. Waterford. the news has never been more unpredictable. impenetrable Kerry accents; weight training followed by ten pints; pretending to understand tactics; lobbing it up to the big lad; prima donna corner-forwards … Infinitely recognisable and laugh-out-loud funny, it’s the perfect gift for GAA fans.
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SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 256 PP 320 PP
216 X 135 MM 234 X 156 MM HARDBACK PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717178896 9780717175536
€14.99 £12.99 €14.99 £12.99
Oh My God, Ciara's Diary What a CIARA KING Complete Aisling AUTHOR EMER MCLYSAGHT Ciara King is one half of & SARAH BREEN the presenting duo behind FOR EVERY GIRL WHO SPENT HER TEENAGE OH MY GOD, IT’S AISLING’S FIRST NOVEL! 2FM’s Chris and Ciara. YEARS DANCING TO ‘MANIAC 2000’ AT THE After spending the past eight years relating her In addition to regularly PARISH DISCO AUTHORS appearing elsewhere on RTÉ adventures to a massive and enthusiastic fanbase online, Emer McLysaght and radio, she’s a contributor The year is 1999. ‘No Scrubs’ rules the airwaves, bootleg Aisling makes the jump to the literary page (what originally of roving reports to DVDs of Cruel Intentions are thrilling crowds of sexually Sarah Breen conceived of Aisling when notions!) in this warm and funny novel about a country TV3’s Six O’Clock Show progressive teens and if you’re not wearing combat trousers and Entertainment.ie. A they shared a flat together girl trying to make her way. with platforms, you’re a nobody. In the midst of this in Stoneybatter. Observing native of Roundstone in Aisling lives down home with her parents, commuting to her Connemara, Ciara’s Diary perplexing world, a girl named Ciara, inspired by her heroes certain traits, characteristics mid-level, pensionable job in Dublin. Two nights a week, she is inspired by her teenage Anne Frank and Aung San Suu Kyi (whose struggles are her and quirks of a very particular type of Irish misadventures. own), begins to document her plight against pushy parents, stays with her boyfriend John, an engineer and confirmed girl they recognised and ‘fine thing’. Life is good, or so it would seem … But Aisling bad shifts and the stubborn non-appearance of boobs. identified with, they set up wants more. She wants the ring on her finger. She wants that Listeners of the Chris and Ciara show on 2FM will be familiar the Facebook page to gather their comical observations road frontage. She wants out of her parents’ house. with presenter Ciara King’s hilarious diary segment, in which and it has since become a When a disastrous trip to Spain turns Aisling’s world she reads cringe-worthy entries from a diary inspired by her phenomenon, taking on a own teenage years. Ciara’s Diary is a laugh-out-loud account life of its own. Like Aisling, upside down, she surprises herself by agreeing to move to of one girl’s formative years, that every girl who came of both are from ‘down the Portobello with stylish Sadhbh and the mysterious Elaine. age around the turn of the millennium will recognise. Fresh, country’. Emer is a former Newly independent and relocated to the big city, life is about editor of The Daily Edge funny and occasionally excruciating, Ciara’s Diary is the to change utterly for this wonderful, strong, surprising and while Sarah is a features funny girl, who just happens to be a complete Aisling. spiritual successor to Adrian Mole, albeit with more shifting. editor for The Gloss Magazine. 10 11 HUMOUR PARENTING/ HUMOUR OCTOBER OCTOBER 208 PP 256 PP 197 X 129 MM 216 X 135 MM HARDBACK HARDBACK WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717179466 9780717169788 €10.99 £9.99 €14.99 £12.99
How to Deal with Poxes The M Word (on a Daily MAIA DUNPHY Basis) AUTHOR AOIFE DOOLEY Maia Dunphy is a blogger, author, broadcaster and AOIFE DOOLEY IS BACK AND SHE IS TAKING television producer. She A BOOK FOR WOMEN WHO HAPPEN TO BE AUTHOR ON THE POXES WHO WRECK YOUR BUZZ ON has written and produced PARENTS illustrations A DAILY BASIS for leading RTÉ comedies Aoife Dooley’s Maia Dunphy is much loved by women everywhere for started as a web series such as Podge and Rodge about life on the northside Aoife Dooley has been called ‘the Ross O’Carroll Kelly of the and Zig and Zag, and has her girl-next-door relatability and a non-judgemental of Dublin. Based on her Northside’, and with her second book she is on an all-Ireland made 12 female-centric curiosity, which brilliantly explores how we live now. own experiences growing mission, hun. There’s been a growing epidemic of poxes and documentaries for RTÉ, As a new mum, her focus has shifted to the pressures up in Coolock, they were buzz-wreckers everywhere and something needs to be done. including What Women of modern motherhood and in her first book she shares first popularised on her Want and Maia Dunphy’s her experiences of dealing with unwanted advice, sleep Instagram account. Her What’s a pox? Oh, you know them. The man on public The Truth About series. deprivation, competitive parenting and dirty nappies. work has been shared by transport who opens a filthy chicken fillet roll beside you She lives between Dublin FM104, SPIN1038, Q102, first thing in the morning, your co-worker who corners you and London with her very Like her incredibly popular blog of the same name, The her.ie and So Sue Me’s modern blended family. in a conversation about their children for half an hour, the blog. It has also featured M Word provides an antidote to the constant judgement in The Irish Times, Stellar people who saunter into a shop at 8.59 pm when it’s closing that being a mother brings. Covering everyday trivialities, magazine, Offset and on The at 9.00 pm … but fear not, Aoife has a solution for every poxy traumas and even occasional moments of parenting bliss, Ray D’Arcy Show. Her first situation. this hilarious and brilliantly observed look at being a mum book, How to Be Massive, provides a dose of light relief for mothers everywhere who was published in 2016. Aoife’s comical, astute observations paired with her brilliant are fed-up with the pressure to do it all whilst running on illustrations make How to Deal with Poxes (on a Daily Basis) two hours’ sleep and wearing baby-puke-covered clothes. a must-have survival guide. Read this and relax, you’re doing fine!
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SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 224 PP 64 PP
229 X 153 MM 265 X 260 MM HARDBACK HARDBACK + FREE CD
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717175529 978 07171 79893
€16.99 £14.99 €16.99/£14.99
Francis Pigín of Brennan's Howth Book and Book of CD Edition Household Management KATHLEEN WATKINS, FRANCIS MOVE OVER MRS BEETON, IT’S TIME FOR ILLUSTRATED THE NO1 PICTURE BOOK OF 2016 RETURNS BRENNAN MR BRENNAN BY MARGARET WITH A DELUXE AUDIOBOOK EDITION – ANNE SUGGS READ BY KATHLEEN WATKINS Sharing all he has learned from running the famously warm AUTHOR and welcoming five-star Park Hotel in Kenmare, Francis Pigín of Howth was the first picture book from the Francis Brennan is a Brennan’s third book contains everything you need to know AUTHORS much-loved Kathleen Watkins, beautifully brought to life national treasure and through Margaret Anne Suggs’ detailed illustrations. to create a happy home. Kathleen Watkins was the the bestselling author of first continuity announcer It’s the Little Things and While modern life can be busy and stressful, a tidy, orderly Now, the first voice ever to be heard on RTÉ (Kathleen to appear on screen on Counting My Blessings. He was RTÉ’s first continuity announcer), reads these home for you and your family to come home to can be the Telefís Éireann’s launch fronts one of Ireland’s most perfect antidote to a chaotic world. From decluttering and night in 1960. She married charming stories aloud for you to enjoy with the young popular TV shows, At Your storage tips, to the art of folding and how to arrange your the broadcaster Gay Byrne child in your life. Service, where his wit and and lived for many years charm have endeared him cushions, to making your own home-made cleaning products in Howth where the Pigín These stories first came into the world when Kathleen to a mass of fans across the and other simple home hacks, with Francis’ tips and tricks stories are set. made them up for her first grandchild, Cian. Now, get country. Together with his you can truly relax, knowing that the silver is polished, the is ready to enjoy her telling them to you. brother John he is co-owner napkins are laundered and the sofas are cosy and clean! Margaret Anne Suggs of the five-star Park Hotel from the American deep Kenmare. South, but moved to Dublin to pursue her Master’s Degree at NCAD. She lectures in the Illustration department at Ballyfermot College of Further Education.
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NOVEMBER OCTOBER 96 PP 32 PP
370 X 272 MM 300 X 250 MM HARDBACK HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717175543 9780717175390
€24.99 £21.99 €14.99 £12.99
Foclóiropedia The FATTI AND President's JOHN BURKE Glasses PETER DONNELLY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
John and Kathi ‘Fatti’ AUTHOR Burke are the father and IT'S A JOURNEY THROUGH THE IRISH Peter Donnelly is an AN IRRESISTIBLY FUN STORY ABOUT daughter team behind the LANGUAGE … IT'S A FOCLÓIROPEDIA! Irish artist and illustrator A FORGETFUL PRESIDENT AND HIS bestselling Irelandopedia of children's books. He and Historopedia. With EVER-READY PIGEON! This breathtakingly exciting book discovers the Irish began his career as a illustrator Fatti creating the language as you’ve never learned it before! Fatti Burke’s feature animator for Don The President has some very important documents to pictures and retired teacher Bluth Studios and 20th John coming up with the amazing illustrations and her father John’s fabulous sign at Dublin Castle, but without his glasses, how will he Century Fox Films. He has facts, they have pioneered teaching bring the language alive with every turn of the do it? been a featured artist in a fun new way to learn page. A visual introduction to Ireland’s language for the prestigious Taschen everything about Ireland, Luckily, the presidential pigeon knows exactly what’s young and old, you will learn your first thousand words, Illustration Now! series and selling over 100,000 copies happened and follows the presidential car to Dublin delve into your culture and enjoy the fabulous quirks and is a recent winner of an IDI of their books and appealing Castle, taking in a bird’s eye view of the city on his way. Public Choice Award. Peter's to adults and children alike. features of your native tongue! work has been described as But the pigeon gets stuck in traffic on O’Connell Street … With a picture for every word, Foclóiropedia will energise a delightful blend of mid- bumps into some tourists taking selfies at Trinity College and invigorate young learners to get off to a great start as century modern and vintage … and even beats a Viking ship in a race! they begin their journey with the Irish language. Bringing design. He lives with his family in Dublin. Will he ever catch up with the President to deliver his a contemporary appeal to a classic subject, get ready to glasses on time? fall in love with your language.
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SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 288 PP 256 PP
247 X 189 MM 247 X 189 MM HARDBACK HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717175642 9780717179107
€24.99 £22.99 €22.99 £19.99
Cook Well, Neven Eat Well Maguire's RORY O'CONNELL Perfect Irish Christmas AUTHOR NEVEN MAGUIRE Rory O’Connell is founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School with his sister Darina PERFECTLY BALANCED MEALS FOR ELEGANT AUTHOR TRUST NEVEN TO GIVE YOU ALL YOU NEED Allen and one of its most- ENTERTAINING THROUGH THE SEASONS FOR THE PERFECT IRISH CHRISTMAS Neven Maguire is the loved teachers. He worked Rory O’Connell is back with his second cookbook, owner of the award- Christmas is the one time of the year that you want for many years with Myrtle winning MacNean House & containing the recipes from his popular RTÉ TV show, everything to be perfect. So, thank heaven for Neven and his Allen as chef at Ballymaloe Restaurant in Blacklion, Co. House in Cork as well as How to Cook Well, and many more. Focusing on seasonal, Cavan, where he lives with fantastic new cookbook! Here Ireland’s most trusted chef with Alice Waters at Chez balanced three-course meals for elegant entertaining, his wife, Amelda, and their has all the recipes and advice to help you deliver the perfect Panisse in California. His recipes include Beetroot and Autumn Raspberries with twins, Conor and Lucia. This Irish Christmas. first cookbook, Master It, Honey, Mint and Labna; Sashimi of Mackerel with Crisped is his sixteenth cookbook. won the prestigious André The Nation’s Favourite Food Packed with all the classics you need for the big day, like Simon Food Book Award. Radishes and Scallions; Roast Hazelnut Panna Cotta with Fast! won an Irish Book Neven’s famous buttermilk turkey, perfect roast potatoes Chocolate and Caramel Sauce; and Duck Leg Curry with Award and Neven Maguire’s and traditional Christmas desserts, you’ll also find lots of Cider Vinegar. Baby & Toddler Cookbook inspiration for the whole festive season: from a snowman won the Maternity and Divided by season, Rory’s perfectly balanced meals cater Infant Best Family Cookbook cake to make with the kids and St Stephen’s Day leftovers, for four to six people. Every season includes a menu for award. Neven contributes right through to a festive New Year’s Eve dinner. In entertaining a large group – from a summer al fresco widely to national media addition, you’ll find lots of fun ideas for edible gifts, party lunch to a Christmas feast – and one meal per season with a popular cookery show food and all the little extras that help make Christmas as that has run on RTÉ for is entirely meat-free. Complete meals can be replicated special as it can be. many years. for entertaining groups or individual dishes can be tried for simple and pleasing lunches or dinners. An absolute delight of a cookbook offering a very modern way to eat.
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SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 400 PP 224 PP
234 X 156 MM 216 X 135 MM HARDBACK HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717175505 9780717178926
€24.99 £22.99 €14.99 £12.99
The Ascent Boy Wonder BARRY RYAN DAVE HANNIGAN
AUTHOR AUTHOR
Barry Ryan is European Dave Hannigan is a Editor at Cyclingnews. He professor of history at has covered professional Suffolk County Community cycling since 2010, THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOW A GENERATION College on Long Island, and A POIGNANT COMIC MEMOIR ABOUT reporting from the Tour OF IRISH CYCLISTS TOOK ON THE WORLD a weekly columnist with The FATHERS AND SONS, SPORT, AND THE de France, Giro d’Italia AND WON Irish Times. He is the author RITES OF PASSAGE THAT SHAPE EVERY and other events from of several non-fiction books CHILDHOOD Argentina to Japan. His For most of the twentieth century, professional cycling and two children’s novels. writing has appeared in The was dominated by riders from the traditional heartlands Born and raised in Togher, ‘Boy Wonder will make you ache with nostalgia for your own Independent, Procycling of France, Italy, Belgium and Spain, but in the 1980s two Cork, he now lives in East childhood.’ Paul Howard and Cycling Plus. He is from young men from Ireland, a cycling backwater, emerged Setauket, New York with Glanworth in County Cork. his wife Cathy and his three A collage of personal memories passed over into family from obscure beginnings to dominate the sport: Sean sons. myth, Boy Wonder is a funny and moving account of a Kelly and Stephen Roche. childhood spent, like countless others, on pitches, sidelines Here, and on the thirtieth anniversary of Stephen Roche’s and in stands, struggling to make sense of competition and golden year, in which he won the Giro d’Italia, Tour de the outsized role it plays in the lives of men and boys, fathers France and World Championship, the remarkable story of and sons. From tough lessons on the parish pitch and the Roche and Kelly’s ascent is laid bare. Based on new and politics of afterschool football to the euphoria of Croke Park exclusive interviews with Kelly and Roche themselves, as and brushes with demigods like Jimmy Barry Murphy and well their teammates, rivals and confidantes, including Paul Roy Keane, Boy Wonder is one man’s story – but a testament Kimmage, Martin Earley and Pat McQuaid, The Ascent is to every man’s experience. the definitive account of Irish cycling’s golden era.
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SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 240 PP 320 PP
198 X 135 MM 216 X 138 MM HARDBACK HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717179176 9780717179480
€14.99 £12.99 €16.99 £14.99
Michael Dog Tales Murphy's ANDREA HAYES Book of Dreams AUTHOR Andrea Hayes is a MICHAEL MURPHY broadcaster and producer whose work includes TV3’s UNLOCK THE HIDDEN MEANING OF Animal A&E, Dublin Airport HEARTWARMING TALES OF RESCUE DOGS AUTHOR YOUR DREAMS and Dog Tales, which she WHO RESCUED THEIR OWNERS RIGHT BACK is an writes, produces and directs. Michael Murphy Andrea Hayes has spent many years documenting her work author, psychoanalyst and We all have dreams, but what do they mean? Your dreams She also guest presents broadcaster. His memoir At hold the secrets of your unconscious thoughts, and TV3’s Midday and is a with the ISPCA and Dogs Trust on her TV shows Animal Five in the Afternoon was a understanding their hidden meaning can guide you in familiar voice on Dublin’s A&E and Dog Tales with Andrea Hayes. In this book she tells bestseller. Michael worked your daily life. Here popular author and psychoanalyst Sunshine 106.8. Both of her the inspiring true stories of 12 dogs that have been given previous books, Pain-Free for RTÉ as a newscaster Michael Murphy analyses people’s dreams, most of them a second chance at finding their forever homes and of the for many years. He is a Life and My Life Goals inspirational owners who found a place in their hearts and registered practitioner common ones, and shows you how to interpret their Journal are bestsellers. member of the Association meaning and decipher the messages they are sending She lives with her husband, homes for the abandoned, and often traumatised, animals. for Psychoanalysis and you. There are dreams about pop stars, relationships, sex, daughter and dog in Dublin. We hear about Skittles the heavily pregnant and terrified Psychotherapy in Ireland dead people, horror, animals, being improperly dressed, shi tzu, rescued from a puppy farm and eventually rehomed and has a practice in teeth falling out, the apocalypse, holidays, the Leaving Dublin. He has a maîtrise with her best friend Minty the three-legged cat, and about Cert, flying and more. in psychoanalysis from the Munchkin, the tiny dog who helped her new owner overcome University of Nancy, a post- This book will encourage you to work with your bullying. We meet Penny the pit bull, who lost her pups but graduate advanced diploma dreams in order to reach a deeper understanding of found love with a couple who take her everywhere – even to in clinical psychotherapy and an M.Phil. in what is happening in your life, and to make sense of work. Andrea also reveals how dogs have helped her on her psychoanalytic studies. the seemingly random material deriving from the own journey through chronic pain and how the dogs she has unconscious. encountered have touched her life in different ways, often when she needed it most.
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SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 352 PP 288 PP
234 X 156 MM 234 X 156 MM PAPERBACK PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES 9780717175727 9780717175611
€16.99 £14.99 €16.99 £14.99
The Good A Time to Fight Risk All JIM MCDOWELL CLODAGH FINN
AUTHOR AUTHOR
Jim McDowell is a retired LEGENDARY SUNDAY WORLD NORTHERN Clodagh Finn spent 10 THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE ‘IRISH journalist. For twenty-five IRELAND EDITOR JIM MCDOWELL RECALLS years working as a journalist SCHINDLER’ WHO SAVED HUNDREDS FROM years he served as the LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE at the Irish Examiner NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS Northern Editor of the before studying in Paris on Sunday World. He lives in In Northern Ireland, 1969 is seen as the start of the the Journalist in Europe Mary Elmes was an extraordinary woman from Cork who Belfast with his wife, Lindy. infamous ‘Troubles’. For Jim McDowell, a rookie reporter for programme and working travelled to Europe in the 1930s to help war-torn refugees. the Sunday World, it was the beginning of a life spent at the there as a freelance writer In 1942, when it became evident that Jews were being and editor. She later worked deported to their death, she risked her life smuggling heart of one of world’s most notorious and bitter conflicts. for the Sunday Independent children to safety in the boot of her car and succeeded in The Good Fight recalls the kaleidoscope of colourful and the Irish Independent. She currently works as a getting a number of adults off convoys bound for Nazi death characters Jim encountered on both sides – the killers, freelance feature writer, camps. She was arrested and imprisoned by the Gestapo on mobs and madmen he met face-to-face and the mayhem editor and trainer and writes suspicion of espionage and hostility against Germany. But and murder he reported on – including never-before told a weekly column for the when the war was over, she married and settled down, never stories of confrontations with infamous gangsters and Irish Examiner. speaking about what she had done. Her story was forgotten. godfathers. Over the past year Clodagh Finn has travelled throughout 21 death threats and 45 years later, now retired from his Europe to piece together the story of this brave, unknown post as Editor of the Sunday World, Jim McDowell’s Irish woman, meeting with many of those Mary Elmes gripping memoir is a raw and gritty portrait of a city saved as children. Here, in a book packed with courage, under siege and a stirring testament to the power of heroism, adventure and tragedy, her story finally comes to journalism to speak truth to power. light and she is remembered as she deserves.
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In Sight Cornflakes of Yellow for Dinner Mountain AIDAN PHILIP JUDGE COMERFORD
AUTHOR AUTHOR THE STORY OF ONE MAN AND HIS FAMILY won So A MASTERCLASS IN NAVIGATING Philip Judge is an actor Aidan Comerford FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE IRISH You Think You're Funny? LIFE’S TOUGHEST CHALLENGES AND with many roles in television, film and theatre COUNTRYSIDE AND FINDING A HOME at the Edinburgh Fringe REDISCOVERING THE JOY IN EVERY DAY Festival in 2014. He has in Dublin and London. He First, a dream of escaping the city … and then a century- Aidan Comerford was on top of the world. He stepped lives – contentedly – in also performed at the Wicklow with his Beloved old cottage to match the dream. Escaping Dublin’s over- Montreal Just For Laughs off stage having just been crowned the winner ofSo You and two small sons. This is priced property market and moving to a small village in festival and the Vodafone Think You’re Funny? at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in his first book. the heart of the Irish countryside was the beginning of a Comedy Festival. He lives 2014. This was it! His big break … in Ashbourne with his wife, new life for Philip Judge – the beginning of life in sight Martha, and daughters He returned to Ireland elated, only to find out that while he of Yellow Mountain. Beginning and ending at Lughnasa, Ailbhe and Sophie. was in Edinburgh his youngest daughter, who has autism, this charming, funny memoir describes the season-by- had gone missing near a lake. For Aidan this was the season charms and frustrations that he, his Beloved, and moment he began to accept that personal dreams can never eventually, his two growing boys experience as they adapt take precedence over family, a family who were struggling to life in the Irish countryside. through tough challenges – redundancy, mortgage This is The Good Life meets A Year in Provence.’ Sue Collins problems, post-natal depression – and, in the midst of it all, both daughters were diagnosed with autism. ‘Part Almanac, part memoir; a meditation on the meaning of life, the beauty of nature and the passing of the seasons Cornflakes for Dinner is about what happens when – a must read.’ Mark O’Halloran expectations don’t meet reality, but you carry on and discover that even the darkest of clouds can reveal a silver lining.
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Bully-Proof This Book Kids is Worth STELLA O'MALLEY €25,000 KARL DEETER AND AUTHOR CHARLIE WESTON Stella O’Malley is a psychotherapist, writer and PRACTICAL TOOLS TO HELP YOUR CHILD AUTHORS MONEY EXPERTS SHARE THEIR FINANCIAL public speaker with over GROW UP CONFIDENT, RESILIENT AND HACKS FOR SAVING THOUSANDS OF EURO ten years’ experience as a STRONG Charlie Weston covers mental health professional. personal finance with the Personal finance experts Charlie Weston and Karl Deeter see Much of Stella’s counselling It can be a toxic mix – bullies who won’t let up, worried Irish Independent and the every day how too many of us pay over the odds, get ripped and teaching work is with targets ashamed to tell and bystanders who look the other Sunday Independent. He has off or simply don’t maximise the money we have. Here they parents and young people. a weekly personal finance way. We can’t always be there to protect our children share all the money-saving tips and tricks they have garnered She is the author of the slot on The Last Word on bestselling book Cotton as they make their way in the world. What we can do is Today FM and is a regular over the years. equip them with the tools they need to ensure they have a Wool Kids. contributor to RTÉ radio, Each chapter covers a single common personal finance topic, positive social experience. Newstalk and TV3. explaining how you can make better choices in this area, the Karl Deeter is a Here, based on many years’ experience helping children amount you can expect to save over a year, the time it will commentator and journalist deal with and overcome bullying, psychotherapist and who contributes regularly take to follow the tip and a star rating for the complexity or bestselling author Stella O’Malley explains the dynamics to broadcast media on the hassle factor. of children’s and teenagers’ social environments and subject of property, finance, So much of what we hear about personal finance is confusing offers concrete strategies to empower them to deal financial regulation and financial planning. He also and time-consuming but here Ireland’s leading personal confidently with bullying and dominant characters. writes for The Irish Sun and finance experts have made it as simple as possible to help ‘For us paid-up members of the over-parenting generation, the Sunday Business Post. you save up to €25,000. His day job is compliance Stella O'Malley's common sense is a huge relief.’ Brendan manager of Irish Mortgage O'Connor Brokers.
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The National By Time is Gallery of Everything Ireland Diary Revealed 2018 FIANN Ó NUALLÁIN IRISH PROVERBS FOR MINDFUL LIVING A STUNNING DESK DIARY SHOWCASING THE FINEST TREASURES OF OUR NATIONAL AUTHOR Proverbs stand the test of time because they contain GALLERY Fiann Ó Nualláin has timeless wisdom that can help us lead happier, calmer trained in the Institute of and more meaningful lives. Here, along with mindfulness This beautifully illustrated diary contains some of the finest Integrative Counselling exercises inspired by them, Fiann Ó Nualláin brings 52 paintings from the National Gallery’s permanent collection. and Psychotherapy and old Irish proverbs to life for the present generation. Featuring 56 carefully reproduced paintings in a week-to- the National University view format, this diary highlights some of the finest Irish and of Ireland, Maynooth. He Each proverb has been carefully chosen to speak directly works as a horticultural European works on view in the gallery. Following the format to the worries and stresses that have become part of therapist and has written and style of the popular 2017 edition, The National Gallery of several bestselling books as modern life. Combined together in this beautiful gift Ireland Diary 2018 promises to be the must-have desk diary the Holistic Gardener. He book, these proverbs offer a new set of tools for mindful of the year. also writes a weekly column living, psychological well-being and spiritual awareness. for the Irish Examiner and contributes to gardening, lifestyle and health magazines on the topics of nature therapy, nutrition, herbalism, aromatherapy, mindfulness, positive psychology and physical well-being.
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Simplex 4 Irishisms MARY O'BRIEN RONAN MOORE
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