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Irish Customs and Rituals
€12.50
Do you know what a Brideóg is? Why are lone hawthorns unlucky? What does it mean to ‘drown the shamrock’? From the author of The Irish Cottage comes a new book, exploring old Irish customs and beliefs. Chapters focus on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: ‘Spring: Imbolc’; ‘Summer: Bealtaine’; ‘Autumn: Lughnasa’ and ‘Winter: Samhain’, and also major life events — ‘Births, Marriages and Death Customs’ — and general beliefs in ‘Spirituality and Well-Being’ and ‘The Supernatural’. Focusing on the period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, Irish Customs and Rituals discusses a time during which many of the practices and beliefs in question went into decline. Many of these customs were rooted in residual pre-Christian beliefs that ran parallel to, and in spite of, conventional religion practised in the country. Some customs were so deep-rooted that despite continued disapproval from the Roman Catholic Church they remain with us today. It is wonderful to see so many traditions still with us, as many are worthwhile remembering, commemorating, or even reviving today. Irish Customs and Rituals will appeal to all those with an interest in Irish history, folklore, culture and social history.

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The Kite Runner
€8.95
The number one bestseller, chosen as a Book of the Decade by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

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Jamie’s Kitchen
€10.00
Jamie’s Kitchen guides you through tried and tested methods for classic food that’s full of flavourThis is the ultimate guide for people who love great food and want to cook. It’s packed with clear, no-nonsense advice and inspiration, as well as over 100 brand new recipes from the cookery course and the restaurant. Jamie’s Kitchen walks you through techniques like poaching, braising and pot-roasting and gives you the skill you’ll need to create beautiful, feel-good food.

From delicate Citrus Seared Tuna with Crispy Noodles, Herbs and Chilli to succulent Barolo poached Fillet Steak with Celeriac Mash, there are dishes for every occasion. Jamie’s approach is honest and easy – this is not a heavy duty ‘cook like a professional’ book, weighed down with facts, figures and techniques. Jamie guides you through different cooking methods – from poaching and boiling, to char-grilling and pot-roasting.

Jamie Oliver encourages you to have confidence, a sense of independence, a laugh and – importantly – to be the boss in your own kitchen.

‘Jamie offers lots of his chunky, hunky dishes for feeding the hungry, and lathers the whole lot with ladlefuls of encouragement’ Daily Telegraph

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Braiding Sweetgrass
€13.95
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.

In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two ways of knowledge together. Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings – asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass – offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.

For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

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The Blues Is A Feeling
€30.00
The Blues is a Feeling is a photography book for followers of blues music, photographic book collectors and readers interested in African-American studies in music and culture. The 100 black and white duotone photographs by James Fraher are accompanied by quotations selected from interviews Fraher conducted with each musician he photographed. The book includes photos ofSunnyland Slim, Willie Kent, Junior Kimbrough, Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, Texas Johnny Brown and many more of the originators and purveyors of traditional blues styles including both country and urban blues artists.

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Cousins
€10.95
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THE BRILLIANT NEW THRILLER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE OF US IS LYING KAREN M MCMANUSThe Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence:You know what you did.

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Home Body
€15.95
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From the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of milk and honey and the sun and her flowers comes her greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. rupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present and the potential of the self. home body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself – reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change.

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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
€9.50
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WINNER – COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock. In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying to rebuild their lives. If Ben is to avoid being sent back to the orphanage, he needs to find his brother Sam, wounded in action and is now missing.

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Sligo Field Club Journal Vol 6
€20.00
Martin Wilson Presidential

Martin A. Timoney Editorial

Don C.F. Cotton
Peat and wood deposits along the seashore of Co. Sligo

Martin A. Timoney
Early Bronze Age Cist Grave, Moylough, 1928

Martin A. Timoney
Imitative Fert Burials, Knocknashammer

Brian Lacey
Cúl Dreimne, Drumcliff and Colum Cille

Jim Higgins
Some County Sligo Rood Lofts

Jim Higgins
Medieval Men in Feathered Suits at Sligo Abbey

Conor MacHale
Ó Dubhda Family of Sligo

Eamonn P. Kelly
Antiquarian Research in Co. Sligo

Eamonn P. Kelly
Battle of Moytura and the Enchanted Forge

John McKeon
Lord Palmerston’s Sligo Town Properties

Peter Henry
Some Sligo-related Armorial Bookplates

John Mullaney
V.E. Day 2020

Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich
Monasterredan: How Looks Can Deceive

Harry Keaney
Field-names ‘Sketch the Land in Language’

Ben Healy
God-out-of-the-Bottle

Rory Callagy
Remembering Des Smith

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Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings
€49.00
This major illustrated study investigates farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the island of Ireland. It discusses the origins and evolution of useful objects, what materials were used and why, and how furniture made for small spaces, often with renewable elements, was innate and expected. Encompassing three centuries, it illuminates a way of life that has almost vanished. It contributes as much to our knowledge of Ireland’s cultural history as to its history of furniture. …

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The Dynasty
€18.50
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots-the greatest sports dynasty of the 21st century. It’s easy to forget that the New England Patriots were once the laughingstock of the NFL, a nearly bankrupt team that had never won a championship and was on the brink of moving to St. Louis.

Everything changed in 1994, when Robert Kraft acquired the franchise and soon brought on board head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. Since then, the Patriots have become a juggernaut, making ten trips to the Super Bowl, winning six of them, and emerging as one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world. Today, the team’s twenty-year reign atop the NFL stands as the longest in league history.

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How To (Almost) Make Friends On The Internet
€11.95
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‘He’s almost certainly not the hero you ordered, but he’s the hero we need right now’ Dave Gorman’I nearly stopped breathing twice as I was laughing so much. Glorious.” Dom Joly’Probably the funniest thing I’ve read this year’ Rufus HoundGet ready for the online adventures of one man who just wants to make friendsAnd one very annoyed worldBased on the ingenious Sir Michael Twitter account, How to (Almost) Make Friends on the Internet is the funniest book you’ll read this year. Whether it’s offering his services as a Karate Lawyer or Funeral DJ, devising the world’s worst plan to get a free haircut, or trying to buy a blue bucket that may or may not be for sale, Michael just wants to connect with people.

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The Story Of Brexit
€8.95
‘The latest offering in the hilarious Ladybird for Grown Ups series is a funny mickey-take of the Brexit debate (and boy, do we need some fun)’

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To Walk in My Native Place
€20.00
To Walk in My Native Place

By Bernadette McCarrick

A book of poems with an accompanying set of photographs on the theme of Native Place.

A coffee table book merging poetry and photography.

“The poems in this collection are a lovingly observed portrait of the poet’s home place. Each poem captures a moment, a place or an event in a language that is evocative yet never sentimental.”

Gerry Boland – September, 2020

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Half Hour Hero
€23.50
Want to eat well but feel you don’t have the time?Roz Purcell will show you how tasty and healthy whole foods can be – and how easy it is to fit them into a busy lifestyle. Using readily available ingredients and store cupboard essentials, Roz’s whole foods recipes are quick, simple, nutritious and most of all, delicious. In less than thirty minutes, you can prepare, cook, and enjoy natural food that helps you look and feel healthier and happier.

With over 100 easy to follow recipes, Half Hour Hero will prove that healthy eating can be fuss-free. From tasty breakfasts, hearty dinners, indulgent desserts, to snacks and tonics to enjoy on the go, Roz will show you how to cook quick dishes that will put natural whole foods at the heart of any life, no matter how hectic. Eating well has never been so simple.

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Who They Was
€14.95
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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020’A literary rendering of the Top Boy generation… I cannot conjure another work which captures this culture in such depth – or with such brutal honesty – as only lived experience can tell ‘ Graeme Armstrong, author of The Young Team’An astonishingly powerful book’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of LoveThis life is like being in an ocean. Some people keep swimming towards the bottom.

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