Books

  • Running from Office

    Running from Office

    17.95
    Description
    ‘A wonderfully engaging, honest and witty portrait of the humiliations, idealism, nobility and banality of democratic life’ – Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge’Wryly self-deprecating, but also informative and illuminating’ – Matt CooperAs Ireland’s Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy took on one of the toughest briefs in government, one that continues to be a challenge today. Looking back at his life in the build-up to parliamentary office and at his time in the cabinet, Eoghan brings a self-lacerating and deeply personal view of the life of a modern politician trying – and often failing – to make the positive change he hoped to deliver. Brutal and sometimes harrowing, Eoghan’s tale is also surprisingly funny, though the humour is only ever at the author’s expense.
  • Dream Count

    Dream Count

    17.95

    Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets.

    Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until – betrayed and brokenhearted – she must turn to the person she thought she needed least.

    Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself.

    And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America – but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.

    In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape.

  • The Correspondent

    The Correspondent

    17.95
    Description

    Discover the word-of-mouth bestselling phenomenon that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year!

    LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026
    SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
    THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
    OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORDLWIDE
    A
    TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025
    IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER
    A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK

    ‘A warm, funny gem of a novel’
    LAURA HACKETT, THE TIMES

  • My Name Is Emilia Del Valle

    My Name Is Emilia Del Valle

    17.95

    Emilia del Valle was always destined for great things.

    Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of age in nineteenth-century San Francisco as an independent and fiercely ambitious young woman, decades ahead of her time. She will do whatever it takes to pursue her life’s passion for writing, even if it means publishing under a man’s name.

    When Emilia lands a position as a journalist for the Daily Examiner, her unwavering sense of adventure – and new-found determination to survive in her own name – leads her to seize the chance to cover a brewing civil war in Chile alongside another talented reporter.

    But the assignment offers Emilia more than just an opportunity to prove herself as a writer. Before long she embarks on a treacherous, life-changing journey in a homeland she never knew, to uncover the truth about her father – and herself.

    A masterclass in historical storytelling from Isabel Allende, My Name is Emilia del Valle is a powerful tale of love and war, discovery and redemption, told by a valiant young woman who confronts monumental challenges, survives and reinvents herself along the way.

  • Conversation With The Sea

    Conversation With The Sea

    17.95
    Description
    ‘Truly a book for our time’ PAUL LYNCHFROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE SPECKLED PEOPLEFleeing his failed marriage in Berlin, Lukas Dorn revisits the West of Ireland, the place of his honeymoon two decades earlier. While his former wife is being cancelled at work and his daughter is arrested at a street protest, he tries to make sense of his broken life with a journal as his sole companion. His inherited memory of the Nazi Holocaust comes face to face with the present when he meets a refugee from a recent warzone.

    As Lukas communes with the elements in this wild coastal place, he is forced into a confrontation with the past that will carry him to the edge of existence. Conversation with the Sea speaks with heart-rending tenderness to the present moment, as it explores truth, illusion and the deadly silencing of war in a captivating tale of love in a time of displacement. ‘Told with Hamilton’s signature purity of tone, an epic story about how love and history intersect.’ ANNE ENRIGHT’I don’t think I’ve ever read a book as wise, or as moving.

    I will treasure it forever.’ DONAL RYAN’Hypnotic, passionate, urgent … Hamilton cuts a clean line to the truth of our mindless moment.’ PAUL LYNCH

  • Clown Town

    Clown Town

    17.95

    Spies lie. They betray. It’s what they do.

    Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work.

    With time to kill, and with his grandfather – a legendary former spy – long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man’s library, and a mysteriously missing book.

    Regent’s Park’s First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn’t appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Troubles threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner turns blackmail into opportunity.

    Over at Slough House, the repository for failed spies, Catherine Standish just wants everyone to play nice. But as far as Jackson Lamb is concerned, the slow horses should all be at their desks.

    Because when Taverner starts plotting mischief people get hurt, and Lamb has no plans to send in the clowns.

    On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions and fool around, any harm that befalls them is hardly his fault.

    But they’re his clowns. And if they don’t all come home, there’ll be a reckoning.

  • What We Can Know

    What We Can Know

    17.95

    014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found.

    2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost.

    Tom Metcalfe, a scholar at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining archipelagos, pores over the archives of the early twenty-first century, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith.

    When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, revelations of entangled love and a brutal crime emerge, destroying his assumptions about a story he thought he knew intimately.

    What We Can Know is a masterpiece that reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe, and imagines a future world where all is not quite lost.

  • Esther is now following you

    Esther is now following you

    17.95

    Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she s never felt before.

    She starts by reading up about his life in Canada and his work as an actor.

    Then she watches every interview with him online. It isn t long before she s joined Ted s fan site online where her and the Tedettes stalk his every move.

    When Ted gets a new celebrity girlfriend, Esther decides that things have gone far enough. She leaves her husband, takes all their savings, and buys a one-way ticket to Canada.

    After all, Ted might not know it yet, but they are meant to be together he just needs a little bit of persuading.

  • The Wellbeing Advantage

    The Wellbeing Advantage

    17.95
    Description
    Are you ready to transform your energy and resilience to thrive in work and life?The Wellbeing Advantage is a timely and transformative guide for modern professionals who want to feel more energised, focused and in control. Whether you’re seeking better balance, greater mental clarity or a smarter way to handle pressure, this book introduces seven simple science-backed habits to help you build resilience and protect your wellbeing, without overhauling your life. Dr Janine van Someren, a leading wellbeing consultant and expert in wearable technology, combines insights from high-performance coaching, behavioural change and the science of wellbeing to deliver results.
  • The Shortest History of Ireland

    The Shortest History of Ireland

    17.95

    Hawes, James

  • Al Them Dogs

    Al Them Dogs

    17.95
    Description

    ***SELECTED AS A 2026 BOOK TO WATCH IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, RTE***

    ‘One of the debuts of the year’ Irish Times

    ‘A stylish, adroit and gritty debut’ Anne Enright

    ‘A book you inhale, devour, grapple with, and reel from more than read’ Marlon James

    ‘Exhilarating and often frightening . . .

    a hugely satisfying read’ Roddy Doyle

    ‘As beautiful and tough as an uncut jewel’ Colin Walsh

    ‘A moving, fast-paced novel . . .

    written in prose at once glittering and tender’ Sarah Moss

    ‘Frenetic and exhilarating . . .

    has the energy and drama of a shoot-out’ Rob Doyle

    Things are different since Tony Ward landed back in town. The West Dublin gangland has changed. His old mentor is dead, and his best pal Kenny Boyle is on the straight and narrow.

  • A Beautiful Loan

    A Beautiful Loan

    17.95

    My name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for certain events in my life – my adult life, that is – which, from this vantage point of forty-five years, I often find baffling . . .

    In 1985 Dublin, nineteen-year-old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Anna is introverted and naïve, and Peter’s experience, wide circle of friends and thirst for adventure captivate her. Her obsessive longing for him leads to marriage and, eventually, a crushing betrayal.

    As Anna’s life becomes less predictable, she uncovers deeper layers of herself. Her journey gives an intimate portrait of a woman embracing herself as she is, claiming the life she yearns for.

  • Cameo

    Cameo

    17.95

    ‘A writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society’ Spectator

    Cameo is the life story of invented Irish novelist Ren Duka, who has unexpected, runaway international success with a prolific series of autofictional novels.

    What begins as a playful satire on literary ambition and the chaos of our times expands into a dazzling, polyphonic odyssey that challenges the border between fiction and reality.

    As the Ren Duka novels race outwards in widening circles of influence, we encounter Dina Tatangelo, cult novelist of the New York underworld; a Japanese manga artist whose work eerily affects his family life; a grizzled Dublin taxi driver who just might ferry his passengers between worlds; a film-star facing public disgrace; and Rob Doyle, an author enduring a psychic and ontological crisis.

    Cameo is at once a metaphysical architecture of the imagination, a human comedy full of unruly passions, and a self-portrait across multiple dimensions.

  • Frozen the Essential Collection

    Frozen the Essential Collection

    17.99

    The essential sing-along companion to the world of Frozen. The Frozen Essential Collection takes you deep into the world of Disney’s award-winning movie, Frozen. A beautiful slipcase houses an Essential Guide with all the lyrics and a sticker book.

    Sing along to your favourite Frozen songs with the lyrics right in front of you and create your own Frozen scenes with the bright stickers inside. Find out about your favourite characters, explore Arendelle, and delve into the key scenes of the movie. With stunning images, more than 150 full-colour reusable stickers and a soundchip that plays a clip from “Let It Go”, this is a must for every fan of Frozen.

  • Brilliant Maps

    Brilliant Maps

    18.00
    Description
    WITH A FOREWORD BY TIM HARFORD
    Which nations have North Korean embassies? Which region has the highest number of death metal bands per capita? How many countries have bigger economies than California? Who drives on the ‘wrong’ side of the road? And where can you find lions in the wild?Revelatory, thought-provoking and fun, Brilliant Maps is a unique atlas of culture, history, politics and miscellanea, compiled by the editor of the iconic Brilliant Maps website. As visually arresting as Information is Beautiful and as full of surprising facts and figures as any encyclopaedia, Brilliant Maps is a stunning piece of cartography that maps our curious and varied planet. For graphic design enthusiasts, compulsive Wikipedia readers and those looking for the sort of gift they buy for someone else and wind up keeping for themselves, this book will change the way you see the world and your place in it.
  • Learned By Heart

    Learned By Heart

    18.00

    The daughter of an Indian mother and a British father, Eliza was banished from Madras to this unfamiliar country at the age of six. At the Manor School she keeps her head down and follows all the rules, until the arrival of a charismatic and fearless new student, Anne Lister. The two outsiders are thrown together and soon Elizas life is turned upside down by this remarkable young woman.