Casemate IPM Spring 2020 Catalog by Casemate Publishers Ltd

New Books Spring 2020

Casemate IPM Welcome!

Contents

Through the seasons, the Casemate IPM catalog has offered a wide variety of fiction, food, and family—from history to genealogy—with a bit of fine art, flora and fauna added in for good measure. For me, it’s exciting to see the diversity of topics and titles that make up the seasonal presentation of books and trends across publishers. As one who has been in the publishing industry for close to 25 years, perusing the new list continues to excite—it never gets old! Each season’s new list represents a new beginning.

Air World

Arena Sport

Banovallum 5 Bauhan Publishing

Birlinn **

Blackstaff Press

And I don’t believe I am the only one who feels this way either. The excitement in the office is palpable as we discuss the books and authors from the publishers we distribute. We begin talking to our friends and families about a new book on golfing, or elephants, or traveling around Paris, or a particular magical realism novel that sounds pretty amazing. The enthusiasm picks up and momentum grows with our sales teams both in-house and across the country. From there buyers, booksellers, librarians, media, and everyone else in between catches the fever and the anticipation for the books to arrive takes over.

Canbury Press **

Columba Books

Currach Books

Fernhurst Books **

Gaudium **

George F Thompson Publishing

Gill Books

So here, as we start a new decade—will we have another roaring 20s? I hope so! As Casemate enters its last teenage year, we have great hope for the future of book publishing and our friends and colleagues all over the world.

Gresley 25

2019 was an exciting year for Casemate as we grew and partnered with many new clients, and the fruits of those labors are revealed in this catalog. You will see new Irish, Scottish, and Welsh publishers herein, and in addition to the topics mentioned above you’ll see books on legends, lore, religion, and poetry. We’re proud to announce the following new publishers within these pages: Columba Press (including Currach), Dufour Editions, Eland Publishing, Gill Books (formerly known as Gill & MacMillan and including Collins Press), Goblinshead, Jantar Publishing, Liffey Press, Mercier Press, Messenger Publications, O’Brien Press Ltd. (including Brandon), Papillote Press, Salmon Publishing Ltd., Sandstone Press Ltd., Somerville Press Ltd., Vagabond Voices Publishing, Veritas, Wordwell Books (including Eastwood), and Y Lolfa. We always welcome your questions and feedback. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. We encourage you to follow us on Twitter @ CasemateIPM and Like / Follow us on Facebook. You can also sign up for our newsletter to learn about new releases. Best Regards, Sam Caggiula US Marketing & Publicity Director

Grub Street **

Addison & Highsmith

Historika 28 The Liffey Press

Lorimer **

Messenger Publications

Mercier Press

The O’Brien Press

Penguin Random House South Africa **

Frontline Books

Pen and Sword History

Pen and Sword True Crime

Polygon 60 Salmon Poetry

Sandstone Press

Somerville Press

Vagabond Voices

Veritas 72

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Our front cover image is taken from End of the Line, Polygon, page 61 in this catalog.

Green Bean Books

White Owl

Wordwell Books

Y Lolfa

Publishers marked above with ** are not available from Casemate Publishers in Canada

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Casemate Air World • Anomie Powering the World’s Airliners

Pioneering Places of British Aviation

Engine Developments from the Propeller to the Jet Age

The Early Adventures of Powered Flight in the UK

Reiner Decher

Bruce Hales-Dutton

$45.00 • Hardback 280 pages 6.5 x 9.5 illustrated • May 2020 TRA002000 978-1-52675-914-6

The first efforts of man to fly were limited by his ability to generate sufficient power to lift a heavier-than-air machine off the ground. Propulsion and thrust have therefore been the most fundamental elements in the development of aircraft engines. From the simple propellers of the first airliners of the 1920s and 1930s, to the turboprops and turbojets of the modern era, the engines used in airliners have undergone dramatic development over a century of remarkable change. These advances are examined in detail by aeronautical engineer and author Reiner Decher, who provides a layman’s guide to the engines that have, and continue to, power the aircraft which carry millions of travelers across millions of miles each year.

Honyocker

From as early as the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain was at the forefront of powered flight. Across the country many places became centers of innovation and experimentation, as increasing numbers of daring men took to the skies. In this intriguing look at the early days of British aviation, Bruce Dutton explores the many places in Britain that witnessed the beginnings of flight. Dutton explores the first ever aircraft factory in Britain in the railway arches at Battersea; Larkhill on Salisbury Plain which became the British Army’s first airfield, and Barking Creek where Frederick Handley Page established his first factory, among many others.

Gareth Nyandoro

Greg Rook

Jonathan Wateridge —Enclave/ Expatria

Gareth Nyandoro

$35.00 • Hardback 64 pages • 7.5 x 10 illustrated • Available ART015030 97-8-191022-120-4

The practice of Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmiths College graduate Greg Rook (b.1971, London) explores the rich visual history, curious cultural politics, and often complex ideologies of those who seek to start a new life or wish to lead alternative lifestyles. From pioneers traveling to new continents to those wanting to stay put and live self-sufficiently, Rook invites us to join him on his own aesthetic and critical journey through a world of colonies, communities, communes, and cults. By means of figurative painting that pushes the boundaries between realism and lyricism, Rook captures something profoundly revealing in terms of the hopes, dreams, and successes as well as the disappointments, disillusionment, and disasters that radical departures from home life and mainstream society can entail.

$39.95 • Hardback 248 pages 6 x 9.25 illustrated • June 2020 TRA002000 978-1-5267-501-5-0

978-1-91022-122-8

$35.00 • Paperback 96 pages • 7.5 x 9 illustrated • Apr 2020 ART016030

Gareth Nyandoro is noted for his large works on paper, which often spill out of their two-dimensional format and into installations that include paper scraps and objects found in the street markets of Harare, where he lives and works. The artist’s primary source of inspiration is the rapidly changing urban and cultural panorama of Zimbabwe. Inspired by his training as a printmaker, and derived from etching, the artist’s distinctive technique, ‘Kucheka cheka’, is named after the infinitive and present tense declinations of the Shona verb ‘cheka’, which means ‘to cut’. This, the artist’s first monograph, documents selected bodies of work created since 2015 and presented in exhibitions at venues in Europe and South Africa.

Jonathan Wateridge $55.00 • Hardback • 200 pages 9.65 x 11.4 illustrated • Available ART000000 • 978-1-91022-121-1

This, the artist’s first trade monograph, presents two significant bodies of work, ‘Enclave’ and ‘Expatria’. In these series, Wateridge returns to his childhood memories of growing up within the privileged white ex-pat communities of Zambia in the 1970s and 1980s, during the early years of the country’s independence from British rule. ‘Having grown up in an apparent world of sunshine and suburban pools, I sought to overlap those aspects of my formative experiences with the wider issues of the West’s post-colonial role,’ Wateridge has stated. His recent paintings, seek to explore more lyrical figurative languages offered by the medium, adding to the uneasy dynamics that haunt these memorable and accomplished works.

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Arena Sport Speaking Up

Monarch of the Green

My Autobiography Kelly Brown

Young Tom Morris: Pioneer of Modern Golf

$24.95 • Hardback • 368 pages 6.15 x 9.2 • illustrated • July 2020 BIO016000 • 978-1-90971-577-6

Stephen Proctor

In Speaking Up, former Border Reiver, Glasgow, Saracens and Scotland captain Kelly Brown looks back on his remarkable career, lifting the lid on his sixty-four caps with Scotland and his Premiership and European Cup triumphs with Saracens. During a decorated nine-year international career with Scotland, Brown led his country on fourteen occasions, appeared in two World Cups and played a significant role in famous victories over England, Ireland, Wales, South Africa and Australia. But Speaking Up is more than just a fascinating insight into Brown’s time as a rugby player; it throws a light on his courageous battle to conquer a stammer that has afflicted him since childhood and often threatened to cripple both his self-confidence and sense of self-worth. It is a battle that he has faced with dignity, tenacity and humour, becoming an inspirational leader on and off the field, as a coach and as an after-dinner and motivational speaker.

$28.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6.3 x 9.45 • illustrated • Available SPO016000 • 978-1-90971-575-2

Young Tom Morris, the son of the legendary pioneer of golf, Tom Morris, was golf’s first superstar. Born at a pivotal moment in history, just as the new and inexpensive ‘gutty’ ball was making golf affordable and drawing thousands of new players to the game, his genius and his swashbuckling personality would set a game that had been frozen in amber for four centuries on the pathway to becoming the worldwide spectator sport we know today. Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated, Monarch of the Green is a stirring and evocative history of Tommy’s life (which also includes, for the first time, a compilation of his competitive record in stroke-play tournaments, singles matches, and foursomes) and demonstrates how, in one dazzling decade, this young superstar dominated the sport like few others have ever done.

The Promised Land

Life in La Liga

Manchester United’s Historic Treble

The Story of Spanish Club Football

Daniel Harris

Rab MacWilliam

$14.95 • Paperback • 288 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Available SPO040000 • 978-1-90971-587-5

$21.95 • Paperback • 368 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Availble SPO040000 • 978-1909715745

In 1998-99, Manchester United won the Premier League, the FA Cup and Champions League—the only English team ever to accomplish such a feat. Whether that makes it the finest of all time is open to debate, but what is not is the status of the season: it featured astounding football, exceptional competition, staggering determination, ceaseless tension, astonishing plot twists, and a cast of fascinating, iconic characters. The Promised Land relives these breathless moments on a month-by-month basis, taking you into the dressing room, onto the pitch and into the minds of those involved, to explain why it all worked and how it all happened—with the perspective afforded by twenty years’ distance.

In Life in La Liga, football writer Rab MacWilliam delves to the heart of one of Europe’s most historically and politically complex nations to explore its rich football history, examining its deep-rooted rivalries and internecine vendettas, and the undoubtedly impressive standard of its football clubs. From the big five of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid and Valencia, to the likes of Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Deportivo de La Coruna, Real Zaragoza, Celta de Vigo, Espanyol, Real Betis and Sporting Gijon, McWilliam laces an entertainingly informative narrative with short biographies of the Spanish game’s main participants, players, and characters, as well as reflections on the humorous, tragic and pivotal events that have taken place since the Spanish league’s origins in the late nineteenth century on its journey to becoming the dominant force in the global game that it is today.

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Banovallum Scooter Boys

One Man on a Bike

The Evolution of the Species

Adventures on the Road from England to Greece and Back

Gareth Brown $22.95 • Hardback • 150 pages 8 x 7 • illustrated • Available TRA001000 978-1-91165-837-5

Richard Georgiou

Thirty years have passed since Gareth Brown’s homage to a two-wheeled, two-stroke way of life was published. Now, three decades on, Brown’s book is back to enlighten and entertain a new generation—and rekindle memories for those who were scooter boys and girls back in the day. Brown rose to prominence in the 1980s as the scooter rally correspondent and later editor of Scootering magazine, which led to his book. Scooter Boys charts the development of the early scooters and the post-Second World War arrival of the Italian scooters from Vespa and Lambretta, followed by the chronicling of the rise of 1950s teenage consumerism which led to the Mod versus Rocker riots of the 1960s. It outlines the intervening years before the massed Mod revival of 1979 onwards, when the Northern Soul scene kept the scooter movement alive, and traces the emergence of the unsung street heroes of the late 20th century and beyond.

The Bad Detective The Incredible Cases of Nic Power Bob Gordon $11.99 • Paperback 200 pages • 7 x 10 illustrated • May 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-91165-836-8

Having become one of Canada’s first police detectives in 1882, Nicholas Power developed a reputation as the nation’s very own super sleuth, hailed in the newspapers as a homegrown ‘Sherlock Holmes’. He was involved in all the most heinous and shocking cases of the day, swiftly, almost superhumanly, determining the culprit and their modus operandi from only the barest of evidence Bob Gordon traces Power’s career from its earliest beginnings as a lowly constable through his meteoric rise to chief of police, via some of the most scandalous criminal investigations the world has ever seen.

$11.99 • Paperback • 336 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Feb 2020 TRA001000 978-1-91165-813-9

Take one self-deprecating idiot with a sense of humor and a sense of adventure but no sense of direction, add one thoroughly vindictive GPS and one motorcycle, and you have One Man on a Bike. This is a record of author Richard Georgiou’s month-long solo trip from England to Greece and back on his motorbike. With his incredible propensity for disaster, he bumbles through Europe in his own special style attempting to absorb his surroundings while keeping his inner Mr Angry at bay. Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes he really doesn’t. Follow Richard through his 6000-mile, little boy’s adventure. You might be laughing with him or (more likely) at him, but by the end of the book you’ll understand a little more about what it’s like being someone who struggles to reach the dizzy heights of average.

Murders That Shocked the World –1970s

We Are All Going to Die Here Ten Years Inside a Philippino Prison–The True Story

Michael Cowton

Kevin Taylor $11.99 • Paperback 200 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Feb 2020 TRU002000 • 978-1-91165-828-3

$11.99 • Paperback • 304 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • May 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-91165-831-3

The 1970s saw some of the worst mass killings and murders in recent history. Fanatical cult leader Jim Jones was responsible for the deaths of hundreds, while serial killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy each had dozens of victims. The chilling crimes of murderers including the Yorkshire Ripper—Peter Sutcliffe—and the Hillside Strangler stunned the world when the details were made public. In Murders That Shook the World—1970s, author Stuart Qualtrough investigates the decade’s worst murders and murderers.

British former recruitment firm boss Kevin Taylor was arrested on fraud charges in the Philippines in May 2009 and held for five years without trial. In prison he faced fights and flooding but worse was to come. In 2014, he was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 12 years. This time he was subjected to violence, corruption, rampant drug abuse and was even witness to the murder of fellow inmates. Released early in 2018, though held indefinitely in a deportation center, We’re All Going to Die Here is a vivid cautionary tale of life of British man’s life within one of the most notorious prison systems in the world.

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Banovallum • Bauhan Publishing We Don’t Go Far But We Do See Life

Ferguson, a Farming Revolution

Adventures on a Dutch Barge

How One Man’s Inventions Changed Agriculture Forever

Keith Harris

Tim Bolton

$11.99 • Paperback 336 pages • 5.1 x 7.8 illustrated • January 2020 BIO023000 978-1-91165-816-0

Follow Dutch barge Saul Trader on her voyages through the canals of Europe. Author Keith Harris and his merry crew journey from England to Belgium and Holland through the center of France to the Southern extremities of the extensive French canal system. There are stories and anecdotes about the people that they meet along the way, and the amusing and sometimes frightening incidents that occur during their epic jaunt. Keith loves canals and has been fascinated by them for most of his life. In the 1970s he discovered that there was an extensive and fascinating network of more than 2000 miles of canals in Britain and began to explore them. He bought his own narrowboat in 1986 and in 1998 acquired the beautiful replica Dutch Luxemotor, Saul Trader.

Inventor Harry Ferguson changed the face of farming forever when he came up with a simple three-point linkage for tractors and patented it in 1926—enabling farming vehicles to carry and operate implements and attachments directly rather than towing them like a trailer. His company grew and in 1946 began manufacturing the ‘little grey Fergie’ Ferguson TE20—the blueprint for the modern tractor. Both linkage and tractor have gone on to become farming icons, cementing Ferguson’s place in history. Ferguson: A Farming Revolution charts the story of Harry’s incredible success.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Plunder

Discover YOUR personal path to a happier life

$17.00 • Paperback 128 pages • 6.5 x 8.5 illustrated • Apr 2020 POE000000 978-0-87233-315-4

Poems Deborah Gorlin

Lisa Jansen $14.99 • Paperback • 336 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • January 2020 SEL031000 • 978-1-91165-800-9

Lisa Jansen offers a fresh perspective on a very popular topic: finding happiness. Instead of providing generic, one-size-fits-all advice and tactics, Lisa guides readers through an empowering journey and process that helps them design their own strategy for a happier life—based on their own unique personality, values, and strengths and weaknesses. Drawing on extensive research and the author’s personal experience of turning her life around, this book offers a real-life, jargon-free perspective on finding happiness.

$19.99 • Hardback 336 pages • 6.5 x 9.44 illustrated • April 2020 BIO003000 978-1-91165-822-1

Winner of the 2019 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize “You will love Dorsey Craft’s rollicking persona, Pirate Bonny Annie, who, in this thrilling book of poems, serves up heaps of scintillant treasures from the bottomless trunk of her imagination, wit, and verve. In Plunder, Jack Sparrow has met his match.” —Deb Gorlin, judge, 2019 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize

Museum of Islands New and Selected Poems Gary Margolis $22.00 • Paperback 192 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • April 2020 POE000000 • 978-0-87233-313-0

Gary Margolis’s eighth book of poetry takes us inside the imagination of a museum of islands. With poems from collections that speak to the Boston Marathon bombing and his experience of facilitating a poetry workshop in a maximum security prison, Margolis explores how the facts of our lives—grief and joy, clarity and confusion—sustain and lift us, and lead us to meanings in and beyond words. With humor and paradox, he takes us into the many emotional and natural landscapes of New England and our nation. Each poem is expressed with Margolis’s characteristic attention to detail and language, and to the associative possibility with what we know, and to the mystery that allows us to walk through a life’s museum of islands.

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Bauhan Publishing • Birlinn Crossroads with Chickens

The Story So Far

A “What If It Works?” Adventure in Off-Grid Living & Quest for Home

$22.50 • Paperback 224 pages • 6 x 9 • illustrated May 2020 • FIC027210 978-0-87233-319-2

Jane Eklund

Tory McCagg $23.00 • Paperback 172 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • illustrated May 2020 • NAT010000 978-0-87233-317-8

In 2012, McCagg and her husband, Carl built a solar-powered house in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. It was to be a weekend getaway for the writer and trombonist. With two cats and six newly adopted chicks, they drove up to Jaffrey from their home in Providence, Rhode Island, ostensibly just for the winter so their new pipes wouldn’t freeze…. But their hen “Rhoda Red” turned out to be “Big Red.” Roosters are outlawed in Providence city, so Big Red couldn’t go back—and neither did they. Chicken kerfuffles lighten the mood, but this story is born of heartbreak, of yearning for the great beauty of the world as it used to be. McCagg interlaces her tale with her mother’s battle with Parkinson’s, braiding both Mother and Mother Nature. Add the sun, and a cock-a-doodle-do, and and you have the recipe for a perfect storm of personal growth rippling out to effect a larger transformation.

Scottish Baking Bible Liz Ashworth

It’s 1977. A 22-year-old finds herself ensconced in a place of dust and history: the archives room of a second-rate college. She’s re-shelving Victorian etiquette books when the door opens and in walks a fabulous, seductive, larger-than-life writer of historical romances—and the young woman’s life will never be the same. Set against 25 years of cultural evolution, the love between the two women—the younger librarian and the grande dame of cheesy literature—outlasts a 28-year age difference, romantic dalliances, illness, and the confines of the closet. Along the way, the librarian ponders the nature of life, death, religion, and philosophy with the help of the imaginary counterparts of Socrates, Hildegard of Bingen, and Suzanne Pleshette; samples casseroles with names like Vegetables Psychosis and The Tubers Karamazov; and forges a family with her best friend, Jeff, and assorted quirky characters who wander into their lives.

The Scottish Wild Food Bible

The Scottish Vegan Cookbook

Claire Macdonald

Plant Based Recipes for Everyday Eating

$7.95 • Paperback • 112 pages 4.3 x 6.1 • illustrated • June 2020 CKB000000 • 978-1-78027-634-2

$7.95 • Paperback • 112 pages 4.3 x 6.1 • illustrated • June 2020 CKB000000 • 978-1-78027-635-9

Liz Ashworth introduces a whole range of recipes for baking. From bannocks to butteries, seaweed nibbles to shortbread, from indulgent lemon Madeira cake and light-as-a-feather strawberry sandwich cake to wee fancies such as raspberry buns and ‘sair heideis’, the book features 40 recipes. All are graded according to level of complexity (though none are difficult), making it ideal for bakers of all abilities to explore this glorious part of Scotland’s culinary heritage.

Acclaimed cookery writer Claire Macdonald turns her attention to food for free in this selection of recipes using a huge variety of produce that can be found growing wild in fields, forests, hedgerows and along the seashore. Featuring blackcurrants, brambles, crabapples, dandelions, elderflower, funghi, hazelnuts, wild garlic, meadowsweet, nettles, sorrel, kelp, razorfish, mussels, and much more, Claire includes over 40 recipes for soups, mousses, salads, accompaniments, jams and jellies, cordials, cakes and biscuits as well as main courses and puddings.

Jackie Jones $28.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 7.5 x 9.25 • illustrated • Available CKB125000 • 978-1-78027-599-4

Vegan recipe developer Jackie Jones provides a huge selection of recipes for deliciously vegan versions of classic Scottish as well as newly designed dishes using healthy ingredients and cooking techniques, including braising, sprouting and steaming. This book includes wholesome vegan versions of Haggis, Neeps and Tatties, Scotch Broth and scrumptious Cranachan, as well as advice on using Scottish seasonal fruit and vegetables to create healthy and delicious dishes such as Calcium Super Salad, Spring-In-Your-Step Veggie Burger and Very Berry and Beet Smoothie.

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Casemate Birlinn Funnyosities The Comic Gems of Chic Murray Robbie Grigor

The Little Book of Scottish Beasties Tim Kirby

A Richness of Martens Wildlife Tales from Ardnamurchan Polly Pullar

$10.95 • Paperback • 160 page 4.55 x 6.1 • illustrated • Available HUM000000 • 978-1-78027-630-4

$7.95 • Paperback • 96 page 4.35 x 6.1 • illustrated • January 2020 HUM000000 • 978-1-78027-627-4

$14.95 • Paperback • 304 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • July 2020 NAT019000 • 978-1-78027-636-6

Chic Murray is a cult figure of alternative humor, a comedic pioneer ranked in the highest echelons of his art in the last century and admired around the world. Funnyosities features a huge number of Chic’s funniest one-liners—some well known and others taken from material newly found by the great man’s family. This collection is the perfect distillation of Chic’s gloriously off-beat humor.

Scotland is renowned for the huge range of its wildlife, which comes in all shapes and sizes. In this book Tim Kirby introduces 45 of them, from the iconic red deer and golden eagle to the Highland cow and ubiquitous midge. In addition, he offers his take on animals of myth and legend, such as the world-famous Loch Ness Monster and the mysteriously watery kelpies. And he also includes other creatures which may or may not be classed as animals in the conventional sense—such as the haggis and even the bagpipe (surely some kind of animal given its appearance and piercing call).

When Les and Chris Humphreys moved to Ardnamurchan 15 years ago, little did they realize they would be sharing their home with some of Britain’s most elusive and misunderstood mustelids. They formed a special bond with numerous pine martens, and have studied them at close range. Here Pullar tells the remarkable story of the couple and their animal friends, interpolating it with natural history, anecdote and her own experiences of local wildlife. The result is a fascinating glimpse into the life of a much misunderstood animal and a passionate portrait of one of Scotland’s richest habitats— the oakwoods of Scotland’s Atlantic seaboard.

Britain’s DNA Journey

Jane Haining A Life of Love and Courage

Our Remarkable Genetic Story

Mary Miller

Alistair Moffat $14.95 • Paperback • 304 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • January 2020 SCI029000 • 978-1-78027-629-8

$21.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 5.5 x 8.05 • illustrated • Available BIO006000 • 978-1-78027-575-8

In an epic narrative, sometimes moving, sometimes astonishing, always revealing, Moffat writes an entirely new history of Britain. Instead of the usual parade of the usual suspects—kings, queens, saints, warriors and the notorious—this is a people’s history, a narrative made from stories only DNA can tell, which offers insights into who we are and where we come from. Based on exciting new research involving the largest sampling of DNA ever made in Britain, Alistair Moffat shows the true origins of our island’s inhabitants.

A farmer’s daughter from southwest Scotland, Jane went to work at the Scottish Jewish Mission School in Budapest in 1932, where she was a boarding school matron in charge of around 50 orphan girls. The school had 400 mostly Jewish pupils. In the UK when war broke out in 1939, she immediately returned to Hungary to protect the children. She refused to leave in 1940, and again ignored orders to flee in March 1944 when Hungary was invaded by the Nazis. She remained with her pupils, until later dying in Auschwitz. Her courage and self-sacrifice has made her an inspiration to many throughout the world.

Mother A Human Love Story Matt Hopwood $14.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available SEL032000 978-1-78027-512-3

Compassion, nurturing and pain are at the heart of everyone’s story of mothers and motherhood. In this book, Matt Hopwood presents a selection of deep, powerful stories of and by mothers which were told openly and bravely to him. Women, men, children, teenagers and centenarians tell their experiences of childhood, motherhood, birth, loss, yearning, fear, contentment, love and divinity. They tell of connection with Mother and the Mother instincts that reside in every human being. Together, these stories, from across the world, are a gift that help bring us to a deeper understanding of our humanity and the role of the intuitive feminine Mother that is so needed by every one of us.

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Casemate Birlinn One Week in April The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820 Maggie Craig $29.95 • Hardback 304 pages • 6.1 x 9.2 illustrated • June 2020 HIS015090 • 978-1-78027-632-8

In April 1820, a series of dramatic events exploded around central Scotland demanding political reform and better living and working conditions; 60,000 workers went on strike. Revolution was in the air. It was the culmination of several years of unrest, which had seen huge mass meetings in Glasgow and Paisley. In 1820, some Scottish Radicals marched under a flag emblazoned with the words ‘Scotland Free, or Scotland a Desart’ [sic]. In this book Maggie Craig sets the rising into the wider social and political context of the time and paints an intense portrait of the people who were caught up in these momentous events.

The White Rose of Gask The Life and Songs of Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne Freeland Barbour $21.95 • Hardback • 176 pages 6.5 x 9.45 • illustrated • Available BIO000000 • 978-1-78027-611-3

Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, wrote over 80 songs which enjoyed great popularity during her lifetime and still do today. They are some of Scotland’s most famous traditional songs—including ‘Charlie Is My Darling’, and ‘A Hundred Pipers’. Freeland Barber, a descendent of Lady Nairne, now presents a long-overdue biography and reassessment of her life and work, much of it based on research into family papers to which he has recently had access.

Insurrection

The Declaration of Arbroath

Scotland’s Famine Winter James Hunter

For Freedom Alone’

$34.95 • Hardback 304 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 illustrated • Jan 2020 HIS000000 978-1-78027-622-9

When Scotland’s 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West Highlands a huge relief effort came too late to prevent starvation and death. Further east, meanwhile, towns and villages from Aberdeen to Wick and Thurso, rose up in protest at the cost of the oatmeal that replaced potatoes as people’s basic foodstuff. Oatmeal’s soaring price was blamed on the export of grain by farmers and landlords cashing in on even higher prices elsewhere. The story James Hunter tells is, by turns, moving, anger-making and inspiring. In an era of food banks and growing poverty, it is also very timely.

Edward J. Cowan $14.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.1 x 7.8

illustrated • May 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-78027-645-8

The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland’s status as an independent sovereign state with the right to use military action if unjustly attacked. Quoted by many, understood by few, its historical significance has now almost been overtaken by its mythic status. Since 1998, the US Senate has claimed that the American Declaration of Independence is modelled upon ‘the inspirational document’ of Arbroath. This is the first book-length study to examine the origins of the Declaration and the ideas upon which it drew.

Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors

The Strength Within The Story of the Grassmarket Community Project

Tristram Clarke $18.95 • Paperback 336 pages • 5.4 x 8.5 illustrated • Jun 2020 REF013000 • 978-1-78027-633-5

This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Archives of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Archives’ official guide and is written in an accessible style from the unique perspective of a custodian of the records. It details all the latest internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web while also referring to more traditional resources.

Richard Frazer $13.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • June 2020 SEL000000 • 978-1-78027-572-7

This is the inspiring story of the amazing ways in which the lives of people on the streets or in resigned despair have been transformed to energy-filled hope. The Grassmarket Community Project in Edinburgh has brought new, wonderful horizons to those it helps and those who have worked to build it into an award-winning social enterprise. For all who feel powerless in the face of the social problems of today, this is the uplifting proof that something can be done. These stories of the gentle empowerment of unseen potential show how it really is possible to climb out of bleakness.

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Birlinn

Scottish Map Jigsaw

Scottish Maps Calendar 2021

Hedderwick Hebridean Calendar 2021

$29.95 • Jigsaw illustrated • Available GAM007000 • 505-5-33950-002-3

$14.95 • Calendar 11.8 x 11.8 • illustrated • July 2020 NON000000 • 978-1-78027-644-1

$14.95 • Calendar 11.8 x 11.8 • illustrated • July 2020 NON000000 • 978-1-78027-640-3

This unique jigsaw, featuring of the most famous maps from the collection of the National Library of Scotland, will appeal to jigsaw fans of all ages and abilities. The map has plenty of detail of the Scottish mainland and islands, and also includes vignettes of historical figures—James VI & I; his wife, Anne of Denmark; Henry, Prince of Wales; and Charles, Duke of York.

Following the continued success of the 2020 Scottish Maps Calendar, Birlinn is once again proud to collaborate with the National Library of Scotland. This new calendar features more of the most beautiful maps of Scotland ever made. From the very earliest representations of Scotland in the second century AD, through the first printed maps of the 16th century and the achievement of the Ordnance Survey in the 1920s and 1930s to the most recent satellite imagery, these images tell the story of a nation.

This calendar features distinctive full-color paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists and is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides throughout the seasons. Mairi Hedderwick’s drawings, produced over a period of more than forty years, expertly capture the unique character and diversity of Hebridean land and seascapes, from wind-swept moors and dramatic cliffs to rolling hills and secluded woods.

Hebridean Pocket Diary 2021

Hebridean Desk Diary 2021

Mairi Hedderwick

Pabay An Island Odyssey Christopher Whatley

$12.95 • Hardback 336 • pages 4.3 x 6.1 illustrated • Jul 2020 NON000000 • 978-1-78027-642-7

$18.95 • Hardback 336 pages • 6.7 x 9.1 illustrated • Jul 2020 NON000000 • 978-1-78027-641-0

$34.95 • Hardback • 320 pages • 5.7 x 8.85 illustrated • Available HIS000000 • 978-1-78027-579-6

This hardback pocket diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-color paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists, this exquisite diary is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides. The paintings have been collected over the past forty years and show the changing faces of the landscapes. Mairi’s drawings range across many of the isles from Arran to Tiree, expertly capturing the essence of these beautiful and diverse islands. Following the huge success of the previous diaries, this new 2021 version is set to enjoy continued success.

This hardback desk diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-color paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists, this exquisite diary is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides. The paintings have been collected over the past forty years and show the changing faces of the landscapes. Mairi’s sketches range across many of the isles from Arran to Tiree, expertly capturing the essence of these beautiful and diverse islands. Following the huge success of the previous diaries, this new 2021 version will continue to be a cherished gift and handy desk aid.

The tiny diamond-shaped island of Pabay lies in Skye’s Inner Sound, just two and a half miles from the bustling village of Broadford. One of five Hebridean islands of that name, it derives from the Norse papa-ey, meaning ‘island of the priest’. Many visitors since the first holy men built their chapel there have felt that Pabay is a deeply spiritual place, and one of wonder. In this book, based on archival research, oral interviews, memory and personal experience, he explores the history of this tiny island jewel, and the people for whom it has been home, to create a vivid picture of the trials, tribulations and joys of island life.

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Blackstaff Press • Colourpoint A Force Like No Other: The Next Shift More Real Stories from the RUC Men and Women who Policed the Troubles Colin Breen $14.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 5.3 x 8.5 • illustrated • Available HIS016000 • 978-1-78073-238-1

Shooting the Darkness Iconic Images of the Troubles and the Stories of the Photographers Who Took Them Tom Burke $24.95 • Hardback • 144 pages 11.1 x 9 • illustrated • Available LCO000000 • 978-1-78073-239-8

In this follow-up to his best-selling A Force Like No Other, Colin Breen brings together more compelling insider stories from RUC officers who served during the Troubles. He includes stories about the IRA border campaign (1958–62), the Shankill Butchers murders and the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen.

Based on the acclaimed RTÉ documentary, Shooting the Darkness, this landmark book presents the stories of leading photographers—Alan Lewis, Paul Faith, Martin Nangle, Stanley Matchett, Trevor Dickson, Hugh Russell and Crispin Rodwell—whose images captured some of the most important events of the Troubles. They talk, many of them for the first time, about the photographs they took—how they got the shot; what it cost them to take the photograph; and reflect on whether it was worth it. More broadly, they talk about what it was like to be a photographer during the Troubles: how the paramilitary groups dealt with them, the ethical dilemmas they faced, and the emotional fallout they experienced. Included are stories of iconic images such as Bishop Edward Daly, Sean Downes, and Derek Wood and David Howes.

Firefighters During the Troubles

Maker of Footprints

The Men and Women on the Frontline Tell Their Stories

Sheila Turner Johnston

John Wilson $14.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 5.3 x 8.5 • illustrated • Available HIS000000 • 978-1-78073-234-3

$9.99 • hardback • 416 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Available FIC000000 • 978-1-78073-243-5

Before the outbreak of the Troubles, a typical firefighter’s year might have included call-outs to chimney fires, the occasional house fire or road accident, and—even more rarely—a large factory or hay shed fire. While a firefighting career was always inherently exciting and risky, for most firefighters moments of high drama were anything but a daily occurrence. Then everything changed, and Northern Ireland’s firefighters spent almost every day of the next thirty years racing to the scenes of atrocities, running towards the gravest danger. In this powerful book, men and women who served in the fire service during the Troubles tell their own stories in their own words—the events that have never left them, the victims they have never forgotten, the extraordinary bond between colleagues, the emotional burden and fallout from the job. The stories cover a uniquely challenging period for firefighters—full of exhilaration, fear, bravery and sorrow.

Meeting him was easy. It was knowing him that burned bone. Paul Shepherd is dangerous. He crashes into Jenna’s life like an asteroid into an ocean. Willful and exhausting, he stirs feelings that make her confront all that has kept her safe—and bored. Relentless and determined, he needs Jenna with a desperation she does not understand. Jenna discovers that, although she can try to hide from Paul, there is nowhere to hide from herself. But he is married…. What do you do when you discover you are not the person you thought you were?

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Canbury Press • Columba Books Brexit Without The Bullshit

Brexit Without The Bullshit

The Facts on Food, Jobs, Schools, and the NHS

Gavin Esler

YouTubers How YouTube Shook Up TV and Created a New Generation of Stars Chris Stokel-Walker

$29.99 • Hardback • 176 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Available HIS015080 • 978-1-91245-438-9

$13.99 • Paperback • 176 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Available HIS015080 • 978-1-91245-435-8

$12.99 • Paperback • 352 pages 6 x 9.2 • illustrated • July 2020 SOC022000 • 978-1-91245-422-8

The broadcaster and journalist Gavin Esler sets out how the most momentous change in Britain for decades will change everyday life. In 7 succinct chapters, he reveals the profound impact of leaving the European Union on: Food and diet, Health and the NHS, Jobs and industry, Education, Travel to Europe. From the food markets of Kent to NHS operating theatres to the boardrooms of big employers, Brexit throws up many surprises. Brexit Without the Bullshit is not about the Brexit you were told you were getting. It’s about the one that is arriving.

Jake Paul, KSI and PewDiePie influence the views, lives and purchases of millions of fans. And their power is growing. Two billion people worldwide watch YouTube. Yet despite their reach, YouTubers remain a mystery to much of the public and media. What is the secret of their appeal? How do they cope with being in front of the lens? And who is behind them? Wired journalist Chris Stokel-Walker reveals the answers in the first independent in-depth book on YouTube. Bringing than 100 figures connected with the world’s biggest video-sharing website.

How To Be a Liberal

Generation Rent

Ian Dunt

How Greed Killed the Housing Dream

The Elephant in the Church

$26.99 • Hardback 320 pages • 5.3 x 8.5 illustrated • May 2020 PHI019000 978-1-91245-441-9

The authoritarian right is taking control. From Viktor Orban in Hungary, to Brexit in Britain, to Donald Trump in America, nationalists are launching an all-out assault on liberal values. In this groundbreaking new book, political journalist Ian Dunt tells the story of liberalism, from its birth in the fight against absolute monarchy to the modern-day resistance against the new populism. In a soaring narrative that stretches from the battlefields of the English Civil War to the 2008 financial crash and beyond, this vivid, page-turning book explains the political ideas which underpin the modern world. Much more than that—it is a rallying cry for those who still believe in freedom and reason.

Chloe Timperley $14.99 • Paperback 256 pages • 5.1 x 7.8

illustrated • May 2020 BUS036050 • 978-1-91245-426-6

In modern Britain, paying rent to a private landlord is financially ruinous. It costs more than paying a mortgage, and puts you on the hook for endless monthly payments—often for shabby, even dangerous cramped flats. Yet, for millions—mostly under 35—renting privately is the only option. In this razor-sharp account of how a nation of homeowners gave way to a generation of renters hemorrhaging cash, Chloe Timperley tackles the myths and mysteries belying so many attempts to ‘fix’ Britain’s broken housing market. She reveals who’s being shafted, who’s cashing in—and the radical steps we must take if we are to reverse this devastating

Mary McAleese $28.00 • Paperback 198 pages • 8 x 10 illustrated • Available REL012130 978-1-78218-355-6

Women are the elephant in the Church. They have been perpetually silenced, ignored and discounted. They are not required to make any contribution, except for obedience. In every public ecclesiastical event, such as the election of a pope, it is glaringly obvious that women are entirely irrelevant. This revised edition explores what the author terms `Women Christianity’ from a historical perspective, following the story from biblical times to the women mystics of the Middle Ages and, finally, the Christian feminists in the years following Vatican II who began their own journeys of discovery into the history of women in the Church after failing to find it in traditional theological texts. If the Church is to survive, it is clear that it must be more inclusive, where the gifts of women and men are equally recognized.

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Columba Books The Jewel in the Mess

Maranatha Yoga

Alan Abernethy

A Preparation for Christian Meditation

$27.00 • Paperback 150 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • Available REL012020 978-1-78218-359-4

Writing from his own experience, Bishop Alan Abernethy examines how his years of leadership in the church caused him to lose sight of the original awe that called him to his faith. In this very personal book, Bishop Abernethy looks at the idea of God without the institutions, hierarchy and bureaucracy, instead refocusing on the figure of Jesus at the heart of the Bible. Jesus was born into a world that was messy and uncertain, and did not fix it, but instead blessed the people around him. Using examples of biblical stories and examining the ways in which God shows himself in our ordinary lives, this is a call to bring blessing into the mess of the everyday world.

Freedom From Evil Spirits Released from Fear, Addiction & the Devil

Christine Pickering

Pat Collins

$27.00 • Paperback • 154 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HEA025000 • 978-1-78218-354-9

$27.00 • Paperback • 244 pages 8 x 10 • illustrated • Available REL100000 • 978-1-78218-352-5

This book is a means of connecting with our spiritual selves through the practice of Maranatha Yoga and meditation, which has been developed by the author through the experience of teaching yoga for over 30 years. The physicality of the postures with the mindful, meditative qualities of the Christian reflections help the participant to connect with their whole self, and reconciles the misconceptions about yoga in a Christian context. This is an illustrated, practical handbook for those new to yoga or for those with years of experience of the various postures, prayers and meditation practiced in Maranatha Yoga.

This book is a guide on how we can free ourselves from the many debilitating influences that take a stronghold in our lives; from fear and addiction to oppressive evil spirits. Written from his own personal experience, his research into the various forms of addiction that can ruin lives and his own encounters with evil through his work as an exorcist, Fr Collins offers practical advice on how to overcome these afflictions. While Fr Collins says possession is a very rare occurrence, he is regularly contacted by people who believe that they are afflicted by an evil spirit, and this book hopes to offer support for people in this situation who feel they have no one to turn to for help.

Edge of Light

Knock Prayer Book

Dancing to my Death

Sean Cannon

Pat O’Brien

Daniel O’Leary

$60.00 • Hardback 84 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • Available PHO019000 978-1-78218-911-4

$28.00 • Hardback 100 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • Feb 2020 REL012020 978-1-78218-361-7

$34.00 • Hardback 120 pages • 8 x 10 illustrated • Available REL012010 978-1-78218-362-4

Across the arc of his life in photography, Sean Cannon brings you Achill Island, Ireland, in its many moods through this intimate collection of images, specially chosen to celebrate 30 years of photography exhibited in his Western Light Art Gallery. With a mixture of images in both black and white and color, this selection includes some of his most loved and celebrated images, illustrating the fragile beauty of the photographer’s island home.

In July 2018 new Stations of the Cross by artist Ger Sweeney were installed in the Basilica at Knock Shrine, Ireland, just in time for the visit by Pope Francis. The Stations were executed on stretched raw linen and they run almost floor to ceiling in the Basilica, ensuring that all pilgrims have a good view of the Stations in order to facilitate prayer and the saying of the Rosary. This incredibly striking artwork is the inspiration behind this book commissioned by Knock Shrine, which includes images of the Stations and reflections written by 14 different guest writers.

In the summer of 2018 Daniel O’Leary received the news that we all dread—a cancer diagnosis. As a priest, teacher, bestselling author and retreat facilitator, it was a natural instinct for Daniel to journal his thoughts and feelings during his illness. Completed just before his death in January 2019, this book is an incredibly raw and courageous account. It pulls no punches in terms of Daniel’s struggles to cope with his diagnosis, the challenges of cancer treatment and the emotional roller coaster of facing his own death. The book reveals a soul in chaos. During his final months Daniel found a great clarity about what is important in life. There is a tough honesty here: an honesty that can only emerge when people are encouraged to really explore what their Christianity means to them.

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Columba Books Living the Mystery

What Happened to Fr Seán Fagan?

What lies between Science and Religion

Angela Hanley

Mark Patrick Hederman

The Diary of Elizabeth Dillon Brendan O Cathaoir

$42.00 • Hardback • 212 page 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REL106000 • 978-1-78218-356-3

$16.48 • Paperback • 204 • pages 5.4 x 8.6 • illustrated • Available BIO018000 • 978-1-78218-364-8

$70.00 • Paperback • 650 pages 8 x 10 • illustrated • Available BIO026000 • 978-1-78218-910-7

Life is a mystery quite beyond the comprehension of our normal ways of understanding. Having lived as a Benedictine monk for over fifty years, Mark Patrick Hederman has learned how to engage with mystery. Here, he explains how to bring a new sense of the sacred into your life. In this fascinating book he contends that most of us are religious and can’t help it: being human means being `religious’, otherwise we would die of despair. The idea that science and religion are opposing forces is false. A mytho-poetic language could provide a `middle voice,’ a `third language’ that bridges that gap between science and religion in our society.

Marist priest and theologian Fr Seán Fagan was widely admired and respected as a courageous and compassionate pastor. For many years he was critical of rigid stances by the Vatican on issues of conscience and sexual morality. In 1997, he published the book Does Morality Change?, which was denounced by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) as not in keeping with Church teaching, and was threatened to be laicised. This book was his last wish before dying to “spill the beans in public on what really went on, to shame our sinful church in the hope that it might prevent further repetitions.”

Elizabeth Mathew is remembered chiefly as the wife of John Dillon, a leading advocate of the Irish cause for Home Rule at Westminister for nearly 40 years. However, her diary is a testament of her own unique unfolding as a spirited young woman, as a member of a family of distinguished pedigree and as an Irish Catholic living in England. Her diary portrays both a public world that has vanished and a private self that endures. This book has been meticulously edited from an estimated 800,000 words in her 38 journals, preserved among the Dillon papers in Trinity College Dublin.

Thomas Finan

An Urban Sketcher’s Galway

Collected Writings Vincent Twomey

Roisin Cure

A Farewell to Poetry Gabriel Fitzmaurice

$72.00 • Paperback 400 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REL113000 • 978-1-78218-360-0

$45.00 • Hardback • 112 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available ART029000 • 978-1-78218-908-4

$42.00 • Paperback • 380 pages 8 x 10 • illustrated • Available POE005020 • 978-1-78218-909-1

Canon Thomas Finan was a Christian humanist and in all his writings, be they strictly scholarly or just occasional essays or talks, he acknowledges the Christian indebtedness to the richness of Greco-Roman civilization— above all Plato and Aristotle. The publication of his collected writings will make him known to a new generation that never had the opportunity to sit at his feet.

Galway artist Roisin Cure presents snapshots of life in the City of the Tribes in bold ink and vibrant watercolor. Her sketches show the beautiful details of Galway’s pubs, the musicians and buskers, the exquisite medieval stonework, the marine environment, the vibrant nightlife culture, and the local colorful characters. These striking pictures are accompanied by recollections of conversations the artist had while sketching. This book is a unique souvenir of Galway, of a city that is famous for the arts and yet has so little in the way of visual art. It is a very timely book, released in advance of Galway 2020, when the city celebrates being European Capital of Culture.

This book is a collection of the best of a lifetime of writing by one of Ireland’s most prodigious poets and one of the great characters of the Irish arts, Gabriel Fitzmaurice. Selected by the poet himself, the book includes a rigorous selection from his poems for both adults and children, poems in the Irish language and his translations from Irish. The book is dedicated to the poet’s friend, singer Kris Kristofferson, and the foreword is written by Fintan O’Toole, literary editor of The Irish Times. The poet has declared this is his final book, hence the title. The job is done, he says. In the words of Saint Paul: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

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Currach Books • Dufour Editions Gaeilge

A Different Dublin

A Radical Revolution Caoimhin De Barra

The 1960s Through the Lens

$30.00 • Paperback • 272 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available LAN004000 • 978-1-78218-907-7

$40.00 • Hardback • 106 pages 9 x 10 • illustrated • Available PHO019000 • 978-1-78218-906-0

As a historian of languages and someone who learned Irish as an adult, Caoimhin De Barra offers both academic and personal insights into Ireland’s complex relationship with its national language. This book explains why most people don’t learn Irish at school, where the deep hatred some have for the language comes from, and how people who want to learn Irish can do so successfully. Drawing upon the history of other minority languages around the world, De Barra demonstrates why current efforts to promote Irish are doomed to fail, and proposes a radical solution for how to revive An Ghaeilge so it can again become the first language of the Irish people.

This collection of breathtaking photographs shows a Dublin that is familiar despite the five decades that separate the creation of these photos from today. Amateur photographer Bill Hogan managed to capture the complexities of Dublin society in the 1960s using his natural talent to take poignant photographs to capture emotional, moving moments in the everyday lives of the people of Dublin.

What Have the Irish Ever Done For Us?

Departing Shadows

David Forsythe

Paul Charles

$30.00 • Paperback • 180 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-1-78218-904-6

$30.00 • Hardback • 320 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available FIC022020 • 978-0-80231-363-8

For centuries, the Irish have had an impact on the world far beyond what you would expect for a tiny nation on the edge of Europe. Here, we learn how the Irish have revolutionized global agriculture, brought water to Los Angeles, split the atom, invented the submarine and the tank, created drinking chocolate, and many more fascinating stories! This book covers a wide range of topics including how the Irish built New York, why a Cork woman was awarded Israel’s highest honor and how the Irish helped create the modern-day horror genre.

DI Christy Kennedy returns in Departing Shadows, a deceit-laden tale of intrigue, which takes him from London to Brighton and back, and into the arms of the West End’s most celebrated up-and-coming actress, Nealey Dean. But all’s not well in vibrant Camden Town, as Kennedy investigates a death just outside a diplomatic compound, and finds his investigation immediately stymied by the invocation of diplomatic privilege. The deceased, an actress of a different sort, hostess and social media influencer Gabriella Byrne, left behind a world of mystery, where even those who knew her best did not know her well. As Kennedy interviews witnesses and checks alibis, his investigation brings him from London’s hallowed palaces of power to seamy gentlemen’s clubs, each with smoke and mirrors of their own. Along the way, he discovers just how far some people will go to protect their darkest secrets, in this, the 11th DI Christy Kennedy mystery.

Bill Hogan

Paul Charles lives in London, UK.

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Fernhurst Books Stand Up Paddleboarding : A Beginner’s Guide

Knox-Johnston on Sailing Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

Simon Bassett $14.95 • Paperback • 48 pages 6.69 x 9.45 • illustrated • Available SPO010000 • 978-1-91217-797-4

$22.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6.26 x 9.25 • illustrated • Available SPO036000 • 978-0-47097-251-9

Stand up paddleboarding is the fastest growing watersport worldwide. The comparatively low cost, the convenience of inflatable boards and the fact that you can just get on and go all add up to its appeal. But, as with everything, a little bit of knowledge and technique makes the experience so much more enjoyable! That is where this book—the first UK how-to book on paddleboarding—comes in. It provides a perfect introduction to the sport: how to paddleboard, what kit to use and where to go. The book guides you through launching, the correct stance, paddling in a straight line, the different types of turns and landing. It shows you how to choose your board and paddle, inflate and deflate an inflatable board, and talks about where to ride as well as weather, safety, maintenance and repair of your equipment. It covers the main types of paddleboarding: touring, racing, surfing and yoga / fitness.

One of Britain’s greatest living sailors shares a collection of distilled wisdom, acute observation and fascinating anecdotes. This book is a collection of provoking, insightful and perceptive pieces of writing by Robin Knox-Johnston. His forthright and compelling views are based on a wealth of experience and expertise. The spotlight of his steely gaze falls upon the great ocean races and the brave men and women who compete in them. He considers the lessons of seamanship he learned over hundreds of thousands of miles at sea and he looks ahead, considering the future of sailing for racing and cruising yachtsmen. This will entertain and inform in equal measure. A comprehensive index makes this a useful work of reference as well as a wonderful title which can be dipped into at leisure.

Tactics Made Simple

Optimist Racing

Sailboat Racing Tactics Explained Simply

A Manual for Sailors, Parents & Coaches

Jon Emmett

Steve Irish

$24.95 • Paperback • 104 pages 6.69 x 9.45 • illustrated •Available SPO036000 • 978-1-91217-725-7

$24.95 • Paperback • 120 pages 6.69 x 9.45 • illustrated • Available SPO036000 • 978-1-91217-718-9

Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion, Paul Goodison, explains why this book is important if you want to win races. He says: “To win sailboat races you need to sail the boat fast. This comes down to hours on the water training and tuning—there are few shortcuts to hours of practicing on the water. To consistently win races you need to sail fast and smart—making the right decisions to sail the best course. If you are not the fastest boat, you are still able to win races and regattas by managing risk and sailing smart. This is where good tactics come in. But, unlike boatspeed, tactics may be learnt by thinking about each leg of the course and different situations from the comfort of your own home. Jon Emmett’s new book, Tactics Made Simple, is a great tool to help fast track this learning. This book explains simply, through hundreds of diagrams, what tactics can be applied around the race track. Individual boats in each scenario are given names so that you can easily understand what they are doing.

The Optimist is the most popular junior sailing class worldwide, with thousands of young people actively racing them and hundreds attending the major events in the class. It has been the nursery for most of the top racing sailors in the world including all the Team GBR gold medallists at the last 2 Olympics (Sir Ben Ainslie, Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark and Giles Scott)—the same will be true for most other countries. Optimist Racing is written for those sailors, parents and coaches who are looking for success in this competitive class. In it you will learn what it takes to win, including how to achieve blistering boatspeed through technique and tuning, perfect boat handling and tactics as well as covering the mental and physical requirements for success. There is also a section for parents and coaches describing how they can best support their young sailors.

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Fernhurst Books Passage Planning Companion

GRP Repair Companion

Alastair Buchan

Repairing GRP & FRP Boats Pete & Penny Vincent

$13.60 • Spiralbound • 24 pages 3.15 x 8.74 • illustrated • Available SPO036000 • 978-1-91217-796-7

$13.60 • Spiralbound • 24 pages 3.15 x 8.74 • illustrated • Available TRA006030 • 978-1-91217-730-1

A handy, splash-proof, on-the-water reference guide to writing a clear and logical passage plan for a sea voyage, covering routing, pilotage, points of departure, landfalls, weather, tides, currents, safe havens, lights, communications, watchkeeping, safety, rations, fuel supplies, stowage and briefing.

Anyone who owns a fiberglass boat (GRP or FRP, yacht or dinghy) knows that it can get damaged in the rough and tumble of everyday use. Sometimes the damage is serious enough to warrant a professional repair (which the insurance company will probably pay for). But at other times it is more minor, and you might want to repair it yourself. But how do you repair it, so you can’t see the repair—get that really professional-looking finish? If you’ve ever asked that question, then this is the book for you. Pete takes you through the equipment, tools and materials you need and then explains the 8 stages of a glass fibre repair job: from the vital initial preparation to the final polish. This is followed by a step-by-step guide to making different repairs including small nicks, scratches and scuffs, star-crazing and deeper areas requiring fiberglassing.

Diesel Companion

The Laser Campaign Manual

Pat Manley

Top Tips from the World’s Most Successful Olympic Sailor Sir Ben Ainslie CBE

$13.60 • Spiralbound • 24 pages 3.15 x 8.74 • illustrated • Available SPO005000 • 978-1-91217-795-0

$24.95 • Paperback • 96 pages 6.69 x 9.45 • illustrated • April 2020 SPO036000 • 978-1-91262-102-6

A compact, handy, on-the-water reference guide containing all the essential information about keeping your marine diesel engine running for when you need it most: the perfect quick reference guide to keep onboard. The book covers the parts of the engine and has checklists for monthly, weekly and daily checks. It outlines what to do if the engine won’t start, or stop, if it overheats or there are problems with the fuel system. It tells you about servicing, the electrics and winterization. Splash-proof and spiral bound—allowing you to lay it out flat beside your engine—this little book stands up to frequent use and will be a valued companion when the engine doesn’t behave.

Sir Ben Ainslie won his first two Olympic medals (silver, then gold) in the Laser Class. After winning the gold medal he wrote down the secrets that won him that medal in this book. This new edition is published to mark the 20th anniversary of that first of his four Olympic gold medals. It features a brand-new introduction by Ben reflecting on his victory 20 years ago. It is the only how-to book that the world’s most successful Olympic sailor has written and so, while he and the Laser class have moved on, this is the only place where you can gain access to Ben’s skills and thought process. It is an invaluable guide on how to perform at the top of the Laser class or, indeed, any single-handed sailing dinghy. From psychology, goal setting and getting the boat right to speed, fitness and training – this book illustrates how to win a championship. Brimming with photographs, it is a colorful, detailed account of how to dominate in your fleet.

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Casemate Gaudium

The Invisible Walls of Dannemora

The Death Drive

Prelude to the Past

Why Societies Self-Destruct

The Autobiography of a Woman

Inside the Infamous Clinton Correctional Facility

Niklas Hageback

Rosie Gräefenberg

$39.99 • Hardback • 224 pages 5.5 x 8.5 • illustrated • February 2020 PSY031000 • 978-1-59211-032-2

$49.99 • Hardback • 424 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • January 2020 HIS018000 • 978-1-59211-037-7

Sigmund Freud’s death drive remains among the most controversial concepts in psychoanalysis, something which post-Freudians never could reach consensus on. Over time, it fell into oblivion. Recent developments, however, have actualized the interest in the death drive as political upheavals and turmoil lead to societal breakdowns that, according to reigning academic theory, should not exist. It has become a burning and contentious topic. Existing conflict theories generally unmask structural factors considered as explanatory root causes, whether social, economic, or political in nature, but, typically, these factors may have been in place for decades. These models consistently fail to identify the triggers that ignite abrupt change and what heralds it. Anecdotally, a certain self-destructive sentiment seems to suddenly hold sway, where the established order, the status quo, simply must be destroyed, and the psychological urges to do so are too great to resist. This work offers an explanatory framework and methodology to predict periods of destruction that often have grim effects on societies, taking as its starting point the controversial death drive concept. The book provides a model to understand and forecast the seemingly irrational destructive human forces that hold such great and sinister influence on world affairs.

Prelude to the Past is the remarkable story of a young Jewish girl growing up in Germany during the years leading up to the First World War and who experienced adulthood during the tumultuous years between the two World Wars becoming one of the most important journalistic figures of the period. Rosie Gräefenberg was no ordinary woman. Born to a prominent German-Jewish family, Rosie enjoyed an adventurous life as she pursued her career in journalism. Her travels led her to spend several years in inter-war France, where she experienced first-hand the attempts at Franco-German rapprochement in the aftermath of the treaty of Versailles. She ventured to French Morocco, Soviet Russia, and into the French colonies in Africa, leaving vivid portrayals of her encounters with these diverse societies and with many of the major political and social figures of the day. Prelude to the Past is a unique feminine perspective on a highly male-dominated era. With an introduction by Dr. Ernest H. Latham, the foremost scholar on the life and work of Rosie Gräefenberg, who later took the name R.G. Waldeck, Prelude to the Past is a must read for anyone interested in European society in the years preceding Hitler’s domination of Europe.

Michael H. Blaine $34.99 • Hardback • 224 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • May 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-59211-043-8

The infamous Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, in 2015 became the site of one of the most famous prison breaks in modern American history. Having earned the nickname of “Little Siberia”, the brutal winters contributed to the already depressing façade of the facility. During the long, dark hours, the wind howled outside and sounded like ghosts haunting the halls of the prison. Dannemora had a proud past. Every employee chose to work there and there was always a transfer list of staff hoping to work there. It was a hard prison for hard criminals. Having housed the likes of mobster Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, “Son of Sam” David Berkowitz, Rappers Tupac Shakur, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and countless other infamous criminals, the staff at the Clinton Correctional Facility knew how to handle even the toughest of men. The author spent his career at the Clinton Correctional Facility. Having been an Officer, Sergeant, and Lieutenant, his story reveals the changes he observed and what he experienced at each rank he earned. This new book reveals the inner workings of this massive prison and is the first look inside at what it was like to work at the facility, its effects on those who spent time there on both sides of the bars, revealing why nobody escapes the Invisible Walls of Dannemora.

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George F Thompson Publishing East Coast

Mississippi River

Arctic to Tropic Simon Winchester

Headwaters and Heartland to Delta and Gulf

$65.00 • Hardback • 320 pages 10 x 11.8 • illustrated • Available PHO023040 • 978-1-93808-644-1 Regional Interest: New England, Mid Atlantic, Southeast

$50.00 • Hardback • 336 pages 11.88 x 11.5 • illustrated • June 2020 PHO023040 • 978-1-93808-673-1 Regional Interest: Minnesota, Mississippi, Louisiana

The East Coast of North America is a wondrous, intriguing, yet threatened coastline. It zigs and zags for more than 5,500 miles and assumes a multifaceted, jigsaw shape from the Arctic Circle and Greenland across the Canadian Maritimes, then southward into Maine, Cape Cod, New York Harbor, the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, along the Outer Banks to Charleston Harbor and on to Cape Canaveral. It ends at the Dry Tortugas on the western tip of the Florida Keys near the Tropic of Cancer. In this companion book to West Coast: Bering to Baja, David Freese has once again captured a vast coastal region—one that presently faces a major peril from the rising sea brought about by global climate change and higher temperatures on land and in the ocean. Simon Winchester, always the master storyteller, provides the informative and captivating tale about the geological underpinnings and climatic history of the Atlantic seaboard, including an ominous view of what lies ahead. Jenna Butler, an award-winning Canadian author, gives a noteworthy commentary on Freese’s photographs, as she places the images in context.

America’s most important and iconic river has many familiar names: The Mighty Mississippi, Old Blue, and Ole Man River. In Mississippi River: Headwaters and Heartland to Delta and Gulf, the third book of his trilogy on North American Waters, David Freese takes us on a captivating visual journey from its source at Lake Itasca in Minnesota 2,552 miles south to the Gulf of Mexico. Freese’s photographs open our eyes to encompass a wide diversity of industry and farmland, cities and towns, landscapes and wildlife, all the while revealing the constant flow of goods, grain, and fuel, up and down the country’s major shipping artery. The noted author Simon Winchester has written an arresting essay that provides one of the most compelling descriptions and histories yet written about a river that is so much more than a familiar name. The foreword by Sarah Kennel, Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, places Freese’s images into the canon of landscape photography as a magnificent body of work that documents, critiques, honors, and sanctifies America’s most treasured river.

West Coast

The Trilogy of North American Waters

Bering to Baja Simon Winchester $60.00 • Hardback • 192 pages 9.5 x 11.5 • illustrated • Available • PHO019000 • 978-1-93808-604-5 Regional Interest: Pacific Northwest, California

There is no more beautiful or alluring coast in the world than the West Coast of North America: a 5,000-mile-long region that extends from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to Canada’s British Columbia, south to Washington, Oregon, and California, and then to Baja California in Mexico. No photographer until David Freese has explored the various and wondrous landscapes along the Pacific Ocean in such depth, making this the first book to look comprehensively at what makes the natural beauty of this particular coast so memorable. Behind the scenery, of course, lie the geologic forces that have created the West Coast landscapes that we now admire, explore, and praise. The engaging and informative text by renowned author Simon Winchester grounds us in understanding the deep relationship between geology and scenery. And Naomi Rosenblum, the esteemed photographic historian, writer, curator, and art critic, firmly establishes David Freese’s place among the great landscape photographers of the past and present. In every photograph, his unique vision of nature and of place comes shining through.

David Freese

West Coast, East Coast, Mississippi River David Freese $125.00 • Hardback • 336 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • June 2020 PHO023040 • 978-1-93808-676-2

David Freese has spent the last fifteen years photographing the West and East Coasts of North America, resulting in two books West Coast: Bering to Baja (2012) and East Coast: Arctic to Tropic (2016). In addition to his ongoing fine-art projects, he has worked as a freelance assignment photographer on location for more than thirty years and has taught for years at the Film and Media Arts Department at Temple University. His prints are in many collections, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Haggerty Museum of Art, and Library of Congress. Freese’s photographs have appeared in Communication Arts, Photo District News, Photo Insider, Polaroid International, Popular Photography, Smithsonian Air and Space, and View Camera magazines. His images can also be seen on the Internet at LensCulture and at the Art Photo Index.

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George F Thompson Publishing • Gill Books

Shenandoah Valley Apples

Carrara

Flag Officers of the Arc

$35.00 • Hardback • 84 pages 11.5 x 10.5 • illustrated • March 2020 PHO000000 • 978-1-93808-675-5

$35.00 • Hardback • 144 pages 12 x 10 • illustrated • March 2020 PHO000000 •978-1-93808-674-8 Regional Interest: Virginia

The legendary Cava di Gioia quarry in Carrara, Italy, was the source of the luminous white marble used by Michelangelo, Bernini, Henry Moore, and other renowned sculptors. Carrara, a volume of stunning photographs by William Wylie, reveals that the beauty of the quarry itself can be as the sculptures carved from its stone. Wylie is the first photographer to extensively document Cava di Gioia since Ilario Besi, who worked in the mid-twentieth century. For six years, Wylie photographed the changing landscape of the quarry, and his images capture the intense physical scale of the site, the dramatic setting, and the character of the stonecutters, or cavatori, who have worked the quarry for generations. Wylie’s astonishing photographs present a remarkable panorama carved by more than twenty centuries of excavation. As well, his images of the stonecutters are sensitive portraits of men shaped by their occupation, toughened and enlivened by their work. The photographs of Carrara capture the life within the stone and bring to life the hitherto-unseen beauty of a land better known for its resources than its distinctive beauty.

William Wylie

Scott Jost

Through oral histories and color photographs from apple orchards and workplaces in the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge regions of Virginia, Shenandoah Valley Apples explores the history, current conditions, and possible future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge regions of Virginia. The book explores questions such as: What was apple growing like in early Virginia agriculture? How has the apple industry changed over time? What are the greatest challenges currently faced by growers? What are the most satisfying aspects of work in the apple industry? What are the greatest hopes of apple growers for the future? Shenandoah Valley Apples relays a historical and cultural legend exemplified by relationships between people and land in the context of an economy that has always been regional, national, and international in nature. It also describes a unique present in which economic pressures, international trade, and encroaching development are changing those people and that land with unprecedented severity and speed. At the same time, proud stories of adaptation, perseverance and success are also part of the picture. Shenandoah Valley Apples preserves the legacy of one of Virginia’s most important and rapidly disappearing cultural landscapes. It also raises awareness of and concern for broader issues that affect agriculture and land use everywhere.

Scott Jost lives in Bridgewater, VA.

A Narrow Sea The Irish-Scottish Connection in 120 Episodes Jonathan Bardon $41.00 • Hardback • 336 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-0-71718-059-2

The first history of the special relationship between Ireland and Scotland from acclaimed historian Jonathan Bardon, based on his BBC Radio series of the same name. A Narrow Sea explores the myriad connections, correlations, personalities and antagonisms that have, over the centuries, defined the relationship between these two spirited neighbors. In 120 brief, episodic chapters, the book offers a stirring, panoramic view of a connection that has shaped the course of history. Roving freely across the centuries, from the first migrations of the regions’ Paleolithic tribes and their encounters with Greek and Roman explorers, to the grand colonial projects of the Vikings, Normans and Stuarts, this is the story of how a shared culture laid the basis for two very different nations.

William Wylie lives in Charlottesville, VA.

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Gill Books When the Hangman Came to Galway A Gruesome True Story of Murder in Victorian Ireland Dean Ruxton $28.00 • Paperback • 236 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-0-71718-085-1

The paths of a secret paramour, a jilted lover, and a reluctant hangman cross in one fateful winter week in Galway, 1885. James Berry was the notorious hangman who ended the lives of over 130 criminals in Victorian Britain and Ireland. Tortured by nightmares as he tried to come to terms with the toll his gruesome work took on him, he played a central role in some of the crimes of the century. This story keeps readers transfixed as they journey with this Berry through nineteenth-century Ireland in all its gruesome glory.

My Name is Bridget

De Valera: Rise (1882– 1932), Vol. 1

The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and The Tuam Mothers and Baby Home

David McCullagh

Alison O’Reilly $30.00 • Paperback • 344 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available BIO022000 • 978-0-71718-042-4

$45.00 • Hardback 560 pages 8 x 10 illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-0-71715-586-6

In 1946, Bridget Dolan entered Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Bridget gave birth to a boy, John, who died at the home less than two years later. Her second child was delivered there and taken. She would go on to marry and have a daughter Anna. It was only after Bridget’s death that Anna discovered she had two brothers andbecame compelled to uncover any information about her baby brothers. Revealed were the remains of 796 babies were buried on the site of the Tuam Home. Anna was left to wonder, were her brothers among them? Here, with Alison O’Reilly, she pieces together the mystery.

The first volume of a major two-part reassessment of the man who shaped modern Ireland. Eamon de Valera is the most single most consequential Irish figure of the twentieth century. While de Valera the statesman, the rebel, the visionary, has passed over into a sort of myth, de Valera the man remains an elusive, almost opaque presence. Precious little is known of his background, his motivations—the roots, in short, of his ferocious devotion to a very particular brand of Irish nationalism. Here, McCullagh considers the man behind the colossal achievements, and sketches a ground-breaking portrait of de Valera, his times and his complex, ever-shifting legacy.

At All Costs

People Like Me

Davy Fitzgerald

Lynn Ruane

Working Class Heroines

$24.00 • Paperback 336 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • Available BIO016000 978-0-71718-487-3

$29.00 • Paperback 274 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • Available BIO022000 978-0-71718-018-9

The Extraordinary Women of Dublin’s Tenements

The story of one of Ireland’s most recognizable and polarizing sports figures, in his own words. Davy Fitzgerald is an All-Ireland winning hurler and manager who established a reputation as one of the finest hurling talents of his generation. For Davy, however, a man every bit the perfectionist, victory has always come at a cost. In this raw and surprisingly vulnerable account of his life in hurling, Fitzgerald confronts his legacy, his fiery reputation and the most enduring controversies of his career.

This is the exhilarating story of one woman’s journey to the brink and back, emerging as a leading light for change and an inspiration to women everywhere. Lynn Ruane grew up in a loving home in West Dublin, but in her early teens things began to unravel, and she fell into a life of crime and drug use. By age 15—pregnant with her first child, no longer attending school—Lynn decided she had enough of running away and set about rebuilding her life. Inspired by her daughter, she returned to education and slowly began to heal the hurt. She began developing addiction services, became an activist at Trinity College, and later a senator. As she rebuilt her personal and political life, Lynn was called to reckon with her past in a new and frightening way.

Kevin C. Kearns $29.00 • Paperback • 448 pages 8 x 10 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-0-71718-351-7

Based on 30 years of interviewing and recording the stories of the working-class women of Dublin, this book covers the squalid tenement days of the early 1900s, the mid-century decades of `slumland’ block flats, and the 1970s when deadly drugs infiltrated poor neighborhoods, terrifying mothers and stealing away their children. What emerges is an intimate and poignant celebration of the mammies and grannies that held the fabric of family life in an environment of hardship and, often, cruelty. Through vivid tales of how they coped with grinding poverty, these remarkable women shine with astonishing dignity, wit, pride and a resilient spirit, despite their struggles.

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Casemate Gill Books The Great Irish Weather Book

Historical Irish Oddities

Joanna Donnelly

A Compendium of Extraordinary but True Tales

$41.00 • Hardback • 96 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available JNF051080 978-0-71718-093-6

Allen Foster

There’s nothing the Irish like more than talking about the weather! Here meteorologist Joanna Donnelly explains what weather is and how it happens. From cold fronts to climate change, satellites to storms, this book contains everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the weather. Beautifully illustrated by Fuchsia MacAree, and containing lots of interesting facts and experiments, this is a book that every curious child will love. Ages 9+

The Rory’s Stories Guide to Being Irish

$14.00 • Paperback • 240 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 978-0-71718-472-9

This compendium of stories from all over Ireland features extraordinary events and people from Irish history. From the Lismore man who rode to Fermoy in a tub pulled by a pig, a badger, two cats, a goose and a hedgehog, to the fortune discovered in a Belfast piano once owned by destitute sisters, and the Cashel man who insisted on being evicted while lying in his coffin, this is the perfect gift book for anyone with an interest in Irish history and a taste for the absurd.

Mind, Body, Soul Journal Discover a Sense of Purpose and Achieve Your Best Life

Rory O’Connor

The Irish Insult Generator

Andrea Hayes $22.00 • Hardback • 224 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HUM015000 • 978-0-71718-340

$28.00 • Paperback • 320 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available SEL045000 • 978-0-71718-347-0

$19.00 • Hardback • 102 pages 8 x 10 • illustrated • Available HUM018000 • 978-0-71718-309-8

A laugh-out-loud guide to the most important things about being Irish. Based on the hugely successful Rory’s Stories Facebook page: from weddings and wakes to hangovers, pre-marriage courses, working as an apprentice on a building site, Irish summers, the Irish abroad, smart-ass barmen, more hangovers, aspiring TDs, the GAA lotto man, going on the hop from school and Irish mammies.

This timeless journal, beautifully illustrated with pages for monthly journaling, is an indispensable companion if you want to live a more focused, positive life. A practical workbook designed to help you find more meaning and fulfillment amidst the chaos; it contains a twelve-step, month-by-month strategy that creates space for introspection and self-discovery so you can gain a renewed sense of freedom and fulfillment.

Have the craic while creating over six million uniquely Irish insults to mock the eejits in your life without causing ructions. With The Irish Insult Generator under your oxter, you’ll be effin’ and blindin’ with the best of them in no time! This gas flipbook lets you mix and match uniquely Irish insults, so the next time some awful gombeen annoys you, you can send them on their way!

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Casemate Gill Books A Pocket History of the Irish Revolution The Fight for Ireland’s Independence Richard Killeen $12.00 • Hardback • 256 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-0-71717-941-1

Ireland 1963 A Year of Marvels, Mysteries, Merriment and Misfortune Kevin C. Kearns $42.00 • Hardback • 388 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-0-71718-078-3

The perfect introduction to Ireland’s dramatic fight for sovereignty. Gaining independence from British rule has dominated Irish history since the plantation of Ulster. This book focuses on the lead up to the 1916 Rising, and especially its aftermath. It covers the War of Independence, the great leaders de Valera and Collins, the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and the Irish Civil War.

In his latest book, Kearns revisits the extraordinary year of 1963, bringing to life the voices of the ordinary people who lived through it in a way no conventional history could match. It was a year like no other. Not for any one event, but for an astonishing sequence of occurrences—triumphs and tragedies, joys and sorrows—that spanned all twelve months: a biblical-like flash flood, tenement collapses, the liberating Bingo Craze, and a frightening `mystery caller’ posing as a priest. And, of course, it was the year of President Kennedy’s rapturous four-day visit to Ireland. The year reached its climax with fear for thirty Irish passengers aboard the liner Lakonia, “ablaze and sinking” at sea during Christmas week. Yet, a series of happy events throughout the year brought great joy to many. Kearns humanizes these events by relying on oral history from those who were there; their words and emotions carry a riveting authenticity and immediacy.

Pocket Old Irish Stories

A Pocket Guide to Irish Castles

Classic tales to Delight and Entertain

The Story of Ireland’s Amazing Heritage

Fiona Biggs

$12.00 • Hardback • 256 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available JUV012030 • 978-0-71717-942-8

$12.00 • Hardback • 256 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-0-71717-940-4

More of the greatest Irish stories from the producers of the Pocket series. Kings and farmers, monsters and fairies, magic and mayhem—all the ingredients of classic legends are to be found between the pages of this book. Packed with 19 age-old tales drawn from Ireland’s ancient tradition of storytelling, including stories of the legendary Fionn MacCumhail, these yarns will delight younger readers, and those young at heart—as they have for generations. Illustrated by Marina Pessarrodona

The stories of Ireland’s best-known castles. Majestic and magnificent, designed to both intimidate and inspire, castles are a common feature across Ireland’s landscape, with over 1000 examples remaining—some intact, some in ruins, all awesome. This book celebrates the most popular Irish castles, from the Norman fortress of Bunratty to the five-star splendor of Ashford, from medieval Malahide to dramatic Dunluce.

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Gill Books Brian Boru The Warrior King

Spuds and the Crock of Gold

John Burke

Séamus Ó Conaill

$17.00 • Hardback • 32 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available JNF007020 • 978-0-71718-456-9

$16.00 • Paperback • 32 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available JUV012020 • 978-0-71718-377-7

Learn about the life and times of Brian Boru in the second book in John & Fatti Burke’s Little Library series. Brian Boru grew up in a large warrior family over 1,000 years ago in Killaloe, Ireland. One of twelve sons, Brian and his brothers practiced raids on other counties from the River Shannon. Eventually, Brian’s army and navy grew to be so big that he became King of all Ireland. But up in Dublin, the Vikings were invading. So he gathered his men and went into battle. Ages 6+.

It was the first of May, the start of summer, but for leprechaun Spuds Potsofgold it was not a good day. Two things had gone horribly wrong. The first was that his precious crock of gold disappeared while he was taking a nap, the second was that he couldn’t stop sneezing! How will Spuds solve the mystery of his missing crock of gold, and what is to be done about his allergy to Steve, his pet mouse? Ages 5+

Be an Irish Explorer

Granuaile

Discover, Doodle, Design, and Draw Your Way around Ireland

John Burke

Bex Shelford

Learn about Ireland’s original rebel girl in this exciting new series of inspirational Irish lives. This first book focuses on Granuaile, the daughter of a great trader and sea captain, Eoghan O’Malley of Mayo. Living in a castle on Clare Island 500 years ago, Granuaile spent her childhood on the sea in boats of all shapes and sizes. Granuaile’s parents wanted her to do what other girls did, to be a good girl and get married and settle down. But Granuaile had other ideas. This superb illustrated book about this historic icon and fearless leader is a must to begin every child’s collection of inspiring Irish lives. Ages 7+ “A rousing tribute to Granuaile O’Malley, 16th-century freebooter from County Mayo...a grand and stirring tale.”—Kirkus Reviews “Appealing cartoon illustrations center on a fiery-haired, often-mischievous Grainne, who rescued drowning men and fought off pirates with a baby in hand. A two-page time line retreads her long and storied life, and an ending page of factoids provides then-and-now insight into her history. A playful examination of a powerful woman.”—Booklist

The Pirate Queen $22.00 • Hardback • 32 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available JUV016100 • 978-0-71718-350-0

$17.00 • Paperback • 64 pages 10 x 7.5 • illustrated • Available JUV054000 • 978-0-71718-348-7

This boredom-busting activity pad will keep children entertained for hours, and is the ideal travel companion for young visitors to Ireland. Each page explores a different location, from Newgrange to Bunratty, the Giant’s Causeway to the Cliffs of Moher. Activities include drawing the sights, designing your own postcards, coloring Irish dancing dresses and creating your own comic! You will learn all about Saint Patrick, discover each county’s GAA team colors and find out about Irish customs and traditions. Ages 7+.

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Gresley Flying Scotsman The WorldsMost Famous Steam Locomotive

Mallard

Before Rocket

The Story of Britain’s Most Magnificent Locomotive

The Steam Locomotive up to 1829

Robin Jones

Anthony Dawson

Brian Sharpe $22.99 • Hardback • 336 pages 6.5 x 9.44 • illustrated • February 2020 TRA004000 • 978-1-91165-802-3

$22.99 • Hardback • 336 pages 6.5 x 9.44 • illustrated • April 2020 TRA004000 • 978-1-91165-821-4

$19.99 • Hardback • 304 pages 6.5 x 9.44 • illustrated • April 2020 TRA004000 • 978-1-91165-825-2

No 1472 was the third of a class of steam locomotives, and did not originally even carry a name. The Great Northern Railway A1 4-6-2 though, was the biggest express steam engine ever to have been seen in Britain at the time. It was chosen to be displayed at a major exhibition at Wembley in 1924, and for this it was given the name Flying Scotsman. It was the first steam engine in the world to officially break the 100mph barrier. Flying Scotsman has now become the one steam engine in the world of which everyone knows the name, and which most people would even recognize.

On July 3, 1938, LNER A4 streamlined Pacific No. 4468 Mallard reached 126 mph, setting a world steam speed record that has never been broken. It was the zenith of not only a great decade in which glamorous express trains competed to see which could travel from London to Scotland in the fastest time, but also the steam age itself. Here is the story of LNER chief mechanical engineer Sir Nigel Gresley’s Pacifics and Mallard’s international headline-grabbing feat, and also that of the five other A4s still with us—including the ‘Mission Impossible’ repatriation of Dwight D Eisenhower and Dominion of Canada.

Rocket is perhaps one of the best-known railway locomotives in history. Entered by George and Robert Stephenson and Henry Booth for the Rainhill Trials of October 1829, Rocket was the outright victor and paved the way for the dominance of the steam railway as the major means of communication for the next hundred years or more. This book sets out to chart the development of the steam locomotive from its birth with Richard Trevithick up to the momentous year of 1829, showing just how far the locomotive had come in a quarter of century, to go on to be the world-changing invention it became.

British Railway Disasters Lessons Learned from Tragedies on the Track

Brunel’s Big Railway

British Railway Stinks

Creation of the Great Western Railway

The Last Railway Chemists

Robin Jones

David Smith

Robin Jones $22.99 • Hardback • 336 pages 6.5 x 9.44 • illustrated • January 2020 TRA004000 • 978-1-91165-801-6

$22.99 • Hardback • 336 pages 6.5 x 9.44 • illustrated • March 2020 TRA004000 • 978-1-91165-819-1

$22.99 • Hardback • 304 pages 6.5 x 9.44 • illustrated • February 2020 TRA004000 • 978-1-91165-826-9

This is the story of how Britain’s railway disasters, horrific though they may be, change the network for the better through the crucial lessons that are learned. It starts with fatalities on early mining tramways before the dawn of the steam age and takes the story up to the present day. While many of Britain’s worst tragedies are covered in depth, such as Quintinshill in 1915 and Harrow & Wealdstone in 1952, the book also looks at others that had resounding consequences for safety.

Brunel’s Great Western Railway was not only bigger, wider and faster than any other of its day, but linked London to New York via his great steamships from Bristol. His unique broad gauge ‘super railway’ also connected Paddington to Plymouth and Penzance, and for decades was one of the wonders of the world. More than two centuries on, many of his historic structures along the route have been given listed building protection so future generations can admire and enjoy them. This book looks at the history of the railway from London to Bristol and Brunel’s Great Western legacy.

The first railway chemical laboratory was opened in 1864 by the L & NWR at Crewe, and the last ones lost their direct link to the rail industry with privatization in 1996. Whatever their expertise, every railway chemist or ‘stink’ has been asked the same question: “What do you actually do”? That is precisely the question this book attempts to answer. It covers many aspects of the work, from a BR chemist going to San Francisco to blow up a watermelon to declaring an empty coal wagon a confined space. British Railway Stinks tells the unusual, astonishing and sometimes downright hilarious story of the railway ‘nuts’ who decided what exactly the ‘wrong kind of leaves’ were.

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Green Bean Books • Grub Street Cookery

A Basket Full of Figs

Who Will Ask the Four Questions?

Preserving, Potting and Pickling

Ori Elon

Naomi Ben-Gur

$12.95 • Paperback • 32 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available JUV033000 • 978-1-78438-472-2

$12.95 • Paperback • 32 pages 6 x 5 • illustrated • Available JUV033000 • 978-1-78438-463-0

Food from the Storecupboards of Europe

‘I plant a fig, I plant a gift. For children, for the coming generations.’ When the Emperor Hadrian gallops into the village, its inhabitants hide in fear. All except one. An old man, almost one hundred years old, comes outside to plant a fig tree. Hadrian stops his horse. ‘What are you doing?’ he asks the old man. ‘That tree is so small and you are so old! Surely you won’t live long enough to eat its fruit!’ The old man responds: ‘if I don’t then my children will’. Three years later, Hadrian returns. Meeting the old man again, he is shocked to see that the tree has grown and it is covered in figs. The old man’s prophecy of gifts for future generations has come true. Recreating one of the Midrash’s most beautiful tales, A Basket of Figs teaches the importance of caring for the environment and consideration for our fellow human beings. Ori Alon’s enchanting storytelling and Menahem Halberstadt’s stunning illustrations bring this wise fable to life on the page, to inspire and delight young readers.

‘You showed us all what a fantastic big brother you are!’ As Passover draws near, Eitan is excited about singing the Ma Nishtana—the Four Questions—as he does every year on Seder night. But the Ma Nishtana is supposed to be sung by the youngest at the Seder table and this year, to Eitan’s consternation, his little sister Libby finally thinks she is ready for the job. Grandma tries to keep the peace: ‘Maybe you could teach your sister to sing the Four Questions?’ she suggests to Eitan. ‘She can sing next year,’ he shrugs. ‘Why don’t you sing it together?’ Grandma tries. But Libby will not hear of it. Despite Eitan’s best efforts, Libby stands firm: she is the littlest and she will sing the Mah Nishtana. When Seder night finally arrives, the whole family gather together. They all take turns to read from the Haggadah and, when it is time for the Mah Nishtana, they turn to Libby. She looks nervous: the words don’t come out, until Eitan finds himself helping her and she sings her first Mah Nishtana perfectly. Beautifully illustrated and charmingly told, this story celebrates the challenges and joys of family, festivities and the all-important, Four Questions.

Elizabeth Luard $45.00 • Hardback • 320 pages 7 x 10 • illustrated • April 2020 CKB101000 • 978-1-911621-38-6

For centuries the storecupboard was the most important feature in every European castle, house or hovel. Its contents were jealously guarded and fiercely protected because they represented survival. In Preserving, Potting and Pickling Elisabeth Luard chooses the best of these larder-store treasures to give recipes for pickles to jams, bottled sauces to potted and dried meats, and directions for drying and storing vegetables, pulses, herbs and funghi. She goes on to present whole meals built around convenience foods such as Portable Soup (the original soup-cube) and the two ketchups— mushroom and tomato—which have provided the secret ingredient for so many of our ancestors delicious dishes. There are recipes for storable treats like French pain d’epices (better a month or two in the cupboard) and sweets such as the lovely honey-and-almond turrón of Moorish Spain and the marzipan specialities of southern France. Finally the book offers a section on natural home remedies from soothing syrups to herbal teas. Very much a companion volume to her highly acclaimed European Peasant Cookery, this treasure trove is illustrated throughout with the author’s own delightful drawings and paintings.

Ori Elon lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Grub Street Cookery

Veganissimo

Vegan Bible

Storecupboard Vegan

Italian Vegan Cuisine

Marie Laforêt

Laura VeganPower

Angélique Roussel

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$34.95 • Hardback • 252 pages 7 x 10 • illustrated • March 2020 CKB086000 • 978-1-91162-141-6

Vegan Bible is an exhaustive work in which you will discover the richness and the diversity of vegan foods and how cooking can still be truly creative even without eggs, meat, fish or dairy products. Learn how to make your own vegan cheeses, creams and milks, how to cook astonishing egg-free, dairy-free desserts, and how to prepare 100% vegan versions of some of the great classic dishes using ingredients that can be found in your local supermarket. As well as recipes for breakfasts, lunches, suppers and baby foods there are recipes for every occasion: birthdays, brunches, picnics, barbecues, and family get-togethers. More than just a collection of recipes, the book provides illustrated step-by-step information on the key ingredients of the vegan diet: nuts, flax seeds, chickpeas, avocado; and there is a chapter outlining the essentials for vegan nutritional balance: where to find protein, calcium, vitamin B12 and mistakes to avoid. The demand for vegan cookbooks is growing a pace as more and more people stop eating animal products for environmental, ethical or health reasons and this gorgeous collection of 500 inventive, inspirational recipes for newcomers and long-time vegans alike is destined to be a constant companion.

Here are 300 easy, fast and inexpensive recipes that use ready-made vegan preparations, such as tofu sausages, smoked tofu, seitan, tempeh, soy steaks, vegan cheeses, and dairy-free yogurt as well as regular storecupboard staples like tins of chick peas or beans, lentils, pasta, rice, quinoa, couscous, gnocchi, miso and frozen vegetables. The authors of the highly acclaimed and widely reviewed Aquafaba, are back, and this time, it is the time-poor urban dweller who will benefit from their culinary creativity. This book is designed for ‘urban vegans’. Why? Because there are noticeable differences in access to food according to where we live. In big cities like London, Paris or New York, you can find every possible vegan ingredient, and endless products imported from exotic countries. On the other hand, since there is rarely local production, it can often be very hard to find top-quality super-fresh fruits and vegetables. You may be surprised to find that almost all the vegetables and herbs used in this book are frozen. The first obvious advantage to using frozen is it’s time saving! No cleaning, no peeling, no cutting—and available in small quantities, without waste. The second advantage is having on hand the basics for an instant meal. So the aim of this book is to provide recipes for real cooking every day using mainly products that are easily found in local neighbourhood shops and supermarkets. The idea is to use what you have on hand, stored in your kitchen cupboards or at the bottom of the fridge. You are always ready to go!

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Italian food is diverse, full of variety and above all designed for enjoyment. But it is also traditionally rich in products of animal origin. Veganissimo translates all the Italian classics into vegan alternatives. You will discover many easy recipes to make, with simple ingredients, some with gluten-free alternatives. Learn how to make Italian vegan cheese, and fresh pasta without eggs. There are also recipes for Antipasti: arancini, pizza-style muffins, artichoke cream with hazelnuts, olive spread, and bruschetta. You will learn how to make tofu ragu, aubergine crumble, tempeh marengo, creamy polenta with mushrooms, seitan osso bucco, and polpetti. Produce home-made egg-free pasta such as lasagne, lemon and almond spaghetti, carbonara, and conchiglioni. Create your own vegan versions of mozzarella, ricotta, and mascarpone. As well as all the wonderful Italian dolce: lemon tiramisù, ice cream, cantucci, pannacotta and amaretti. Every dish is sumptuously photographed showing all your favorite Italian dishes vegan-style.

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Historika • Addison & Highsmith

Frederik V

Frederik VI

Christian VI

A Reign Without a Ruler

Ruler in an Age of Revolution

The Pious Builder

Jens Gunni Busck

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Frederik V reigned from 1746 until his death in 1766. For the most part he was a ruler in name only, as power was held by his ministers and in particular to his High Court Marshal, Adam Gottlob Moltke, who functioned as the real head of state throughout Frederik V’s entire reign. This book is part of the Crown Series, a series of small books on the Danish monarchy and related subjects published in cooperation with the Royal Danish Collection.

Frederik VI ruled Denmark from 1806 to 1839. He began his regency by implementing far-sighted measures, including the great agricultural reforms. In contrast, the Napoleonic Wars, the Bombardment of Copenhagen, and the relinquishing of Norway, did not go well for Frederik VI. This book is part of the Crown Series, a series of small books on the Danish monarchy and related subjects published in cooperation with the Royal Danish Collection.

Christian VI ruled from 1730 to his death in 1746. As King he built Christiansborg, Hirschholm, and Hermitage Palacse. As an adherent of the Pietist religious movement, he believed it was sinful to enjoy oneself, and life at his court was reminiscent of life in a monastery. This book is part of the Crown Series, a series of small books on the Danish monarchy and related subjects published in cooperation with the Royal Danish Collection.

Christian VII

Vegas Die

Lafayette

The King Who Lost His Mind

A Quest Murder Mystery

Courtier to Crown Fugitive, 1757–1777

Jens Gunni Busck

S.P. Grogan

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Christian VII was King of Denmark-Norway from 1766 until 1808. This book is part of the Crown Series, a series of small books on the Danish monarchy and related subjects published in cooperation with the Royal Danish Collection.

Vegas Die won an award for Best Regional Fiction and was selected by the Las Vegas Review Journal as one of the best selections for summertime reading. Here you’ll find the best in Sin City characters from thebuxom stripper to the nerdy card counter.

Here is an ‘action’ story of highway robbers, spies, and court intrigues. The reader can see the developing psychological make-up of Lafayette: his search for a father-figure, his need for supportive love, and his blind passion for glory and fame.

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The Motorcar in Ireland

The Story Behind the Remarkable Neolithic Discovery at Newgrange

1896–1939 Leanne Blaney $22.95 • Paperback • 270 pages 6.25 x 9.25 • illustrated Available • HIS018000 978-1-91609-980-7

Anthony Murphy $22.95 • Paperback • 270 pages 6.75 x 9.5 • illustrated Available • HIS018000 978-0-99579-279-1

The Motorcar in Ireland offers an overall historical assessment of In July 2018, Anthony Murphy and the development of the motorcar Ken Williams discovered a giant within Ireland and its role as a previously unknown monument modernizing force impacting close to Newgrange while flying and influencing change on their drones over the Boyne Valley. They found what archaeologists believe the island between the years 1896-1939. It also determines the nature of to be a Late Neolithic henge monument. Archaeologists pored over the drone the relationships that developed between the motorcar, the state and the imagery and the National Monuments Service conducted their own flights motor industry during this period, and how these groups encouraged or over Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site to capture the features in more detail. discouraged the development of car culture within Ireland. Consideration is also paid to how the popularization of the car influenced legislation around In Dronehenge, Anthony Murphy tells the story of the remarkable discovery road construction and the development of industries subsidiary to the motor of this monument, and attempts to unravel some of its mysteries. Lavishly industry, including oil. illustrated, Dronehenge includes discussion of how this monument might have been constructed and what it might have been used for, and includes 3D Included are illustrations and stories researched from a variety of private models of its likely appearance. Anthony explains how the henge completely and public archives from across Ireland and the UK, including the Royal Irish changes our view of the Brú na Bóinne landscape, and why it will have Automobile Club (RIAC), which brings the fascinating story of the early years archaeologists and historians studying them for many years to come. of the motorcar to life with great color and humor.

“I Am Enough!”

The Boundless and Miraculous

Words to Live By Gary Cunningham

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A former inmate and author of two books, Gary has had the opportunity to speak to over a thousand young people across Ireland. It was in one particular school, when Gary was informed of the recent tragic suicide of a twelve-year-old student, that he realized there was a crisis at hand and that he had to do something about it. Each story deals with topics and situations that came up while speaking to students: bullying, peer pressure, grief, consent, social media, and suicide. He concludes that the young people today are not ‘moody and rude’ as often portrayed—they are simply trying to navigate a fast-changing, high-pressured world.

War, Suffering and the Struggle for Human Rights

Found Poems from the Letters of Vincent van Gogh Larry Stapleton $22.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • Available ART016030 • 978-1-91609-981-4

In The Boundless and Miraculous, closely related extracts from Van Gogh’s letters are brought together to make ‘found poems’—writing not originally intended to be a poem but reframed as such—here in the form of sonnets. The poems encapsulate the development of Van Gogh’s artistic vision, notably the thought processes behind some of his most iconic paintings. This work celebrates Van Gogh’s spectacular art as well as his exquisite writing in what could be considered a series of brief autobiographical sketches.

Peadar King $22.95 • Paperback • 280 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • January 2020 POL035010 • 978-1-91609-982-1

With a focus on war and its consequences, this book tells profoundly moving stories of how conflict has convulsed the lives of people caught up its insidious grip, plunged people into the depths of despair and crushed the hopes and dreams of whole generations. None of this is accidental. Wars don’t just happen. They are the inevitable result of the military industrial complex, the colonial legacy, the economic dividends of war. Featuring stories of human rights violations and struggles, the reader will be left with an understanding of how wars live on long after they are deemed officially over.

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Lorimer • Medina Publishing BlackBerry Town

Black Cop My 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism

How High Tech Success Has Played Out for Canada’s Kitchener-Waterloo

Calvin Lawrence

Chuck Howitt

$24.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Feb 2020 BIO027000 • 978-1-45941-448-8

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Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by The smartphone was an incredibly the Halifax police department at a successful Canadian invention time of heightened racial tension created by a team of engineers in the city. From the start, some fellow African Canadians wondered if he had and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key sold out. White citizens wondered whether a black Canadian even belonged player involved—the community of Kitchener-Waterloo. In this book Chuck in the job. Howitt offers a new history of BlackBerry which documents how the resources and the people of Kitchener-Waterloo supported, facilitated, benefited from Calvin takes readers into his confidence as he learns to navigate as a beat cop, and how to deal with racism in the community — and worse, in the police and celebrated the achievement that BlackBerry represents. force itself. Across Canada, communities hope for homegrown business successes like As a seventh-generation Canadian, Calvin Lawrence has written a book BlackBerry. This book underlines how a mid-sized, strong community can which lays bare key failures of Canadian police organizations. Even today help grow a world-beating company, and demonstrates the importance of they operate on the basis that only white Canadians are entitled to the rights the attitudes and decisions of local institutions in enabling and sustaining promised to all by the rule of law and the Canadian Charter of Rights. successful innovation. Canada has a lot to learn from BlackBerry Town.

Lucy Maud Canada’s Literary Treasure

Picasso’s Revenge

Captain Shakespear

Ray Foulk

Desert exploration, Arabian Intrigue and the rise of Ibn Sa’ud

Stan Sauerwein

978-1-45950-591-9

$16.95 • Paperback 128 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 llustrated • Feb 2020 BIO022000

Against the odds, and battling severe mental and physical health issues, Lucy Maud Montgomery published twenty-three books over a thirty year period. Her stories are still enjoyed around the world and have been immortalized on film, television and stage. The spirited story of orphaned Anne was inspired by the natural beauty of Prince Edward Island and Lucy Maud Montgomery’s writing still resonates with readers today. Encompassing the last few years of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s life and her death by suicide, this new edition is beautifully illustrated with 100 photographs, and looks beyond the surface at the story of Anne’s creator and her often difficult life.

978-1-91148-734-0

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In the early 1920’s, immaculate gentleman, Jacques Doucet descends into the world of anarchist art, the occult and the dark turmoil of his past—involving the death of his beloved Madame R. A disastrous journey leads the couturier and patron of the arts to confront the celebrated bohemians of the city, including Max Jacob, André Breton and Pablo Picasso. When troubled Doucet acquires the world’s most dangerous painting, it causes him to hack at the root of Picasso’s darkest secrets. Doucet showcases a fabulous art collection with such frenzied energy he destroys himself. Unwittingly in the process he discovers modern art’s incredible genesis.

Alan Dillon $29.95 • Hardback • 320 pages 6.1 x 9.2 • illustrated • January 2020 BIO008000 • 978-1-91148-733-3

Two years before T E Lawrence received orders to travel to the Hejaz to liaise with the leader of the Arab Revolt, other British officers had already roamed the Arabian Peninsula’s unforgiving Nejdi desert, to rally tribal support for the British war effort. The first was Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, a political agent from the Government of India’s Political Department. of 1909. Shakespear was one of the first to try to join the British Army to fight in France. Shakespear was a pioneer in exploring the Nejd, capturing many firsts with his camera, with only a few other equally intrepid British officials who preceded him into the desert.

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Messenger Publications Deeper into the Mess Praying through Tough Times

I Am With You Always

God Ever Greater

Living with Loneliness

Exploring Ignatian Spirituality

Brian O’Leary SJ

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In this new collection the authors address tough issues such as fear, anxiety, suicide and anger. They have received much feedback from workshops based on the first book, and these are some of the topics on which people have asked for help. As well as offering a meditation or a way of praying, the authors suggest scripture and a simple ritual. Once again the book is based on Jim and Brendan’s own unique combination of practical prayer and Ignatian spirituality. Like the previous volume, this book is illustrated with their beautiful photographs.

Modern life can make it feel as if you are the only one who is lonely. Across all of society people are becoming more isolated from one another, spending much of their social life on the internet. The diversity of our experience of loneliness is erased by the glamour and noise of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. O’Keeffe reminds us that we are never alone. Our relationship with God is a tether that holds to us through periods of loneliness and which links us to millions of other people— whether new mother, bullied child, conflicted soldier or overworked surgeon—whose experience and struggle with loneliness is similar.

Among the many strands in Christian spirituality, one of the most esteemed bears the name of St Ignatius Loyola. In recent years Ignatian spirituality has experienced a resurgence and is attracting interest from across the range of Christian denominations and from every walk of life. There has been a widespread desire to learn more about Ignatius and his legacy, and many people have made the Spiritual Exercises in one of its many forms and have grown through the experience. Exploring Ignatian Spirituality will draw its readers into an exploration of a rich Christian heritage that continues to live and breathe today.

Journeying in Joy and Gladness

Celebrating Holy Week

Dipping into Lent Alan Hilliard

Vincent Sherlock

Lent & Holy Week with Gaudete et Exsultate Kevin O’Gorman $15.00 • Paperback • 80 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REL070000 • 978-1-91024-888-1

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Every day thousands of words, concepts, ideas and images float past us. Picking up a book, flicking to a story we like, pondering it, and carrying those thoughts with us through the day is a break from switching a screen on and off and scrolling through online pages. Hopefully these short reflections will help you and God understand one another a little better during the Season of Lent. Dipping into Lent a series of reflections, of encounters that open up the themes of Lent in a most uncharacteristic and charming way. +Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.

For the journey of Lent, Kevin O’Gorman has chosen an unusual companion, the Pope’s exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, ‘Rejoice and Be Glad’. Few of us rejoice at the coming of Lent, a time we most often associate with abstention and stricture. It is easy to imagine the look on the faces of parishioners who are told ‘rejoice, Lent is here!’. Christianity is a religion of the triumph of Good News in bad places. This booklet offers a day-by-day guide to Lent and offers us a chance to renew our commitment to lifelong conversion, to strive for changes of mind, body and heart.

There are many liturgical and more secular traditions for the celebration of this most important time in the church year. Fr Sherlock, an experienced parish priest, provides a guide to the various ceremonies and how they might best be celebrated in a parish setting. This is an invaluable resource for both parish clergy and for parish pastoral or liturgical councils. Anyone involved in planning or implementing parish worship at Easter will treasure this guide.

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Mercier Press Journey Through the Body

Cork Burning Michael Lenihan $22.50 • Hardback • 256 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 978-1-78117-624-5

A Visual Exploration Eoin Kelleher $22.00 • Hardback • 160 pages 7.5 x 9 • illustrated • Available SCI056000 978-1-78117-708-2

Have you ever wondered what your body is really like on the inside? Have you ever asked yourself how it all works? Perhaps you have read about it, but found that words were not enough. Thankfully, a picture speaks a thousand words. Journey Through The Body: A Visual Exploration is an immersive book that brings the body to life for young and old alike. Going beyond realistic depictions of human anatomy, it brings the reader on an immersive trip around the body’s organs, with imaginative illustrations that are not just enjoyable but also explain how the body works. These illustrations reimagine the human body, drawing inspiration from a wide variety of artistic styles, from Francis Bacon to the Impressionists, with enough detail and intricacies to entice the reader into the act of coloring.

A Quick Cuppa Herbal Fiann Ó Nualláin

‘A tale of arson, loot and murder’ was how one source described the events that would befall Cork city on the night of 11–12 December 1920. In a scene of almost unprecedented destruction, members of the British forces bent on revenge for the ambushes at Kilmichael and Dillon’s Cross set fire to both the commercial and the civic heart of the city. One side of Patrick Street and the area surrounding it were razed to the ground, while City Hall and the neighbouring Carnegie Library were gutted as Auxiliaries and Black and Tans shot at Cork’s firemen. Then, to add insult to injury, as the smoke cleared the British government tried to blame Cork’s own citizens for the devastation. Using eyewitness accounts and contemporary sources, and illustrated with exceptional images from the period, Cork Burning tells the story of the events before, during and after that infamous night. It covers such topics as Cork City before December 1920, the Black and Tans, Auxiliaries and K Company, Republican Cork, and a timeline of events before the burning of Cork City.

Interned

Murder in the Missions

The Curragh Internment Camps in the War of Independence James Durney

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In recent years, there have been increasing numbers of herbal teas hitting the supermarket shelves and even the headlines—all proclaiming a health halo, but not many explaining their health benefits on the side of the box. With such a surge in consumption of herbal teas and popular interest in their actual medicinal and health benefits, this book aims to answer two questions—what good do they do me and how do I make the perfect cup? A Quick Cuppa Herbal is a handy reference for the next herbal tea you purchase or a guide to which one you should to alleviate your health condition or just deliver the perfect pick-me-up.

During the War of Independence, faced with an armed insurrection it couldn’t stop, the British government introduced increasingly harsh penalties for suspected republicans, including internment without trial. Interned is the first book to tell the story of the men who were held in the Curragh internment camps. This unique book is the first to investigate the camps, which housed thousands of republicans from all over Ireland. It contains a list of names and addresses of some 1,500 internees, which will be fascinating to their descendants and those interested in local history.

Jean Harrington $16.99 • Paperback 256 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 illustrated • Available TRU000000 • 978-1-78117-712-9

This is the true story of two Irish priests whose lives were forever changed when they moved to an island devastated by corruption and greed. Frs Des Hartford and Rufus Halley left Ireland in the 1960s to work in dialogue and conflict resolution between Muslim and Christian communities in the Philippines, a country rapidly descending into civil war. For years the priests lived peacefully as Christians in a Muslim-dominated region on the island of Mindanao, their mission not to convert but rather to serve the local people. Despite their commitment to non-violence, both were targeted by Muslim insurgents. Fr Hartford was kidnapped by the Moro National Liberation Front and Fr Halley was murdered by Islamic extremists. Jean Harrington recounts here their dramatic story.

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Alice Taylor

You Shot My Dog and I Love You

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Alice Taylor brings the reader with her on her 80th birthday year. Alice had a big birthday on the horizon, the village was about to celebrate many milestones, and she had just received the gift of a book focusing her on the art of living well. So she decided to write about her year as it unfolded, to keep a journal of the big events, and record the twists and turns normal life brings to all of us in just one year. But 2018 turned out to be far from normal, with storms, snow blizzards, blistering sun, severe drought and water shortages. She describes the challenges of all these dramatic weather changes. Alice began the year wondering how she would feel about reaching eighty. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that it was just another milestone on a journey that is still varied and interesting. Here she writes about these feelings, and the many pleasant and challenging events of her eightieth year.

‘My parents were now dabbling with drugs and Southern Comfort, even going so far as to put a selection of hallucinogens into my bottle to witness the effects for their own amusement. I only know this because my mum made no attempt to hide it, often speaking openly about their experiments with my milk supply. Her only regret being the time she added a small amount of speed to my formula to see how long it would take me to fall asleep.’ Set in the UK and Ireland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, You Shot My Dog and I Love You, is a harrowing story of horrific physical and mental abuse inflicted on the author at the hands of his parents. In addition, the author’s parents demanded that he assist them in their life of crime, go on the run in Europe to evade the law, and hide out in a caravan from the local police force. This is just some of the trauma that the author writes about. The story is intertwined with darkly comic elements to provide relief from the disturbing events of a tumultuous childhood.

As Time Goes By

By Faith Alone My Family’s Epic History Bill Griffeth $29.95 • Paperback • 304 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REF013000 • 978-0-88082-391-3

Family trees are never finished. In 2008, avid amateur genealogist Bill Griffeth published By Faith Alone, a history of his ancestors and the diverse faith traditions they brought with them to the American continent: Catholic, Anglican, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, and Methodist, just to name a few. But his journey of discovery continued. With this second edition, Griffeth adds ancestors who were Quakers and early members of the Church of the Latter-day Saints. Ultimately, By Faith Alone is not the story of a family. It is the story of a country and the great motivator that created it: faith.

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The Children of Lir

The Sleeping Giant

Ireland’s Favourite Legend

Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

Laura Ruth Maher

$15.00 • Paperback • 32 pages 8.25 x 10.85 • illustrated • Available JUV012030 • 978-1-78849-089-4

$16.99 • Hardback • 32 pages 8.5 x 10.3 • illustrated • Available JUV022000 • 978-1-78849-106-8

On a little green island in days of old a story of magic and courage was told There once stood a fortress,four children lived here Along with their father, the mighty King Lir …. This charming rhyming story tells the legend of The Children of Lir, who were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother and forced to wander across Ireland for 900 years. The Children of Lir is a story from long, long ago, part of an ancient oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation. It’s Ireland’s best-loved legend: the story of Fionnuala Aodh. Fiachra and Conn—the children of King Lir—and how they were turned into swans and cursed to wander until the toll of a bell broke the spell and freed them from the enchantment.

Off the coast of Ireland there lies an island. It looks just like a giant sleeping in the sea. But what if it really is a giant – and what if, one day, the sleeping giant wakes up? The Sleeping Giant, first published in 1991, quickly became a huge favorite with children all over Ireland and it hit the annual bestseller lists again when the paperback edition was published in 1998. The O’Brien Press are delighted to bring out this new edition for a new generation of children to enjoy.

Sam Hannigan and the Last Dodo Alan Nolan $14.00 • Paperback • 160 pages 5.05 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available JUV002000 • 978-1-78849-086-3

Sam Hannigan runs an animal shelter in Clobberstown, County Dublin with her creepy-crawlie-crazy best friend Ajay Patel and her just-plain-crazy granny Nanny Gigg. Oh yes, and her big bully brother Bruno. When a mysterious package arrives on the doorstep of Hannigan’s Haven, Sam and the gang are astonished to discover that it contains a living, breathing Dodo bird! Where did the dodo come from, who sent it, and, most importantly, how is it not extinct? Being a lover of all animals, Sam immediately falls in love with the dodo (which she names Desmond) and treats it like a member of the family. Unfortunately, a gang of ruthless exotic animal smugglers is near. When Captain Stinky Derriere and his lumbering First Mate Chum get the scent of the miraculously still alive dodo, while Stinky makes it his life mission to catch and eat Desmond! Join Sam, Ajay and the gang as they endeavor to keep Desmond safe and secret until they can deliver him to Uncle Monty, whose one wish is to deliver the dodo to the mythical Dodo Island.

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The O’Brien Press You’ve Got A Friend

Lily at Lissadell

Judi Curtin

$14.00 • Paperback • 240 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available YAF018000 978-1-78849-094-8

$18.99 • Paperback • 288 pages 5.9 x 8.5 • illustrated • Available YAF024000 978-1-78849-128-0

The fantastic follow-up to Time After Time and Stand By Me. Families are so complicated! Molly’s dad seems so lonely. He lives on his own, he won’t get a pet, he doesn’t get along with his brother …. Best friends Molly and Beth suspect his problems lie in his past, but what can two thirteen-year-olds do about that? Well, when they have a time-travelling door, maybe they CAN do something. The girls go back to 1975 hoping to right some wrongs—if they can navigate 1970s cars, food and boybands—and if the colorful fashions don’t blind them first! A heart-warming story of sticking with your friends and hanging on to your dreams!

When Lily is a young teenager, the time comes for her and her friends to leave school and find work; some are emigrating to America, some going to work in shops. Lily is going into service in the Big House—Lissadell. Lily’s employers, the Gore-Booth family, are kind, but life as a young housemaid can be hard: Lily works long days, she has to learn to get along with the staff, particularly her roommate, the sullen and uncommunicative Nellie, and she misses her home and family. But when Maeve, daughter of Constance Markievicz and niece of the Gore-Booths, comes to visit and decides to paint a portrait of Lily an unusual friendship begins between the two girls from such different worlds. A warm and engaging story about friendship, life in the early 20th century and how the political world affects everyone.

Scavenger Hunt Erika McGann $13.00 • Paperback 224 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available JUV001000 978-1-78849-093-1

Cass, Lex and Nicholas investigate crimes, and solve mysteries. They’ve even got their own secret clubhouse. Cass is ecstatic. Mr McCall’s partner is starting a Scarecrow Festival at the McCall mansion, and it includes an all-day, mind-boggling scavenger hunt. The gang will get to test their wits against other teams, including Nathan and the NaSaJi Club (Nathan, Sasha and Jim). But Cass isn’t worried—she has detecting in her blood. But, the NaSaJi Club sabotage the Bubble Street Gang. Then, Mr Freebs paired Cass with Nathan for a project to spruce up the gardens of a nursing home. When an elderly woman called Carmella loses her locket, Cass must put her detective skills to the test to solve the mystery of golden locket.

The House on Hawthorn Road

The Nighttime Cat and the Plump, Grey Mouse

Megan Wynne $12.99 • Paperback 304 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available FIC009050 • 978-1-78849-090-0

Two centuries, two children, one house. Beth didn’t want to move to Dublin—she misses her old life and her friends back in London. New home and new school is hard enough, but to make matters worse someone keeps messing up her room …. At first, Beth blames her annoying brother, Cormac, but when she discovers a boy called Robbie, from the 1950’s, is slipping through time and into her room, then things start to get REALLY weird! The two create havoc together, learn about each other’s worlds and manage to help each other when they’re down. But the 1950s and the present day sometimes seem very far apart …. Can their friendship stand the test of time?

A Trinity College Tale Erika McGann $19.99 • Hardback • 32 pages 8.45 x 10.25 • illustrated • Available FIC009050 • 978-1-84717-945-6

On a dark, dark night, in a very quiet library, there is an old, old, beautiful book. Looking out from the pages of the book is a plump, grey mouse. When the clock strikes twelve, the little mouse hops right off the page and begins his magical exploration of Trinity College. The mouse, however, is not alone: Four furry paws with very sharp claws follow him from the book into Trinity College. This sharp clawed cat is hungry and in search of the plump grey mouse. Follow this enchanting tale of the night-time cat, Pangur Bán, as she searches Trinity College for the plump grey mouse.

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The O’Brien Press Rugby Redzone

Football Fiesta

Sports Academy Book 2

Sports Academy Book 1

Gerard Siggins

$14.00 • Paperback 272 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available YAF059000 • 978-1-78849-141-9

$13.99 • Paperback 256 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available YAF059000 • .978-1-78849-095-5

Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world!’ Follow Kim as she trains to be the best at her favorite sport: rugby! Kim has been at the best—and most mysterious!—sports academy in the world for a few months now. She and the rest of her class were selected because they all shared a determination and willingness to improve. Now the gang are on their way to Japan for the rugby World Cup—but they’re going to need some more teammates. Read all about Kim and her friends at Sports Academy where, with the help of eccentric, genius coaches, they are transformed into serious players in their own sports.

Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world! Joe knows he has no chance of catching the mysterious scout’s eye—he loves football, but he’s by far the worst player in his club. Despite this, he’s whisked away to a remote island and teamed up with four other kids: Kim, Craig, Ajit and Jess. But there’s more to this island than meets the eye, as Joe learns it is home to the world’s greatest Sports Academy. With the help of genius coaches, he and his new friends are gradually transformed into serious players in their own sports. But the Academy’s secrets are wanted by many others. Is someone tracking them? Will Joe United escape the clutches of their mysterious pursuers?

Shooting for the Stars My Journey to Become Ireland’s First Astronaut Norah Patten $24.99 • Hardback • 44 pages 7.1 x 9.55 illustrated • Available YAN055010 • 978-1-78849-100-6

In 2017 Dr. Norah Patten, was one of 12 participants from around the world selected to take part in a unique scientist-astronaut training program, Project Possum, and is now on course to become Ireland’s first astronaut! Follow Norah as she brings you on a journey high above the earth and into space. You will learn about space travel, and life without gravity. Norah will answer those all-important questions such as how long does it take to become an astronaut and where do astronauts go to the toilet?! An engaging book about space and becoming an astronaut but most importantly a book about following your dreams no matter how big!

Bernard Dunne

Cora Staunton

‘Gooch’ Cooper

Champion of the World

Great Irish Sports Stars

Bernard Dunne

Eimear Ryan

Donny Mahoney

$15.00 • Paperback 160 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available YAN053000 • 978-1-84717-977-7

$13.99 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available YAN053000 • 978-1-78849-105-1

$13.99 • Paperback 176 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available BIO016000 • 978-1-78849-085-6

Growing up in Neilstown, west Dublin, Bernard Dunne was always going to be a boxer. His Dad Brendan was an Olympic boxer in his day, and coached in the CIE club in Inchicore, and his two big brothers were skilled boxers too. As Bernard grew up, boxing taught him to believe in himself and helped him to focus on goals both within the sport and in other parts of his life. Bernard went on to win thirteen Irish championship titles. In this inspirational book, Bernard describes life as a boy in Neilstown, the ups and downs of his life and career, and the powerful life lessons and skills that sport can teach a child.

Cora Staunton is an elite sportswoman. She is a trailblazer in the Australian Football League, and a hero in her native Mayo for her gaelic football skills. But it’s been a long and eventful road for Cora. When she was young, she was small for her age, and had to prove herself at every level: to the boys in her club, to the Mayo selectors who took a chance on her as a teenager, but most importantly to herself. From Croke Park to the stadiums of Sydney, Cora has proved herself to be a master of the game. This is the story of how a young football-mad girl became a living legend. A story of female empowerment for younger readers.

The Gaelic footballer who’s won nearly every prize in the game: Including 5 All-Irelands & 8 All-Stars. ‘You need a boot to kick and hands and shoulders to mark your opposition. But without a sharp brain, you’ll never make it as a Kerry footballer.’ Follow Colm from his days as a tiny, freckle-faced kid—the youngest of seven in a GAA-mad family from Killarney—all the way to Croke Park, where he won five All-Ireland titles. This is the story of how a boy who everyone said wasn’t big enough or strong enough to wear the green and gold jersey of Kerry became one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of all time.

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The O’Brien Press Let’s See Ireland!

A Dublin Fairytale

Sarah Bowie

Nicola Colton

$15.00 • Paperback • 32 pages 8.5 x 10.5 • illustrated •Available TRV009000 978-1-78849-132-7

$15.00 • Paperback • 32 pages 8.5x 10.5 • illustrated • Available JUV022000 978-1-78849-131-0

Follow Molly’s journey in this gorgeous picture book that is sure to delight adults and children alike! Molly, her parents and her cat Mipsy tour Ireland and see all the main sights! Written and illustrated by Sarah Bowie. Locations include: • Dublin Zoo • Christ Church Cathedral • Rock of Cashel • Hook Lighthouse • Cork City • Cliffs of Moher • Giant’s Causeway • Titanic Belfast • Newgrange

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Fiona who lived in Dublin. But Dublin is full of colourful characters and creatures from the fairytale realm. Often not seen or heard, they reside in some of Dublin’s most famous locations and landmarks! Fiona’s on a journey to Granny’s house… but who’s that following her through the streets of Dublin? Travel across the city with Fiona and her fantastic friends in this modern Dublin fairytale. With beautiful quirky illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Nicola Colton.

My Little Album of Dublin

Eva and the Perfect Rain

An English / Irish Word Book

A Rainy Irish Tale

Juliette Saumande

Tatyana Feeney

Reindeer Down! An Irish Christmas Tale Natasha Mac a’Bháird

$20.00 • Hardback • 32 pages 8.45 x 10.3 illustrated • Available LAN013000 • 978-1-84717-998-2

$20.00 • Hardback • 32 pages 8.45 x 10.3 illustrated • Available JUV012030 • 978-1-84717-978-4

$19.99 • Hardback • 32 pages 8.05 x 10.1 • illustrated • Available JUV016000 • 978-1-78849-099-3

Measure yourself against the spire on O’Connell street, spot seals at the seaside, zoom down the slide in Stephen’s Green playground, and enjoy a GAA game in croke park. My Little Album of Dublin takes the youngest of readers on a fun filled tour of the Fair City. Along the way, they will build up their vocabulary in English and Irish. Packed with delightful illustrations and words!

Eva wakes up to find that it’s raining—again! She is thrilled because she can’t wait to use her new umbrella but after breakfast the rain is too soft for an umbrella. The rain is lovely but it’s just not perfect umbrella rain! Eva spends the day searching and hoping for the perfect umbrella rain that’s not too windy, too thundery or too drizzly. Finally, she finds it in a sun shower and a rainbow shines making it the most perfect rain of all. Embrace rainy Ireland with Eva in this beautiful and delightful picture book!

Santa’s sleigh is flying over Ireland, delivering presents to all the boys and girls. But then there’s a crash! Dancer hurts her leg and can’t pull the sleigh. What will Santa do? Rory, the smallest reindeer, has a great idea. It’s full speed ahead to visit the deer in the Phoenix Park. Can they help Santa continue with his journey?

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The O’Brien Press Blood Upon the Rose Easter 1916: The Rebellion That Set Ireland Free Gerry Hunt $16.99 • Paperback • 48 pages 7.15 x 10.2 • illustrated • Available HIS015000 • 978-1-78849-147-1

The rebellion that set Ireland free, told as a graphic novel. The 1916 Easter Rising was an attempt by a small group of militant Irish republicans to win independence from Britain. It was the most significant rebellion in Ireland. Though a military failure, it set Ireland on the road to freedom from Britain. The book covers the story from the early planning to the final executions and includes the tragic romance between Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford. Following on from the success of political graphic novels such as Maus and Persepolis, this is accessible, informative and insightful history at its best.

A Short History of the IRA From 1916 Onwards Brendan O’Brien $16.00 • Paperback • 224 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available HIS015000 • 978-1-78-849078-8

An accessible, clearly-written account of the IRA from 1916 to today. It covers the origins and history of the organisation, its aims, the political and military thinking which has driven its activities, and the major personalities who have shaped the direction of the movement down through the years. The relationship with the Irish and British governments is examined, as well as the effects of the major bombing campaigns and the 1981 hunger strikes. It also explains the radical shift in thinking which led to the IRA seeking a political way towards the goal of Irish unity rather than pursuing the entrenched ‘Brits Out’ policy at the point of a gun. The background to the IRA ceasefire, and the many factors which contributed to its ending are looked at, as well as the prospects for a lasting peace in one of the world’s most troubled arenas. With a new chapter that brings us as far as 2018 this book has everything you need to know about the IRA.

Resistance In a Nazi-Occupied Ireland, Where Would You Stand? Brian Gallagher $12.99 • Paperback • 272 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available YAF024000 • 978-1-78849-080-1

Dublin, 1943, and Roisin Tierney has changed her identity to evade the police in Nazi-occupied Ireland. With spies and informers a constant threat, Roisin must choose her friends carefully, and keep her Jewish heritage hidden at all costs. With her mother a prisoner in Spike Island Concentration Camp, and her father shipped abroad for forced labor, Roisin wants to resist. But who can you trust in a country ruthlessly policed by the Gestapo? Her friend Kevin is sympathetic, but has a politician father who carries out German orders. Her other friend Mary is anti-Nazi, but has secrets of her own to conceal. Some Irish people are Nazi sympathisers, some reluctant collaborators, and some fighting with the resistance, so it’s hard to know where to turn. But Roisin knows time is not on her side—and sooner or later she’ll have to risk everything for the chance of a better future.

Ireland’s War of Independence 1919–21 The IRA’s Guerrilla Campaign Lorcan Collins $25.00 • Hardback • 288 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-1-84717-950-0

An accessible overview of Ireland’s War of Independence, 1919-21. From the first shooting of RIC constables in Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary, on 21 January 1919 to the truce in July 1921, the IRA carried out a huge range of attacks on all levels of British rule in Ireland. There are stories of humanity, such as the British soldiers who helped three IRA men escape from prison or the members of the British Army who mutinied in India after hearing about the reprisals being carried out by the Black and Tans in Ireland. The hundreds of thousands of people who celebrated the Centenary of the 1916 Rising with pride and joy are the same people who will appreciate the story of the Irish Republicans who battled against all odds in the next phase of the fight for Ireland between 1919 and 1921.

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The O’Brien Press Dublin The Making of a Medieval City Howard Clarke $20.00 • Paperback 128 pages • 7.5 x 10.5 illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-1-78849-120-4

This book leads the reader through the noise and bustle of the medieval streets of Dublin looking at all aspects of life, from religion to trade, from crafts to government and from buildings to lifestyles. Based on the hugely successful exhibition on medieval Dublin—Dublinia—this book is both a stand alone accessible and authoritative introduction to life in the medieval city, and also a souvenir to one of Dublin’s most exciting historical experiences. Whether you are an armchair enthusiast for all things historic, a Dubliner looking for your city to surprise you, or a visitor to the city, this book will fascinate and intrigue you. Previously published as Dublinia (9780862787868)

Great Moments in Irish Football

Arise and Go

Saint Patrick

W.B. Yeats and the People and Places that Inspired Him

Life, Legend and Legacy

Kevin Connolly $27.00 • Hardback • 256 pages 5.3 x 8.5 • illustrated • Available BIO007000 • 978-1-78849-092-4

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. Meet the poet’s father, John Butler Yeats; his mother Susan, the well-to-do Sligo girl who had no choice but to follow her husband’s path; his five siblings: Lily and Lolly, guiding lights in the Irish Arts and Crafts movement, as well as countless others who helped weave the cloth of Yeats’s poetic gift.

The Dublin Marathon Celebrating 40 Years Sean McGoldrick

$39.99 • Hardback 208 pages • 8.5 x 9.5 illustrated • Available PHO004000 • 978-1-78849-134-1

$37.99 • Hardback 208 pages 8.5 x 9.5 illustrated • Available SPO035000 • 978-1-78849-136-5

Do you remember John Giles and Eamon Dunphy when they lit up the pitch, and not just the TV studio? Or Jack’s Army beating Italy in Giants Stadium? Or Siapan? Ray McManus and his team at Sportsfile were there, passionately following the boys in green and capturing the essence of this physical, punishing sport and those who play it. With reminiscences from photographers and players alike, this book is a look back over the decades at the legendary players, matches and moments that have contributed to the narrative of our contribution to one of the world’s most exciting sports. A must for soccer and sport fans wherever they are.

The Dublin Marathon was founded in 1980; since then, ‘Marathon Weekend’—at the October Bank holiday—has become a fixture on the Irish running calendar as thousands of runners race through the streets of Dublin, while the city turns out to support them. This book celebrates the 40th running of the Dublin Marathon and is a true celebration of a unique Irish sporting and cultural event. Covering the history of the race, the heart-warming and inspirational stories of Irish marathoners, the various routes the marathon has taken over the years, the author recounts the history through hundrends of photographs and memorabilia.

Marian Broderick

$27.00 • Hardback 208 pages • 5.45 x 8.5 illustrated • Available BIO018000 978-1-84717-928-9

An engaging and rich exploration of Saint Patrick and his extraordinary influence on the world. Forced into slavery at the age of fifteen, Patrick overcame all hardship to fulfil his calling: to bring the people of Ireland into the light of God’s word. Thus began the cult of Saint Patrick, galvanised over 1500 years of devotion and scholarship, and culminating recently in the cheerful ‘greening’ of the world’s most famous landmarks. Drawing from recorded histories, ‘tall tales’ from all four provinces and beautiful illustrations, this is a light-hearted look at the global phenomenon of Saint Patrick, his life and his legacy, the facts and the fiction of his incredible journey from slave to international saint.

Great Moments in Irish Rugby $22.00 • Paperback 192 pages • 8.5 x 9.85 illustrated • Available SPO056000 978-1-78849-133-4

Ireland is now playing at the top table in world Rugby, with clubs and country considered among the toughest around. It wasn’t always like this, and for decades we propped up the bottom of the tables, with moral victories often the most we could hope for. Ray McManus and his team at Sportsfile have been there throughout, passionately following the boys in green (and blue, red, white and the dark green of Connaught), capturing the essence of this physical, punishing sport and those who play it. With reminiscences from photographers and players alike, this book is a look back over the decades at the legendary players, matches and moments that have contributed to the narrative of our contribution to one of the world’s most exciting sports.

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The O’Brien Press The Book of Feckin’ Irish Slang

The Book of Feckin’ Irish Insults

The Irish Bridesmaid’s Guide

That’s Great Craic for Cute Hoors and Bowsies

For Gobdaws as Thick as Manure and Only Half as Useful

From the Dress to the Hen to the Big Day

Colin Murphy

Natasha Mac a’Bháird

$12.95 • Hardback • 64 pages 4.1 x 6.9 • illustrated • February 2020 HUM000000 • 978-1-78849-170-9

$12.95 • Hardback • 64 pages 4.1 x 6.9 • illustrated • Available HUM000000 • 978-1-78849-169-3

$15.00 • Hardback • 120 pages 4.15 x 6.3 • illustrated • Available REF024000 • 978-1-78849-044-3

The almost incomprehensible wit and wonder of Irish slang words. Can you tell your bowsies from your gougers from your gurriers? No? Well, it’s time to stop acting the maggot and find out, courtesy of this invaluable reference book that’s been donkey’s years in the making, (only coddin’). It’s absolutely jammers with nouns, verbs and sayings that didn’t quite make the Oxford Dictionary, including a few manky ones that are guaranteed to leave some oul’ wans completely morto. So, feck it, you just know this is one book any self-respecting cute hoor just can’t do without ….

Hey you! Yeah, you holding this book, you with the face like a constipated greyhound. Wouldn’t know your langer from your thumb except for the nail. Word is if brains were taxed you’d be due a rebate. But why stand there and be insulted? With the help of this invaluable collection of Irish insults, you be able to tell your boss that for someone without cows he produces an awful lot of bullshit. Or you might observe that your wife’s arse is as wide as a Leitrim hurler’s shot.

Congratulations—you’ve been asked to be a bridesmaid! You’re in for a lot of fun, laughter and happy times as you help her make memories she’ll treasure for the rest of her life. But once the initial thrill of this honor wears off you might be wondering what you’ve let yourself in for! Never fear, this book will guide you through this exciting, fun-filled, and occasionally stressful time. This is your ultimate guide to everything you need to know and do in your new role as bridesmaid. From the dress to the Hen Party, and through the final countdown and the big day, this book has got you covered!

Irish Proverbs & Sayings Seamus Cashman $20.00 • Hardback 144 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available LAN014000 978-1-78849-041-2

Irish history and folklore is rich with proverbs and sayings of old, full of timeless wisdom that still has resonance and truth today. This beautifully designed hardback brings together a whole host of these sayings and proverbs on topics as diverse as aging, the seasons, fate and nature. Learn to banter like the Irish with these wise, witty and wicked sayings. And remember ... ‘It’s a good story that fills the belly.’ Beautifully packaged and illustrated with full colur photographs.

Irish Mammy in Your Pocket

Modern Irish Manners Noel Cunningham

Sarah Cassidy

$29.99 • Hardback 208 pages • 5.3 x 8.5 illustrated • Available CKB029000 978-1-78849-098-6

$9.99 • Hardback 160 pages • 3.9 x 5.2 illustrated • Available HUM000000 • 978-1-78849-129-7

‘Don’t mind me, I’m only your mother.’ World-renowned for her unique perspective on life, there is no-one quite like the Irish Mammy. From the weather to your choice of clothing the quintessential Irish Mam has something to say on every subject. ‘ ‘You’re making a holy show of yourself.’ ‘It’s all fun and games until someone has their eye out.’ ‘Don’t make me come up there!’ This handy collection of Mammyisms will ensure you are never without an Irish Mammy’s words of wisdom.

Society has changed dramatically. We live in an increasingly informal world. We have in many ways become disrespectful of rules and have no time for the old order and taboos. Authority and the grace of age, two important pillars of etiquette, are no longer regarded. With his charm and sharp wit Noel Cunningham shares with you his tips on sailing through life’s events, enabling people to be themselves, while solving the thorny issues of which fork to use, who goes through a door first, how to attend an important interview. The correct way of doing those things will become clear. Noel’s book is a fun and informative guide, to help us navigate modern-day life with class and good humor.

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The O’Brien Press Burren Dinners

Dingle Dinners

From the Chefs and Artisan Food Producers of North Clare

From the Chefs of Ireland’s #1 Foodie Town

Trevis Gleason

$32.99 • Hardback • 304 pages 7.75 x 10 • illustrated • Available CKB000000 • 978-1-78849-102-0

$32.99 • Hardback • 280 pages 7.65 x 10 • illustrated • Jan 2020 CKB000000 • 978-1-78849-176-1

What do chefs cook when they have friends and family round for dinner? Award-winning author Trevis L. Gleason asked just that of the renowned chefs and artisanal food producers of The Burren. Influenced by their rugged surroundings, pristine indigenous ingredients and generations-old passion for communal dining, the leading voices in The Burren food scene share treasured three-course dinner-party menus they’d serve in their own homes.

What do chefs cook when they have friends and family around for dinner? Trevis L. Gleason asks just that of the talents who have made Dingle a foodie hotspot. Many of these experts made the rounds of the world’s culinary centres before dropping anchor on the edge of Europe, and Trevis dishes up the curious backstories of the hard-working, hardplaying people who prepare some of the best food Ireland has to offer. The irresistible three-course dinners for six blend everyday dining with sophisticated innovation. Reflecting on the classics, updating regional specialities, elevating family favourites and revelling in indulgences are all on the menu of this imaginative collection. But before you even get to the tempting recipes, you’ll be hooked by the charming tales of life, cooking and love of place.

From everyday dining to special occasions, these foodies share their recipes and Trevis serves up the back-stories of these creative, passionate, hard-working lovers of food at its best.

Butlers Chocolate Cookbook

Traditional Irish Cooking for Today

60 Delicious Recipes from the Home of Butlers Chocolates

Brian McDermott $15.00 • Paperback • 80 pages 5.85 x 8.25 • illustrated • Available CKB000000 • 978-1-78849-047-4

$25.99 • Hardback • 160 pages 7.45 x 9.7 • illustrated • Jan 2020 CKB018000 • 978-1-78849-139-6

Butlers Chocolates is one of the few remaining family-owned chocolate producers in its market. It began life in Dublin’s Lad Lane in 1932, founded by Marion Butler, and named Chez Nous Chocolates. One of Ireland’s most recognizable brands Butlers Chocolate Cafes, renamed as a tribute to Marion’s dedication to the mastery of chocolate, are found thoughout Ireland and abroad, while Butlers chocolates are widely available. Now for the first time the Butlers Chocolate Cafe team present their cookbook, full of wonderful ways to cook with the best chocolate. Butlers Chocolate Pear Pudding • Butlers Triple Chocolate Mousse • Butlers Showstopper Chocolate Cake • Butlers Salted Chocolate Ganache Tart • Butlers Frozen White Chocolate Berry Parfait Great recipes and beautiful photographs in a deliciously tempting hardback book—perfect for their legions of fans!

Classic Irish flavors for today Ireland is famed for the quality of its ingredients—from free range meat and dairy to the abundance of seafood from the waters around this island nation. Brian McDermott’s cooking is influenced and inspired by Irish produce and traditions. From black pudding dipping fritters to Mammy’s Irish stew, from mackerel on toast to Atlantic fish pie, from shortbread to scones, this book will bring you the many tastes of Ireland and a warm sense of home. Breakfast • Soups • Seafood • Meat dishes • potatoes • Breads & cakes • sweet treats

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The O’Brien Press On The Banks of the Dodder

From the Air— Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

Rathgar & Churchtown: An Illustrated History Ged Walsh

Raymond Fogarty $15.00 • Paperback • 96 pages 5.85 x 8.25 • illustrated Available • PHO023010 978-1-78849-019-1

$39.99 • Hardback • 208 pages 7.45 x 9.7 • illustrated Available • HIS018000 978-1-84717-133-7

Take a trip along the Dodder and see the two suburbs nestling on its banks. The growth and development of both Rathgar and Churchtown, on opposite banks of the river, given an intimate view on the development of Dublin and Ireland through the centuries: from fields and farms to the densely-populated, busy suburbs of the 21st century. With meticulous research, anecdotes about residents famous and other wide and rediscovered full colored photographs, maps and new drawings throughout, this is a beautiful book to be treasured. Whether your family are from the area or you are a new resident, this book is a must-have on your shelf.

Wild Atlantic Way Light on the water, shadows on the land Giles Norman $44.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 9.85 x 9.85 • illustrated • January 2020 PHO011000 • 978-1-78849-122-8

Through this stunning collection of black and white images, renowned Irish photograph Giles Norman takes you on a journey along Ireland’s west coast, travelling from Kinsale in the south up to Donegal in the north. This beautiful hardback edition, featuring over 130 photographs, captures the contrasting textures and tones of this breathtaking coastline. Discover the spectacular treasures of this 2,500km trail through Giles Norman’s lens, from intimate coastal inlets to towering cliffs and windswept beaches, and explore the endless beauty that the Wild Atlantic Way has to offer.

The Wild Atlantic Way covers 2500km, passing through an incredible variety of landscapes— from the verdant forests of Cork to the lunar landscape of the Burren, from rugged headlands and wild mountainsides to lazy rivers and brooding castles. Raymond Fogarty’s spectacular drone photography brings a new and thrilling aerial perspective to one of the world’s longest coastal touring routes. Ireland’s west coast is blessed with many examples of days gone by—where Iron Age forts, medieval castles, abbey ruins and round towers add to a special sense of timelessness. This will give you a taste of what’s to be found; it’s a record of a six-week adventure of one man and his camera drone.

Skellig

Blasket Islands

Experience the Extraordinary

A Kingdom of Stories

Des Lavelle $20.00 • Paperback 176 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 llustrated • Available TRV000000 978-1-78849-083-2

This is the story of two of the world’s most stunning and unspoilt islands, Skellig Michael and Small Skellig, which lie off the coast of Kerry. Lavelle explores the extraordinary, isolated early Christian monastic settlement with its stone ‘beehive’ huts. He describes the abundant bird life, including the huge colony of gannets, and tells of the history, legend, geology, plant life, the lighthouse, the seals and the underwater world. There has been a huge growth in interest in these spectacular islands, driven by Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way and the filming of Star Wars. A comprehensive, accessible and beautiful book on a unique and fascinating place.

Joan Stagles

$27.00 • Hardback • 240 pages 5.3 x 8.5 • illustrated • Available HIS000000 • 978-1-78849-091-7

The Blasket Islands are famous for their writers, lore and unique location off the south-west tip of Ireland. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to explore the Great Blasket Island, learn its history and discover what has captivated visitors and residents in this special place. A beautifully illustrated and compelling history of the life, traditions and customs of an isolated community that has now disappeared. The book traces the fate of the Blasket people and the slow erosion of their culture to that sad day in 1952 when the families were evacuated from the Great Blasket Island.

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The O’Brien Press • Papillote Press Dare to Dream

Irish Aran

Irish People Who Took on the World (and Won!)

History, Tradition, Fashion Vawn Corrigan

Sarah Webb $24.99 • Hardback • 64 pages 7.1 x 9.55 • illustrated • Available YAN038000 • 978-1-78849-127-3

$20.00 • Hardback • 168 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available CRA015000 • 978-1-78849-020-7

‘Dream big. You can’t put a limit on your dreams because nothing is impossible.’ Katie Mullan, Ireland Hockey Captain Are you ready to be inspired? Open this book and discover a world of courage, bravery and adventure. Adventurers, explorers, inventors, dreamers …. for a small country Irish people have had a huge impact internationally. From helping street children in India, to saving Jewish children during World War II and exploring new worlds, their reach has been world-wide. From Michael Collins to Rosie Hackett, Lady Gregory to Tom Crean, this book celebrates the brave and daring Irish. Be inspired by some of Ireland’s most daring and fearless men and women.

Irish Aran knitting is a living tradition with a worldwide reach. Arans communicate warmth, comfort and a sense of home, which people the world over continue to respond to, even though the connection to our rocky outcroppings in the Atlantic Ocean may be long forgotten. Aran grew up in the harsh environment of the Aran Islands where everyday wear consisted of home-spun fabrics and knits. Today Aran survives as part of a rich craft heritage and as high and slow fashion on the catwalks of the world. Vawn Corrigan explores the history, mythology and growth of this iconic design in this beautiful and informative hardback book.

Ireland’s Greening of the World Seth Linder $44.00 • Hardback 160 pages • 8.5 x 9.5 illustrated • Available • PHO004000 978-1-78849-104-4

The world’s imagination was gripped on March 17th, 2010, when the spectacular Sydney Opera House was bathed in shades of green. The Global Greening to celebrate St Patrick’s Day has spread every year since then, with many of the world’s most famous buildings and iconic sites light up in shades of green. Over 300 landmarks in 50 countries have already signed up to the greening and the numbers continue to grow. Behind each individual greening lies a network of stories and connections. This unique worldwide celebration is now an established part of Ireland’s National Day for Irish people at home and abroad.

Saint Lucian Writers and Writing

Dangerous Freedom

An Author Index of Publishers Works of Poetry, Prose and Drama

$20.00 • Paperback 290 pages • 5.25 x 7.75 illustrated • May 2020 FIC014000 978-1-99977-686-2

John Robert Lee, editor $22.00 • Paperback • 112 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REF004000 • 978-0-99572-631-4

This superb author index of poetry, prose and drama explores the writing landscape of Saint Lucia. Everyone—from the internationally acclaimed Derek Walcott to self-published unknowns—are there. But this bibliography is not just about literature, it also features the social, political and cultural dimensions of Saint Lucia, from scholarly essays to the ephemera of funeral pamphlets and recipe books. Foreword by Antonia MacDonald.

Lawrence Scott

This radical and moving historical novel weaves fact with fiction to reveal “the great deception” exercised by the powerful on a mixed race child born in the late 18th century and brought up in the London home of England’s Lord Chief Justice. Dido Belle was the daughter of an African-born slave and the sea-faring nephew of Lord Mansfield. She was freed only on Mansfield’s death and became Elizabeth D’Aviniere on her marriage. Scott imagines Elizabeth’s adult world where she reflects on her disturbed childhood and fears for her own children’s safety at risk from slave catchers. Above all, she yearns for her lost mother. Why did she no longer write? Had she, too, been recaptured? The novel builds to a powerful denouement as the events of Elizabeth’s past engage with the traumas of her present.

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Penguin Random House South Africa Palaces of Stone

100 Trees to see on Safari in East Africa

Uncovering ancient Southern African Kingdoms

Quentin Luke

Mike Main

$13.00 • Paperback • 160 pages 5.5x 8.5 • illustrated July 2020 NAT034000 978-1-77584-549-2

$16.00 • Paperback • 176 pages 5.5 x 8.5 • illustrated • Oct 2020 TRV002000 978-1-77584-614-7

Across the face of southern Africa are more than 460 remarkable stone palaces, once the abodes of kings. Some are small, others ramble, but many are absolutely astonishing: all are the legacy of kingdoms past. Palaces of Stone brings to life the story of these early African societies, from AD 900 to approximately 1850. Some, such as Great Zimbabwe and Khami in Zimbabwe and Mapungubwe in South Africa, are famous world heritage sites, but the majority are unknown to the general public, unsung and unappreciated. By exploring a selection of known and unknown sites, Palaces of Stone reimagines the apparently empty spaces bequeathed to us by history, an Africa of places that once hummed with life. All that remains now are the ruins—a bedrock from which to unravel the past and understand the present.

Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central & East African Wildlife Chris Stuart $30.00 • Paperback • 488 pages 5.4 x 8.4 • illustrated • Available NAT037000 • 978-1-77584-692-5

This new edition provides the most detailed coverage of tracks, droppings, bird pellets, nests and shelters and feeding signs, not only for mammals, but also for birds, reptiles, insects and other invertebrates. Greatly expanded, this extensive update now features: full color throughout; many more examples of all tracks and signs; photographs of animal species to supplement the numerous examples of tracks and signs; coverage of central African species, and additional quick reference keys.

East Africa is one of the world’s premier wildlife regions, well known for its mass migrations of herds and the dramatic predators that accompany them. As iconic are the trees that grow here—some endemic to the region and almost all identified with the plains and slopes of this land, stretching from the muggy coast, through grasslands and up to the cold, dry reaches of high mountain peaks. Among them are mangroves, cycads and palms; marulas, acacias and sausage trees; fever trees, toothbrush trees and giant bamboos and heaths. This book presents some 100 of the region’s most visible and significant tree species, arranged by vegetation zone. Multiple images of each species showing key ID features, such as bark, leaves, flowers and fruit, are teamed with concise descriptions, where to see the trees, calendar bars indicating flowering months, interesting notes about their uses—both medicinal and practical—and the myths and legends they have generated.

Field Guide to the Frogs & Other Amphibians of Africa

The Secret Elephants The Rediscovery of the World’s Most Southerly Elephants

Alan Channing

Gareth Patterson

$30.50 • Paperback • 408 pages 5.82 x 8.26 • illustrated • Available NAT001000 • 978-1-77584-512-6

$14.00 • Paperback • 328 pages 5 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available NAT037000 • 978-0-14352-801-2

815 species of amphibians have been described on the African continent—788 frogs, 23 caecilians and four salamanders. This is the first guide ever to cover all these species. It features a brief introduction with tips for handling and identifying amphibians and a useful illustrated guide to each family group serves as a first step towards species ID. Species accounts describe physical features, distribution, habitat, biology, advertisement calls and conservation status, and are supported by color photographs and up-to-date distribution maps. This guide will prove invaluable to nature lovers, tour guides, students and scientists.

When a lone bull elephant is spotted in South Africa’s Knysna forest—six years after the small population that lived there had been declared ‘functionally extinct’—environmentalist and wildlife author Gareth Patterson set out in search of the truth about these elusive animals. For the next seven years he followed the ancient elephant paths through the dense Afromontane forest and the surrounding mountain fynbos. He found abundant signs to suggest that, far from dying out, the Knysna elephants are, quietly and secretly, holding their own. This is the story of these remarkable animals that fought their way back from the brink of extinction without any help from humankind.

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Penguin Random House South Africa East African Cookbook

Africa On a Plate

Shereen Jog

$26.00 • Hardback • 176 pages 8.3 x 10.2 • illustrated • August 2020 CKB000000 • 978-1-43231-053-0

Lentswe Bhengu

$19.00 • Paperback • 152 pages 8.3 x 9.8 • illustrated • June 2020 CKB000000 • 978-1-43231-034-9

Fifth-generation Tanzanian Shereen Jog shares her recipes for delicious soups, salads, main meals and desserts in this East African–inspired cookbook. Bursting with the spices and flavors of East Africa and India, from where a large portion of the population originated, these recipes will inspire everyone to cook mouth-watering meals for their family and friends. The traditional East African favorites in this book have evolved over the years to account for the growth of the region and the various additional cultures that have been imbibed. East Africa has one of the world’s fastest-growing populations, and the new younger generation is worldly wise and thoroughly modern. Their exposure to global trends means that a new wave of locally enjoyed cuisine is gaining in popularity across the region. The recipe selection in this book is therefore as modern as it is traditional, as healthy as it is wholesome, as organic as it is contemporary—and is influenced by the different cultures found in Tanzania as well as by Shereen’s travels around the world.

Over the past decade, Chef Lentswe’s travels through many parts of Africa have been in pursuit of an authentic understanding and taste of African cuisine. His journey through the continent’s flavor profile has given him the respect for traditional dishes as well as a sound foundation on which to add his own contemporary and unique touch to every dish he creates. His approach is simple: respect the ingredients and the traditional way of preparing a dish before adding his own modern culinary flair to it. With his trademark brand, Taste of Africa, Chef Lentswe brings his well-versed understanding of fine dining from an African perspective to the world. His recipe design is informed by the rich and complex heritage and culture of the African continent and this gives him the ability to share with others his passion for African fusion food. With every dish he guarantees a dining experience that is unrivalled and a flavorful journey that honors the best of African food culture. Lentswe Bhengu lives in South Africa..

Shereen Jog lives in Tanzania.

Voices from the Underground

Bassie

Eighteen life stories from Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Ashley Kriel Detachment

Basetsana Kumalo

My Journey of Hope $24.00 • Paperback • 256 pages 6 x 9.2 • illustrated • February 2020 BIO000000 • 978-1-77609-481-3

Shirley Gunn $26.00 • Paperback • 512 pages 6 x 9.2 • illustrated • February 2020 BIO010000 • 978-1-77609-385-4

In 1987, the apartheid minister of law and order boasted that the security forces had crushed Umkhonto we Sizwe in the Western Cape. He could not have been more wrong. The Ashley Kriel Detachment, named after one of their slain comrades, conducted over thirty operations between late 1987 and early 1990, playing a crucial role in the defeat of an unjust system. Here, eighteen members of the AKD give accounts of their involvement in the armed struggle. The book traces their varying journeys into MK, via student activism, trade unions, religious organizations and UDF politics. It details their training and their experiences of detention and interrogation. Above all, this is a book about people, showing the effects of apartheid on their lives, their reasons for joining the armed struggle, the challenges of surviving in the underground while raising children. Shirley Gunn lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Basetsana Kumalo shot to fame as a fresh-faced Miss South Africa in 1994 and soon became the face of South Africa’s new democracy. As the first black presenter of the glamorous lifestyle TV show Top Billing, she travelled the world and interviewed superstars like Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson. After a successful career in television, Bassie’s drive and ambition took her into the world of business. The street savvy that her entrepreneurial mother gave her stood her in good stead as she built a media empire. When she married businessman Romeo Kumalo in a fairytale wedding, they became South Africa’s sweethearts and ‘it’ couple. Bassie recounts her life as a celebrity, including her relationships with mentors like Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. She also shares the secrets of her success and all the lessons she’s learnt along the way, and opens up about the pressures of her high-profile marriage to Romeo, their heartbreaking struggle to have a family, and how their loving and respectful union has endured over these past two decades. Basetsana Kumalo lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Frontline Books • Pen and Sword History Henry VIII in 100 Objects The Tyrant King Who Had Six Wives Paul Kendall $42.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52673-128-9

Henry VIII is one of history’s most memorable monarchs. Known for his six wives, and the unfortunate fate which befell Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, Henry initiated many reforms which still affect our lives today. In this engaging and informative book,take a journey across the country, from Deal Castle, to Tower Green where Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard lost their heads. Along the way we see places where Henry stayed and where prominent individuals convicted of heresy were burned at the stake. Travel not just across the country, but also back in time through 100 objects from the days of the second Tudor monarch—Henry VIII.

How to Survive in Ancient Egypt Charlotte Booth

The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton

Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great

The Most Famous Woman of the Georgian Age

The Remarkable Discovery of the Royal Tombs of Macedon

Hugh Tours

David Grant

$39.95 • Hardback • 232 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52677-043-1

$42.95 • Hardback • 360 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Available HIS002010 • 978-1-52676-343-3

Emma Hamilton, rose from poverty to become a media celebrity, and her relationship with Admiral Nelson, made her the most instantly-recognizable woman of her era. Hugh Tours makes full use of the letters Emma wrote throughout her life, revealing the fascinating story of her early and later years. This is history as moving as a great tragic novel; most moving of all, being the return, after Trafalgar, of Emma’s last letter to Nelson, unopened.

In October 336 BC, statues of the twelve Olympian Gods were paraded through the ancient capital of Macedon. Following them was a thirteenth, a statue of King Philip II who was deifying himself in front of the Greek world. Moments later Philip was stabbed to death; an event that heralded in the reign of his son, Alexander the Great. Written in close cooperation with the investigating archaeologists, anthropologists, and scientists, this book presents the revelations, mysteries and controversies surrounding the royal tombs of Macedon.

Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown

Following in the Footsteps of King Arthur

The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

Andrew Beattie

$34.95 • Hardback 184 pages • 6 x 9.5 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52675-349-6

$22.95 • Paperback 144 pages • 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Jun 2020 HIS037010 • 978-1-52672-781-7

Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street? All these questions, and many more, will be answered in this new how-to guide for time travellers. Part self-help guide, part survival guide, this lively and engaging book will help the reader deal with the many problems and new experiences that they will face, and also help them to thrive in this strange new environment.

The story of King Arthur is one of the best known in English history: he was the boy who was schooled by Merlin and who claimed his right to lead the Britons against the Saxons by drawing a sword from a stone; later, he was the warrior who congregated with his knights around a Round Table and who was given a magical sword, Excalibur. These stories have been re-told hundreds of times with many suggesting that he was a mythical figure who never actually existed. Arthur has been the subject of thousands of books; yet this one tells his story in a way that is wholly new—through the places where the events surrounding his life supposedly unfolded.

J F Andrews $39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6 x 9.25 illustrated • January 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52673-651-2

When William the Conqueror died in 1087 he left the throne of England to William Rufus, his second son. The result was an immediate war as Rufus’s elder brother Robert fought to gain the crown he saw as rightfully his; this conflict marked the start of 400 years of bloody disputes The Anglo-Norman and Plantagenet dynasties were renowned for their internecine strife, and in Lost Heirs we will unearth the hidden stories of fratricidal brothers, usurping cousins and murderous uncles; the many kings—and the occasional queen—who should have been but never were.

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Pen and Sword History A History of English Place Names and Where They Came From

Great British Family Names and Their History

John Moss

$49.95 • Hardback • 296 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52672-284-3

$22.95 • Paperback • 336 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 REF013000 • 978-1-52675-155-3

The origin of the names of many English towns, hamlets and villages date as far back as Saxon times, when kings like Alfred the Great established fortified borough towns to defend against the Danes. Most began as simple descriptions of the location; some identified its founder, marked territorial limits, or gave tribal people a sense of their place in the grand scheme of things. Whatever their derivation, placenames are inextricably bound up in our history and they tell us a great deal about the place where we live.

The history of Great Britain has been largely defined by powerful and influential families, many of whose names have come down to us from Celtic, Danish, Saxon or Norman ancestors—iconic family names like Wellington, Nelson, and Cromwell. This book is a snapshot of such family names and delves into their beginnings and derivations, making extensive use of old sources, including of The Domesday Book, as well as tracing many through the centuries to the present day.

The History of Gibbeting Britain’s Most Brutal Punishment Samantha Priestley

A History of Capital Punishment in Britain Gary Dobbs $39.95 • Hardback • 152 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52674-743-3

It is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the twentieth century, Britain’s courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for a number of offenses. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964, the death penalty, in theory at least, remained for a number of offenses. During the twentieth century, 865 people were executed in Britain, and of those only three were ever posthumously pardoned. This book details each and every one of those executions and describes the various forms of capital punishment used throughout British history, from burning at the stake to beheadings and disembowelment, and spares no detail in chronicling these events.

A Hidden History of the Tower of London

The Peasants’ Revolting Crimes

England’s Most Notorious Prisoners

The Peasants’ Revolting

John Paul Davis

$39.95 • Hardback • 176 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 • HIS000000 • 978-1-52675-518-6

$42.95 • Hardback • 272 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52676-176-7

The history of gibbeting is the story of one of Britain’s most brutal forms of punishments, the hanging of criminals in a body shaped metal cage as a warning and as a form of justice. From the folklore of live gibbetings to the eerie historical documenting of this weird post-execution tradition, The History of Gibbeting examines how and why we dealt with murderers and other serious criminals in this way. The book uses case studies through history and takes a look at how the introduction of the Murder Act shaped our relationship with gibbeting for years to come.

Beginning with the early tales surrounding its creation, this book investigates the private life of an English icon. Concentrating on the Tower’s developing role throughout the centuries, not in terms of its physical expansion into a site of unique architectural majesty or many purposes but through the eyes of those who experienced its darker side. From ruthless traitors to unjustly killed Jesuits, vanished treasures this book provides a raw and at times unsettling insight into its unsolved mysteries and the lot of its unfortunate victims.

A Date With the Hangman

Terry Deary $19.95 • Paperback • 216 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • January 2020 • HIS015000 • 978-1-52674-557-6

Popular history writer Terry Deary takes us on a lighthearted and often humorous romp through the centuries with Mr & Mrs Peasant, recounting foul and dastardly deeds committed by the underclasses, as well as the punishments meted out by those on the ‘right side’ of the law. This entertaining book is packed full of revolting acts and acts of revolt, revealing how ordinary folk—from nasty Normans to present-day lawbreakers—have left an extraordinary trail of criminality behind them. The often gruesome penalties exacted in retribution reveal a great deal about some of the most fascinating eras of British history.

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Pen and Sword History Stephen and Matilda Cousins of Anarchy Matthew Lewis $49.95 • Hardback 280 pages • 6 x 9.25 illustrated • Feb 2020 HIS015000 • 978-1-52671-833-4

The Anarchy was the first civil war in post-Conquest England, enduring throughout the reign of King Stephen. When Henry I died, he had caused all of his barons to swear to recognize his daughter Matilda, widow of the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir. When she was slow to move to England on her father’s death, Henry’s favorite nephew Stephen of Blois rushed to have himself crowned. Matilda would not give up her birthright and the result was more than a decade of civil war that saw England split apart. By following both sides of the dispute, Matthew Lewis aims to reach a more rounded understanding of this crucial period of English history and asks to what extent there really was anarchy.

Edward II’s Nieces: The Clare Sisters Powerful Pawns of the Crown Kathryn Warner

Rebellion Against Henry III

The Two Eleanors of Henry III

The Disinherited Montfortians, 1265–1274

The Lives of Eleanor of Provence and Eleanor de Montfort

David Pilling

Darren Baker

$39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52676-320-4

$49.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • January 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52674-751-8

The ‘Montfortian’ civil wars in England lasted from 1259-67. In the aftermath of the battle, Henry III’s decision to disinherit all the surviving Montfortians served to prolong the war for another two years. The Disinherited, as they were known, defied the might of the Crown longer than anyone could have reasonably expected. David Pilling examines the purely military aspects of the revolt, including effective use of guerilla-type warfare and major actions such as the battle of Chesterfield, the siege of Kenilworth and the capture of London.

Eleanor of Provence was born in the province of her name in 1223. She has come to England at the age of twelve to marry the king, Henry III. He’s sixteen years older, but was a boy when he ascended the throne. He’s a kind, sensitive sort whose only personal attachments to women so far have been to his three sisters. The youngest of them is called Eleanor too. In a short time, this Eleanor will marry the rising star of her brother’s court, Simon de Montfort, thus wedding the fates of four people together in an England about to experience profound changes in its history.

The Imprisoned Princess

Sophia: Mother of Kings

The Scandalous Life of Sophia Dorothea of Celle

The Finest Queen Britain Never Had Catherine Curzon

Catherine Curzon

$39.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52671-557-9

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$39.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • January 2020 BIO014000 • 978-1-52675-534-6

The de Clare sisters Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth were born in the 1290s as the eldest granddaughters of King Edward I of England, and were the daughters of the greatest nobleman in England, Gilbert ‘the Red’ de Clare, earl of Gloucester. They grew to adulthood during the turbulent reign of their uncle Edward II, and when Gilbert was killed during their uncle’s catastrophic defeat at the battle of Bannockburn in June 1314, the three sisters inherited and shared his vast wealth and lands in three countries, but as Kathryn Warner recounts, their inheritance proved a poisoned chalice.

When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privilege, she wept at news of her engagement. Bewildered by dusty protocol and regarded as a necessary evil by her husband, Sophia grew lonely as he gallivanted with his mistress under her nose. But, when she plunged headlong into a passionate and dangerous affair with Count Phillip Christoph von Königsmarck, the stage was set for disaster.

Sophia, Electress of Hanover, was born to greatness. Granddaughter of James I and mother to George I, she was perhaps the finest queen that Britain never had. Sophia: Mother of Kings, brings this remarkable woman and her tumultuous era vividly to life. In a world where battles raged across the continent and courtiers fought behind closed doors, Sophia kept the home fires burning. Through personal tragedy and public triumph, Sophia raised a family, survived illness, miscarriage, and accusations of conspiracy, and missed out on the British throne by a matter of weeks.

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Pen and Sword History The Man Behind the Tudors Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

Charles II and his Escape into Exile Capture the King Martyn R Beardsley

Kirsten ClaidenYardley

Cromwell’s Convicts The Death March from Dunbar 1650 John Sadler

$39.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52674-553-8

$39.95 • Hardback • 192 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 HIS015000 • 978-1-52672-572-1

$34.95 • Hardback 240 pages 6 x 9.25 illustrated • April 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52673-820-2

Thomas was born into a fairly ordinary gentry family, albeit distantly related to the Mowbray dukes of Norfolk. During the course of the fifteenth century, he and his father would rise through the political and social ranks as a result of their loyal service to Edward IV and Richard III. In a tragic turn of events, all their hard work was undone at the Battle of Bosworth and his father was killed fighting for King Richard. Imprisoned for treason and stripped of his lands and titles, Thomas had to start from the beginning to gain the trust of a new king.

Returning to England to try to reclaim his throne, King Charles II was defeated at the Battle of Worcester—but the battle to save his own life had only just begun. Pursued wherever he went by soldiers from the conflict, Charles donned peasant clothing and tried to adopt a rustic accent. With the secret help of a succession of loyal citizens, he walked till his feet were shredded, coolly mixed with anti-royalists—and, of course, hid in an oak tree. Never sure of who could be trusted, it was touch and go all the way to the coast and, hopefully, a boat that would take him to freedom.

On 3 September 1650 Oliver Cromwell won a decisive victory over the Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Dunbar and in the aftermath, force marched 5,000 prisoners from the battlefield to Durham in one of the cruellest episodes in his career. This is the first book to describe their ordeal by using archaeological evidence to bring the story right up to date. The authors make extensive use of archive material, retrace the route taken by the prisoners and describe the recent archaeological excavations in Durham which have identified some of the victims and given us a graphic reminder of their fate.

Cromwell’s Failed State and the Monarchy Timothy Venning $49.95 • Hardback 320 pages • 6 x 9.25 illustrated • Jun 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52676-421-8

Regicide, military dictatorship, war and rumors of war, opposition from all sides and collapse of a ‘failed state’: such is the story of Oliver Cromwell’s unique experiment in the governance of Britain, following the English-British Civil Wars. The British state of the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland were united in the Protectorate, with Cromwell as Lord Protector, from1649 to 1660, but collapsed under the weight of huge turbulence all sides. Finally, with Cromwell’s death in 1658—the ‘heroic’ Cromwell—and succession of the hapless Richard Cromwell, the ‘failed state’ collapsed with the restoration of the Stuart dynasty, in 1660 and royal, aristocratic and gentry rule.

Trailblazing Georgians

All Things Georgian

The Unsung Men Who Helped Shape the Modern World

Tales from the Long Eighteenth-Century

Mike Rendell $39.95 • Hardback • 168 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-47388-609-4

Mike Rendell focuses on the ‘other boys in the band’—the less famous inventors, artists, engineers and industrialists who played their part in the enormous changes that occurred in the eighteenth century. You will not find James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood or Richard Arkwright. Instead, you will meet the men who made their mark and then faded into obscurity. It is a book about scientists and engineers operating in areas which were completely new. These artists, scientists, inventors and industrialists all feature because, by some quirk of fate, they have never received the acclaim which they deserve.

Joanne Major $29.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 illustrated • January 2020 HIS037050 • 978-1-52675-785-2

Take a romp through the long eighteenth-century in this collection of 25 short tales. Marvel at the Queen’s Ass, gaze at the celestial heavens through the eyes of the past and be amazed by the equestrian feats of the Norwich Nymph. Journey to the debauched French court at Versailles, travel to Covent Garden and take your seat in a box at the theater and, afterwards, join the mile-high club in a newfangled hot air balloon. Meet actresses, whores, politicians and criminals as we travel through the Georgian era in all its glorious and gruesome glory. In roughly chronological order that covering the reign of the four Georges, 1714-1830, these tales are accompanied by over 100 stunning color illustrations.

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Pen and Sword History After the Lost Franklin Expedition

The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent’s Daughter

Lady Franklin and John Rae Peter Baxter $29.95 • Paperback • 280 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 BIO023000 • 978-1-52676-586-4

The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalized generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain’s history of polar exploration. In the aftermath of the crew’s disappearance, Lady Jane Franklin, Sir John’s widow, maintained a crusade to secure her husband’s reputation, imperiled alongside him and his crew in the frozen wastes of the Arctic. Lady Franklin was an uncommon woman for her age, a socially and politically astute figure who ravaged anyone who she viewed as a threat to her husband’s legacy.

The Infamous Sophie Dawes

The Lost Queen

Anne M Stott

New Light on the Queen of Chantilly Adrian Searle

$49.95 • Hardback • 336 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52673-643-7

$39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52671-749-8

Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) had a difficult childhood, but was popular with the public, who looked to her to restore the good name of the monarchy. When she broke off her engagement to a Dutch prince, her father put her under virtual imprisonment and she endured a period of profound unhappiness. She held out for the freedom to choose her husband, and married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. Her happiness was cruelly cut short when she died in childbirth at the age of twenty-one only eighteen months later. A shocked nation went into mourning for its ‘people’s princess’, the queen who never was.

Sophie Dawes was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of Wight smuggler and much of her childhood was spent in the island’s workhouse. Her tale was the ultimate rags to riches story which would see her become the mistress of the fabulously wealthy French aristocrat Louis Henri de Bourbon, destined to be the last Prince of Condé. The Infamous Sophie Dawes takes an in-depth look at her island background before tracing her extraordinary rise from obscurity to becoming a baroness who ruled the prince’s château at Chantilly.

The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind

Josiah Wedgwood

The Legitimacy of Bastards The Place of Illegitimate Children in Later Medieval England

The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage

Helen Matthews

Julie Cook

$24.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • January 2020 HIS015000 • 978-1-52675-762-3

$34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS057000 • 978-1-52675-716-6

For the nobility and gentry in later medieval England, land was a source of wealth and status. Their marriages were arranged with this in mind, and it is not surprising that so many of them had mistresses and illegitimate children. The Legitimacy of Bastards is the first book to consider the individuals who had illegitimate children, the ways in which they provided for them and attitudes towards both the parents and the bastard children. It also highlights important differences between the views of illegitimacy taken by the Church and by the English law.

The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind focuses on the widows and children of the crew who perished on board. Author Julie Cook’s great-grandfather was a stoker who died on Titanic. Her great-grandmother had to raise five children with no breadwinner. This book focuses on Emily and the widows like her who had to fight for survival through great hardship. Using original archive sources, the book asks how these women survived through abject poverty and grief—and why their voices have been silent for so long.

A New Biography Anthony Burton

$39.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Feb 2020 HIS037060 • 978-1-52675-502-5

Wedgwood was born in the Staffordshire Potteries in 1739 and lived in the area all his life. His family were all potters, working in traditional ways, but Josiah was to revolutionize the industry. When he started work, the local ware was either rather rustic, or made to look a little more sophisticated by the addition of heavy glazes. He worked to produce a lighter colored body and to use designs made to appeal to aristocratic tastes, convinced that where they led the rapidly growing middle class would follow. The result was cream ware which, when a whole service was ordered by the royal family, was soon christened queens ware.

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Pen and Sword History Elizabeth Widville, Lady Grey

The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II

Edward IV’s Chief Mistress and the ‘Pink Queen’

Douglas Boyd $39.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52674-310-7

John Ashdown-Hill $29.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 BIO014000 • 978-1-52676-583-3

Wife to Edward IV and mother to the Princes in the Tower and later Queen Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Widville was a central figure during the War of the Roses. Much of her life is shrouded in speculation and myth—even her name, commonly spelled as ‘Woodville’, is a hotly contested issue. Elizabeth was an endlessly enigmatic historical figure, who has been obscured by dramatizations and misconceptions. In this fascinating and insightful biography, Dr John Ashdown-Hill brings shines a light on the truth of her life.

Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain Violet Fenn $42.95 • Hardback 232 pages • 6 x 9.25 illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52675-668-8

Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior, and the ways in which these attitudes were often determined by those in positions of power and authority. Did the people in Victorian times live up to their stereotypes when it came to sexual behavior? This book will answer this question, as well as looking at fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition through a new lens, leaving the reader uplifted and with a new regard for the ingenuity and character of our great-great-grandparents.

Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain

Plantagenet Princesses

The names of few medieval monarchs and their queens are better known than Eleanor of Aquitaine, and her second husband Henry II. Their daughters also lived extraordinary lives. If princes fought for their succession to crowns, the princesses were traded—usually by their mothers—to strangers for political power without the bloodshed. Eleanor’s daughters Marie and Alix were abandoned in Paris when she divorced Louis VII of France. By Henry II, she bore Matilda, Aliénor and Joanna. Between them, these extraordinary women and their daughters knew the extremes of power and pain. Aliénor’s descendants include two saints, Louis of France and Fernando of Spain.

Andrea Zuvic $49.95 • Hardback 232 pages • 6 x 9.25 illustrated • May 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52-675307-6

Peek beneath the bedsheets of Stuart Britain in this frank, informative, and captivating look at the sexual lives of the peoples of the British Isles between 1603 and 1714. Popular Stuart historian Andrea Zuvich, “The Seventeenth Century Lady”, explores our ancestors’ ingenious, surprising, bizarre, and often entertaining beliefs and solutions to the challenges associated with maintaining a healthy sex life, along with the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behaviour. The author sheds light not only on the saucy love lives of the Royal Stuarts, but also on the dark underbelly of the Stuart era with histories of prostitution, sexual violence, infanticide, and sexual deviance.

Mrs Despard and The Suffrage Movement

The Violent Abuse of Women in 17th and 18th Century Britain

Founder of The Women’s Freedom League Helen Matheson-Pollock

Geoffrey Pimm

$39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52-673112-8

$29.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • January 2020 SOC028000 • 978-1-52675-162-1

Charlotte devoted her life to improving the lot of the poor and moved to live among them in the London slums. She fought for better and fairer living/working conditions for all, supporting adult suffrage before becoming heavily involved in the fight for votes for women. She joined Emmeline Pankhurst’s Women’s Social and Political Union and co-founded the Women’s Freedom League. Charlotte’s political and public career ended tragically when she died in Belfast aged 95, penniless and alone, having given all her money to helping those less fortunate.

Although the worlds of science and philosophy took giant strides away from the medieval view of the world, attitudes to women did not change from those that had persisted for centuries. Only around 14% of women could read and write by 1700. This work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and under the law, during two centuries when huge strides in human knowledge and civilization were being made in every other sphere of human activity.

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Pen and Sword History A History of Women in Medicine

Rituals & Myths in Nursing

Cunning Women, Physicians, Witches

Claire Laurent

Sinead Spearing $24.99 • Paperback • 160 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • January 2020 SOC028000 • 978-1-52675-169-0

A History of Women in Medicine: From Physicians to Witches reveals the untold story of forgotten female physicians, their lives, practices and subsequent denomination as witches. Originally held in high esteem in their communities, these women used herbs and ancient psychological processes to relieve the suffering of their patients. Often traveling long distances, moving from village to village, their medical and spiritual knowledge blended the boundaries between physician and priest. These ancient healers were the antithesis of the witch figure of today; instead they were knowledgeable therapists commanding respect, gratitude and high social status. In this pioneering work, Sinéad Spearing draws on current archeological evidence, literature, folklore, case studies and original religious documentation to bring to life these forgotten healers.

Britain 1940 The Decisive Year on the Home Front

A Social History $29.95 • Paperback • 160 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • January 2020 MED000000 • 978-1-47389-661-1

Completing tasks in a certain way because “Sister says so” describes the custom and practice of nursing, passed on through the generations that existed for most of the 20th Century and can still hold sway today. Science and evidence-based practice have weakened the hold on tradition but ritual is still part of the fabric of nursing. Packed with amusing and sometimes poignant reminiscences this book paints a picture of nursing from the first registration of SRN No 1, Ethel Bedford Fenwick in 1919. Each chapter follows a theme, explores the historical background and brings it to life with stories told by nurses from different eras. Written with humor and a light touch, readers don’t need a nursing background to enjoy these stories, but those who trained as nurses will identify with many of the amusing and often eccentric traditions retold by generations of nurses.

Women’s Lives and Clothes in WW2 Ready for Action

Anton Rippon

Lucy Adlington

$39.95 • Paperback • 240 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52676-770-7

$49.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • Feb 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52671-234-9

On New Year’s Day 1940, the people of Britain looked back on the first four months of the Second World War with a sort of puzzled unease. Wartime life was nothing like what they had imagined. There had been no major air attacks. There was no noticeable shortage of food. Life in wartime Britain was simply an inconvenient version of life in peacetime. On New Year’s Eve 1940, Britain was deep in the throes of war. In September the Germans had launched what was to be an eight-month bombing campaign that targeted every one of Britain’s major cities. By the end of 1940, German air raids had killed 15,000 British civilians. The so-called Phoney War had ended in May, when Hitler attacked the Low Countries. After Dunkirk, with the Luftwaffe poised just across the English Channel, and with the very real threat of invasion, the Second World War was now anything but phoney.

How would you dress for a winter mission in the open cockpit of a Russian bomber plane? At a fashion show in Occupied Paris? Singing in Harlem, or on fire watch in Tokyo …? Women’s Lives and Clothes in WW2 is a unique, illustrated insight into the experiences of women worldwide during WW2 and its aftermath. The history of ten tumultuous years is reflected in clothes, fashion, accessories and uniforms. As housewives, fighters, fashion designers or spies, women dressed the part when they took up their wartime roles. Historian Lucy Adlington draws on interviews with wartime women, as well as her own archives and costume collection. You’ll indulge in luxury fashion, bridal ensembles and enticing lingerie, as well as thrifty make-do-andmend. You’ll learn which essential garments to wear when enduring a bomb raid… and how a few scraps of clothing will keep you feeling human in a concentration camp.

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Pen and Sword History The Author Who Outsold Dickens

The Mother of the Brontës

The Life and Work of W H Ainsworth

When Maria Met Patrick Sharon Wright

Stephen Carver

$24.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 LIT004290 • 978-1-52675-760-9

$39.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • April 2020 LIT004130 • 978-1-52672-069-6

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) is probably the most successful 19th Century writer that most people haven’t heard of. Journalist, essayist, poet and, most of all, historical novelist, Ainsworth was a member of the early-Victorian publishing elite, and Charles Dickens’s only serious commercial rival until the late-1840s, his novels Rookwood and Jack Shepherd beginning a fashion for tales of Georgian highwaymen and establishing the legend of Dick Turpin firmly in the National Myth. He was in the Dickens’ circle before it was the Dickens’ circle and counted among his friends the literary lions of his age including Dickens; Ainsworth commanded a massive audience until a moral panic—the so-called ‘Newgate Controversy’—about the supposedly pernicious effects on working class youth of the criminal romances on which his reputation was built effectively destroyed his reputation as a serious literary novelist.

Sharon Wright lives in London, UK.

Stephen Carver lives in Norwich, Norfolk, UK.

The Spanish Flu Epidemic and its Influence on History

Giovanni Boccaccio’s Mysterious Death A New Diagnosis for the Great Medieval Poet and Writer

Jaime Breitnauer $42.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52674-517-0

Francesco Maria Galassi $34.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52-671647-7

Giovanni Boccaccio’s fatal disease and cause of death have long remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, a thorough multidisciplinary reassessment has finally been carried out. By combining philological and clinical approaches, the authors have at last offered a solid retrospective diagnosis based upon a study of his correspondence, poetry and iconography, as well as references to his physical decay in contemporary and later sources. In so doing they cast a light not only on Boccaccio’s life and death but on living conditions, health and medical knowledge in late Medieval and early Renaissance Europe. The authors also address the enigma of the whereabouts of Boccaccio’s remains, which they hope to locate and examine in future. Francesco Maria Galassi lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

They were from different lands, different classes, different worlds almost. The chances of Cornish gentlewoman Maria Branwell even meeting the poor Irish curate Patrick Brontë in Regency England, let alone falling passionately in love, were remote. Yet Maria and Patrick did meet, making a life together as devoted lovers and doting parents in the heartland of the industrial revolution. An unlikely romance and novel wedding were soon followed by the birth of six children. They included Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, the most gifted literary siblings the world has ever known. Yet Maria has remained an enigma while the fame of her family spread across the world. It is time to bring her out of the shadows, along with her overlooked contribution to the Brontë genius. Untimely death stalked Maria as it was to stalk all her children. But first there was her fascinating life’s story, told here for the first time by Sharon Wright.

On the second Monday of March 1918, the world changed forever. What seemed like a harmless cold morphed into a global pandemic that would wipe out as many as a hundred-million people—ten times as many as the Great War. German troops faltere,d lending the allies the winning advantage; India turned its sights to independence, while South Africa turned to God. In Western Samoa a quarter of the population died; in some parts of Alaska, whole villages were wiped out. Civil unrest sparked by influenza shaped nations and heralded a new era of public health where people were no longer blamed for contracting disease. Using real case histories, we take a journey through the world in 1918, and look at the impact of Spanish flu on populations from America, to France, to the Arctic, and the scientific legacy this deadly virus has left behind. Jaime Breitnauer lives in the UK and New Zealand.

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Casemate Pen and Sword History Hollywood’s Dark History

A Dark History of Tea

Ireland and the Monarchy

Silver Screen Scandals

Seren Charrington Hollins

John Gibney

Matt MacNabb $22.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Feb 2020 SOC022000 • 978-1-52674-074-8

$34.95 • Hardback 248 pages • 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52676-160-6

The silent film was a medium that proved to be a draw for many of the stars of Vaudeville and soon they migrated to the exciting possibilities that the movies had to offer. The stars in these films were instantly catapulted to fame and fortune and the spotlight of the public eye. The real people behind the glamour were far different than the characters that audiences grew to know and their lives were often full of scandal and debauchery. This book examines scandals of yesterday, featuring silent and silver screen stars like Jean Harlow, Mae West, and Charlie Chaplin. Don’t let the romanticized black and white world of yesterday fool you, their stories are rife with sex, drugs and murder.

A Dark History of Tea looks at our long relationship with this most revered of hot beverages. Renowned food historian Seren Charrington-Hollins digs into the history of one of the world’s oldest beverages, tracing tea’s significance on the tables of the high and mighty as well as providing relief for workers who had to contend with the ardours of manual labor. This humble herbal infusion has been used in burial rituals, as a dowry payment for aristocrats; it has fuelled wars and spelled fortunes as it built empires and sipped itself into being an integral part of the cultural fabric of British life. This book delves into the less tasteful history of a drink now considered quintessentially British.

Willow Working Lynn HugginsCooper $22.95 • Paperback 176 pages • 6 x 9.25 illustrated • June 2020 CRA000000 978-1-52672-460-1

This book offers a whistle-stop guide to the history of basketry and willow weaving. The story begins in prehistory when people first wove plant fibres together to create containers, shelters and fences. The second part of the book brings us up to date, via interviews with modern basketry and willow weaving artisans who discuss the way they use and adapt traditional methods, techniques and tools for the twenty first century. Finally, if you are inspired to try your hand at this fascinating and most ancient of crafts, the book also has a resources section. It includes a valuable list of suppliers of plant fibres, plants, and tools, as well as information about training courses, useful websites and more—everything you need to get started.

$39.95 • Paperback 240 pages • 6 x 9.25 illustrated • April 2020 HIS018000 978-1-52675-764-7

In the twenty-first century there are two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, and two very different heads of state represent the populations of Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively: the elected presidency of the republic, and the hereditary monarchy of the United Kingdom. But the idea of monarchy, and the related notion of aristocracy, has a long heritage in Ireland. There was a native aristocracy long before the British conquest, and British monarchs were not the only monarchs to matter to Irish people. Now, in the third instalment of the collaboration between Pen and Sword and History Ireland magazine, a range of experts examine how the role played by monarchs and their monarchies from the middle ages up to the present has had a role in shaping Ireland and its peoples.

A Century of ManMade Disasters

The Hostage Rescuer The Return of a Child into a Mother’s Arms

Nigel Blundell $29.95 • Paperback 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 illustrated • Jan 2020 HIS037030 • 978-1-52674-868-3

This book is a catalog of disaster—literally. Within its pages are the major man-made calamities that shocked the world throughout the twentieth century. The events recorded here include the carnage of history’s worst air disaster when two jumbo jets collided on the island of Tenerife. The story of the Challenger space shuttle explosion reveals how ignored warnings led to the deaths of seven astronauts. These and the other misadventures in this book were all man-made and, it seems, just waiting to happen. Moreover, these horrific events were all caused by either folly or greed—or both. But despite the tales of monstrous misfortune, many also produced heart-lifting stories of human resilience, selflessness, sacrifice and heroism.

Darren Franklin $39.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52676-152-1

This is the thrilling true story of the recovery of an abducted child against the odds. Two close encounters with death convince the author, Darren, that his career in the sometimes murky world of global private security is not the healthiest. Meanwhile Scottish nurse Diane is on a life-changing route of her own after a Shirley Valentine-style romance on a Greek holiday island. Darren’s and Diane’s paths cross when Diane’s marriage breaks down, her ex abducts their four-year-old son Theo back to the Greek islands and, when all attempts to get her son back via the courts have failed, Darren’s new company is called in to carry out a daring snatch raid.

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Pen and Sword History Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church & State Records

Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums A Guide for Family Historians

A Guide for Family Historians

Michelle Higgs

Chris Paton $26.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Feb 2020 REF013000 • 978-1-52-674485-2

$26.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • Feb 2020 REF013000 • 978-1-52-676842-1

How can you trace forebears who were patients in lunatic asylums Despite its Union with England and Wales in 1707, Scotland remained virtually and find out about their lives? What sources can you consult to discover their independent from its partners in many ways, retaining its own legal system, personal histories and gain an insight into their experiences? In this concise, its own state church, and its own education system. accessible handbook, Michelle Higgs answers these questions. She provides a Genealogist Chris Paton examines the most common records used by family fascinating introduction to the subject and gives readers the means to explore historians in Scotland, ranging from the vital records kept by the state and the records for themselves. the various churches, the decennial censuses, tax records, registers of land She concentrates on the period from the eighteenth century through to 1948 ownership and inheritance, and records of law and order. He details their when the UK’s National Health Service was founded and looks in particular at purpose and the information recorded, the legal basis by which they were the Victorian era which is the most popular period for research. Using original created, and where to find them both online and within Scotland’s many records, contemporary accounts, photographs, illustrations and case studies archives and institutions. of real individuals, she brings the story of the asylums and their patients to life.

Visitors’ Historic Britain: Somerset

Visitors’ Historic Britain: Norwich & Norfolk

Romans to Victorians

Featuring Images of Sheffield Photographer, Martin Jenkinson

Bronze Age to Victorians

Mick Davis $24.95 • Paperback • 200 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52670-616-4

Every inch of legendary Somerset is steeped in history, from the towns of Dunster and Taunton in the west, to those of Shepton Mallet and Frome in the east; while also contained within its county boundaries are the cities of Bath and Wells and the mystical and magical Isle of Avalon: Glastonbury. The authors, both living in Somerset, guide you on a fascinating and illuminating trip into the past of this most historical and legendary of counties, which boasts among its attractions the last battle fought upon English soil, the scene of the Bloody Assizes and the final resting place of King Arthur.

Sheffield in the 1980s

Stephen Browning

Mark Metcalf

$24.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 HIS000000 • 978-1-52670-842-7

$29.95 • Paperback • 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • February 2020 HIS015000 • 978-1-52676-136-1

This unique study traces the history of Norwich and Norfolk from the time of earliest life to the outbreak of the First World War. It is designed to appeal to the travellers who wish to explore the host of fascinating places on offer in what the Norfolk-born authors believe to be the most unspoilt and mysterious county in England. Throughout, telephone numbers and websites of attractions are given, providing readers with a ‘toolkit’ to unlock the secrets, history, sites and stories of this vast county.

The social, industrial and economic changes imposed on the Sheffield area during the 1980s are captured with remarkable clarity in this second Images of the Past book featuring the work of freelance photographer Martin Jenkinson (1947-2012). The former steelworker and adopted Sheffielder’s knowledge of his fellow citizens’ lives gave him a unique understanding, which he used to capture some incredible images of those troubled times. His photographs create a political awareness that fills the page and forces the observer to seek to find out more.

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Pen and Sword Casemate History • Bookstate

1920: A Year of Global Turmoil

Apollo 11

Mission to Mars

David Charlwood

The Moon Landing in Real Time

Exploration of the Red Planet

Ian Passingham

David Baker

$34.99 • Hardback • 296 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Available HIS037030 • 978-1-52672-965-1

$24.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • April 2020 HIS036000 • 978-1-52675-761-6

$25.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 6.5 x 9.44 • illustrated • May 2020 SCI004000 • 978-1-91165-807-8

Historic borders in the Middle East are fragmenting, an expansionist Russia is greedily eyeing up neighboring states, nationalism is on the march in Europe and an unlikely presidential candidate is running for election in the US on a populist platform to put ‘America first’. The year is 1920. 1920: A Year of Global Turmoil tells the story of twelve months that set in motion one hundred years of history. From America to Asia, the events of 1920 foreshadowed the decline of empires, the coming of another global conflict and the rise of an American president who would change his country’s relationship with the world. Weaving personal accounts with grand narrative, it vividly illuminates a past which echoes the present.

Half a century has passed since arguably the greatest feat of the 20th century: when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11: The Moon Landing In Real Time brings the mission back to life as never before in a thrilling day-by-day account, exploring everything from the historic flight itself to how the $24 billion space program divided a nation. Journey back in time and feel the excitement build in the days before launch and then experience the tension of the dramatic lunar landing and the relief of the crew’s safe return to Earth. This engaging account mixes easily understandable explanations of the ground-breaking technology behind Apollo 11 with entertainment, excitement and humor in equal measure. Set against a backdrop of the Cold War, race riots and Vietnam, the mission polarised opinion worldwide. Read tales of how a Chilean lawyer claimed he was the legal owner of the Moon, and thousands of people signed up for proposed commercial Moon flights.

For as long as humans have gazed up at points of light in the night sky, the mysterious red planet Mars has held an irresistible fascination. As the planet in our solar system most likely to be capable of supporting life after Earth, many questions about its origin and evolution have arisen alongside speculation about its potential as a new home for migrating human colonists. Since 1964, Mars has been a magnet for fly-by spacecraft, orbiters, landers and roving vehicles. Plans have been laid to send astronauts on these routes pioneered by robots too – but the questions remain. Just what do we know about the Red Planet? Where has this knowledge come from? Can we really live there? This book tells the exciting story of the spacecraft sent to explore an alien world that has fascinated humans for centuries and determine whether life might be found there. Mars is humankind’s next great goal in space. The new Space Race has begun!

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Pen and Sword True Crime Serial Killers: Butchers and Cannibals

The Case of Stephen Downing The Worst Miscarriage of Justice in British History

Nigel Blundell

Stephen Downing

$24.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 TRU002010 • 978-1-52676-440-9

Mass murder is awful enough. But some serial killers not only embark on slaying to slake their perverted pleasures but enjoy the mutilation of their victims bodies and sometimes also revert to cannibalism. Yet that is not sufficient a thrill for those who find the excitement begins once their victims are dead. Here we examine the butchers who dismember for pleasure. They are monsters like Andrei Chikatilo, the so-called Rostov Ripper, who tortured, murdered, chopped up and sometimes cannibalised as many as 50 victims. Or they can be quite unassuming perverts like Dennis Nilsen, whose London house of horrors so overflowed with body parts that they blocked the drains.

$34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52675-866-8

Stephen Downing tells of enduring the longest miscarriage in UK legal history. On 12 September 1973 a young and naïve Stephen encountered Wendy Sewell badly beaten and unconscious on the footpath of Bakewell Cemetery. Stephen ran to the nearby workmen’s building and in the meantime the perpetrator dragged Wendy’s body out of sight to a second location where she was subsequently. Stephen, however, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to life in prison. That is, until journalist Don Hale successfully won an appeal that freed Downing after 27 years.

For over ten years he was first on the scene when a murder was committed in south London. From the Flying Squad to Investigating War Crimes tells of the rise of forensic evidence against the true story backdrop of a detective who has spent a career at the front line in the war against murder—the ultimate crime. It traces the development of forensic science and techniques from the days of the fingerprint to the battery of tests now available to homicide investigators. It is told in the no nonsense style of a pioneer cop who has seen the worst that human beings can do to each other.

Police Investigations at the

On the Trail of the Yorkshire Ripper

The Case of Russell Causley and Other Crimes

His Final Secrets Revealed

$24.95 • Hardback • 200 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52676-338-9

$34.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52676-407-2

The book will standout because it depicts unique, true stories of dealing with witchcraft murders and cannibalism in all its repugnant forms. Steve personally thwarted an ambush on a group of famous Congo mercenaries known as the Wild Geese. He describes incidents of black magic, kidnapping, gunrunning and people trafficking. He successfully detected the first computer fraud in the territory, and later for the first time, brought back a European fugitive in a series of fraud cases to face justice, from the atrocious apartheid country of South Africa.

Investigating the Almost Perfect Murders

Anthony Nott

Stephen Rabey Matthews

Ron Turnbull

$24.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • May 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52674-202-5

Murder, Witchcraft and the Killing of Wildlife Heart of Africa

From the Flying Squad to Investig ating War Crimes

Richard Cobb $39.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • January 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52674-876-8

Peter Sutcliffe, The Yorkshire Ripper, remains the most infamous serial killer in British criminal Through Anthony Nott’s personal story, this book history. His reign of terror saw 13 women brutally provides an insight into the methodical and murdered and the largest criminal manhunt transparent way in which the police investigate complicated crimes from riots to the almost perfect in British history. Just like Jack the Ripper, his Victorian counterpart of 1888, he remains a killer murders. Anthony describes his early years at the Metropolitan Police through being detective chief of almost mythical proportions, yet the locations and circumstances surrounding his foul deeds inspector in Bournemouth in 1994. remain a subject of confusion to this day … until now. For the first time in over four decades we re-examine the crime scenes and deliver the real story of the Yorkshire Ripper murders.

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Pen and Sword True Crime • Pen and Sword Transport Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad

Bugatti T and Its Variants

100 Years of Crime Fighting

Type 35 Grand Prix Car and its Variants

Dick Kirby

Lance Cole

$49.99 • Hardback • 288 page 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Jan 2020 TRU000000 • 978-1-52675-213-0

$28.95 • Paperback • 64 pages 8.25 x 11.5 • illustrated • Jan 2020 TRA001000 • 978-1-52675-676-3

Since 1919 Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad has been in the forefront of the war against crime. From patrolling London’s streets in horse-drawn wagons, it has progressed to the use of the most sophisticated surveillance and crime-fighting equipment.

This new book, the first in the CarCraft series delivers an innovative presentation to the car enthusiast by covering the engineering, design, and modeling of one of motoring’s greatest cars across all its epochs.

As crime figures soared in the 1950s and ‘60s the Flying Squad became involved in the most serious cases nationwide—The Great Train Robbery, The Millennium Dome and Hatton Garden heists. Despite many high-profile successes, allegations of corruption have haunted the Flying Squad and after the conviction of officers in 2001 there was a very real possibility of disbandment. Yet this most famous of police units survived and today continues to fight and be feared by the hardest of criminals. Drawing on firsthand accounts, Dick Kirby has put together a thrilling book that proves that fact is way better than fiction.

With its clever engine design, new suspension thinking, and distinct body style, Bugatti’s T35 and its variants defined a new era of design and driving and must surely rank as true ‘supercars’. A motor sport legend was also cast down by these Bugattis. Lance Cole pays tribute to the car in a detailed yet engaging commentary. New photography, the design story, and full coverage of the modeling options in synthetic materials and die cast metals, create a narrative of vital interest.

Dick Kirby lives in Bury St Edmunds, UK.

Lance Cole lives in Swindon, UK.

Aircraft and Aviation Stamps

Luxury Railway Travel

A Collector’s Guide

A Social and Business History

Howard Piltz $34.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • June 2020 HIS027140 • 978-1-47387-186-1

The author has combined his two greatest interests: transport and stamp collecting, and brought them together in this series of books looking at the way postage stamps have led him to increase his knowledge of our world via his interest in all forms of transport world-wide. Philately (the collecting of stamps) itself is a fascinating hobby looking at the development of postal services in all its forms, designs of stamps that have evolved the Victorian Penny-Black to today’s creations, often artistic but dependant more and more on photography with greater or lesser degrees of digital manipulation. In his quest he has covered many unusual places that have only become more accessible with the advent of cheap air travel Like all books in this series, they been laid out as global tour starting naturally in the UK and then travelling in an easterly direction through every continent—without, it should be added, crossing the International Date Line! Readers will not find every country included but a differing selection in each volume. Howard Piltz lives in West Midlands, UK.

Martyn Pring $60.00 • Hardback • 368 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • January 2020 TRA004000 • 978-1-52671-324-7

British luxury rail travel was not just the domain of the Pullman Company. In fact, they were far from the only providers as railway companies in Britain were extremely active from late Victorian times competing for leisure business. Recently Britain’s railway heritage has been responsible for kick-starting a modern tourist spectacle as specialist operators run luxury day excursion, sleeping-car and fine-dining trains. Martyn Pring has carried out considerable research tracing the evolution of British luxury train travel weaving railway, social and travel history threads around a number of Britain’s mainline routes traditionally associated with glamorous trains. Drawing on contemporary coverage, he chronicles the luxury products and services shaped by railway companies and hospitality businesses for Britain’s burgeoning upper and middle-classes and wealthy overseas visitors, particularly Americans, who demanded more civilized and comfortable rail travel. Martyn Pring lives in Swanage, Dorset, UK.

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Polygon Hamish Henderson

Later That Day

Collected Poems

Andrew Greig

Corey Gibson $30.00 • Hardback • 432 pages • 5.45 x 8.5 illustrated • Jan 2020 POE000000 • 978-1-84697-486-1

$13.95 • Paperback 96 pages • 5.1 x 7.8 illustrated • May 2020 POE000000 • 978-1-84697-518-9

Henderson’s poetic voice is at once queer, collectivist, radical, romantic, viciously satirical, and over-earnest. This book pushes at—and often transgresses—the boundaries between high modernist poetics and popular folk song; between the profound and profane; between works of individual artistic endeavor and the mass of stubborn ephemera ascribed to ‘anon’. This collection advocates for a broader appreciation of Henderson’s literary legacy through explaining the continuum of radical emancipatory politics that might be plotted throughout: from the juvenilia, through the modernist war poetry of the 1940s, the soldiers’ songs, the recreated ballads or ‘muckle sangs’, the translations, the rousing anthems, and the late meditative, self-reflexive lyrics.

Many of these poems reflect life in Orkney, where he spends part of every year. New Zealand, Glencoe winter climbing, Padua and Glasgow also feature, as do Jimmy Shand, Kandinsky and Val McDiarmid’s tropical shirt. Like his widely enjoyed memoir At the Loch of the Green Corrie, these poems celebrate places of awakening, friends living and dead, and embrace life lived later in the day. It is a poetry of celebration, of loss honored, and above all of gratitude.

These Islands, We Sing An Anthology of Scottish Islands Poetry Kevin MacNeil $18.95 • Paperback • 288 pages • 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • January 2020 • POE005020 • 978-1-84697-211-9

Many of Scotland’s most important poets grew up or chose to live on Scottish islands. This anthology pays tribute to the islands’ creative output by bringing together a huge array of poetic talent, from the internationally-renowned—Sorley Maclean, Iain Crichton Smith, George Mackay Brown, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Hugh MacDairmid—to those fantastic poets deserving of more attention—Jim Mainland, Aonghas MacNeacail, Meg Bateman, Alex Cluness, Jen Hadfield, and many more—in one wonderful collection. With poems exploring the themes of love, language, landscape, identity and belonging, These Islands, We Sing is a significant and heartfelt celebration of poetry and place.

Bale Fire

Black Cart

Moder Dy

Jim Carruth

Mother Wave Roseanne Watt

$13.95 • Paperback 96 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available • POE000000 978-1-84697-500-4

Bale Fire is a book in three cycles. The first explores the darker side of communities in decline. The middle is a transposition of elements and characters of the Odyssey to a Scottish hill farm and its neighbors. The final part looks at the idea of harvest and loss. Jim Carruth offers here both a celebration and an elegy. The poems in this collection address the themes of our time: war, friendship, honesty, violence, humanity and love.

$13.95 • Paperback 96 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available POE000000 978-1-84697-512-7

Almost eighteen years in the making, this collection is a love poem to a rural community in Scotland. The freshness of its language brings the daily grind, its joys and harsh realities, to vivid life; its final elegies form a moving testament to a lost generation of family, friends, farmers and farms.

$13.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available POE000000 978-1-84697-487-8

‘The old Shetland fishermen still speak with something like reverence of the forgotten art of steering by the moder dy (mother wave), the name given to an underswell which it is said always travels in the direction of home’ Written in English, interspersed with Shetlandic dialect throughout, this eagerly awaited debut collection from Shetland poet Roseanne Watt contains profound, assured and wilfully spare poems that are built from the sight, sound and heartbeat of the land as much as from the sea. In rigorously controlled, concise, and vivid language Watt offers glimpses of the landscape alongside which we find the most complex and mysterious of human experiences.

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Polygon Dark Encounters

Castle Macnab

The Inheritance

A Collection of Ghost Stories

Richard Hannay Returns

Sheena Kalayil

William Croft Dickinson

Robert J. Harris

$12.95 • Paperback 224 pages 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • January 2020 • FIC015000 978-1-84697-513-4

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Dark Encounters is a collection of classic and elegantly unsettling ghost stories first published in 1963. A spine-tingling collection, these tales are set in the brooding landscape of Scotland, with an air of historic authenticity—often referring to real events, objects and people. From a demonic text that leaves its readers strangled to the murderous spectre of a feudal baron, this is a crucial addition to the long and distinguished cannon of Scottish ghost stories. For those who seek out the unnerving, the unknown and the unexplainable, Dark Encounters is guaranteed to raise the hair on the back of your neck.

In 1920s Scotland a foreign dignitary on a secret visit has been abducted by men who plan to murder him. Veteran adventurer Richard Hannay must recruit three of his oldest friends to prevent a catastrophe that could plunge Europe into another war. It is a mission none of them ever expected to undertake, for the man they must rescue was once their sworn enemy—the Kaiser. As he and his allies pursue a desperate chase through the Highlands, Hannay discovers that he has stumbled upon an international conspiracy, one that shockingly involves a member of the British royal family. Robert J. Harris has created a new adventure for Richard Hannay and a sequel to John Buchan’s classic novel John Macnab.

Ben Martin is charming and successful: an academic who has raised money for children’s charities and worked with women’s agencies in sub-Saharan Africa, a devoted husband. But when his brother Francois, an artist based in Lisbon, finds out about Ben’s affair with a student, Rita Kalungal, he finds himself feeling responsible both for his brother’s actions as well as Rita; and Rita begins to realise that her involvement with Ben has far-reaching consequences on herself and her family, and others.

The Far Side of the Night

It Takes One to Know One

Jan-Philipp Sendker

Isla Dewar

The End of the Line The Return of a Child into a Mother’s Arms Gillian Galbraith

$13.95 • Paperback 320 pages • 5.1 x 77 illustrated • February 2020 • FIC006000 978-1-84697-417-5

During a trip to China, Paul and Christine experience the nightmare of every parent: their four year old son is threatened with kidnap. The only safe place for the family is the US embassy in Beijing, but they are two thousand miles away, with the police searching frantically for them, and all airports, train stations and major roads under surveillance. They’ll have no chance without help from strangers, but who will be willing to risk their lives for them? Suspenseful and rife with the page-turning storytelling that has come to define Sendker’s work, The Far Side of the Night is a brilliant and timely thriller that offers a penetrating look into contemporary China.

$14.95 • Paperback • 352 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available FIC022000 • 978-1-84697-454-0

$13.95 • Hardback • 192 pages 5.1 x 7.85 • illustrated • Available FIC022000 978-1-84697-477-9

Charlie Gavin was abducted as a baby. He didn’t know who he was or where he came from. His mission was to find himself. And when he did, he decided to spend his life finding other lost souls by opening the Be Kindly Missing Persons Bureau. Martha Walters, his assistant, has had her fifteen minutes of almost fame and failed. Now, dealing with her guilt and pain, she lives with her mum and dotes on her young daughter. Charlie appears to be a man who is a loser and dreamer, but, hey, his office is near her house, she can lie in of a morning, take her kid to school and the work isn’t too heart-breaking. Or is it… ?

After the death of leading hematologist Professor Anstruther, antiquarian book dealer Anthony Sparrow is tasked with clearing out his mansion of its books and papers. He soon begins to question the real circumstances of the old man’s death: was he in fact murdered, and if so, who was responsible? The answer might be found in the personal diaries and letters which Sparrow unearths. But as he closes in on the answer, the perspective suddenly shifts and everything which he was sure about dissolves into darkness and shadows.

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Polygon • Polaris • Protea Boekhuis The Great Pretender

The Wild Wind

A Catalogue of Chaos and Creativity

Sheena Kalayil

Nick Perry $13.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available BIO026000 • 978-1-84697-470-0

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‘Give me three years and we’ll be millionaires,’ Nick challenged his long-suffering family in 1980, when cash was king. ‘I’ve got an idea that’s going to take us to the top.’ Tinkering with alchemy in an old stable he shared with a Shire horse, Nick discovered how to create the most convincing antique replicas ever made. He started by selling a few of his netsukes on a market stall at the Birmingham Rag Market and met extraordinary and eccentric people, the risk-taking gamblers with fast tongues. Each had their own money-spinning ideas; you name it, he replicated it for the wheeler-dealers chasing the dream. When Nick and his crew reached the rarefied circles of the London art world he realised he could be dangerously out of his depth. This is the unlikely and often hilarious story of where nothing but enthusiasm and self-belief can take you.

From the winner of the 2018 Writers’ Guild Award Vanish to a different land with Sissy Olikara. Sissy is twelve years old, living with her parents and baby brother on a school campus outside Lusaka. It is 1978, and the political situation in Zambia is becoming volatile. The family enjoy a gentle life until, suddenly, Sissy’s father leaves and returns to India. His departure brings about a chain of events which force Sissy into the adult world and have profound, long-lasting consequences. Moving back and forth in time as the adult Sissy reflects on her childhood, The Wild Wind is a haunting, absorbing coming-of-age tale of lost loves and lost innocence - one that takes readers on a journey into a young woman’s past and its repercussions on her future. Featured on the Guardian’s ‘NOT THE BOOKER LONGLIST, 2019’ (https://www. theguardian.com/books/series/not-the-booker-prize)

CV & Interview 101

Waterberg Echoes

How to Apply and Interview for Jobs

Richard Wadley

Sinéad English $14.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Available • BUS063000 • 978-0-95750-764-7

$99.50 • Hardback • 828 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • Available • HIS047000 • 978-1-48530-935-2

Writing your CV or getting ready to interview for a job? Chances are you have lots of questions. Should I? What if? How can I? Help! This book gives highly practical and instantly actionable advice on the 101 issues, questions and scenarios most frequently encountered by people when applying and interviewing for jobs. When you don’t have your own personal CV and Interview coach on speed dial this book is the next best thing… and costs a lot less. Straight-talking, instructive and using templates and worksheets to help you give the employer exactly what they want to see and hear, it will make the task of securing your ideal job significantly easier and a lot less stressful

The rugged and scenic Waterberg plateau remained unknown to most South Africans until its development as an exclusive ecotourism and hunting destination these past few years. Despite (perhaps because of) its prolonged isolation and sparse population from the earliest times, the Waterberg has experienced a long and vibrant history. Yet until now, this is a history that has never been recounted in detail.

Richard Wadley lives in Modimolle, Limpopo, South Africa.

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Salmon Poetry Wild, Again Bertha Rogers $20.00 • Paperback 112 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available POE005010 • 978-1-91256-141-4

These poems look at humans and other living things who share the planet: those who choose to show, even flaunt themselves, and the ones who bide—almost seen—in shadow or disorder. Like the 19th century naturalist John Burroughs, Rogers believes one must exercise “sharp eyes,” observing closely, taking all the time needed to translate that which is seen into words and understanding. The poems in this collection, written over a period of several years, study the territories of fur, flesh, bark, landscape, and sky, to celebrate the wild without and within. Bertha Rogers, poet, translator, and visual artist, has published poems and translations in many literary journals, and has several past collections. She has been awarded fellowships by the MacDowell Colony, Hawthornden International Writers Retreat, and more. She lives just upstate of New York City.

Collected Early Poems John Morgan $20.00 • Paperback 206 pages 5.1 x 7.75 illustrated • Available POE005010 • 978-1-91256-142-1

John Morgan studied with Robert Lowell at Harvard and won the Hatch Prize for Lyric Poetry. He received his M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where he was awarded the Academy of American Poets Prize. In 1976, he moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, to direct the creative writing program at the University of Alaska. Each of Morgan’s first three books was chosen for publication in national competitions. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, The New Republic, and more. He has won the Discovery Award of the New York Poetry Center, and first prize in the Carolina Quarterly Poetry Contest.

Places to Sleep

Rogue States

Patrick Kehoe

Fred Johnston

$20.00 • Paperback 96 pages • 5.1 x 77 illustrated • Available POE005020 978-1-91256-132-2

$20.00 • Paperback 74 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available POE005020 978-1-91256-1-254

The poems gathered here re-assemble late 1970s Barcelona as a parallel city of the imagination. There are visits to other Spanish cities, a memory of a brief walk through Murcia some forty years ago, and more recent poems deriving from stays in Madrid, La Coruña and Bilbao. Kehoe’s short lyrics are redolent of hopeful motorways, of entries and exits, of crossings and re-crossings. They sing of the exhalations and exhaustions of the streets and of the vast cities of Spain. Ultimately, the Barcelona of the seventies—an untrammeled, bold-spirited place, that knew few tourists between October and May—continues to inform the work of the poet. Patrick Kehoe writes for RTE Entertainment and Culture in Ireland.

At the Kinnegad Home for the Bewildered

The Moving Out

The phrase ‘rogue states’ has been conjured with deadly purpose by major world powers to describe weaker countries who have fallen out of favor with the West. Johnston’s new collection adopts the phrase; serious illness is seen as a ‘rogue state,’ a usurpation of the lived ordinary, a form of invasion. Other poems take on the everyday, the speculative, and contemplate the uses of the poetic imagination in a society where, in the poet’s view, poetry itself is under siege. Politics and society can never be outside or beyond the poet’s critical reach. At a time when poets and writers in less humanitarian societies than our own are suffering imprisonment, or much worse, we have, he would maintain, a duty to use our freedom to speak out against injustice, even at the risk of being labeled ‘rogue’ ourselves.

Jeffrey Levine $20.00 • Paperback 96 pages • 5.1 x 7.85 • illustrated • Available POE005010 • 978-1-91256-138-4

Two hundred years ago, the great rabbi, Simcha Bunim, offered a teaching. Each of us has two pockets. In one, a note reads, “For my sake was the world created”; in the other, “All I am is dust and ash.” Take stock of your needs, the rabbi counseled, and reach into the appropriate pocket. In this, his long-awaited third book, Jeffrey Levine offers readers a dazzling redaction of the rabbi’s advice. Emptying his innumerable pockets, Levine spills forth poems of radiant image and dialectical thinking. We need not choose between affirmation and humility. On the page, at least, we get to have it all: ravishing desire, prophecies, “a lost thought boxed within a certain light.”

Zeppelin Vending Machine Manifesto John Murphy $20.00 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.1 x 7.85 illustrated • Available POE005020 • 978-1-91256-1-261

John Murphy’s third collection of poems is like very little else on the 21st century poetry landscape. Zeppelin Vending Machine Manifesto is a rewardingly complex book that confronts the hyper-technicity of the early 21st century’s devastating information-age assault on language, meaning, and truth. Fearless in form and argument, there are no cosy resting places here, none of the emollients of literary comfort. And if the poems are confrontational and vitally demanding, they are beautifully made and record sensitively, through echoes of his own struggle and self-criticism, the physical and mental depletions of living in radically uncertain times. This is a book that rewards, even demands, a creative response from the reader.

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Salmon Poetry All Seats Fifty Cents

One Small Sun

Boats For Women

Stephen Powers

Paulann Petersen

Sandra Yannone

$20.00 • Paperback 96 pages • 5.45 x 8.5 illustrated • Available POE005010 978-1-91256-150-6

$20.00 • Paperback 122 pages • 5.1 x 7.8 illustrated • Available POE005010 978-1-91256-148-3

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A tribute to nostalgia that projects reverence for Universal Monsters, Battlestar Galactica, The Incredible Hulk, The Golden Girls, and, of course, Dolly Parton. In work that The Boston Globe calls funny and celebratory, Powers, a child of the 80s whose life was informed by movies and television, also imagines the home lives of the castaways on Gilligan’s Island. Powers’ poems erupt with the kind of adventures, both real and imagined, that any boy coming of age in that decade longed for, and serve as paeans to wanderlust in the way they flicker and shake around the world, to land in unexpected places like Ireland, Pigeon Forge, the Rocky Mountains, and Jekyll Island. His poems and short stories have appeared in over a hundred journals and anthologies, including Shenandoah, Natural Bridge, Copper Nickel, and Smartish Pace.

Moth Alice Pettway

$20.00 • Paperback 64 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available POE005010 978-1-91256-139-1

No matter how far life draws us from home, the tug of the familiar is always there, turning our eyes and our steps. In Alice Pettway’s second collection of poetry, the light of family and tradition is so bright it sometimes singes. These poems cast the lure of the unknown against the certainty of return, an emotionally tenuous landscape captured in Pettway’s spare language. Her work has appeared in The Miami Herald, Teaching Tolerance, WomenArts Quarterly, and more. She is a former Lily Peter fellow, Raymond L. Barnes Poetry Award winner, and three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Currently, she lives in Shanghai, China.

One Small Sun takes readers from a fur shop in Oregon to a shrine in India. Its pages contain a meditation on post-mortem photographs, an ode to the female earwig; an elegy for a grandmother’s panache. Tapping deeply into memory, relying on poetry’s ability to bring alive again what is coded into the blood, these poems ultimately form an arc of an aging woman’s life. This collection tells the tales of what she has always realized, is ever learning, and can truly know. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, The New Republic, Prairie Schooner, and Poetry in Motion, which placed poems on busses and light rail cars in the Portland, OR area. She was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford, and in 2006 she received the Holbrook Award from Oregon Literary Arts.

Sandra Yannone’s interest in the Titanic disaster of 1912 sparked a dialogue with Ireland, the island where Titanic was built and her last port of call (Cobh, formerly Queenstown), and with other international sites connected with the disaster. Her poems, book reviews, and articles about the intersections of poetry and social justice have appeared in numerous journals including Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Women’s Review of Books, The Gay and Lesbian Review (Worldwide), Calyx, and Seattle Review. Her work has received the Academy of American Poets Prize and an AWP Intro Award. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Currently, she is a Member of the Faculty at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.

Open Season on the Moon

How the Weather Was

Patrick Chapman

Jean Kavanagh

20.00 • Paperback 130 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available POE005020 978-1-91256-156-8

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Chapman’s most experimental and engaging collection yet. In these pages we meet some of his inspirations—Cronenberg, Lynch, Bowie— on a journey through memory, erotica and death. In poems of arresting beauty and subtle wit, from the sublime to the transgressive, Open Season on the Moon renews the idea of what poetry can be. Patrick Chapman has published eight poetry collections since 1991, as well as a novel and three volumes of stories.

Kavanagh’s second collection describes how someone’s choices can lead to an interruption of the ordinary, moving in parallel with the seemingly steadfast lives of others. Far from her origins—whether traversing an island in the Arctic on a night bus, or confronted by different stars in the New Zealand sky—the poet faces the challenge of returning to academia, and the kaleidoscope of new relationships, while holding on to the soul of who she used to be. The book’s final section opens into this revenant past, for a candid exploration of a trauma from decades before. It is an emotional weather report. The outlook is unsettled, but with the prospect of improving conditions. Jean Kavanagh is an Irish poet living in Norway. In 2012 she was shortlisted for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award.

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Salmon Poetry Catch Me While You Have the Light

The Braille of the Sea

Richard W. Halperin

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Mr. Halperin’s fourth collection with Salmon emphasizes what one poem calls ‘the so what of the different’ in the startling, luminous language that has characterized his work from the beginning. Jesus, Miss Marple, Henry James, make brief appearances. Ireland, France, Japan, make longer appearances. Many love poems. People, whether friends or strangers, who are no longer here, are in fact still here, caught—as in a poem about Venice—’in the gum of time.’ Joseph Woods has written, ‘like all great artists, Halperin makes no distinction between the living and the dead.’ Richard W. Halperin holds Irish and U.S. nationality, and for the past decade has lived in Paris.

The Memoir of Mona Lisa and Other Poems

Here Comes the Nightdust

Gordon Walmsley

Those familiar with the spiritual poetry of Walmsley know that he writes like an angel. This does not mean sweetness and light. Rather, this means a voice, or voices, which use words as DNA fragments: alive; runic; beautiful; unprotected; on a quest—parallel, or not, to the poet’s own quest. ‘Braille’ here implicates sight, sound, smell, touch, taste. The book is one continuous poem. Elements expand and contract, interpenetrate translucently: vastness and detail (‘an Irish blanket makes the chair better’). Flashes, too, of other poets (are they really there?): the pre-Socratics, Vaughan, Dickinson, others. Other flashes, of 2018: ‘terrorists’, ‘money.’ The poet urges his listeners (who are they? himself? the reader?) to concentrate, because voices, whether internal or external, are only aids to the heart.

Marc Vincenz $20.00 • Paperback 128 pages • 5.1 x 7.85 illustrated • Available POE005020 978-1-91256-159-9

Multi-linguist poet, fiction writer, translator, editor and artist Marc Vincenz brings us far beyond the Pillars of Hercules in this collection. Part travelogue, part love song, part meditative reflection, Vincenz takes us on a profound journey of inner and outer space. These ambitious poems move with equal ease through Icelandic mist and through the crowded backstreets of Uttar Pradesh, under the Arc de Triomphe to commiserate with an aging Postmodernist, climbing rose trellises in Como with a young lover and even into the Kingdom of the “Smallest Common Denominator.”

Naked

Threads

New & Selected Poems

Laurence McKeon

Susan Millar DuMars

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The Memoir of Mona Lisa and Other Poems is a wonderfully ambitious and innovative book. An extraordinary work of the imagination, ‘The Memoir of Mona Lisa’ is a narrative of a woman who had been both tormented and adored, who manages to escape fate’s tight bounds in order to pursue both work and love. This memoir is terrifying but also exhilarating. Like life itself it unfolds in ways that are unexpected, mysterious, challenging, and inspiring. This opening meditation on life and art is followed by poems in which intimacy animates consciousness in beautiful and surprising ways.—Jim Moore

Naked poems written and published over twenty-five years, including a selection of poems from each of Susan Millar DuMars’ four previous collections: Big Pink Umbrella, Dreams for Breakfast, The God Thing, and Bone Fire, as well as a generous selection of new work. Here is the development of a poet born in twentieth-century America and now dwelling in twenty-first century Ireland; a voice all the more valuable for its hybrid nature. Introduction by Eamon Wall. Born in Philadelphia, Susan now lives in Galway.

Laurence McKeown almost died in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh/Maze Prison in the North of Ireland following 70 days on hunger strike in 1981. In later years, he helped facilitate poetry workshops in the prison and co-founded a prisoners’ magazine. In this, his debut collection of poems, written both during his incarceration and in subsequent years, he reflects upon his developing political consciousness, exploring themes of politics, family, comradeship, longing, desire, and love. They are not angry poems; unless anger at perceived injustice. They are observations on life, sometimes very humorous, and at other times, very tragic. But throughout, they express hope, a belief in a shared humanity, and the passing of time as seen through the eyes of one person who has lived through conflict and beyond.

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Salmon Poetry • Sandstone Press • Somerville Press Smitten Soul

Wringing Blood

At the Last Minute

Illuminating the Dark

New & Selected Long Poems

Estha Weiner

Gabriel Fitzmaurice

Ruth O’Callaghan

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Poetry, like prayer, should be strong enough to stand up to the dark, hence this collection is subtitled “Illuminating the Dark”. The poems in this book have been collected from a lifetime of writing: they progress from spiritual poverty through the dark night of the senses to the celebration of a soul that has found rest. Along the way, this soul wrestles with a Church it has lost faith in, the decline of religion, and ideas of truth and beauty challenged by the modern world. The lone soul journeys through these poems, eventually finding the grace of a community in prayer. Smitten Soul is a frank account of spiritual struggle in the modern world, one that will appeal to anyone who travels towards the light.

Translated into six languages, Ruth O’Callaghan is an international poet who has read/lead workshops in Europe, Asia and the USA—where she was the only poet reading to nearly a thousand whilst the next day the audience was outnumbered by buffalo. A poet needs a sense of humor! A Hawthornden Fellow, international competition adjudicator, interviewer, reviewer, editor and mentor she works with both novice and more established poets. She has nine full collections a book of interviews with 23 internationally eminent women poets. She’s won a gold medal at the XXX World Congress of Poets in Taiwan, whilst her collaboration with women poets in Mongolia produced a fascinating book.

The Restless Wave

Run Like Duck A Guide for the Unathletic

My Two Lives with John Bellany

Mark Atkinson

Helen Bellany $14.99 • Paperback • 450 pages 5.1 x 7.9 • illustrated • Available BIO001000 • 978-1-91224-065-4

Helen Bellany, twice married to the artist John Bellany, recalls their lives together in Scotland, London, and Italy, John’s rise rebellious art student to worldwide recognition, and the human cost inherent in creating great art. The Restless Wave reflects the mystery, poetry and passion that was at the core of the inner life John and Helen shared.

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Estha Weiner has published three previous volumes of poetry. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, including The New Republic and Barrow Street. Nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize, she was a 2005 winner of a Paterson Poetry Prize. She is founding director of Sarah Lawrence College NY Writers’ Nights Series, and Marymount Writers Nights. She is a Professor at CCNY. “Sometimes, the deepest things are enclosed in smallest packages; Lobster Rolls, a leg cast, a quotation from a beloved, but departed poet; the trick of poetry and the challenge to the poet is to turn the ordinary and make it blaze new in our mind, and this is a task Estha Weiner is more than up to in her fine book at the last minute. We read what she gathers for us here, and go, ‘yeah-that’s it. That’s the way we are.’”—Cornelius Eady

The Trumpet Shall Sound A Novel Eibhear Walshe

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A guide to running for the unathletic, told by a man who fell into the sport almost by accident. Progressing cautiously on a reluctant and unexpected journey to 100 Marathons (and beyond), he learned the hard way from years of getting it wrong. Unlikely to break any records, he nonetheless has enhanced his life and fitness. In this witty account, he writes about his unsteady progress while knocking the stuffing out of running pomposity. After a lifetime of inactivity and ballooning weight, he decided at thirty-two to improve his health for the sake of his kids and tried running. He is now a member of the 100 Marathon Club and can typically be found running around his home town of Milton Keynes or searching the internet for his next race.

It is 1742 and the celebrated composer Georg Handel is in Dublin for the first performance of Messiah. Once the most successful composers of opera in London, Handel is now penniless, recovering from illness, and out of favor, exiled to Dublin. In this exciting historical novel, Walshe recounts Handel’s time in Dublin, his sometimes shady role as emissary and spy for the Elector of Hanover (who would become George I) and his doomed first love affair. With energy and insight, this novel leads up to the first performance of the most celebrated work of sacred music, with failure and loss transformed in a moment by the genius of Handel’s musical imagination.

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Sandstone Press East Of West, West Of East

Chasing the Dreams

The Accidental Recluse

Hamish Brown

Tom McCulloch

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The story of a remarkable family caught in Japan at the outbreak of WWII. With letters, journal extracts and notes from Hamish Brown’s parents, as well as his own recollections, this book brings the era to life: not only life in the dying days of the British Empire, but also the terrible reality of the invasion of Singapore into which they escaped. Hamish Brown is a legendary climber, walker, traveler, author, and an acknowledged expert on all things Scottish.

Hamish Brown, who occupies a special place as a Scottish writer and traveller, turns his wealth of experience into captivating narratives of fascinating people and places; sometimes serious, at times laugh aloud in this new volume. Chasing the Dreams is a companion to Walking the Song, with the same kaleidoscopic range and variety, telling of treks in Scotland, the Alps, Atlas and Himalaya, of ventures by canoe and sailing, skiing and cycling.

Johnny Jackson used to be a famous film director, but his brother Duke was a hero. Just turned 75, JJ is heading home from exile in Japan for one last blockbuster and a civic honoring. But home is where the ghosts of his past reside, some darker than his dead brother’s shadow. Johnny’s sins may be about to come to light. Tom McCulloch has published poetry and short stories in various journals. With his first novel, The Stillman, he became an Amazon Rising Star. Tom is from the Highlands of Scotland, and currently lives in Oxford with his family.

Along The Divide Walking the Wild Spine of Scotland

The Secret Life of the Cairngorms

Cairngorm John A Life in Mountain Rescue: 10th Anniversary Edition

Andy Howard

Chris Townsend

John Allen

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Townsend embarks on a 700-mile walk along the spine of Scotland, the line of high ground where fallen rain runs either west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea. Walking before the Independence Referendum of 2014, and writing after the EU Referendum of 2016, he reflects on nature and history, conservation, rewilding, land use and literature, and change in a time of limitless potential for both better and worse. He writes regularly for TGO Magazine and has written 22 books on the outdoors, including the award winning The Backpacker’s Handbook; Crossing Arizona; the story of an 800 mile walk along the Arizona Trail; Walking the Yukon, the story of 1000-mile walk through the Yukon.

Andy Howard is a leading wildlife photographer located in the Scottish Highlands, whose principal subjects are mountain hares, otters, red squirrels and birds. His new book, to be released for Christmas 2019, follows him deep into the Cairngorms National Park and is illustrated with a stunning selection of his nature photography.

First published in 2009, Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue is universally recognised as a classic mountaineering book. Sandstone Press now presents a 10th anniversary edition which will include a substantial new section entitled Ten Years After, to feature chapters on changes to the helicopter service and the addition of drones, go-pros, apps, new means of transport to the mountain rescue service, and mountain safety. There will also be an additional plate section and a number of glossaries and appendices.

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Somerville Press • Vagabond Voices Down By the Liffeyside

Olive Smith

Colbert Kearney

Gillian Smith

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A witty social history of a Dublin working-class family from the 1940s to the turn of the 21st century. This was no ordinary family. Colbert’s grandfather, Peadar Kearney, was a veteran of 1916 and the War of Independence; his cousin was the IRA activist and author Brendan Behan. Peadar Kearney penned many popular songs, including ‘The Soldier’s Song’ which was to become the national anthem. The Kearneys were also related to the theatrical Bourke family so this memoir teems with stories that evoke the vibrant music-hall fare of Dublin’s Queen’s Theatre, where both of Colbert’s parents worked. The final section of the memoir uses archives to get closer to the real Peadar Kearney, aspects of whose latter life may have been airbrushed in order to protect his heroic status.

The life-story of Olive Smith, founder of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, and one of the truly extraordinary Irish women of her generation, is combined in this book (by her daughter, Gillian Smith) with a fascinating survey of the development of classical music in Ireland in the second half of the twentieth century.

A Musical Visionary

I Loved a German

Bricks and Flowers

Anton H. Tammsaare

An Anglo-Irish Memoir An Anglo-Irish Memoir

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A gripping love story, in which the classic love triangle takes a very untraditional form. The plot is centered on an Estonian university student who falls in love with a young Baltic German woman. The Baltic Germans had lost their aristocratic position since Estonia declared its independence. The young man, Oskar, falls head-over-heels for her. Before long, the prejudice begins to stalk the couple. When Oskar goes to ask Erika’s grandfather—a former manor lord—for the girl’s hand, Oskar finds himself wondering if he doesn’t love the woman in Erika, but rather her noble descent. Does love depend solely upon the emotions of two young individuals, or are their origins, their social and cultural background actually the deciding factor?

The Irish Musicians’ Quotation Book Andrew Russell

Katherine Everett $28.00 • Paperback • 252 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available BIO001000 • 978-1-99999-702-1

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Originally published in 1949, this extraordinary memoir tells of the author’s difficult upbringing in an Irish big house, where her mother brought her up on the Peerage and Anglo-Catholic theology. She was eventually rescued by an aunt and brought to England, where she studied art. Her subsequent career largely involved gardening and building, mainly in England, but also in San Martino and in a large house outside Dublin during the Irish Civil War. Everett was somewhat nomadic, living in British Columbia, Italy, Ireland and various parts of England. She died in 1954.

A selection of quotations from popular Irish musicians of which below is a sample: “U2 albums never get finished. They just get released.” The Edge “My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.” Enya “Music can’t change the world.” Bob Geldof “Hardly a day goes by without me sticking on a Muddy Waters record.” Rory Gallagher. “Being famous was extremely disappointing to me. When I became famous it was a complete drag.” Van Morrison

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Vagabond Voices • Veritas Vargamäe

Nakedness

A.H. Tammsaare

Zigmunds Skujins

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Andres, an Estonian peasant, purchases a smallholding in a marshy part of the country, which the novel is named after. He takes his young wife, and an incident with their cow sets the tone for a life of struggle in which the family grows and gradually lifts itself out of extreme poverty. They don’t only have to strive against the elements, but also against their neighbor Pearu, a wily and ruthless man. This Tolstoyan epic amongst the peasantry and the restless city (in volumes 2–4) tells the story of how Tsarist Estonia developed into the First Republic through the experiences of a family, and in particular the partly autobiographical character of Indrek, who leaves the land to get an education at the end of this volume. This monumental work by Estonia’s greatest writer is a European classic which has for too long been neglected in the English-speaking world.

Set in the 1960s, Nakedness is the tale of a young man who has just completed his military service and gone straight to Randava to surprise Marika, the beautiful woman with whom he’s been corresponding. The two have never met in person however, and when the young man arrives at her door, he quickly becomes entangled in a bizarre mystery: Marika claims that she has never written to him; in fact, she appears to be involved with someone else. And none of her flatmates will admit to sending the letters. Humiliated, he prepares to return to Riga, but is convinced by one of Marika’s flatmates to stay a little longer—a decision that throws him even deeper into the web of conflicting relationships he has unwittingly entered. Each clue he uncovers only makes things more confusing, and eventually the young man’s own secrets and mendacity are also revealed. Skujins is an original stylist capable of deploying acute psychological observation as well as clever and often witty imagery, and Uldis Balodis has managed to retain this in his excellent English translation.

Everyday Sacrament

The Digital Parish

Connecting Lives

The Messy Grace of Parenting

Brenda Drumm

Inter-belief Dialogue in Contemporary Ireland

Laura Kelly Fanucci $20.00 • Paperback• 136• pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REL012030 • 978-1-84730-840-5

Laura Kelly Fanucci sees the Catholic sacraments through the smudged and sticky lens of life with little ones. From dinner-time chaos to bath-time giggles to never-ending loads of laundry, Laura stumbles into the surprising truth of what the seven sacraments really mean: that God is present always, even in the messes of parenthood. A spiritual memoir of parenting’s early years and a sacramental theology rooted in family life, this book offers an honest, humorous and hopeful look at ordinary moments as full of grace.

Patricia Kieran $20.00 • Paperback • 96 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REL074000 • 978-1-84730-802-3

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Connecting Lives is a wide-ranging and informative introduction to interbelief dialogue in contemporary Ireland. Divided into three sections, the volume first considers the nature and relevance of interbelief dialogue in education and in the public square, underscoring the importance of respectful dialogue in building a healthy intercultural society. The book then gives voice to members of various belief and faith communities as they live out their beliefs in contemporary Ireland, before exploring key challenges and opportunities in interbelief dialogue in a world often marred by intolerance.

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Veritas A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Holy Land

Mercy in All Things Reflections on the Diary of Sr Faustina Kowalska

John Newman $22.00 • Paperback 224 pages • 5.45 x 8.5 illustrated • Available REL012020 • 978-1-84730-885-6

A collaboration between scripture scholars Rev Ruth Patterson and Fr John Newman, and tour guide Micheal de Barra, this multifaceted illustrated work includes practical cultural and historical information about each of the major holy sites, alongside prayers, reflections and scripture passages that will inspire pilgrims on a most auspicious spiritual journey. This much-needed resource, is an indispensable companion for Christians visiting the Holy Land and is further complemented by a rich array of maps and photographs that bring the culture and context of the Gospel stories to life. This is a must read for the pilgrim or for anyone who wishes to understand more about the spirituality, history and landscape of this most sacred place.

Leslie McNamara $13.00 • Paperback • 110 pages 5.1 x 7.8 • illustrated • Available REL087000 • 978-1-84730-884-9

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‘Act in such a way that all those who come in contact with you will go away joyful. Sow happiness about you because you have received much from God.’ St Faustina. Mercy In All Things is a series of prayerful reflections based on the Diary of St Faustina, the Saint of Divine Mercy. Drawing on selected quotations from her Diary, these thoughtful and topical reflections provide an introduction to the prayer of this great saint, who dedicated her life to spreading the message of God’s love through devotion to the Merciful Jesus.

In this invaluable collection, Fr Leslie McNamara has been guided by the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and offers readers a wide-ranging selection of intentions for use throughout the three-year cycle (A, B, C). The wording of the prayers has been specially tailored to suit the particular celebration or Sunday in question, with intentions that respond in a thoughtful and nuanced fashion to the liturgical season. This important work is offered as a resource for priests, leaders of prayer and all who inspire and engage our congregations in worship on Sundays and holy days throughout the year.

The Mystical Imagination of Patrick Kavanagh

A Walking Tour of Dublin Churches

A Buttonhole in Heaven?

Patrick Chapman

Una Agnew $25.00 • Paperback • 360 pages • 5.1 x 7.9 illustrated • Available • LIT004120 978-1-84730-882-5

The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh offers a radical affirmation not only of the human condition, but of the natural world and of God’s presence in both the majestic and mundane facets of daily life. In this illuminating landmark study of the great Monaghan sage, Una Agnew situates Kavanagh’s life and writings squarely in the tradition of Christian mysticism, exploring how his intensely earthy and accessible poems celebrate the presence of the divine ‘in the bits and pieces of everyday’.

Eamonn Bourke

Prayer of the Faithful: Sundays and Holy Days Cycles A, B and C

The Story of Saint Francis Bill Murphy

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The history of Dublin is written in the bricks of its churches. In this book, readers will discover the churches that are part of the very fabric of the city and testify to its rich spiritual and architectural heritage. From grand medieval structures to modest edifices built down back alleys during penal times, A Walking Tour of Dublin Churches takes in such iconic Dublin landmarks as Christ Church Cathedral and St Patrick’s Cathedral, alongside lesser known gems like the Church of Adam & Eve and the Rotunda Chapel. This beautiful illustrated book, which includes a numbered map of Dublin, is an invaluable reference guide for locals and tourists seeking a better understanding of the city and its rich Christian heritage.

The Story of St Francis is a charmingly illustrated account of the beloved Italian saint who founded the Franciscan Friars and was renowned for showing kindness to all God’s creatures. We learn how illness and his time spent in prison affected Francis deeply and strengthened his relationship with God. We also discover how Francis devoted his life to helping the poor, his taming of the wolf of Gubbio and his great friendship with a noblewoman named Clare. The Story of St Francis teaches us to follow Francis by carrying out small acts of kindness every day to help our friends, our family, our neighbors and the natural world.

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Irish Catholic Directory 2019 The Official Directory of the Irish Catholic Church Richard Humble $72.00 • Hardback • 432 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REF009000 978-1-84730-868-9

Learning to Love Journeys through Life with the Rosary Richard Humble $15.00 • Paperback • 148 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REL012080 978-1-84730-836-8

Complete address and telephone guide for all Catholic parishes, convents and religious houses in the thirty-two counties of Ireland.

In this approachable book, written Scripture passages, personal reflections and surprising anecdotes combine as we are encouraged to re-examine our lives in the light of God’s loving care, with Mary at our side to help us grow in love.

How to Sit with God

Journeying with Luke

A Practical Guide to Silent Prayer

Reflections on the Sunday Gospel Readings for Year C

Jean-Marie Gueullette $19.00 • Paperback • 178 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available REL087000 978-1-84730-838-2

The author explores various approaches to Christian meditation and explains how readers can introduce ‘monologist’ prayer or ‘the prayer of inner silence’ into their own spiritual lives.

Martin Hogan $25.00 • Paperback • 222 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated Available REL074000 978-1-84730-863-4

A collection of commentaries on the Sunday readings written for the benefit of homilists, laypeople and anyone who would like to prayerfully reflect.

Irish Working Lives Richard Humble $35.00 • Hardback • 178 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available PHO019000 978-1-84730-834-4

Irish Working Lives is the story of the encounters—by turns candid and lyrical—that illuminate the ways in which working individuals perceive their chosen occupation, its day-to-day demands and the inextricable relationship between work life and spiritual life.

The Rosary Priest A Biography of Patrick Peyton CSC Tom Mulligan $22.00 • Hardback • 200 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated Available • REL010000 978-1-84730-861-0

This biography explores Fr Peyton’s mission to share the gift of the Rosary with the world, a decision largely inspired by his recovery from tuberculosis as a young man, which he attributed to the intercession of the Virgin Mary.

Gratias

Defending Hope

A Little Book of Gratitude

Dispatches from the front lines in Palestine and Israel

John Quinn $22.00 • Hardback • 208 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available SEL021000 978-1-84730-860-3

With contributions from over one hundred sources, Gratias offers the reader a wide spectrum of inspirational insights into the rewards of being thankful for the blessings we receive in our daily lives.

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Eoin Murray $25.00 • Hardback • 240 pages 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available POL034000 978-1-84730-833-7

This book offers a hopeful counter-narrative in an otherwise bleak political landscape and celebrates the indomitable power of the human spirit in the midst of grave adversity.

Casemate White Owl Baking without Sugar

Authentic Spanish Cooking

Sophie Michell

Julie Neville

$29.95 • Paperback • 104 pages 7.3 x 9.1 • illustrated • June 2020 CKB025000 978-1-52675-636-7

$49.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 7.3 x 9.1 • illustrated • May 2020 CKB080000 978-1-52-675259-8

The number of sugar intolerant people continues to grow year on year. In the UK, more than eight million people are affected and in the US, around 30% of the population cannot eat sugar. Worldwide, this figure is estimated at over 200 million! For many, this has meant giving up the treats and pastime they dearly loved. In this exciting new cookbook, acclaimed chef Sophie Michell shows that it is possible to bake tasty treats without using sugar. From tasty titbits to cakes that will make any afternoon tea, Sophie shows how using no or very little sugar doesn’t have to make your baking any less delicious. Featuring over forty recipes, Baking Without Sugar is the perfect addition for any health conscious baker’s library.

The Food Bible

Moving to Spain in 2015 made me quickly realize that I had not scratched the surface of the types of foods the Spanish eat, their cooking methods and their use of herbs, spices, oils. My quest to learn as much as I could during my time in Spain about their food and culture resulted in me working in a wide range of incredible restaurants, some Michelin Star with award winning chefs and others only the locals would know where the grandmother is still cooking her famous recipes in what was her original house 60 years earlier. Some in the city, some by the beach and others hidden in the mountains. Collaborating with many of the restaurants in which I worked, I have now brought to you Authentic Spanish Cooking which shares the recipes of restaurant quality food that you can easily recreate in your own home using traditional ingredients and methods. With each restaurant we have provided their most popular dishes including a starter, main course and dessert.

The Ultimate Reference Book for Food and Your Health

The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Rome

Judith Wills

Elizabeth F Heath

The Secret Lives of Garden Bees Jean Vernon

$26.95 • Paperback • 336 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • April 2020 CKB039000 • 978-1-52676-122-4

$24.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 5.6 x 7.6 illustrated • Feb 2020 TRV009110 • 978-1-52673-579-9

$49.95 • Hardback• 208 pages 6.5 x 9.5 illustrated • June 2020 NAT037000 • 978-1-52671-186-1

This latest, completely revised edition contains the most up-to-date research and information from the world’s top authorities on every aspect of food and diet, making it an indispensable reference book. The Food Bible takes an in-depth look at all the common ailments and health problems, and discusses which foods to avoid and which can help prevent or alleviate them. There is a wealth of useful information on what to eat at every stage of your life and how best to keep your weight under control. It contains a collection of tempting, healthy recipes for all occasions and a final chapter containing invaluable, detailed analysis of over 300 everyday foods.

Rome’s architectural remains date as far back as the city’s founding in the 8th century BCE. The primitive settlement that began on the Palatine Hill grew over the next thousand years to the caput mundi—the capital of the world—the largest, most powerful presence in the ancient Western world. Along the way, Rome’s architectural styles, were physical evidence of the politics, propaganda and pragmatism of the times. Written for readers passionate about Rome and how its architecture is inimitably linked to the city’s history, this book provides a timeline that begins with the founding of Rome and documents its significant architectural monuments and styles.

A friendly, accessible insight into the weird, but wonderful world of bees in your garden From the common or garden bumblebees that nest in bird boxes, compost heaps and old mouse holes, making ‘Winnie the Pooh’ style honey pots to feed their babes, to the quirky wool carder bee; a solitary bee that combs the fluff from garden plants to line her brood cells and the amazing leaf cutter bee that carves chunks out of plant foliage to seal it’s egg chambers. This book will reveal the secrets and fascinating lives of the bees that live and breed in your garden, from buzz pollination, to the bee robbers that cheat the plants and steal nectar by stealth.

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Yearbook of Astronomy: 2020 Brian Jones $28.95 • Paperback • 368 pages 6 x 8.25 • illustrated • Available SCI004000 • 978-1-52675-327-4

Yearbook of Astronomy 2020 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky-gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as detailing the phases of the moon and visibility and locations of the planets throughout the year. Among the wide-ranging articles for the 2020 edition are 200 Years of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Naming of Stars, Astronomical Sketching, Dark Matter and Galaxies, Eclipsing Binaries, The First Known Black Hole, and A Perspective on the Aboriginal View of the World. Yearbook of Astronomy made its first appearance way back in 1962. Now well into its sixth decade of production, the Yearbook is rapidly heading for its Diamond Jubilee edition in 2022. It continues to be essential reading for anyone lured and fascinated by the magic of astronomy and has a desire to extend their knowledge of the Universe and its wonders. Yearbook of Astronomy is indeed an inspiration to amateur and professional astronomers alike, and warrants a place on the bookshelf of all sky-watchers and stargazers.

101 Facts You Didn’t Know About Space Mark Thompson $42.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • May 19, 2020 SCI004000 • 978-1-52674-457-9

Did you know a compost heap generates as much energy as the Sun? Or that dung beetles use the Milky Way to navigate? Maybe you have not been into space but if you have then you will know that astronauts have feet as soft as babies! 101 Space Facts You Didn’t Know takes you on a wild journey around the Universe bringing you facts galore. Whether you are a space enthusiast or a newcomer you will find plenty of facts in here to keep you amused and entertained.

The NES Encyclopedia Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System Chris Scullion $29.95 • Paperback • 272 pages 8.25 x 11.5 • illustrated • January 2020 GAM013000 • 978-1-52676-015-9

The NES is one of the most iconic video game systems of all time, and is often credited with saving the American video games industry in the early 80s when it looked likely to collapse. The NES Encyclopedia is a complete reference guide to every game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo’s first industry-defining video game system. As well as covering all 714 officially licensed NES games, the book also includes more than 160 unlicensed games released during the system’s lifespan, giving for the first time a definitive history of this important console’s full library. The NES continues to enjoy a strong cult following among Nintendo fans and gamers in general, with games like Super Mario Bros, and The Legend Of Zelda well-loved to this day: both for older fans who remember them the first time around, and younger gamers discovering the system for the first time through Nintendo’s regular re-releases of its older games. Nintendo’s most recent console, the Switch, is the fastest selling video game console of all time in the United States and Japan. With Nintendo recently launching an ever-growing library of classic NES games for download on the Switch, a new audience of gamers is discovering the NES for the first time.

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White Owl Rare British Breeds Endangered Species in the UK

100 Great Wildlife Experiences

Indoor Wildlife Revealing the Creatures Inside Your Home

What to See and Where

Sophie McCallum

Gerard E Cheshire

James D Fair

$49.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • June 2020 • NAT001000 • 978-1-52676-363-1

$32.95 • Paperback • 240 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • Available • NAT037000 • 978-1-52675-156-0

$24.95 • Paperback • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • illustrated • January 2020 • NAT000000 • 9781-52-675174-4

Rare British Breeds is a book inspired by the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watchlist, which is published annually, listing the species of sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, goats and poultry that are endangered in the United Kingdom. The book looks at the history of every breed, with their evolutionary roots, development over time, exportation, cross breeding and changing relationship to mankind as farming techniques react to societal shifts. Their particular physical characteristics such as meat, wool, milk, eggs or ability to pull great weights are discussed as well as their conservation status and the efforts being made to ensure their survival.

There are many guides to the the world’s great wildlife experiences, but the UK is neglected and this book sets out to remedy this. 100 Great Wildlife Experiences really takes in all the amazing things to see and do in the UK, in all seasons – because winter, of course, can be just as good as summer or spring. The 100 experiences to be had here in the UK are placed in categories such as “Best for families”, “Best for Couples”, “Best on a budget” and so on. Covering every county in the country, this book is useful for people who want to explore, and for those in need of an insightful guide to take on their travels.

Indoor Wildlife is a book that looks at our houses and other buildings from the point of view of wild animals and plants. Some come indoors to hibernate, some come indoors to find food and others come indoors to set up home. Still others use the walls and roofs of our homes, as well as our garages, sheds and outhouses. All-in-all, we share our homes with all kinds of fauna and flora. Some species can be tolerated, while others can be a nuisance or even harmful. Ultimately, our homes offer artificial habitats to these species, so they accept the invitation. Controlling them is a matter of understanding their ecological requirements.

Living with Allergies

Back from the Edge

Practical Advice for All the Family

Mental Health and Addiction in Sport

Emma Amoscato

Luke Sutton

$19.95 • Paperback 144 pages • 6 x 9.5 illustrated • January 2020 • HEA027000 978-1-52675-160-7

24.95 • Paperback 128 pages • 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • February 2020 • BIO016000 978-1-52676-754-7

This book provides all the in-depth information and practical tips you need to tackle allergies. It includes interviews with the country’s leading allergy experts, advice from people living with allergies and has been endorsed by Allergy UK. Living with Allergies provides insight into each allergic condition, how to cope at different life stages and information on diagnosis, treatment and everyday management. It also includes tips the doctors don’t tell you: How do you manage allergy anxiety? How do you keep your child safe at school? How can you travel abroad with allergies? This book will help you learn how to live with allergies in a proactive and positive way.

Back from the Edge reveals the huge ups and major downs that a professional career in sport can bring—and the mental health difficulties that can plague a sportsperson along the way. Brutally, but refreshingly honest, this no-frills autobiography of the former professional cricketer describes in detail the moment he hit rock bottom, how he got there, his roller coaster journey through rehab, and the important lessons he’s learnt since. While heart-wrenching, this is a thoroughly genuine, funny and utterly inspirational work, and has allowed the former cricketer to speak about his mental health and to raise awareness of addiction in sport.

Ashley Jackson’s Watercolour Sketches Ashley Jackson $49.95 • Hardback• 160 pages 9.6 x 6.7 • illustrated • January 2020 ART015100 • 978-1-52674-424-1

Ashley Jackson’s Watercolour Sketches is a collection of raw drawings combined with my intimate thoughts and feelings, together they may become a finished painting. I suppose you could say that I use my sketchbook in the same way that others create a diary of words, they are a reflection of my relationship with the Yorkshire landscape. I can go back to the drawing months later and mentally open that moment as if I had gone back in time and revisited the day itself. This book allows you to step back from my dramatic and atmospheric watercolor paintings and see the landscape in its nakedness, through my private, personal sketches you can join me in my artistic journey and conversation with nature.

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Wordwell Books Marriage and the Irish Salvador Ryan

The Gate Lodges of Connaught

Anatomy of a Lie Decoding Casement

A Gazetteer

Paul Hyde

J. A. K. Dean

$40.00 • Paperback 300 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-1-91649-222-6

$25.00 • Paperback 218 pages • 5.1 x 7.9 illustrated • Available BIO010000 • 978-1-91649-221-9

$32.00 • Paperback 130 pages • 5.1 x 7.75 illustrated • Available ARC025000 • 978-1-91649-220-2

This collection of essays ranges over the centuries, from the concept of marriage in early Irish law to its place in today’s society, and provides evidence of the changes that took place in attitudes and practices as marriage evolved to match different social expectations. This is a treasure trove to be explored not only by historians, anthropologists, sociologists and folklorists but also by anyone curious to discover how marriage has evolved in Ireland.

Roger Casement, executed in 1916 for his part in Ireland’s Easter Rising, remains a controversial figure. His investigations of colonial power on the frontier of sub-Saharan Africa and the Amazon provoked international reaction. His role in the Irish independence struggle resulted in a campaign to undermine his critique of power. For over a century, there has been much confusion about Casement. At the center of this effort are the notorious `Black Diaries’, documents that generated a sexual myth about the man that purposefully masked the threat he posed to imperial power. The enduring controversy over the authenticity of the `Black Diaries’ possesses all the ingredients for a Le Carr‚ intrigue— secrecy, deception, forgery and cover-up.

This book seeks to increase awareness of the importance of the gate lodge as part of our architectural heritage by emphasizing the minimal notice it has received in contrast with its big house. So often built to impress, gate lodges and entrances were intended as a favorable first encounter, and now survive, often stranded as the only evidence that a great house ever existed, such as Rockingham, Bellevue and Mote Park. All represent the architectural significance that was lost in a benighted age. While these conspicuous examples do not set the Irish gate lodge apart from its counterpart in mainland Great Britain, what makes it unique to Ireland is its numbers, proliferating as it does there far in excess of those anywhere else on the planet.

Lost and Found III

Mapping Laois

Rediscovering More of Ireland’s Past

From the 16th to the 21st Century

Joe Fenwick

Arnold Horner

The Archaeology of Lough Gur Rose Cleary

$52.00 • Paperback • 428 pages 5.1 x 77 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-1-99979-093-6

$49.00 • Hardback • 388 pages 9.6 x 9.6 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-1-99979-096-7

$49.00 • Paperback • 420 pages 5.1 x 7.9 • illustrated • Available HIS018000 • 978-1-99979-097-4

A wonderfully unruly anthology of essays; a wildly exhilarating theme-park of novelty and wonder. It is a book for the fearless, thrill-seeking reader-a rollercoaster ride through the fairgrounds of archaeology, Celtic studies, Classical studies, geology, geophysics, history, Irish studies, musicology and more, from the leading scholars in those fields. Appointed abundantly with color photos.

The author reviews and contextualizes the extraordinarily rich diversity of manuscripts and printed maps that record the changing political, economic, and social circumstances of an Irish county over nearly five centuries. The flavor of these varied, informative and often colorful maps is captured in over 400 illustrations, among which are reproductions of six early county maps and a unique assemblage of images from the Ordnance Survey ‘fair plans’ of c. 1838-40. With a map record that stretches back more than 450 years, County Laois has a distinguished place in the history of cartography in Ireland.

Lough Gur is one of the richest landscapes of field monuments in Ireland and has been the focus of archaeological research for 150 years. Many portable antiquities have been recovered from the lake and the surrounding countryside. The information gleaned from the results of excavations, surveys, and from the finds is gathered together here to present a synthesis of the archaeology of the area. While the techniques of field excavation have improved and radiocarbon dating is now standard, the pioneering work over a century ago contributed greatly to the understanding of both prehistoric and historic populations that inhabited the area.

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Wordwell Books • Y Lolfa Politics, Kinship and Culture in Gaelic Ireland, c.1100–c.1690

The Gate Lodges of Munster

Essays for the Irish Chiefs’ and Clans’ Prize in History

J.A.K. Dean

A Gazetteer $52.00 • Paperback 290 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • Available ARC025000 978-0-99335-185-3

Joseph Mannion $42.00 • Paperback 60 pages • 6 x 9 illustrated • Available HIS018000 978-1-99979-092-9

Of the 10,000 or more gate lodges built over a 200-year period since the mid-eighteenth century in Ireland, half have been This collection of studies on the history of Gaelic Ireland is the product of four demolished, and many of those surviving are derelict. The author’s research years of an essay competition, sponsored jointly by the Standing Council of has revealed the gate lodge’s extraordinary significance as a building type, Irish Chiefs and Chieftains (Buanchomhairle Thaoisigh Éireann) and Clans of particularly in Ireland but also in a world context. Despite displaying detailed Ireland (Finte na hÉireann). architectural sophistication to rival the `big house’ to which it is a prelude, The works represent the winning entries and superior quality essays from 2013 the gate lodge has received scant coverage in print. Hence this work is also an to 2016, and cover the period ranging from the 12th to the 17th centuries. The attempt to right that imbalance. study themes range from political and social history to kinship and culture, There are descriptions of 2,775 gate lodges in the six counties and they are relating to a selection of Gaelic Irish, Anglo-Norman and Scottish population accompanied by 772 illustrations. Entries are numbered and listed county by groups who shared the island. county for ease of reference. The gazetteer is preceded by an extensive essay on the history of the gate lodge in Munster, and the book is fully indexed.

Glyndwr— Dragon Breathes Fire Moelwyn Jones

Jane Evans

In the Vale

Based on the true story of a Welsh woman’s journey from drover to the Crimea

Sam Adams

Christine Purkis $16.00 • Paperback• 288 pages • 6 x 9 • illustrated • Available • HIS015000 • 978-1-78461-606-9

$13.99 • Paperback • 304 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available • FIC014000 • 978-1-91263-100-1

In this historical novel, the year is 1401, and Owain Glyndwr and his growing forces are still no more than a thorn in the side of the English crown. But when a force of some forty men succeeds in taking the prestigious castle of Conwy from under the nose of King Henry IV, it marks a dramatic shift in the fortunes of Glyndwr’s great Welsh rebellion. We follow a cast of vivid characters—from Rhys ap Tudur on the Welsh side to Hotspur on the English—as they dream of securing glory for their masters.

In the 1850s, a young woman runs away from her life in rural Wales, to escape harsh treatment by her brothers and a forced marriage. She joins her cousin Isaac’s drove, proving herself invaluable on the journey to London. She finds herself shipping out to the Crimea to assist in a hospital for injured soldiers. She comes into contact with Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Betsi Cadwaladr in their battle against inhuman conditions, and tries to bring some relief to the lost souls she finds there. Will she survive the dangers and return home to Wales, and if she does, what reception will she receive there?.

$14.99 • Paperback • 364 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available • FIC014000 • 978-1-78461-728-8

In the Vale is a vividly imagined tale of life in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales during the Napoleonic Wars. War takes peaceable cleric George, as militia chaplain, to the construction of defences on the south coast of England. His friend, Richard Aubrey, youngest son of a powerful landed gentry family, and battalion commandant ends up in a hostile Ireland. The pair are strangely yoked by their love for Sarah, a farmer’s daughter who has been educated in the finer things in life by a wealthy uncle in London, and returned to the Vale to be nurse-governess to widowed Richard’s infant children. Set between 1775 and 1815, the novel has themes of agriculture and rural pursuits, the turning of the seasons, the scourges of sickness and poverty, war and love. This family saga will be of great interest to those who enjoy historical fiction.

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Y Lolfa When Ravens Screamed Over Blood William Vaughan $9.00 • Paperback 128 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available YAF019040 • 978-1-78461-605-2

Full of vivid imagery and compelling characters, this Tolkienesque fantasy novella is set in west Wales at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain. It is the story of a perfect prince who falls headlong into love, only to be laid low by the evil forces of prejudice and imperialism. Though loosely based on the Mabinogion and Irish mythology, it contains some magic and violence. Ages 13+ “Vaughan reworks legends from the early Welsh tales of the Mabinogion and Irish mythology into a powerful novella. The rich language, evocative of folklore, will appeal to readers who enjoy Celtic mythology and storytelling such as Daniel Morden’s Dark Tales from the Woods (2006). As raw as its title.”—Kirkus Reviews

Moonbeam’s Arctic Adventure

The Xandra Function

Find the Dragon

Alan Cash

Huw Aaron

$13.99 • Paperback 352 pages • 5.1 x 7.7 illustrated • Available FIC028010 978-1-78461-558-1

$7.99 • Paperback 32 pages • 8.3 x 11 illustrated • Available JUV054000 978-1-78461-717-2

A science fiction novel based on a cutting-edge computer game. When Frances McCallister creates a new game, Marjaalia is not to know that it will become a battle of life or death…. Because the game holds secrets that others will kill for—the ability to breathe sentient life into its characters.… This is a novel that deals with Artificial Intelligence in an intriguing way, by the author of The Janus Effect, a successful novel published in 2005.

A colorful 32-page, A4 book for children and adults. Packed with lively double-page illustrations, the task is to find the little red dragon hiding in each scene. A Welsh take on the Where’s Wally? theme, it includes locations such as Mount Snowdon, Caerphilly Castle, Portmeirion, a Wales International rugby match and a farmyard. Presents lots of material for children to discuss, or for parents and children to enjoy together. The perfect activity book to keep kids busy for hours! By well-known cartoonist and illustrator Huw Aaron.

The Grimpots

Little Honey Bee

Gilly John

Caryl Lewis

Molly Janet Holborn

$11.00 • Hardback • 48 pages 5.1 x 77 • illustrated • Available JUV002000 • 978-1-78461-618-2

The story of two Cardigan Bay bottlenose dolphins, Moonbeam and Sunbeam, who travel to help rescue two Inuit children (and polar bears) stranded on icebergs by the changing environment in the Arctic. Ages 8+

$7.99 • Paperback • 36 pages 8.9 x 8.9 • illustrated • Available JUV002170 • 978-1-78461-696-0

$10.00 • Hardback • 32 pages 5.1 x 7.9 • illustrated • Available JUV002140 • 978-1-78461-561-1

A colorful picture book for 3–7 year olds about an impossibly cute ‘umbrella’ octopus named Gus. Twenty rhymed verses tell the story of Gus’ adventures when he meets a shady shark and a big blue whale, who helps Gus find his way home. The book features unusual species of sea life and has a strong theme of marine conservation, as well as of helping each other and overcoming the odds.

Elsi lives with her grandma, who keeps bees. By following them and noticing everything that takes place in the garden over the course of the year, Elsi comes to love each season in turn. This beautiful book offers children the chance to learn about the world of nature through Caryl’s wonderful story and Valériane’s fantastic illustrations. Ages 7+ “The beautifully worded text lets listeners feel Elsi’s profound sadness, her growing bond with Grandma, and her reawakening happiness. Somewhat longer than in most picture books, the story weaves information about bees into the narrative. Leblond’s pictures are warm in their expressive character depictions, childpleasing details, and lyrical tone. A Welsh picture book with universal appeal.”—Booklist

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Y Lolfa Teach Your Cat Welsh

Teach Your Dog Welsh

Teach Your Dog Gaelic

Anne Cakebread

$10.00 • Paperback • 112 pages 4.1 x 5.8 • illustrated • Available FOR029000 • 978-1-91263-108-7

$10.00 • Paperback • 112 pages 6 x 9.25 • illustrated • Available FOR029000 • 978-1-91263-102-5

$10.00 • Paperback • 112 pages 4.1 x 5.8 • illustrated • Available HUM000000 • 978-1-91263-111-7

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book with 60+ words and phrases for you to practise your Welsh with your furry best friend. Suitable as a first introduction to Welsh for learners of all ages; for tourists who would like a fun way to pick up a few basic expressions when visiting Wales; as a revision book for adults who haven’t used their Welsh for a while; or for children, who will love the cute pictures and the mischievous cat. Many of the words and phrases can also be used in non cat-related situations! Includes a pronunciation guide for every phrase and beautiful retro-style illustrations throughout.

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book, with 50+ words and phrases you can use to practice your Welsh with your best furry friend. Suitable as a first introduction to Welsh for learners of all ages, for tourists who would like a fun way to pick up a few basic words when visiting Wales, and as a revision book for adults who haven’t used their Welsh for a while. Many of the words and phrases can also be used in non dog-related situations!

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book with 60+ words and phrases for you to practise your Gaelic with your furry best friend. Suitable as a first introduction to Scots Gaelic for learners of all ages: for adults who would like a fun way to pick up a few basic words of the language of their ancestors, or for children, who will love the adorable dog in the cute pictures. Most of the phrases can also be used in non dog-related situations! Pronunciation guide for every phrase and beautiful retro-style color illustrations throughout. Anne Cakebread’s first book in this series, Teach Your Dog Welsh, is a No.1 bestseller.

Teach Your Dog Irish

Teach Your Dog Cornish

Teach Your Dog Japan ese

Welsh Rules Heini Gruffudd

Anne Cakebread

$10.00 • Paperback • 112 pages 4.1 x 5.8 • illustrated • Available HUM000000 • 978-1-91263-109-4

$10.00 • Paperback • 112 pages 4.1 x 5.8 • illustrated • Available HUM000000 • 978-1-91263-110-0

$10.00 • Paperback • 112 pages 4.1 x 5.8 • illustrated • Available HUM000000 • 978-1-91263-112-4

$29.95 • Paperback • 336 pages 4.1 x 5.8 • illustrated • Available FOR029000 • 978-0-86243-656-8

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book with 60+ words and phrases for you to practise your Cornish with your furry best friend. Suitable as a first introduction to Cornish for learners of all ages: for adults who would like a fun way to pick up a few basic words when visiting Poldark country in Cornwall, UK, or for children, who will love the adorable dog in the cute pictures. Most of the phrases can also be used in non dog-related situations!

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book with 70+ words and phrases for you to practise your Japanese with your furry best friend. Published especially to coincide with the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, this book is perfect for rugby fans visiting Japan. It’s a really fun, easy way to pick up a few useful rugby terms, but also includes essential phrases for tourists to use during their visit.

A comprehensive, large format Welsh grammar specifically for adult learners, presented in an entertaining style with cartoon illustrations; with graded sections and exercises.

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Y Lolfa Wales and the Sea 10,000 Years of Welsh Maritime History Mark Redknap

Welsh Saints on the Mormon Trail

No Bones Jones Festival Cookbook

Wil Aaron

Veggie & vegan recipes enjoyed over 25 years

$37.99 • Paperback • 348 pages 9.4 x 10.6 • illustrated • Available HIS057000 • 978-1-78461-527-7

$22.99 • Paperback • 352 pages 5.5 x 8.5 • illustrated • January 2020 HIS036000 • 978-1-91263-120-9

An incredibly comprehensive history of every aspect of Wales’ connection with the sea, from the creation of the land mass to the present day. Archaeological finds from Wales—including Bronze-Age boats, Roman ships and their cargoes, the medieval Newport ship and the seventeenth-century royal yacht Mary—testify to the long history of Wales as a seafaring nation. Wales and the Sea, written by some of Wales’ foremost historians and archaeologists, reminds us of this long and hugely important maritime legacy. Fully illustrated throughout, the book tells the story of prehistoric, Roman, medieval and more recent maritime history.

The little-known history of the nineteenth-century Welsh Mormon pioneers’ adventures in the Wild West. Between 1847 and 1869, about 4,500 Welsh pioneers crossed the USA on the Mormon Trail by ox-cart, walking through much of the history of the early west. The development of the trail and the experiences of those pioneers are traced year by year, using the hundreds of diaries and biographies that their Church urged them to write, and which are now stored in the Mormon Church History Library.

Welsh Country Cookery Traditional Recipes from the Country Kitchens of Wales Bobby Freeman $7.95 • Paperback • 80 pages 5.1 x 77 • illustrated • Available CKB011000 • 978-0-86243-133-4

100 traditional recipes from the country kitchens of Wales, carefully selected from the author’s vast collection and lovingly described and authenticated by her.

Hugh Jones $19.99 • Paperback • 176 pages 6.7 x 9.1 • illustrated • Available CKB086000 • 978-1-91263-106-3

Hugh and Jill Jones’ award-winning company No Bones Jones supplies festivalgoers across the UK with high-quality, wholesome vegetarian and vegan food with an emphasis on natural, fresh ingredients and low-carbon working practices. Their food has proved so popular that Hugh is a regular contributor on BBC radio, discussing recipes and cooking live on air. As well as tried-and-tested recipes from their repertoire, the book explores their vegetarian and green ethos and recounts the fascinating and often highly amusing anecdotes behind the discovery or development of their recipes.

In Passing

Mostly Welsh

A Welshman’s bizarre adventures from Merthyr to Mecca

Poetry of landscape, love and loss

Randall Baker $14.99 • Paperback 208 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 illustrated • Available • BIO019000 978-1-78461-722-6

Crimebusting soothsayers, a homicidal optometrist, men who fall off trains or into open graves, a ridiculously over-attentive waitress, an abandoned stripper and a fellow traveller whose huge suitcase is packed solely with alcohol are just a few of the colorful characters populating this comical book. In Passing is an unusual collection of fascinating, offbeat anecdotes from the life of a much-travelled professor from Merthyr. Randall Baker has a real talent for making the mundane marvellous, in an engaging, humorous style. He shares some of the more unusual incidents from his life, starting with roots deep in the soil of Wales and then venturing out from Merthyr to more exotic locations such as the Netherlands, Ohio, Fiji, and Mecca.

Chris Armstrong

$10.99 • Paperback • 144 pages 5.1 x 7.7 • illustrated • Available POE005020 • 978-1-78461-718-9

A collection of poems mostly focused on life in the countryside of Wales, many blending in historic, mythological or personal themes. There are poems about the people and the land, and poems dealing with love and loss, some of which would give insight and comfort to others going through a similar experience.

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Y Lolfa

$29.99 • Hardback • 400 pages 6.3 x 9.4 • illustrated • Available BIO006000 • 978-1-91263-107-0

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