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9. The Shortest History of Ireland
by James Hawes
€13.99
James Hawes’s The Shortest History of Ireland is based at every step on the latest scholarship, but it’s all brought together, for once, as a fluent story, as captivating as a novel, galloping from the Ice Age to the present, using language, graphics and images accessible to all. It will change the way people see the Irish past, flipping usual practice on its head and placing Ireland at the centre not just of Irish but British and at times even European history. Hawes concludes by arguing that if Ireland can now sidestep the last, toxic wreckage of the British Empire, its eventful past will flow into a bright future. From the bestselling author of The Shortest History of Germany and The Shortest History of England, this is popular history at its thrilling best. Ideal for readers who: Seek a fast, highly accessible journey through Irish history from the deep past right up to the modern era. Appreciate rigorous academic scholarship translated into a fluent narrative rather than a dense textbook. Want to see Ireland's historical trajectory recontextualised in relation to Britain, Europe and global empires. Value engaging popular history that combines breakneck pace, strong arguments and clear visual support.
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17. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City, and a Family's Search for Truth
by Patrick Radden Keefe
€16.99
In 2019, teenager Zac Brettler mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment balcony into the Thames. As his grieving parents began to investigate his final days, they were shocked to learn that he’d been leading a double life, in which he was posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. This unsolved case is at the heart of London Falling – at once a family tragedy, a psychological portrait of a young fabulist, and an indictment of the greed for extreme wealth that has transformed one of the world’s great cities: London. Hiding in the shadows of its great architecture and imperial history are the malignant, mercenary forces that have come to influence us all – whether we realise it or not. In his inimitably gripping and forensic style, Baillie Gifford winner and New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe explores what brought Zac Brettler (the grandson of famous rabbi Hugo Gryn) to the balcony that night – and how he became involved with some of London’s most notorious gangsters. Following Zac’s parents on a dark journey of investigation, London Falling unearths the unsettling truths they discovered – both about the sinister underworld on their doorstep, and about their son’s secret world. Ideal for readers who: Read true stories where family tragedy opens into a larger investigation. Are interested in hidden wealth, reinvention and London’s darker networks. Appreciate mysteries rooted in privilege, deception and unanswered questions. Value forensic narrative non-fiction with emotional pull and momentum.
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29. The Truth About Ruby Cooper
by Liz Nugent
€14.99
If my sister hadn’t been beautiful, none of it would have happened. Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is sixteen, she is involved in an incident that causes her family’s world to implode. Across decades, the fallout leaves a wake of destruction behind Ruby in Dublin and Erin in Boston. Not that Ruby wants to think the past. But it can’t stay a secret forever. Ideal for readers who... enjoy character-driven literary fiction shaped by secrets, guilt and long-term consequences like stories that move across decades and between Boston and Dublin are interested in the pressures and tensions of close-knit religious communities want emotionally intense family drama centred on sisters and fractured loyalty prefer novels where an early incident reverberates through lives, relationships and identity Ideal for readers who: Read family dramas shaped by secrets and long-buried damage Are drawn to the fallout of one early incident between two sisters Enjoy stories moving between Boston and Dublin across the years Want an emotionally intense novel with tension and depth
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30. Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
by Ben Reeves
€15.99
For fans of Fredrik Backman, Virginia Evans and Lisa Ridzén, an astonishing, deeply moving novel about finding beauty in the brevity of life, as narrated by the one who knows it best: Death. 'This book will change your life' Joanna Cannon 'One of the most moving books I've read in a long while' Graeme Simsion 'The ending left me speechless' Matthew Quick Travis lives an unassuming life with his cat in a small English town. Travis also happens to be the cosmic force of Death, visiting people in their final days and hours of life, before shepherding them into whatever happens next. He listens to their stories, doesn't judge, and never tries to change anyone's fate... until he meets a young, single midwife called Dalia and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter, Layla. As he gets closer to this small, seemingly unremarkable family, Travis begins to learn what it is that makes life so worth living, and so what it is that is irrevocably lost in death. Full of compassion and deep magic, Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt might be a novel about Death, but it's also about the joy of being alive - appreciating each day we have, from the people around us to the strange wonder of our spinning world.
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35. The Sisters of Hope Square
by Faith Hogan
€13.99
From the bestselling author of The Bookshop Ladies , Faith Hogan, comes a wonderfully gripping and poignant story of two sisters and their family hotel on peaceful Pin Hill Island, once a thriving family business now struggling to survive. All Blythe Carney ever wanted was to become a hotelier and run her family’s business, the Hope Square Hotel. But fate, and her grandfather, intervened and it fell into her younger sister Rae’s lap, taking her dreams with it. Now Blythe owns Still Water House, the most exclusive guest house on Pin Hill Island, but she can’t help but feel she’s still not living the life she was meant to. Rae Johnson had no interest in taking over the hotel, her dreams lay elsewhere, but when she ended up with the family business her sister had set her heart on, her sense of duty to continue their family legacy with her husband was too strong to ignore. Now, fifteen years later, newly widowed Rae is struggling to keep the hotel afloat and she knows that selling it could be the final straw in her already fragile relationship with her sister. What do you do when your sister lives the life that you’d set your heart on? And when the perfect storm is brewing, surely, it’s time to put aside the jealousy and disappointment that can tear a family apart, and fight for the future you have always dreamed of? Ideal for readers who: Have a real soft spot for heart-warming Irish fiction centred on sisters, inheritance and complex family bonds. Are drawn to atmospheric novels set around hotels, guest houses and close-knit island communities. Respond to emotional, multi-layered stories about second chances, jealousy, grief and reconciliation. Look for engaging book club reads packed with compelling family drama and genuine warmth.
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71. Rory: The Heartache and Triumph of Golf’s Most Human Superstar
by Alan Shipnuck
€16.99
The definitive biography of Rory McIlroy, the most important, popular and confounding player of the post-Tiger era, Rory McIlroy contains multitudes. He can overwhelm a golf course with his transcendent talent and then, at the next tournament, look utterly lost. McIlroy is golf's most eloquent ambassador and a trash-talking troll, sometimes in the same press conference. The child of a working-class family from a small town in a war-torn homeland now commutes to work in his own private jet and counts billionaires as confidants. A dozen years ago, McIlroy asked Alan Shipnuck a question about the player he had modeled himself after, Tiger Woods: 'What's he really like?' As McIlroy enters the last act of his highly eventful career, this book is a chance to redirect that old question and try to understand a man of deep complexity and contradictions. McIlroy's victory at the 2025 Masters packed such an emotional punch because he is golf's most vulnerable superstar. Across two decades as a pro he has been the anti-Tiger, letting fans into his heart and into his world. When McIlroy collapsed onto the final green at Augusta National, having at last completed the career Grand Slam, golf fans cried along with him because so many saw themselves in his struggles. But there is much that the public does not know about McIlroy. With reporting chops honed across thirty years on the golf beat, Shipnuck traces McIlroy's evolution from a young phenom in Northern Ireland to a game-changing force on and off the golf course. Shipnuck has shadowed McIlroy throughout his career, and he brings to life all the heartbreaks and triumphs with thrilling immediacy and unparalleled access. Tabloid romance, bitter business disputes, divisive politicking - it is all part of this portrait of a man in full. Shipnuck has long been known as the most fearless writer on the golf beat, and he goes deep into McIlroy's personal history at a time when the spotlight on Rory has never been brighter. Ideal for readers who: Follow elite sports biographies that look beyond trophies into the realities of pressure, form and character. Wish to explore Rory McIlroy’s rapid rise, fascinating contradictions and long chase for the career Grand Slam. Connect modern golf history with Northern Ireland, Augusta National and the competitive post-Tiger era. Appreciate high-quality sports writing offering insider access, emotional vulnerability and intense match detail.
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81. A Rebel and a Traitor: A Fugitive, the Manhunt and the Birth of the IRA
by Rory Carroll
€15.99
The new book from the author of the critically acclaimed KILLING THATCHER An extraordinary story that explores a pivotal moment in Anglo-Irish history that has implications for Europe and the wider world A narrative non-fiction that reads like a novel by an author at the top of his game Uses first class research to crate a page-turning history with a vast array of characters KILLING THATCHER was hailed as ‘non-fiction that reads like a first class thriller’ by Jonathan Freedland – and Rory’s new book promises to be a similarly exciting work of propulsive historical non-fiction From the master storyteller behind 2023’s critically acclaimed KILLING THATCHER A Rebel and a Traitor is the story of a rogue imperial consul who sought to forge a new nation in the middle of a war – and the mercurial spy chief who sought to destroy him by any means. The rogue consul was Sir Roger Casement, a decorated diplomat who turned his back on the British empire and instead joined the rising Irish cause at the turn of the 20th century. At the book’s centre is the manhunt for Casement led by intelligence officer Reginald ‘Blinker’ Hall, the legendary British spy chief who pioneered codebreaking, early mass surveillance and media manipulation. As he did for the critically acclaimed Killing Thatcher, master storyteller Rory Carroll has combed diaries, letters, police reports, memoirs, court transcripts, secret service archives and declassified government files in the US, Britain, Ireland and Germany to create a page-turning history, and a story that still echoes through Anglo-Irish relations. A Rebel and a Traitor raises profound questions about honour, courage and the price of patriotism. Ideal for readers who: Appreciate narrative non-fiction on Irish independence, empire and espionage. Follow a fugitive manhunt with political betrayal at its centre. Are interested in Anglo-Irish history shaped by spies, courts and wartime loyalties. Value meticulous research with the pace and tension of a thriller.
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83. How to make your brain your best friend
by Rachel Barr
€11.99
'Riveting and enlightening, this book should be handed out to all humans as mandatory reading'- Stylist 'Fun, but still deeply, rigorously researched' - Professor Neil Shyminsky 'A true masterpiece. Rachel Barr has done a phenomenal job breaking down the complexities of the human mind' - Jeffrey Meltzer, LMHC 'Insightful and relatable. . . it's a resource I'll proudly keep on my shelf as a therapist' - Joshua Fletcher, anxiety therapist THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe. Always trying to mend itself, and always trying to protect you, it's in a constant state of flux - adapting, reconfiguring, finding new pathways . . . And it has an astonishing capacity for recovery. Only it doesn't always get it right. Rachel Barr struggled through years of devastating loss, heartache, and uncertainty until neuroscience gave her the first spark of self-belief she had felt in her adult life - and proof that, because of the brain's near-infinite potential for neuroplastic change, it's never too late to carve out neural pathways to form new habits, new skills, and new ways of thinking. Whether you want to nerd-out on Neuroscientific acronyms, finally understand what's going on in your head, or take refuge in a book that's like a warm hug for your mind, How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is a delight-filled, evidence-based guide to taking better care of your brain - so it, in turn, will take better care of you.
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90. The infinite sadness of small appliances
by Glenn Dixon
€10.99
'Weird, wonderful . . . I loved it' MATT HAIG 'Beautiful. I adored it' JENNIE GODFREY 'Extraordinary . . . It will touch your heart and mind in ways you will not see coming' JANICE HALLETT A heartwarming, joyous and profound love letter to books and the power of connection found in the most unexpected places 'And that's why I want to be called Scout' 'It's most unusual, said Clock. 'She's the one who listens and learns,' Scout said. 'She's like me.' She paused and set her voice to pensive. 'You already have names. I'd like one too.' In a self-running smart house, a young sentient hoover listens as her owner, Harold, reads aloud to his dying wife, Edie. Mesmerized by To Kill a Mockingbird and craving human connection, the little vacuum renames herself Scout and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. But when Edie passes away, Scout and her fellow appliances discover that the omnipresent Grid, which monitors every household in the City, wants to displace Harold from the home he's lived in for fifty years. With the help of a neighbourhood boy, and Harold and Edie's daughter, the humans and the appliances must come together to outwit the Grid before they lose everything they hold dear. . . Readers adore The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances: 'Prepare to have your heartstrings pulled by a precocious vacuum cleaner' 'A fantastic story' 'I knew I'd love this. And I did' 'Emotional, charmingly inventive, and quietly profound'
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92. The Story of Us: Independent Ireland and the 1926 Census
by Orlaith McBride
€19.99
On 18 April 1926 the first census of an independent Irish state was undertaken. Across the 26 counties over 700,000 census forms were completed by, or on behalf of, the 2,971,992 people living in the Irish Free State. But what can we know of the lives that they led? A century later, with the release of the 1926 census by the National Archives on 18 April 2026, those forms come alive again - revealing a nation in transition and a people forging their identity in the early decades of independence. The Story of Us brings together an wide range of scholars to illuminate the individuals and communities hidden within the census returns. From island settlements to expanding cities, from rural farms and urban tenements to the mansions of the aristocracy, the book traces a vibrant cross-section of society. Lavishly illustrated, it explores themes ranging from entertainment and the arts to housing, infrastructure, family life, and social change. The Story of Us offers not only a compelling portrait of 1926 Ireland but a deeper understanding of the world in which these lives unfolded. Ideal for readers who: Love exploring Irish history through households, archives and the real everyday lives behind official records. Want to examine the 1926 census as an invaluable record of actual people rather than just numbers and statistics. Are keen to see independent Ireland through the lens of local farms, changing cities, remote islands and social evolution. Value lavishly illustrated history books that seamlessly link national identity with vivid human detail.
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93. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
by Belle Burden
€17.99
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 in Vogue, BBC, New York Times, W Magazine, Town & Country Praise: 'A beautifully written eulogy for the loss of a relationship.' JOYCE CAROL OATES 'Beautiful... devastating... Strangers reads with all the momentum and colour of watertight literary fiction.' BRITISH VOGUE 'Burden is an elegant writer... As Strangers and myriad TV shows attest, even the most intimate and long marriages can yield nasty surprises. In the end, how well do you really know the person who lies next to you in bed every night?' ECONOMIST 'A compelling tale of marriage and deception... Strangers raises some serious questions about the nature of intimacy and what makes a "perfect" marriage... I devoured Strangers in about two days.' LUCY DENYER, TELEGRAPH 'Examines how we view intimacy, how the people closest to us can change without us knowing, and how to move forward in the wake of devastation.' W MAGAZINE 'Burden's sharp, personal writing brings readers deep into her unthinkable circumstances and offers a promise to anyone suffering: you can make it to the other side.' TOWN & COUNTRY How do we go on when a loved one betrays us? On a chilly day in March 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden's husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her. His decision shocked Belle to her core. She believed he was a happy man, a committed partner, and a devoted father to their three children. She thought he had settled into the life he had always wanted: a successful career, summers at their beloved home on Martha's Vineyard, and lots of tennis. Overnight, he transformed from steady companion into a stranger. As Belle pieces her life together in the wake of a loss she had never imagined, she discovers reserves of strength she did not know she had. Strangers charts the transformation of a shy, quiet girl, nicknamed "Belle the Good", into a powerful, brave, determined woman who learns to use her voice to expose the patriarchal structures that have forced women to be discreet and compliant for too long. A must-read memoir of self-discovery. Ideal for readers who: Read memoirs about betrayal, marriage and living through private collapse. Are drawn to books that ask how well we can ever know the person beside us. Would value a deeply personal account of relationship loss and its aftermath. Prefer intimate, literary non-fiction that is painful, elegant and hard to look away from.
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94. Hungry: A Biography of My Body
by Katriona O'Sullivan
€16.99
Hungry is the powerful new memoir from Number One bestselling author Katriona O'Sullivan - a raw, courageous exploration of survival, identity and the lifelong search for self-acceptance. Raised in a home marked by poverty, addiction and abuse, Katriona defied the odds: from teenage motherhood struggling with her own addictions to becoming a university professor and successful author. But beneath the achievements lay a more private struggle - with her body, her worth, and the unrelenting drive to be enough. In this fiercely honest memoir, she interrogates how trauma, class and gender shape the way women see themselves - and how society teaches them to measure their value. Told with stunning courage and vulnerability, Hungry is both a personal reckoning and a powerful reclaiming of body, voice and self. It is one woman's story - and a rallying cry for every woman who has ever felt she had to shrink to survive. Ideal for readers who: Seek memoirs that confront trauma, class and self-worth with real honesty. Are interested in the lifelong relationship between identity and the body. Want contemporary Irish life, survival and reinvention explored without flinching. Prefer emotionally direct nonfiction that is brave, searching and humane.
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99. Suing the Kremlin: The Battle for Putin's Billions
by Martin Sixsmith
€15.99
Vladimir Putin came to power by destroying the Russian oligarchs, the entrepreneurs who grew rich during Russia’s chaotic transition from communism and exercised unseemly influence over the government of Boris Yeltsin. Putin confiscated their companies and used the profits to build the Kremlin’s war chest for the invasion of Ukraine. He and his cronies siphoned off billions for themselves. Drawing on exclusive interviews and explosive new material, in Suing the Kremlin Martin Sixsmith tells the astonishing story of what happened to the men Putin dispossessed. Some were sent to labour camps, forced into exile or murdered. Some attempted to fight back, but with no success. Yet for the past twenty years, a small, determined team of legal experts based in London has been pursuing Putin and his rogue state through courts across the globe. Acting on behalf of Group Menatep – the holding company founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s wealthiest oligarch – they have set out to reclaim this vast stolen fortune and to prove that even the most powerful men in the world are not beyond the reach of international law. Ideal for readers who… want political non-fiction on Putin, oligarch power, and how fortunes are built and protected. enjoy investigative reportage driven by interviews, new material, and real-world legal stakes. are interested in Russia, corruption, and the money networks behind modern geopolitics. like courtroom and accountability narratives that follow long, complex fights across borders. read contemporary politics and current affairs, especially linked to the invasion of Ukraine.
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