O'Brien Press

Around Ireland on a Bike #дата изд.21.05.12#

Why would someone set out on a bicycle tour of Ireland? Because Ireland is as stunning a country as any you`ll ever visit. There`s the extraordinary light, which adds intensity to everything, making greens and whites...

Cinders

Cinders lives with Miss Moll. One day Miss Moll brings home a new friend for Cinders - Tiger. But poor Cinders is terrified of Tiger. What will Cinders do? This is Panda Cubs 5.

Dancing in the Dark

Things haven`t been easy for Jessie since her brother James - sports star and popular kid - died. Her mum and dad are lost in grief and she`s feeling isolated at school; when the popular girls on her dance team give...

Death by Chocolate

Marcel Petit-Pois, you are Invited to a Murder. The Kit-Kat Klub, Dublin. Thursday, Octover 17th, 8pm Sharp. I challenge you to stop you Nitwit. Signed: The Chocolatier. Monsieur Petit-Pois, the famous but bumbling...

Dubliners

Dubliners is a wonderfully engaging and accessible collection of stories by James Joyce, an author famed for being difficult to read. It contains The Dead, made into a memorable film by John Huston. This beautiful new...

Gift of the Gab

With illustrations by Terry Willers For the unprepared visitor Irish conversation can be a minefield. `How`s the craic?` is not an assumption that you are well versed in the properties of narcotics substances, merely...

Hal`s Sleepover

Poor Hal. He wants to go to the sleepover party. But he`s too small. What can he do? Granny has the answer! A simple story for beginner readers or students just starting to learn English, perfect as a lead-up to the...

Hide and Speak Irish

Hide and Speak goes further than most picture word books. It offers an effective and simple way to learn over 130 key Irish words following the tried-and-tested method of `look, cover and speak`. Using the two...

Into the Grey

`The scream was awful - a horrible desolate the child led my unresisting brother up the path and further into the tangled garden. Out of my sight`. My name is Patrick Finnerty. I am fifteen and I`m losing my brother....

Ireland - Glorious Landscapes

This is an atmospheric collection of over 200 wonderful photographs showing the beauty and diversity of Ireland`s landscape. It includes: Glendalough; the Giant`s Causeway; the Burren; the Skelligs; Mizen Head; Lough...

Irish Cooking

At last here comes a definitive, entertaining and easy to use Irish cookbook bursting with the colours and flavours of Irish food. With chapters on breads & baking, breakfasts, soups, starters, mains, desserts &...

Irish Wit

Irish wit is an art form, centuries old yet up-to-the-minute wise, insulting, obscure, profound and idiotic. For years the Irish have mixed wit with wisdom, as they have porter and whiskey, and to the same...

Marco Moves In

A grizzly bear walked all the way from the zoo to my front door and not a single person noticed him. I suppose it helped that it was night, and that he was wearing a big black duffle coat with an enormous hood that...

Marooned in Manhattan

New York City. Evie Brooks had seen it on the TV, but suddenly finds herself leaving her home in Dublin and moving to Manhattan to her American uncle Scott, after the death of her mother.Never owned a pet more...

Molly`s Night Out

Molly cannot sleep. It is too dark and too quiet. And there are monsters! What can Nanna and Grandad do? Expertly designed specifically for very young children, this book is perfect as a lead-up to the Panda series.

More Stuff Irish People Love

Do you love the taste of Red Lemonade, change into your swimming togs under a towel on the beach or find yourself admiring `the grand stretch in the evenings`? Then this book, jammed with hilarious reflections on what...

Now Thats What I Call A Big Feckin Irish Book

Do you know your Doss Artists from your Doxies? Want to give someone a piece of your mind with a wicked insult like, You`re as useful as an ashtray in a force-10 gale? Find all that and more in this riotous,...

Nursery Rhymes

Beautifully-illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes from one of Britain`s greatest illustrators. First published in 1941, this lovingly-crafted edition is a must have for children everywhere.

Red is the Rose

Dedicated to the most inspirational of subjects, this memorable collection of poetry is sure to be the perfect companion to those in love. With timeless works from some of the most noted poets of all time, this...

Something Beginning with P

Now available in paperback for the first time - this spectacular and highly acclaimed collection of specially commissioned new poems for children is already an established bestseller. Featuring work by 103 leading...

Spirit of the Titanic

Fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott died while building the Titanic. As the ship sails to her doom, his ghost moves restlessly alongside the passengers and crew: Frederick Fleet: the young look-out who spotted the iceberg...

The crowded shadows

New Friends. Old Enemies. Who can you trust? Wynter Moorehawke travels alone and unprotected in bandit-infested forests, searching for the rebel Prince Alberon. But many enemies are lurking in the shadows. It seems...

The Demon Notebook

School just got Grace and her four best friends, Jenny, Rachel, Adie and Una, are failed witches - and they have a notebook full of useless spells to prove it. Until one night, they accidentally unlock a portal into...

The Feckin Book of Everything Irish

This is a deadly compendium of all your favourite feckin` books. Do you know the difference between a bowsie and a cute hoor? Can you sing all the words to "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" or whip up a Beef and Guinness...

The Feckin` Book of Irish Stuff. Ceilis, Claddagh Rings, Leprechauns & Other Aul` Blarney

Those Feckin` lads are back! Packed full of hilarious banter and craic, The Feckin` Book of Ceilis, Come-all-yes, Claddagh Rings and other Blarney is stuffed with topics that the Irish are famous for, whether they...