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Life is an ocean and love is a boat, In troubled waters that keeps us afloat ...This lively collection uncovers for the first time how the best Irish love songs came to be.This is for anyone who ever wondered who the ''Galway Girl'' was, or if there was a real-life ''Nancy Spain''. Learn the often surprising, sometimes bittersweet, but always absorbing stories of the real women who inspired some of the world''s finest love songs.

A Doctor's Sword is the story of the incredible life of Aidan MacCarthy, an Irish doctor who survived Dunkirk, Japanese POW camps and the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. It is a story of survival, forgiveness and humanity at its most admirable.

The recent popularity of the Camino de Santiago has prompted renewed interest in pilgrim walks in Ireland. John G. O'Dwyer has walked the ancient pilgrim routes of Ireland, from Slemish Mountain in the northeast, where Christianity may have had its first dawning in Ireland, to Skellig Michael in the southwest, where the known world once ended.

Here are twenty-nine imaginative and varied walks specially designed to appeal to children, all within County Dublin. Explore some of the county's finest landscapes and historical attractions or enjoy the delights of the city and its suburbs.

A look at how and why nature is disappearing in Ireland. It charts how a grim failure to manage the country's natural resources has impoverished Ireland. But it also reveals the possibilities for the future, describing how Ireland can replenish the seas, farm in tune with nature, and develop forests that benefit both people and wildlife. A provocative call to arms, Whittled Away presents an alternative path that could lead Ireland to a brighter future.

A guide to identifying Irish garden birds. Each species is accessibly described, with details of identification, status, songs and call, and much more. The species descriptions are enhanced by beautiful color photographs.

The Happy Closet is a self-help guide to balancing well-being and being well-dressed.

A Neat and accessible introduction the life, work and times of W. B. Yeats.

Enjoy the best of the Irish granny's baking recipes.

Some of the finest speeches ever made have been spoken in Ireland. This book highlights 45 of these eminent and influential speeches.

A collection of the best-known and most exciting Scottish myths and legends.

Following the bestselling Historopedia, Fatti and John Burke return with a companion activity book.

Soothe the symptoms of a sensitive gut with the low FODMAP diet.

Today, Paddy Armstrong is a husband and father, and it has been over twenty-seven years since his conviction was quashed. But the memory of his experiences lives on. For the first time and with unflinching candour, he lays bare the experiences of those years and their aftermath.

The Burren and the Aran Islands are renowned worldwide for their beautiful wild flowers and plants. Charles Nelson has selected 136 of the most widely occurring plus a number of special plants. Photographs are grouped according to flower colour and pages are colour coded so one can flick to the appropriate section.

A hilarious childhood memoir from one of Ireland's funniest comedians.

From ancient times, people appreciated the spiritual value of trees, singling out individual trees for special veneration. In words and images, this is a rich compendium about our relationship with trees, collating so many tree-related remnants of our pagan spiritual past and tree-related oral history into one place.

Renowned walking guide author Helen Fairbairn explores the best walking routes of Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. Illustrated with colour photos and detailed maps, this comprehensive guide is all that's needed to plan a walk on the Wild Atlantic Way whatever your level of expertise.