Bailiúchán: Adult Non-Fiction

From urgently scribbling out his debut 'Killing Floor' in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with 'Blue Moon', and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on Lee Child's life and work, and his wildly successful creation Jack Reac...

James Wilkinson was and still is, to date, the longest-serving librarian of Cork City’s public libraries. Appointed in October 1892, he held the post of librarian for a forty-year tenure. James Wilkinson established the city’s public library service and was pioneering in developing children’s lib...

Bhain Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh (1884-1968), cainteoir dúchais as An Cruán, An Caisleán Nua, Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árann, cáil amach nuair a foilsíodh 'An Gleann agus a raibh ann' sa bhliain 1963. Tá lámhscríbhinn amháin ar coimeád sa Leabharlann Náisiúnta (G1239.1). Cuirtear an téacs sin ar f...

The extraordinary tale of Philip Augustus, one of medieval Europe's greatest monarchs, and the part he played in the downfall of four Plantagenet kings of England.

What does it mean to 'notice' something? To really see it. In his exhilarating quest to help us notice better, Ziyad Marar poses a deceptively simple question: 'what are you good at noticing?' In the process of 'noticing what we notice' we re-attune to questions of perception, orientation, and ab...

'Monty Python FAQ' burrows into the pulsing heart of the Python's corpus of work and emerges, bloody but unbowed, with a book that tells you everything you positively, absolutely need to know about this fascinating, maddening, overeducated, but relentlessly silly comedic troupe.

"OUR ENDLESS FASCINATION WITH PLANTS THROUGH THE UNIQUE LENS OF GREEK MYTH. AND VICE VERSA. Enjoy the ever-popular Greek myths anew by focusing on the surprising role plants play in the stories. When Prometheus stole fire from the Olympian gods to give to humans, he hid it in a stalk of giant fen...

The debut collection from Jenny Mitchell, 'Her Lost Language' explores the impact of British transatlantic enslavement on black lives and family dynamics. It combines grounded realism with imaginative empathy on a journey from the Caribbean to Britain. At the heart of the collection is the belief...