Irish Biography

One winter, the author, the four-footed Hallam (the mule) and her six-year-old daughter Rachel explored 'Little Tibet' high up in the Karakoram Mountains in the frozen heart of the Western Himalayas - on the Pakistan side of the disputed border with Kashmir. This title details her journey.

In 1966 Dervla Murphy travelled the length and breadth of Ethopia, first on a mule, Jock, whom she named after her publisher, and later on a recalcitrant donkey. The remarkable achievement was not surviving three armed robberies or the thousand-mile trail, but the gradual growth of affection for and understanding of another race.

Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children - anthology of 37 stories about travelling with children with contributions from Dervla Murphy, Maria Pieri, Adrian Phillips, Mike Unwin, Amy-Jane Beer, Nicola Chester and others. Tales span five continents and range from embarrassing to hair-raising to magical moments with wild creatures.

Features a three-generational family holiday in Cuba. This book also builds a complex picture of a people struggling to retain their identity in the face of insistent hostility, and to stand against the all-but-overwhelming fire-power of capitalism.

Life at Full Tilt is a whirlwind tour of Dervla Murphy s travels. It begins in Spain in 1956, before her first book, and follows in her tracks for over fifty years, including descriptions of her beloved Afghanistan in 1963, of the Peruvian Andes, of South, West and East Africa and most recently of the troubled territories of Palestine and Israel.

A warm, illuminating memoir full of wit and wisdom by YouTuber Melanie Murphy, Ireland's most well-known and popular You Tuber.

A warm, illuminating memoir full of wit and wisdom that doubles up as a life guide for millennials - by Irish YouTuber Melanie Murphy

Based upon private diaries kept over the long life and disjointed times of the poet Richard Murphy. Born (1927) he won an Oxford scholarship at 17. There he encountered Ken Tynan (a bit older) and C.S. Lewis in extraordinary circumstances. One life story follows another in a continuous, witty, ironical narrative of surprising events.

An illuminating read for those curious about both well-known and obscure followers of the gospel. An insightful look at the everyday acts of courageous people who upheld the values and principles of the church.

Irish journalist who met John Wayne, Madonna, Pele, Richard Harris, Elton John, George Harrison and others. Paddy enjoyed a colourful life with many adventures but is not battling a terminal disease. NB - We will have a limited supply of signed copies, these will be sold on a first come basis.

As a POW of the Japanese for 42 months in Singapore and Japan between 1942 and 1945, the author’s father – Major Francis J. Murray – kept a secret diary in the form of love letters to the woman who was to become his wife. In 2017 his son Paul used this diary to follow in his father’s footsteps to both countries and, with the help of a guide and an interpreter, visited what remains of the six camps on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido where the men were imprisoned.