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As time goes by

Taylor, Alice
9781788491372
Alice began the year wondering how she would feel about reaching eighty. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that it was just another milestone on a journey that is still varied and interesting. Here she writes about these feelings, and the many pleasant and challenging events of her eightieth year.
€19.99

And Life Lights Up: Moments that Matter

Taylor, Alice
9781788490580
Alice Taylor guides us through the steps and ways to live a conscious life and focus on the goodness of the world around us. Alice also inspires the reader to be attentive to the here and now and embrace moments as they arise.
€20.43

And Time Stood Still

Taylor, Alice
9781847173324
An extended memoir with reminiscences about the Author's friends, family members and even beloved animals that have passed away. A therapeutic book demonstrating a compassionate way of dealing with bereavement.
€16.99

Do You Remember?

Taylor, Alice
9781847178664
Alice Taylor takes us through her home, reflecting back on the routine of her family life growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - a time when food was home-baked and everything was reused. An uplifting account, full of nostalgia and wise words to treasure from Ireland's best-loved author.
€13.69

Country Days

Taylor, Alice
9781847178749
Alice Taylor takes her readers along the byways of Ireland and into the heart of the country. In stories by turn comic and poignant, she explores the character of family and friends, testing the bonds of concern and kindness which hold people together.
€10.26

Tea and Talk

Taylor, Alice
9781847179623
Tea and talk: the perfect way to resolve any challenge you face in life: and in the hands of a consummate storyteller, you might need a second cup! Relax with Alice, sit and chat over a cup of tea, as she invites you into her life, and the life of the village that surrounds her.
€12.99

To School Through the Fields

Taylor, Alice
9781847178237
Alice Taylor's classic account of growing up in the Irish countryside, the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a new introduction by the author.
€10.50

The Gift of a Garden

Taylor, Alice
9781788494977
Alice's garden is her refuge. Inherited from Uncle Jacky, she introduces the great variety of plants and objects she has gathered - everything, of course, with its own unique and fascinating story, brought to life by a master storyteller.
€14.99

The Nana

Taylor, Alice
9781788494441
The Irish nana is a repository of family history, memory and lore. Alice celebrates her own nanas, part of the generation born after the Great Famine. She herself is now a nana too, and explores the old and the new, the 'then' and 'now', the nana of yesteryear and of today, with her characteristic empathy and love.
€14.99

Come Sit Awhile

Taylor, Alice
9781788494533
We all need to sit and rest from time to time. To think, ponder, hope, pray. In this lovely and thoughtful book, Alice invites the reader to share these moments of contemplation in their own time and in their own way.
€19.99

A Job of Journeywork - Selected Writings, Letters and Speeches of Jim Kemmy

Taylor, Dominic
9781739207069
Reading this collection reminded me once more of how significant and multi-faceted Jim Kemmy's legacy is.
€15.00

Surviving the Storms: Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea

The RNLI
9780008395407
'There's water in the engine,' he said. 'The engine has stopped.' This changed everything...
€11.64