Liberties Press Ltd

In Rathmines, people left their houses and flats one by one, like a wall of sand beginning to break up with pressure behind it over time. The charity shops were closed for donations so someone had left a box in front of one of them. In an airport this wouldn’t do. No one noticed the hand of a doll sticking out of the side of the box but Denny did. Commuters, gripers, strategists . . . .

Ireland's thirty-two counties have been providing innumerable Irish men and women around the world for hundreds of years. Great Irish People celebrates the achievements of these Irish men and women.

Testosterone, Dublin 8 describes the effect of the 'male hormone' on an individual, and the wider society, told against the backdrop of a gentrifying Dublin. It is a moral tale wrapped in a classic thriller that gets to the heart - and veins - of modern Ireland. Is Jimmy next to die, or will the same newfound machismo that landed him in trouble also help him escape it? Things get worse before they get better; ultimately, the answer is found in an ayahuasca ceremony in the Wicklow mountains.

This gripping crime fiction debut by one of Ireland's former leading crime detectives, Gerry O'Carroll, follows Detectives Moss Quinn and Joe Doyle in a race against time to find Quinn's abducted wife.

Paddy Reid spent thirty years working in some of the poorest communities in the United States – mainly in the Deep South – as a handyman, prison visitor and outreach worker. In The River Healer, he recounts his encounters with some of the remarkable people he met along the way – and their resilience in the face of grinding poverty.

The practice of medicine has advanced dramatically in recent years, but the language used to discuss illness - by medical practitioners, patients and carers - has not kept pace. As a result, clinicians and, just as importantly, patients and their relatives and carers, are not able to communicate clearly in relation to illness.

Microbes - microscopic organisms which live in and on us - are essential to the development of human life. Gastroenterologist Fergus Shanahan and graphic design artist Laura Gowers shed light on the microbial world and suggest ways in which we can protect and nurture microbes in the face of the climate emergency.

Based on Sylvia Thompson's widely read column for the Irish Times, this beautiful book celebrates the wealth of crafts practised and taught throughout Ireland.