New Irish Non-Fiction

An American makes sense of living in Ireland with his second wife; knows his difference is noticed when he opens his mouth to speak; how the stasis of Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ is everywhere — in the inertia of an underlying passivity he hears again and again, “it’s how things are done here”; knowing how darkness can be camouflaged, how the Irish avoid pain by averting their eyes from the abyss.

A second collection by Arnie Yasinski, “God Lives in Norway and Goes by Christie”. Anchored in his present life in Ireland (swimming at the Forty Foot in the opening poem, "Changing") Arnie reflects on his peripatetic past including being one of the young men in the 1969 U.S. draft lottery for Vietnam, living with his wife and child in married-student housing in Indiana.

In A City in Turmoil Padraig Yeates takes up the story from the end of the First World War covered in A City in Wartime.

An illustrated collection of forty of Yeats' best-loved works, on topics including Love, Politics, Old Age, Myth and Legend includes people, places and events that were important to him.

'The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper' W B Yeats The essential collection of W B Yeats best-loved poems.

fiona York’s life has been one of stark contrasts. On one side is the world of theatrical glitz where she rubs shoulders with the famous in London and Hollywood; on the other, the smell of freshly dug earth and manure in her pioneering work as an organic farmer in Ireland.

Just Catholic: The Future is Now is a collection of essays written over a period of eight years by Phyllis Zagano, world expert on women in the diaconate. Zagano addresses an astounding range of topics that many in the Church fear to raise. She pulls no punches, yet charitably and intelligently argues for a more ‘just’ Church.

Under the weather or on the mend, From cover to cover this book is your friend It's not much fun going to the doctor or taking your medicine. But with these warm and funny rhymes, you'll soon be feeling better!

The life of James Joyce in the form of a graphic novel. This story is dotted with anecdotes, as well as a captivating and beautifully drawn journey through the cities of Dublin, Trieste, Paris and Zurich. A stunning one-of-a-kind publication about Joyce's life.