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One minute Chris had been having a smoke, talking to his wife, and the next minute he was dead, killed with one punch. There's not a lot about being dead that he likes. He's stuck in this middle place with the ability to delve into the individual lives he cares about to know what they are feeling and thinking. He is beginning to realise that in life he wasn't such a great guy. In death, he can't say goodbye to his wife, toddler son and friends. He is determined to figure out how to haunt the person who killed him. Chris wants to rise again, to live again. He wants to feel his wife again, feel the air in his lungs, feel the sea again but something won t let him go.

The story of Tom Barry's life, peppered by his battles with the State and Church, and his constant endeavours to obtain an All Ireland Republic makes him a unique and important figure of Irish history. In 1949 when he addressed huge crowds in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston, his voice rang out - 'My one aim is to unite the Irish people - one race...The Border will not fade away, or the Partition will not be ended until such time as the united strength is used in a supreme effort to get rid of it.

Concentrates on the crucial role played by women in Collins' personal and working life. Women like Kathleen Clarke, Leslie Price de Barra, Peg Barrett, Nancy O'Brien, Madge Hales and Collins' sister Mary Collins Powell, Madeline (Dilly) Dicker, Moya Llewelyn Davies and Lady Hazel Lavery are woven into this fascinating narrative of Collins' life.

My Name is Philippa is a remarkable memoir, and above all, a story about love, understanding and a family who stuck together as Philippa moved from husband and father to wife and mother.

With dry humour, this book charts, in prose and poetry, one man's attempt to preserve his identity while in prison and on hunger strike.

Documents a day in the life of Bobby Sands while he was imprisoned in Long Kesh. Written on toilet paper with a biro refill and hidden inside Bobby Sands' body it is a gripping story of human bravery, endurance and courage against a backdrop of suffering, terror and harassment and contains frightening examples of mans inhumanity to man.

Looking back, Gina's life inevitably divides into before and after, like some predictable diet advert. As she pinpointed the day her world began to shift, wondering if she knew, subconsciously, that something significant was afoot.

Aimed at early readers and written to be read aloud to young children, Irish Legends for the Very Young contains a new retelling of three of the best-loved Irish legends.

In Dream Big, Niamh Shaw aims to inspire people to love science as much as she does. It is an account of her journey so far,her story reminds us that we must fight to be the person we are destined to be.

A practical guide for those house hunting, preparing for their mortgage application as well as mortgage switching. The Mortgage Coach is a confidence booster to those setting out on the mortgage journey.

A collection of quotations that range from the 18th century to the present day, and from W.B. Yeats to Derry graffiti artists. The emphasis of the book is on accessibility, the quotations are grouped under subject headings, with an author index as well as a first line index.

A stunningly illustrated collection of delicious and easy mood-boosting recipes.