Books from O'Brien Press
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The Wit of Oscar Wilde
By Oscar WildeHe boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject, a claim borne out by the range and scope of the examples in this collection.
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Celtic Names for Children
By Loreto ToddSEE : Duncan Donovan Like many ancient Irish first names , Donovan was preserved by becoming a surname . It is a combination of donn , meaning ' brown ' or ' princely ' , and dubh , meaning ' black ' , plus a diminutive marker ...
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The Perfect Name for Your Baby: Beautiful Names from Around the World
By Loreto ToddThe name you choose for your baby will be the one they hold for life. This book presents over 2500 possible choices - names from around the world and from different cultures.
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Best-Loved Yeats: William Butler Yeats
By William Butler YeatsAn 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.
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Making a Stand [WT]: Land War Novel
By Brian GallagherIn 1880's Ireland, with the Land War raging and evictions and boycotting overturning everyday life, three children from very different background form a secret - and dangerous - alliance.
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Taking Sides: A Boy. a Girl. a Nation Torn Apart
By Brian GallagherDublin, 1922.
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The Butler's Pantry: Recipes for All Seasons
By Eileen BerginDivided into the four seasons - plus Christmas, this book provides mouth-watering recipes based on the best ingredients available throughout the year - starters main courses, desserts and snacks!
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Deep Deception: Ireland's Swimming Scandals
By Justine McCarthyRenowned swimming coaches George Gibney, Derry O'Rourke and Frank McCann have become synonymous with appalling crimes, most of which went unpunished. In this book, the shocking cover up by the ISA (now Swim Ireland) is laid bare.
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The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years
By Paul Howard, Alan Clarke, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly'So there I was, roysh, enjoying college life, college birds and, like, a major amount of socialising.' Can Ross survive outside Castlerock College?
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Hostage: Notorious Irish Kidnappings
By Paul HowardThe inside stories of Ireland's most famous abduction cases.
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The Gaffers: Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane and the Team They Built
By Paul HowardThe full story of the Irish team, their World Cup campaign and soccer's greatest controversy.
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The Big Break Detectives Casebook
By Alan NolanMystery fiction.
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--And the Blood Flowed Green
By Alan NolanMarion 'Mick' Mulligan is a failed sci-fi author who dreams of escaping his humdrum life.
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Six Million Ways to Die
By Alan NolanRex 'Thunderclap' Aldrin, bionically rebuilt after a failed motorcycle stunt, solves an intriguing time-travel mystery. A graphic novel detective story unlike any other ... except for the rest of the Murder Can Be Fatal series!
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Destination: Homicide!
By Alan NolanLoose cannon New York Homicide detectives Ricky Nixon and Eddie Ribbs, with the help of their snitch, funky Snugg Fitt, thwart kingpin Mister Fogg's plans to take over the New York mafia.
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Animal Crackers: Fantastic Facts About Your Favourite Animals
By Sarah Webb, Alan NolanA book of animal facts that will appeal strongly to children, illustrated with black & white animal art/doodles, activities and quiz pages - a highly interactive, fun and informative book.
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A Pocket History of the IRA
By Brendan O'BrienOn 17 July in Cork the IRA killed Colonel Smyth , the Divisional Commander of the RIC in Munster . As it happened , Col Smyth was a native of Banbridge , a largely Protestant town in the Planter county of Down in the northeast .
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Divided City: Portrait of Dublin, 1913
By Curriculum Development Unit, Gary GranvilleRush , Lady Paliner is entertaining Mrs. and Miss Poole , Col. Dunn , Mr. and Miss Cotton , and Mr. Fenwick Palmer . WA J.BURROW MALVERN NOTE . - These Waters are the Purest and Softest Table Waters obtainable Sir John and Lady ...
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Cathedral Basic Readers Book Five (1932)
By John A. O'BrienThe writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
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Everyday Gourmet
By Gerry GalvinGerry Galvin, restaurateur, award-winning chef, poet and author of this collection of delicious and simple recipes offers 80 of his favourites -- all tried and tested in his country house restaurant just outside Galway, and guaranteed easy ...