三名好友過著平凡的生活，在一次鳥類來襲的大年裡，他們相繼辭去工作，準備參加這年度的賞鳥盛會。該北美賞鳥競賽內容，參賽者必須記錄自己一年內觀察到的鳥類品種，能打破紀錄者便是最後贏家。於是三個好友之間展開一場持久的競賽，他們的生活也因此發生重大改變。The strange but true tale of the extremes to which Man will go to pursue his
'When I came into the Ulster team,' Stephen Ferris says with typical candour, 'we were crap'. It was, however, preferable to his day job of paving driveways, and that day in 2005 saw the start of an i
'When I came into the Ulster team,' Stephen Ferris says with typical candour, 'we were crap'. It was, however, preferable to his day job of paving driveways, and that day in 2005 saw the start of an
‘No part of the Great War compares in interest with its opening’, wrote Churchill. ‘The measured, silent drawing together of gigantic forces, the uncertainty of their movements and positions, the numb
In 1987, Sue Bowl's world changes for ever. Her mother dies, leaving her feeling like she's lost a vital part of herself. And then her father shacks up with an awful golddigger called Ivana. But Sue's
In the freezing winter of 2010, with the Irish recession in full flow, property tycoon Dermot Brennan is found dead at his Dublin home. Leading the murder investigation is fifty-six-year-old Detective
This is the essential picture book collection to share with every child. Full of much-loved favourites to be returned to time and again from some of the best loved picture book creators of all time.
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019TIME Magazine's Businessperson of the Year 2019_____________________________The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people
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The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring th
Ten years in the making the epic new novel from the acclaimed, prize-winning, bestselling author of THE BOOK THIEF Here is a story told inside out and back to front: The five Dunbar brothers are livin
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A psychological drama of cat and mouse, A Ladder to the Sky shows how easy it is to achieve the world if you are prepared to sacrifice your soul. If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty m
As player, manager, and pundit, Donal Lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby - and done much of it too. A victorious captain of Munster Junior and Senior Schools, he went on to skipper the Irel
As player, manager, and pundit, Donal Lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby - and done much of it too. A victorious captain of Munster Junior and Senior Schools, he went on to skipper the Irel
From the cheese peninsulas of West Cork and the cheddar caves of Somerset to the hills of Reggia Emilia, This book introduces us to some of the best cheesemakers in the world, revealing how their favo
Brendan Cummins has made more senior hurling championship appearances than any other player in the history of the game. In an era that produced such brilliant goalkeeping talents as Davy Fitzgerald, D
A dazzling, sumptuous historical novel from the author of Liberty Silk.A spellbinding story of two women one hundred years apart, brought together by the beautiful and haunting Irish home they both lo
When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A n
2014 will mark one hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War. This title collects favourite extracts, images and poems from some of the UK's leading cultural, political and literary figu
Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. But before he ends it all,
In August 1914, the European powers plunged the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems and set the world on cour
In the breakaway Lakota Nation, in the heart of a land blistered beneath an ozone hole the size of the Great Plains of North America, a lone anthropologist wanders the deadlands, recording observation
What lights the spark that ignites a revolution? What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and sailors in the American colonies to unite and take up arms against the
"This first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from Parliament's earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses and the upheavals of the Civil
SynopsisSugar is the new controlled substance. More addictive than cocaine, the deadly white stuff has become the focus of health professionals worldwide who are highlighting the dangers of over-indul
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, an invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire
Huntly Gordon was a typical product of his generation; capable of detached, trenchant and reasoned judgement. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for the 16 year-old Gordon to real
The brilliantly told but harrowing story of the Borneo Death Marches of 1944-5. After the fall of Singapore in 1942, the conquering Japanese Army transferred some 2500 British and Australian pris
What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt? How can reading Heidegger, or conducting experiments on rats, help us to cope with anxiety in the
Twenty years later, Anna still doesn't know whether Rose is alive or dead. In her early thirties now, she sees her future unfolding - with sensible, serious Martin and a grown-up, steady job - and fin
