Sailing and Social Class
This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is, still, an upper-middle-class activity that has much to tell us about the wider sociology of leisure and sport.
Alan O'Connor (Trent University, Canada)
Published: April /
2024
Routledge
9781032703572
154 Pages
£130.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Sailing
Reconstruction
Aoife Mannix's latest full collection begins with a series of poems that chronicle her recovery from cancer and surgery. In the wake of physical and personal transformation, the seemingly reliable constant of the outside world is in turn transformed by the global pandemic
Aoife Mannix
Published: April /
2024
Flipped Eye Publishing Limited
9781905233830
88 Pages
£8.95
Paperback
United Kingdom
Poetry by individual poets
Public Diplomacy in Ireland and Japan
Public Diplomacy in Ireland and Japan/cite looks at the role played by private citizens in the relationship between the two countries.
John Neary
Published: April /
2024
Amsterdam University Press
9789048559657
272 Pages
€117.00
£107.00
Hardback
Netherlands
Diplomacy
Poor: The No. 1 bestseller – ‘Moving, uplifting, brave heroic’ BBC Woman’s Hour
Like young girls everywhere Katriona O’Sullivan grew up bright, enthusiastic, curious. But she was also surrounded by abject poverty and chaos, and after she became pregnant and homeless at 15, what followed was five years of barely surviving. Yet today Katriona is an award-winning academic whose work explores barriers to education for girls like her.
Katriona O'Sullivan
Published: April /
2024
Penguin Books Ltd
9780241996768
304 Pages
£10.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Memoirs
Peace Comes Dropping Slow: My Life in the Troubles
Denis Bradley was born and raised in Buncrana, just 12 miles from the border with Northern Ireland. On joining the priesthood he found himself assigned to the cathedral parish in Derry city, arriving in the summer of 1970 as the streets were descending into chaos with the outbreak of the Troubles.
Denis Bradley
Published: April /
2024
Merrion Press
9781785375002
272 Pages
€18.99
£16.99
Paperback
Ireland
European history
Ordinary Human Failings
A dead child on a London estate and the finger of suspicion pointing at one reclusive Irish family: the Greens.
Megan Nolan
Published: April /
2024
Vintage
9781529922639
240 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Old Romantics
'Old Romantics' is an acutely observed and hideously entertaining collection of linked short stories from an astonishing new talent. Slippery, flawed and acute, Maggie Armstrong's narrator navigates a world of awkward expectation and latent hostility.
Maggie Armstrong
Published: April /
2024
Tramp Press
9781915290137
£13.99
Paperback
Ireland
Short stories
Mythical Irish Beasts
If you can only think of leprechauns when you think of Irish mythical creatures, it's time to think again!
Mark Joyce; Mark Joyce
Published: April /
2024
Currach Press
9781782189367
144 Pages
€24.99
£21.99
Hardback
Ireland
Myth & legend told as fiction
My Favourite Mistake
Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR.
Marian Keyes
Published: April /
2024
Michael Joseph Ltd
9780241441145
608 Pages
£22.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Adult & contemporary romance
Mental Health and Well-being Interventions in Sport: Research, Theory and Practice
Now in its second edition, this book provides a focused, comprehensive overview of up-to-date mental health research, models, and approaches in sport, with expertise from global experts in the field.
Gavin Breslin; Gerard Leavey (University of Ulster, UK)
Published: April /
2024
Routledge
9781032271101
238 Pages
£39.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Sports psychology