Non-Fiction

Dublin Made Me, the first of C.S. ('Todd') Andrews' two celebrated volumes of autobiography, describes in loving detail the pre-independence Dublin in which the author grew up and provides a...

Written for medical students, this book is designed to increase the chances of success in the clinical part of their final examinations. Offering useful and practical advice, this invaluable book...

This book is written for medical students and aims to increase students' chances of success in the clinical element of the medical final examination. This invaluable book provides students with...

Killarney National Park, with its lakes, woods and mountains, forms the backdrop for most visits to Kerry. Despite the popular image of a commercialised tourist destination, the National Park is...

Ireland - Our Island Home takes the reader o n a pictorial journey around the Emerald Isle, through aeria l photographs taken between 1992 and 1996 by Cork photograph er...

In the 18th century, ground-breaking discoveries in science bought about a vast moral, scientific and political upheaval, in which the age-old authority of the church was challenged. It was thought...

Meditation, karma, Zen, Tantra, Nirvana - these are some of the many Buddhist ideas that have entered our Western popular idiom, usually inappropriately and half-baked. What is the truth of...

Proceedings of a conference held in the National University of lreland, Maynooth in 1995. The papers given consider in detail the impact of global environmental changes projected for the coming...

Since the release of "The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring" in cinemas worldwide, New Zealand has become the embodiment of "Middle-earth". This guide to movie locations...