Northern Ireland's great sports commentator across football and bike racing looks back at his own time as a sportsman, the changes in sport across his time and the challenges ahead. Straight-talking and emotional.
The gripping sequel to To Keep A Bird Singing and the second part of Kevin Doyle's Solidarity Books trilogy. Noelie Sullivan delves further into the murky world of the powerful Donnelly family and their association with the Catholic church and the security forces. Edgy and sharp, this political thriller is restless, brilliantly plotted and topical.
Elections in Northern Ireland have long been unique in their political and constitutional magnitude, the melodramatic nature of the campaigns and the consequences of their outcomes. This book provides an overview of elections in Northern Ireland since the early twentieth century and the ways in which they were reported in the Belfast press.
Road racing photographer Stephen Davison has been photographing Guy Martin for all of his racing career and has amassed an archive of brilliant photographs. Edgy, extreme, intimate and quirky, Davison's photographs brilliantly capture both Martin's focus and determination, as well as his goofy and gauche side.
A brilliant fantasy novel in which Vikings clash with Christians, and the action moves between Ireland and Norway. Perfect for fans of Game of Thrones.
W.R. Rodgers' Belfast masterpiece, The Return Room, is a radio play originally broadcast in December 1955. This edition brings Rodgers' script into print for the first time, and reproduces the illustrations that Gerard Dillon drew to accompany it - many never seen before and most signed by the artist. The book includes a CD of the original recording of the play, featuring Rodgers as narrator and Dillon performing traditional Belfast songs. Evo...
Including 19 short stories, this volume presents characters that experience first hand the infuriating way life defies all attempts to control it. Bleak moments of self discovery for some are counterpointed with stories of wry humour and irony.
This collection of wry, caustic, and sometimes downright exasperating cartoons represents the best of Ian Knox's Irish News political cartoons over the last decade. His targets cover a wide range: local unionists, nationalists, loyalists, and republicans, as well as British, Irish, and American politics, all rendered with good humor and biting satire.