Reference Titles

The third instalment of the bestselling Almanac Seasonal Guides

Official Rules of the Road for Ireland, from the Road Safety Authority. Clear, concise and complete.

Learn something new in half-an-hour through iconic talks by the world's great thinkers

A powerful celebration of 30 brilliant speeches by women throughout the ages, from Joan of Arc to Michelle Obama, that have inspired change and altered the course of history.

100 new crosswords from Irish Times crossword setter Mary O'Brien.

Before television and radio, before penny paperbacks and mass literacy, people would gather on porches, on the steps outside their homes, and tell stories. The storytellers knew their craft and bewitched listeners would sit and listen long into the night as moths flitted around overhead.

The 100 letters collected in this beautifully illustrated book demonstrate the power of the written word to inspire, astonish and entertain. Ranging from ink-inscribed tablets vividly describing life in the Roman Empire to remarkable last wills and testaments, passionate outpourings of love and despair, and succinct notes with deadly consequences.