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Great Christmas Gift Ideas
LOADS OF BESTSELLERS READY TO SHIP! We've put together lots of categories of books for Christmas, each containing great gift ideas that are ready to ship quickly! Below are some current bestsellers to help your Christmas gifting inspiration! All these books are in-store and ready to ship quickly from our shop in Galway. Look out for the ships quickly ribbon on our website!
THE RACKET by Conor Niland The Racket is the story of pro tennis's 99%: the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam tournaments. It brings us into a world where a few dozen super-rich players - travelling with coaches and physios - share a stage with lonely touring pros whose earnings barely cover their expenses. The Racket is a witty and revealing underdog's memoir and a unique look inside a fascinating hidden world.. Paperback €19.99 27% off! €14.60
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GAEILGE I MO CHROÍ: IRISH IN MY HEART by Molly Nic Céile Molly Nic Céile - creator of social media sensation for Irish-language learners and lovers Gaeilge i Mo Chroí - invites us to connect with Irish in our hearts, as we set out on a journey of renewed pride sa Ghaeilge. Using seanfhocail agus scéalta, proverbs and stories, and with plenty of craic along the way - including the hilarious 'if Irish were English' approach to better understanding sentence structure - the book offers guidance on bringing Irish into our everyday lives, supported by useful word and phrase glossaries throughout. Hardback €21.99 28% off! €15.81
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NEXUS by Yuval Noah Harari The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. Stories brought us together. Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies. The internet promised infinite knowledge. The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other. What will AI do? Nexus is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now make to survive – and to thrive. Paperback €24.99 33% off! €16.78
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ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey Winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital follows a team of astronauts in the International Space Station. Although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction. The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity? Paperback €14.99 30% off! €10.50
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TIME OF THE CHILD by Niall Williams In the advent season of 1962, Doctor Troy and his daughter Ronnie's lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes, father and daughter’s lives, the understanding of their family, and their role in their community are changed forever. Paperback €19.99 36% off! €12.71
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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: HOT MESS by Jeff Kinney The pressure is building for Greg Heffley, who discovers that when you mix heaps of family, a tiny beach house, and sweltering heat, it’s a recipe for disaster. Speaking of recipes - the secret ingredients behind Gramma’s famous meatballs have been closely guarded for years. Can Greg unpack all of his family’s mysteries before their vacation is over? Or will he just stir the pot? This sidesplittingly relatable story is the funniest Wimpy Kid book yet! Hardback €17.99 17% off! €15.01
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THE REVELATION OF IRELAND: 1995-2020 by Diarmaid Ferriter An Irish Times Book of the Year 2024. Ireland is a strikingly different country now to the one it was in the mid-1990s. Dramatic economic, social and cultural changes underlined the scale of the transformation. As the Republic enters its second century of independence, and the North continues to grapple with the legacy of the Troubles, Diarmaid Ferriter makes historical sense of post-1990s Ireland, and what lies in the darkest corners of its archives. Hardback €33.99 34% off! €22.39
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BORED OF LUNCH: SIX INGREDIENTS by Nathan Anthony A revolutionary collection of calorie-counted recipes for your slow cooker. Say farewell to mealtime mayhem with recipes easier than ever before, guaranteed to be used time and again. From fakeaways to desserts and throw-and-go dinners to midweek meals, Nathan has all your favourites covered with pies, pastas, curries, soups, risottos and more. Hardback €25.99 33% off! €17.36
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OBSESSED by Johnny Sexton Four European Cups. Four Six Nations championships (including two Grand Slams). A series win in New Zealand. Two stints for Ireland at number 1 in the world. And the World Player of the Year award. No Irish rugby player has ever achieved more, or been a source of more inspiration to teammates and fans alike, than Johnny Sexton. Intense, witty, perceptive and frank, Obsessed is an autobiography worthy of its author and the essential chronicle of an extraordinary era in Irish rugby. Hardback €31.99 30% off! €22.37
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DOG MAN: BIG JIM BEGINS by Dav Pilkey Discover the origin of our beloved characters from the Dog Man series as they join forces to stop the Space Cuties from destroying the city. Will the past predict the future for Dog Man and his friends? Will goodness and bravery prevail? Can anything happen if you truly believe? The Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including: empathy kindness persistence and the importance of doing good. Hardback €15.99 21% off! €12.59
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FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough. In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-conceived memoir. A month later, Lisa Marie was dead, and the world would never know her story in her own words; never know the passionate, joyful, caring, and complicated woman that Riley loved and grieved. Paperback €22.99 33% off! €15.29
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