A very quiet month for Irish Publishers, but expect to see a renewed flow in August & a huge flow in September.

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The IPN Book Of The Month
Faithful Place
Tana French
9781444705089
€ 12.99 | TPB | pp
Hachette Ireland
Fiction | Juy 2010

About The Book
The course of Frank Mackey’s life was set by one defining moment when he was nineteen. The moment his girlfriend, Rosie Daly, failed to turn up for their rendezvous in Faithful Place, failed to run away with him to London as they had planned. Frank never heard from her again. Twenty years on, Frank is still in Dublin, working as an undercover cop. He’s cut all ties with his dysfunctional family. Until his sister calls to say that Rosie’s suitcase has been found. Frank embarks on a journey into his past that demands he reevaluate everything he believes to be true.

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A Preparation for Death
Greg Baxter
9780141048437
€ 17.99 | TPB | 224pp
Penguin Ireland
Non-Fiction | July 2010


About The Book
In his early thirties, Greg Baxter found himself in a strange place. He hated his job, he was drinking excessively, he was sabotaging his most important relationships, and he was no longer doing the thing he cared about most: writing. Strangest of all, at this time he started teaching evening classes in creative writing – and his life changed utterly.

Hello, Heartbreak
Amy Huberman
9780141044767
€ 8.99 | B | 336pp
Penguin
Fiction | July 2010

About The Book
You’d think twenty-seven years would be enough time to wise up to the rules of love and loss, especially Rule Number 1: Do not, at any time, let him see how much he has hurt you.

But no, Izzy Keegan was probably off doing sambuca shots when that lesson was taught. So, starting with public humiliation (that infamous blow-up with her Ex and his new woman … huge mistake), and taking in temporary insanity, rebound sex, and a night in a police cell along the way, Izzy has to make up her own rules for coping with heartbreak.

You’d think twenty-seven years would be enough time to wise up to the rules of love and loss. Make that twenty-seven and a bit ..

Artemis Fowl and The Atlantis Complex
Eoin Colfer
9780141328041
€ 14.99 | TPB | 336pp
Penguin
Fiction | July 2010

About The Book
Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the most devious criminal activity of the new century. Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the fairies to present his latest idea to save the world from global warming. But Artemis is behaving strangely – he seems different. Something terrible has happened to him . . .

Artemis Fowl has become nice.

Troubled Waters: A social and cultural history of Ireland’s sea fisheries
Jim Mac Laughlin
9781846822582
€55.00 | HB | 414pp; ills.pp
Four Courts Press
Social History | July 2010

About The Book
This is the most comprehensive study of the history of sea fishing in Ireland to date. It charts the evolution of fisheries from the earliest times, and discusses the historical importance of the coastal economy to the country’s maritime communities. Troubled Waters demonstrates the significant roles played by inshore and deep-sea fishing in the evolution of modern Irish society. The author argues that the general neglect of Ireland’s sea fisheries by historians and social commentators is matched only by political marginalisation of the country’s fishing industry. Topics examined include the archaeology of Irish fishing; cultural representations of coastal workers in Irish art and literature; the internationalisation of Irish waters in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; the organisation of fish shambles and markets in coastal Ireland; the social world and working lives of Irish fishing communities; and the ‘crowded shoreline’ of nineteenth-century Ireland.

Medieval Italy, medieval and early modern women essays in honour of Christine Meek
Conor Kostick Ed.
9781846822223
€55.00 | HB | 300pppp
Four Courts Press
Literary Critcism | July 2010

About The Book
This book pays tribute to Professor Christine Meek with sixteen essays that present the latest research in the evolution of Italian society towards the Renaissance and also provide fascinating and original studies of the actions of medieval women – in battle, as political leaders and as leaders of religious communities.

From the Viking Word-Hoard: A dictionary of Scandinavian words in the languages of Britain and Ireland
Diarmaid O Muirithe
9781846821738
€50.00 | HB | 240pppp
Four Courts Press
Archeaology | July 2010

About The Book
At the beginning of the 9th century the growing population of the three great branches of the Scandinavian race who people the countries abutting the Baltic – the Norsemen or Northmen, the Swedes and Danes – began a great outward movement which was caused both by political changes and their enterprising nature. Thus the 9th century came to be known as the Age of the Vikings, Víkinga-Öld. The Danish emigration directed its course to the north-east of England. The second migration was Norse, whose settlers gradually peopled the coasts of Ireland, northern Scotland and the Isle of Man. They left a lasting linguistic heritage. This book is a glossary of words in the various language of Britain and Ireland which owe their origin to the intrepid raiders and merchants of Scandinavia.

Suburban Affiliations Social Relations in the Greater Dublin Area
Mary P Corcoran
9781906359478
€ 28.00 | PB | 360pp
UCD Press
Social Sciences | July 2010

About The Book
“Suburban Affiliations” presents the reader with a thorough and engaging study of the everyday civic and social relations that are observed in suburban localities, in this case in Dublin, Ireland. It provides insight into the ways in which suburbs develop and consolidate across time, with the authors’ analysis presented against a backdrop of the extensive American and European literature on suburbs.

Military Aviation in Ireland, 1921-45
Michael C. O’Malley
9781906359485 | HB | € 60.00
9781906359492 | PB | € 28.00
360pp
UCD Press
History | July 2010

About The Book
Military Aviation in Ireland charts the history of the Air Corps from its early days as the Military Air Service established by Michael Collins in 1922 to the ineffective air operations conducted during the Second World War period.

Liffey Ships and Shipbuilding
Pat Sweeney
9781856356855
€19.99/£17.50 | PB | 384pppp
Mercier Press
History | July 2010

About The Book
This book provides a comprehensive history of the four shipbuilding yards that have operated along Dublin’s River Liffey since shipbuilding began there. It begins with the Walpole and Webb shipyard from the early 1830′s and documents the progression of the shipbuilding industry in Dublin throughout the First World War, the Great Depression, the Second World War and the vital part the shipyards played in keeping the neutral Irish merchant fleet operating in order to feed the country during the war – resulting in secret talks with the British navy about building ships in Dublin for the British during the Second World War. The narrative goes up to 1969 and the author then details the efforts that have been made to revive Dublin’s shipbuilding industry in more recent years.

Executed for Ireland: The Patrick Moran Story
May Moran
9781856356619
€16.99/£14.99 | PB | 256pppp
Mercier Press
Biography/Memoir | July 2010
About The Book
Born in Boyle, Co Roscommon, Patrick Moran lived most of his adult life in Dublin where he took an active part in the GAA, the Gaelic League, trade union and the Irish Volunteers. He was an active participant in the 1916 Rising and was deported to England after the surrender. On his return in August 1916 he renewed his interest in football and hurling, became a founder member of the Grocers, Vintners and Allied Trades Assistants Trade Union and he helped to reorganise the Volunteers in Dublin and in his native Roscommon. He was arrested following the assassinations of British Intelligence Officers in Dublin on Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920, and was finally charged and convicted by a court martial for the murder of Lieutenants Ames and Bennett. He was executed by hanging in March 1921 amid calls from civil and religious leaders for the king of England to exercise the Prerogative of Mercy in the upsurge of overwhelming belief that he was innocent.