Ireland Islands

Ireland Vidal is the third generation to control Vidal Records, and she's on track to lead the recording company to greater heights. She's the youngest of an affluent, prominent family headed by her eldest brother, Gideon Cross—one of the richest men in the world. Despite her siblings' outsized shadows, Ireland has carved her own identity. But the clever, stunning beauty with fierce tenacity and a heart of gold has yet to find a man with whom to share her life—someone who doesn't need her connections to be successful.

Ireland is a small island with a history that shaped empires, rebellions, and the modern world. A Brief History of Ireland: The Small Island with a Big Story offers a clear, fast-moving introduction to Irish history, from ancient myths and early kingdoms to colonisation, rebellion, partition, and independence. Written for modern readers, this book focuses on how centuries of British rule left deep political, cultural, and psychological marks that still influence Ireland today. It explains how land ownership, language loss, famine, migration, and resistance shaped a national identity that ...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December . . . When a double-booking at a remote one-room cabin accidentally throws two solace seekers together, it feels like a cruel twist of fate. But what if it’s fate of a different kind? “A perfectly executed and...

When Laura Sutton answers her mother’s phone and finds out she’s inherited property on a remote island, she knows it could be the solution to all her problems. Currently camped out on an airbed in her mother’s sitting room and with very little cash to her name, Laura has no intention of moving to the island—she’ll visit to get the property ready for sale, then come home. When Laura arrives on the island and finds out it’s not a derelict house she’s inherited, but a hotel, she can’t believe her luck… until she finds a dead body in one of the guest rooms. Laura isn’t ...

“Dramatic, adventurous, heroic, romantic. . . these historical chronicles, legends, myths, tall tales and fables, featuring warriors, kings, monks, explorers and clever common folk, imaginatively tell the history of Ireland.” — Philadelphia Inquirer This New York Times bestselling...

Laura Sutton is settling into life on Dunmorrow Island. But if she thinks she’ll be able to relax and get on with renovating her grandmother’s old house, she’s mistaken. The PTA parents are picketing Bernard’s office and Laura’s self-appointed nemesis Cliona has rebranded her guesthouse as The Murder Hotel—what kind of ghoulish true crime fans is she hoping to draw to the island? And as if that wasn’t enough to deal with, a familiar face reappears on the island… and quickly winds up dead.

From the award-winning author of Five Points and City of Dreams, a breathtaking new history of the Irish immigrants who arrived in the United States during the Great Potato Famine, showing how their strivings in and beyond New York exemplify the astonishing tenacity and improbable triumph of...

Pencraft Awards 2019 , First Place Winner- Hy Brasil: Island of Eternity is inspired by the mythical island of Hy Brasil, said to have existed off the west coast of Ireland. In this beautiful novel Kearns takes us on an adventure to the mythical island of Hy Brasil. There we discover an advanced society faced with an unexpected event that Olan is worried might destroy their civilization. The story begins in present-day Ireland then travels back in time to an ancient and mysterious country that is populated with a people of Irish extraction. The citizens of Hy Brasil have evolved to the ...

I’m so looking forward to meeting Aunt Maura, my mother’s twin sister who lives on the rugged west coast of Ireland. With my own mother dying so suddenly, and my sweet baby daughter arriving, I need family around me. But instead of arriving at Maura’s house safe and sound, I wake up in hospital, badly injured. Then I remember the crash. Where is my baby?

From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish is a global and ambitious retelling of Irish history that explores these questions to ask how Ireland has been shaped by the world and the world has been shaped by the Irish. From the island's earliest settlers more than 12,000 years ago to today and from Europe and North America to Asia, Africa, and South America, Bríona Nic Dhiarmada and Jane Ohlmeyer offer a new narrative of Irish history: open and integrated, situated within its broader global and environmental contexts, and peopled by the voices of those who have often been excluded from it.

FoFor king. For country. For survival. After the catastrophic defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Captain Francisco Butero is stranded on the wild, unforgiving shores of Ireland. Hunted by ruthless English soldiers and caught in the deadly rivalries of warring Irish clans, every step is a fight for survival. Treacherous waters, harsh winters, and a land at war leave no room for mistakes. Francisco’s only goal is to reunite with his family in Spain—but survival will demand more than courage. Friends are scarce, loyalty is often bought with blood, and enemies lie in wait at every turn. ...

Ireland is inarguably a beautiful, enchanted place. But its history is more turbulent, fascinating, and terrible than any other. From the first English presence in Ireland in the 12th century, through siege, rebellion, and civil war, to Irish ascendancy, home rule, and the present-day troubles, best-selling author Paul Johnson tells, with remarkable clarity and concision, the compelling story of this most remarkable island.

An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water ‘Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.’ Roddy Doyle ‘Remarkable. Lively … Gower writes beautifully [and] the book is profoundly popular.’ Times Literary Supplement The Turning Tide is a hymn to a sea passage of...

From Colm Tóibín, “one of the world’s best living literary writers” (The Boston Globe), comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America—about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love. Celebrated as...

If you want to start a new crime series, make it this one. It's one of the best I've ever read' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ---------- Pressure rises as a missing person's case has deadly crime gang connections... A fatal fire in a holiday let on Slievemore, Achill Island, leaves one...

Not again… Laura Sutton is back on Dunmorrow Island to meet a famous hotelier who’s interested in leasing the hotel. She’s been working towards this meeting for weeks, but now she can’t shake the feeling of unease that’s been plaguing her since she drove off the ferry. She knows it’s silly—after all, what are the chances of there being a second murder in a month in a sleepy place like Dunmorrow? Quite high, as it turns out. Laura soon finds herself dragged into another murder investigation. She has no other choice. The victim is high-profile and it’s only a matter of time ...

A fascinating tale from the 1800s of young boys who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands. The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.

EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS Peggy Lynch devoted her life to maintaining the facade of the perfect suburban family and sacrificed everything to hide her unforgivable sins. Years have passed since Peggy ruled the Lynch house and Veronica is no longer her mother’s obedient little girl. Moving into her childhood home with her husband and infant twins, Verionica’s starting a new life and should finally be happy. Right? Wrong. While cleaning out her old bedroom, Veronica finds a letter from her deceased mother. If Veronica were smart she’d burn it and leave her family secrets buried with ...

"Through Colorful Doors" is a trio of travelogues by Oregon author, Deleen Wills. If you fancied "Because of Colorful Doors," packed full of escapades and seeking her roots around bonnie Scotland, meandering through merry old England and exploring fascinating Cuba, you will be delighted with her newest collection from her traveler's perspective. "The Sapphire Door," an amusing short story in her first book, "Behind Colorful Doors," is based on her trip to Venice, Italy. Join her gallivanting through and searching for more roots in Ireland, communing with nature and blue-footed boobies in ...

Spike Island is the most extraordinary historical location on the island of Ireland. A monastic outpost in the Celtic Sea, a fortress built to defend an Empire, a prison established to intern a nation – the island’s remarkable 1300-year history encapsulates the Irish story better than anywhere else. In Spike Island the vast history of the island is told from 9000 bc right up to 2004, when the last jail on the island closed. Featuring the voices of prisoners past and island dwellers, and with tales of religious fervour, frequent rebellion, social endeavour and a nation’s ...