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Welcome to the

G ill & macmillan

cataloGue of neW books

This season we bring you ideas and stories from some unique Irish voices. People with their own style and rhythm, who very much do it their way. You’ll discover:

• beRnaDette bohan’s revolutionary eating plan in Raw. Bernadette credits her diet for beating cancer twice and maintaining amazing health and vitality.

• The Meaning of ‘cop on’ – that uniquely Irish quality that child psychotherapist colman noctoR believes to be the most important thing you can equip your child with to survive and thrive in the modern world.

• The wildly unconventional life of globetrotter and bohemian theoDoRa fitZGibbon , who, as Maeve Binchy described, lived many lives in one.

• Ireland very much has its own rules, which are made to be broken, according to niamh houRiGan , sociologist and author of Rule Breakers: Why Being there Trumps Being Fair in Ireland.

These, together with all the other books in the catalogue, make for one eclectic mix tape. We hope you will be inspired to take some of the ideas and make them your own. So curate your life this season and dance to your own soundtrack.

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January

Go Get Him! 978 0 7171 6524 7 • • Avril Mulcahy

Beginner’s Irish Dictionary 978 0 7171 6594 0 •

FEBruary

Pocket Irish Poetry 978 0 7171 6697 8 •

The Irish Pocket Potato Recipe Book 978 0 7171 6698 5 • Eveleen Coyle

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Raw 978 0 7171 6603 9 • Bernadette Bohan

Cop On 978 0 7171 6654 1 • • Colman Noctor

Tom Gilmartin 978 0 7171 6047 1 • • Frank Connolly

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A City in Turmoil 978 0 7171 6727 2 • • Pádraig Yeates

Rule Breakers 978 0 7171 6620 6 • • Niamh Hourigan

A Taste of Love 978 0 7171 6686 2 • • Theodora FitzGibbon

A City in Civil War 978 0 7171 6726 5 • • Pádraig Yeates

Goodbye Sugar 978 0 7171 6689 3 • • Elsa Jones

May

Neven Maguire’s Complete Baby

& Toddler Cookbook

978 0 7171 6604 6 • • Neven Maguire

The Welcoming Approach 978 0 7171 6823 1 • • Dr Claire Haye

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384 PP

234 x 156 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6686 2

€16.99 £14.99

a Taste of LoveTHEODORA FITzGIBBON

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Theodora FitzGibbon was the food editor for The Irish Times for 20 years. Glamorous, strong and independent, she was a well-known food expert and prolific cookbook author on both sides of the atlantic. Born in London in 1918 of Irish parents, she was educated in England and France and lived all over the world. She wrote two autobiographies, With Love and Love Lies a Loss (combined now in this new edition), and a novel, Flight of the Kingfisher, which was made into a successful BBC TV play.

‘ I H av E sTa rv E d I n s o M E o F T H E M osT B E au T I Fu L P L aC Es I n T H E wo r L d.’

Theodora FitzGibbon’s appetite for love, pleasure, good food and adventure took her all over the globe: a childhood spent on food-chomping travels with her rakish naval officer father in europe, the Middle east and India; Paris in the 1930s where she kept company with balthus, cocteau, dali and Picasso; London during the blitz where she befriended dylan and caitlin Thomas, Francis bacon, and Soviet spy donald Maclean; bermuda and rome during her stormy fifteen-year marriage to english-american writer constantine FitzGibbon, before finally returning to Ireland in 1960 when her famous cookery career began.

be enthralled by the fascinating story behind the woman who broadened the culinary horizons of many people in Ireland and beyond.

Ca L L I n G a L L T H E s I n G L E L a d I Es … G ET r E a dy To G o daT I n G !

Using a no-nonsense approach, dating expert avril Mulcahy teaches you how to break the bad habits and negative attitudes holding you back from finding Mr right.

Straight-talking, funny, a bit bold but brutally honest, Go Get Him! will give you the push you need to take control of your life, get off the couch and start dating using a three-stage strategy:

• Get ready – Get to know your needs and what you’re looking for in a man

• Get Set – Learn the practical details of perfect dating

• Go! – become a goddess and put your dating plans into action

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lifestyle

January

256 PP

216 x 135 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6524 7

€12.99 £11.99

Go Get Him! AvRIL MuLCAHY

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avril Mulcahy’s boutique matchmaking agency has helped hundreds of singles find their perfect match. her own dating experiment, ‘40 Dates in 40 Days’, brought her to national media attention. avril frequently contributes to media discussions about love, sex, dating and relationships and has appeared on rTÉ’s ‘The Saturday Night Show’ and ITV’s ‘This Morning’, as well as contributing numerous articles to print media on the same subjects.

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Co P o n : w H aT I T I s a n d w H y your C H I L d n E E ds I T To s u rv I v E a n d T H r I v E I n To day ’s wo r L d

rapid technological and societal change brings many challenges for raising happy, healthy children. child and adolescent psychotherapist colman noctor believes that good old-fashioned ‘cop-on’ or common sense in our children is the answer.

‘cop on’ means the ability to be rational, resilient and sensible, and also have a bit of grit and good judgement to cope with the tough times. It incorporates emotional intelligence, self-awareness and adaptive decision-making.

This book offers a roadmap for instilling these fundamental building blocks for bolstering our children’s ability to cope with whatever challenges come their way, no matter what technological and societal changes the future holds.

T H E G E n T L E a n d P ow E r Fu L way To T u r n F E E L I n G s o F d I sT r Es s I n To H E L P Fu L aCT I o n

In this remarkable book, dr claire Hayes takes a good look at our thoughts and how they can affect us. rather than trying to suppress or ignore negative thoughts, she believes we should welcome and embrace them, and recognise them for what they are: just thoughts.

Using cognitive behavioural therapy and her unique techniques such as the ‘coping Triangle’ and ‘coping Sentences’, dr Hayes shows us how to take control of our mental health and proactively manage our reactions to overcome life’s challenges.

This is a book both for anyone who suffers from stress, anxiety or depression, and for their friends and family.

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224 PP

216 x 135 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6654 1

€14.99 £12.99

Cop onCOLMAN NOCTOR

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Colman noctor is a child and adolescent psychotherapist with St Patrick’s Mental health Services. he has a special interest in the effects of contemporary digital media on child development and mental health. he is a frequent contributor to both the national broadsheet press and radio, and recently spoke at Dublin’s web summit about how the internet is changing our world and how we prepare our children for a future that we can’t even imagine.

self helP

May

224 PP

216 x 135 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6823 1

€14.99 £12.99

How To CopeThe Welcoming Approach to Life’s ChallengesDR CLAIRE HAYES

au T h o r

dr Claire Hayes is Clinical director with aware. she has a keen interest in applying cognitive behavioural principles to her work with individuals and organisations. she has over thirty years’ training and experience as a clinical psychologist, educational psychologist, executive coach, lecturer, author, researcher and teacher.

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cookeRy

May

208 PP

190 x 190 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6604 6

€18.99 £16.99

neven Maguire’s Complete Baby & Toddler CookbookNEvEN MAGuIRE

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neven Maguire is Ireland’s favourite celebrity chef. neven and his wife, amelda, are parents to toddlers connor and Lucia. They live in blacklion, co. cavan, where neven runs the acclaimed family business, Macnean restaurant. His last cookbook, The Nation’s Favourite Food Fast! won cookbook of the Year at the Irish book awards.

I r E L a n d ’s M osT T r usT E d C H E F F E E ds T H E n aT I o n ’s Fu T u r E : 2 0 0 H o n EsT-To -G o o d n Es s r EC I P Es Fo r yo u r n E w B a By

In this brand new collection of recipes for babies and toddlers, neven takes the worry out of introducing your baby to solid food for the first time, giving you plenty of inspiration to encourage your little one to develop a life-long love of delicious and nutritious eating.

as a father himself he understands the difficulties parents face in balancing hectic days with a desire to give their children the very best start in life, and his wholesome recipes are designed to suit busy, modern lives.

G o o d By E s u G a r ; H E L Lo w E I G H T Los s, G r E aT s k I n, M o r E E n E r Gy a n d I M P r ov E d M o o d

The media is awash with warnings of the dangers of a diet too high in sugar, and research showing the benefits of reducing your intake continues to accumulate. but because sugar has addictive qualities similar to alcohol and nicotine, breaking free of sugar dependency is easier said than done.

Many sugar detox plans address a physical dependency on sugar, but nutritionist elsa Jones also uses cognitive behavioural Therapy (cbT) to help you overcome an emotional dependency on sugar. Here, combining the two, she provides us with the skills to make long-term changes to our diet and health through a 10-day sugar detox, a healthy eating plan and tips to beat sugar cravings for good.

health/Diet

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224 PP

230 x 165 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6689 3

€16.99 £14.99

Goodbye sugarELSA JONES

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Elsa Jones is a qualified nutritionist, radio and television broadcaster, and columnist. She works as a consultant nutritionist in two GP clinics in dublin, and teaches group courses in nutrition and weight management.

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T H E Mu C H -a n T I C I PaT E d Co o k B o o k F r o M T H E au T H o r o F B EsTs E L L I n G Ca n C E r s u rv I va L M E M o I r s.

bernadette bohan is an inspiration. Having twice made a remarkable recovery from cancer, she went on to develop a programme promoting health and well-being involving the dietary and lifestyle alterations she made when she was ill, which have been embraced by people all over Ireland.

eating more raw, living foods injected a new vitality into bernadette’s life, taking her health to a different level. She became passionate about sharing the benefits of her positive, healthy form of eating. In her highly anticipated first cookbook, she shows us how to live well with her delicious recipes for raw, living foods.

cookeRy

MarCH

224 PP

247 x 189 MM

Hardback and ebook

978 0 7171 6603 9

€24.99 £22.99

rawBERNADETTE BOHAN

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Bernadette Bohan is widely known for her previous books, The Choice, The Programme, The Survivor’s Mindset and Eat Yourself Well. She frequently appears on television and is a popular lecturer on health and lifestyle issues.

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384 PP

234 x 156 MM

Hardback and ebook

978 0 7171 6726 5

€15.99 £13.99

a City in Civil war Dublin 1921–1924PáDRAIG YEATES

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Pádraig yeates is a journalist and trade union activist. He is a distinguished social and labour historian and the author of Lockout, the standard work on the great 1913 Labour dispute.

T H E Co n C Lu d I n G vo LuM E I n Pá d r a I G y E aT Es’s C r I T I Ca L Ly aCC L a I M E d ‘ d u B L I n aT wa r T r I Lo Gy ’

Following his study of the 1913 Lockout, the 1916 rising and the War of Independence, this concluding volume of Pádraig Yeates’s ‘dublin at War Trilogy’ focuses on how the civil War impacted on ordinary life in the city.

Previous volumes in Pádraig yeates’s ‘dublin at war Trilogy’

Paperback, 978 0 7171 5461 6, €15.99 £13.99

a City in wartime: dublin 1914–1918 In the years 1914 to 1918 as the First World War raged, dublin was recovering from the divisive class

warfare of the 1913 Lockout. Twenty-five thousand men joined the british army, and the easter rising transformed the city into a rebel stronghold. This fascinating history looks at how the lives of ordinary dubliners were affected by the changes wrought.

Paperback, 978 0 7171 6727 2, €12.99 £11.99

a City in Turmoil: dublin 1919–1921In the second book in his ‘dublin at War Trilogy’, Pádraig Yeates examines how the War of Independence

impacted on everyday life in the city. He uncovers unknown and neglected aspects of the Irish revolution with particular emphasis on how ordinary citizens were caught in the deadly crossfire.

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240 PP

234 x 156 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6620 6

€16.99 £14.99

rule Breakers NIAMH HOuRIGAN

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a senior lecturer in Sociology at NuI Cork, one of niamh Hourigan’s areas of specialisation is the psychological impact of debt and ‘austerity culture’ on the Irish middle class. a frequent commentator on national media on these subjects, she has written for The Irish Independent, The Irish Times and The Irish Examiner and contributed to ‘The right hook’, ‘Tonight with Vincent Browne’ and ‘Morning Ireland’, among others. She lives in Limerick city.

w H y I s Lo o k I n G a FT E r o u r ow n M o r E I M P o rTa n T T H a n r u L Es I n I r E L a n d ?

We have built a nation on a value system that equates being good with being there for each other, while simply keeping the rules is not considered an equivalent form of goodness. We are a society that favours looking after our own over doing what we’re told.

In niamh Hourigan’s ground-breaking book she paints a picture of the Irish national character from its colonial history to its current-day dramas. The Ireland that emerges is a country where relationships trump rules, which, in some cases, are very much made to be broken.

n E w E d I T I o n o F T H E C r I T I Ca L Ly aCC L a I M E d n o 1 B EsTs E L L E r

When ambitious property developer Tom Gilmartin set about progressing plans for major retail developments in dublin in the late 1980s, he quickly realised the government and city’s planning system was endemically corrupt. When he blew the whistle, the fallout ultimately led to the 2008 resignation of then Taoiseach, bertie ahern.

In a gripping narrative Frank connolly, one of the best investigative journalists Ireland has ever had, shows how an honourable man faced down a golden elite of extortionists. described by Justine Mccarthy of The Sunday Times as ‘not so much a who-done-it as a who-did-Ireland’, the book exposes the roots of the political and financial disaster that has wreaked havoc in the lives of so many Irish people.

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320 PP

216 x 135 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6524 7

€12.99 £11.99

Tom Gilmartin FRANk CONNOLLY

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Frank Connolly is a distinguished investigative journalist whose work on political and police corruption led to the establishment of two judicial inquiries, the Flood/Mahon and the Morris tribunals. he is currently head of Communications with SIPTu, Ireland’s largest trade union.

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n E w Pa P E r B aC k E d I T I o n o F T H E B EsTs E L L I n G d I CT I o n a ry Fo r L E a r n E r s o F I r I s H

Beginner’s Irish Dictionary consists of a series of double-page full-colour spreads which place the vocabulary in context. These cover such themes as holidays, driving, at the post office, shopping, in the garden, illness, weather and seasons, sport, etc. Here the reader can see at a glance the basic vocabulary associated with each of these activities.

It also includes a simple guide to Irish grammar, which will provide outlines for the beginner, and an alphabetical list of all the words and phrases contained in the book.

Whether you are learning Irish at school, visiting Ireland, or just brushing up, Beginner’s Irish Dictionary will make the perfect companion.

represented in a new paperback edition, Beginner’s Irish Dictionary will confirm its place as the bestselling illustrated dictionary for Irish learners.

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January

130 PP

212 x 148 MM

PaPerback and ebook

978 0 7171 6594 0

€12.99 £11.99

Beginner’s Irish dictionary

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FEBruary

256 PP

140 x 124 MM

Hardback

978 0 7171 6698 5

€4.99 £4.50

The Irish Pocket Potato recipe BookEvELEEN COYLE

a n E w a n d u P daT E d E d I T I o n o F a Co o k B o o k C L as s I C

This wonderful book gathers together a collection of delicious recipes featuring Ireland’s favourite food.

Here, the humble potato is transformed into classic dishes such as

dublin coddle, colcannon and boxty, as well as more adventurous recipes that include parmesan potato cakes and even potato pizza!

touRism/Gift

FEBruary

256 PP

140 x 124 MM

Hardback

978 0 7171 6697 8

€4.99 £4.50

Pocket Irish Poetry

T H E n E w I n sTa L M E n T I n T H E B EsTs E L L I n G P o C k ET s E r I Es

In the words of Seamus Heaney, great poetry can ‘catch the heart off guard and blow it open’.

This beautifully illustrated collection contains the greatest poems from the

greatest Irish poets, including Jonathan Swift, Thomas Moore, oscar Wilde, W.b. Yeats, James Joyce, Patrick kavanagh and Seamus Heaney.

discover classic works such as ‘Postscript’, ‘He Wishes for the cloths of Heaven’, ‘epic’ and ‘The Planter’s daughter’.

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THE naTIon’s FavourITE Food FasT!100 beST-Loved recIPeS For bUSY LIveSNeven Maguire

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Food For THE FasT LanErecIPeS To PoWer YoUr bodY and MIndDerval o’rourkePaperback and ebook

IT’s THE LITTLE THInGsFrancIS brennan’S GUIde To LIFeFrancis Brennan

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a PoCkET HIsTory oF IrELandJoseph McCullough

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THE BaLLyMaLoE CookBookrevISed and UPdaTed 50-Year-annIverSarY edITIonMyrtle allen

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ToM GILMarTInTHe Man WHo broUGHT doWn a TaoISeacH and exPoSed THe Greed and corrUPTIon aT THe HearT oF IrISH PoLITIcSFrank Connolly

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THE ExTra vIrGIn kITCHEnrecIPeS For WHeaT-Free, SUGar-Free and daIrY-Free eaTInGSusan Jane White

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naTIonaL GaLLEry oF IrELand dIary 2015National Gallery of Ireland

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ConduCT unBECoMInGa MeMoIrDesmond o’Malley

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‘a house to Which the best of

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When Michael Gill founded Gill & Macmillan in 1968, The Irish Times described it as ‘a welcome enterprise’ and hoped it would become a home for the best of Irish authors.

Since then we’ve been honoured to publish the works of great writers such as Noël Browne, Garret FitzGerald, Tom Garvin, Éamon de Buitléar, Darina Allen, Professor Jim Lucey and Richard Aldous.

We’ve been there in good times and bad, publishing books you choose to read on every aspect of Irish life: from the 1960s bestsellers Prayers of Life to How Stormont Fell; from Rachel’s Favourite Food to The Encyclopaedia of Ireland; from the heady high of The Pope’s Children to the popular reissuing of Soundings in 2010, when perhaps we all needed a bit more poetry in our lives; and recent bestsellers like Des O’Malley’s political memoir Conduct Unbecoming, Francis Brennan’s It’s the Little Things, Tom Gilmartin and The Extra Virgin Kitchen. Each book, in its own way, captures a slice of life, a slice of the times we live in.

But it was really Michael’s great-great-grandfather who started our story. In 1856, Michael Henry Gill, then the printer to Dublin University, purchased the publishing and bookselling business of James McGlashan, forming McGlashan & Gill, which then became M.H. Gill & Son. The bookshop, popularly known as Gills, was located on Dublin’s O’Connell Street for 123 years until it closed in 1979.

Whether it’s printing, publishing or bookselling, we believe reading matters. We’ve always believed in Irish talent and we’ve always believed in the curious mind of the Irish reader. If we’ve managed to help produce something from one to satisfy that of the other, then it’s been a good day at the office.

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