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THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES
Edmund de Waal
The definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller with gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from his family archive
Hardback €20.00
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THE WILDFLOWERS OF IRELAND
 Carsten Krieger and Declan Doogue

The most important book on Ireland’s wildflowers in a century, packed with first-hand knowledge and a memorable beauty’
Michael Viney, The Irish Times
This remarkably beautiful book is an extensive guide to the country’s plant life. The text contains a detailed description of the country’s different habitats and the plant life of each, accompanied by stunning full-colour photographs.
The book is structured by proceeding from familiar habitats, such as flower beds, roadside verges and hedgerows, to rarer habitats such as natural woodland and unique areas such as the Burren. There are over 1,000 wild flowers to be found in Ireland, but a majority of them are so rare as to pass unnoticed. This book focuses on the 300 most common species. But the text is only half the story: Carsten Krieger’s exceptional photographs bring the subject to life in a vivid and immediate way.
 Contains over 300 beautiful, full-colour images of Irish wild flowers photographed in the field.
Hardback €29.99

INHERITANCE

Christopher Paolini

 

More than a decade in the making, Christopher Paolini’s bestselling Inheritance Cycle draws to a close with the publication of the fourth and final book A must have for teenagers.

THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET

Brian Selznick

 

Orphan, clock keeper and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together...in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

 

Not exactly a novel, not quite a picture book,  not really a graphic novel or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Each picture (there are nearly three hundred pages of pictures!) takes up an entire double page spread, and the story moves forward because you turn the pages to see the next moment unfold in front of you.

 

 

 

 

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: CABIN FEVER

Jeff Kinney

 

So what has Greg been up to since his last adventure – is he still paranoid about life? It’s the start of the holiday season, and for Greg Thanksgiving and Christmas are making him a nervous wreck. Mum has told him he has to go and earn his own money to buy his Christmas gifts, which is easier said than done.

What’s more – snow arrives and the family is housebound; the electricity fails, the food is running out, the basement floods and Rodrick has to move into Greg’s room - YUK!

 

Cabin Fever is a hoot and is a must-read for everyone – that means adults as well.

Hardback €13.99