General catalogue - The O'Brien Press

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Muck and Merlot
A book about food, wine and muddy boots
Tom Doorley
Tom Doorley interweaves stories of his life and
career as a food and wine writer, uncorking
hard-earned wisdom on the growing and
consuming of food, wine and environmental
matters.
352 pages/illustrations
ISBN 978-0-86278-804-9
€19.95 hb/Rights available W
On The Road
Shay Healy
Go ‘on the road’ with Shay, ride pillion with
Roy Rogers, sing in Tammy Wynette’s bath,
admire the Picasso in Andy Williams’s loo.
Meet Johnny Cash and a host of other fellow
travellers that Shay Healy has interviewed
as an entertainer, songwriter, TV host and
documentary filmmaker.
304 pages/photographs/ISBN 978-0-86278-949-7
€12.95 pb/Rights available W
Fear of the Collar
My Terrifying Childhood in Artane
Patrick Touher
Patrick Touher recounts the physical and
sexual abuse perpetrated by the brutal Christian
Brothers who ran Artane Industrial School
for boys in the 1940s.
288 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-727-1
€11.00 pb
Rights available W/Rights sold BC & EUxIR (EL)
Sold into Marriage
One Girl’s Living Nightmare
Sean Boyne
The true story of a sixteen-year-old Irish girl
sold by her father to an elderly farmer for
money, a Morris Mini car and the promise of
land. A shocking account of cruelty, greed and
chauvinism in 1970s Ireland.
192 pages
ISBN 978-0-86278-581-9/€11.99 pb
Rights available W
Strong Words, Brave Deeds
The Poetry, Life and Times of Thomas
O’Brien, Volunteer in the Spanish Civil War
Ed. H. Gustav Klaus
Tom O’Brien (1914–1974) was co-founder of
The O’Brien Press, and also father, poet and
soldier. The story of his eventful life and times.
272 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-376-1
€20.30 hb/Rights available W
Looking Under Stones
Roots, Family and a Dingle Childhood
Joe O’Toole
Former senator Joe O’Toole’s witty and
engaging recollections of growing up in
Dingle in the 1950s.
320 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-935-0
€14.95 pb
Rights available W
Misadventures in Motherhood
Life with The Small Girl, The Boy and The
Toddler
Fiona Looney
A heartwarming, funny and often moving
account of the tiny triumphs, epic disasters
and everyday adventures of eight years of
child-rearing. For parents, grandparents,
aunties and uncles everywhere.
224 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-929-9
€11.95 pb/Rights Available W
Follow Your Dream
Daniel O’Donnell
Daniel’s memories, hopes, ambitions, regrets
and dreams. He talks about the early years,
his success, and the things in life that mean
most to him. Now updated to include Daniel’s
account of his wedding day, complete with
previously unseen photographs.
176 pages/B&W & colour photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-872-8
€14.95 pb/Rights available W
Freedom of Angels
Surviving Goldenbridge Orphanage
Bernadette Fahy
Bernadette Fahy describes the harsh regime
at Goldenbridge Orphanage and its effects
on her life as a child and thereafter.
224 pages
ISBN 978-0-86278-595-6
€10.95 pb
Rights available W
Mothers
Memories from Famous Daughters &
Sons
Compiled by UNICEF Ireland
Famous sons and daughters remember their
mothers. Contributors include: Jean Kennedy
Smith, Mo Mowlam, Bertie Ahern and Seamus
Heaney. Introduction by Liam Neeson.
176 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-605-2
€12.69 pb/Rights available W
A Bridge of Children’s Books
Jella Lepman
The inspiring autobiography of a remarkable
and determined woman, Jella Lepman, founder
of the International Youth Library (IYL) and the
International Board on Books for Young People
(IBBY).
168 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-783-7
€14.99 hb
Rights available W (EL only)
‘a hymn to the simple pleasures of growing up in small-town
Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s. The tenor is upbeat and
positive and it is a joy to read, chronicling as it does the
intricate web of loyalties to family and parish that bound a
community together. Populated by lively characters who
would not be out of place in a Dickens novel. In writing it,
Joe O’Toole has done us all a service.’ Eugene McEldowney
- The Irish Times