New Titles 2016

mercier press NewTitles 2016

Price: €22.99Pub Date: January 2016Dimensions: 242 x 197 mmExtent: 256ppBinding: HardbackISBN: 978-1-78117-366-4

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Publication Date: January 2016 Description

The Fuel Food Wholefood Kitchen & Deli is loved by celebrities, locals and tourists alike. In his debut cookbook Oliver McCabe reveals over 100 delicious and nutritious modern recipes from Dalkey’s landmark health-food store, deli and café.

The Fuel Food Cookbook

The ‘Fuel Food Cookbook’ is more than just a collection of recipes. Author, nutritionist and chef Oliver McCabe sets out the cornerstones of nutrition and provides over 100 recipes for healthy food that doesn’t cost the earth – food that won’t have you stressing out over complex recipes and ingredients. This book brings healthy wholefoods back to basics and is packed with simple, flavoursome recipes for all kinds of meals and snacks, from juices and smoothies to substantial breakfast and brunch dishes, soups, salads, breads, burgers, casseroles and all kinds of snacks and sweet treats that you can actually feel virtuous about enjoying!

Having worked in wholefood and vegetarian cafés worldwide,Oliver returned home in 2001 to help run the family business, Select Stores Dalkey. He has transformed it into a dynamic health-food store, which now includes Fuel Food, a fresh wholefood kitchen and deli and the food he produces there is the inspiration for this book.

Oliver McCabe

Oliver McCabe grew up in Dalkey. In 2007 he

graduated with a diploma in Diet & Nutrition

from the Irish Institute of Nutrition & Health. He

has contributed to the Irish Independent, Easy

Health magazine, Irish Parent magazine and

The Farmer’s Journal, and features regularly

on television and radio. Select Stores has

been awarded ‘Best Wholefood Shop’ by

Bridgestone and Sally & John McKennas’

Guides, and is included in The Irish Times’

Top 10 Best Shops in Ireland 2015/2016 and

LovinDublin.com’s Top 10 healthiest cafés/delis

in Dublin.

Mercier Press Unit 3b Oak House, Bessboro Rd, Blackrock Cork, Ireland [email protected] www.mercierpress.ie

CATEGORY: FOOD & DRINK

Price: €19.99Pub Date: March 2016Dimensions: 240 x 168 mmExtent: 192ppBinding: HardbackISBN: 978-1-78117-369-5

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Publication Date: March 2016

Reviews for Gimme the Recipe

‘You might not be able to have it all but, with Kiely’s recipes, I’d say you can certainly make a decent stab at cooking it all.’ – Fiona Kelly, ‘The Sunday Business Post’

‘… it inspires confidence and makes you feel you can certainly whip up anything you fancy.’ – Lara Bradley, ‘Sunday Independent Living’

‘[A] terrific cookbook … repertoire of recipes that nourish and delight … I particularly loved the chapter on planning family gatherings and parties at home.’ – Darina Allen, ‘Irish Examiner’

Enjoy! Food You’ll Love

An inspiring collection of delicious yet amazingly straightforward meal ideas from the author of ‘Gimme the Recipe’.

Families, like time, move on and the recipes in this book will please children who are becoming more adventurous and grown-up. This is a cookbook for the whole family, meaning that no one has to compromise on flavour or time. A great new collection, complete with photographs so that you can see exactly what you’re aiming for. Recipes include caramelised red onion soda bread; red massaman chicken; cheat’s wellington with Jameson jus; harissa pork chops; pea and mint bulghur wheat salad; cranberry, macadamia and chocolate chip flapjacks; and rhubarb and custard cheesecake.

Sheila Kiely

Sheila Kiely runs a food safety consultancy

business with her husband and is the mother

of six teenagers, including two sets of twins.

She has a well established food blog –

gimmetherecipe.com – and is the author of

‘Gimme the Recipe’ published by Mercier

Press in 2012.


CATEGORY: FOOD & DRINK

Price: €12.99Pub Date: May 2016Dimensions: 198 x 129 mmExtent: 288ppBinding: HardbackISBN: 978-1-78117-414-2

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Publication Date: May 2016

Reviews for Fiann’s first book:

A little gem with tons of tips from the knowledgeable and witty Fiann Ó Nualláin

- Darina Allen

Ideal for those with green and clumsy fingers

- The Irish Daily Star

A great gift for any gardener and a wonderful tool to keep handy if you are an advocate of natural health.

- The Irish News

Should be on every gardener’s shelf.

- Sunday Business Post

Easy to read and user-friendly

- Irish Examiner

The Holistic Gardener Natural Cures for Common Ailments

A handy pocket-size guide to natural remedies from your garden and store-cupboard for complaints ranging from coughs and colds to aches and pains that allows you to save money and avoid taking mass-produced chemicals on a regular basis. Fiann gives simple step-by-step instructions to make straightforward salves and ointments, teas, rinses and syrups that will fill the first-aid cupboard, as well as identifying plants that can be used straight away with no preparation required.

Fiann’s singular knowledge of the properties and uses of herbs, fruit and flowers from the garden makes fascinating reading, as well as having extensive practical applications

Fiann Ó Nualláin

Fiann Ó Nualláin is an award-winning garden

designer and horticultural therapist. He is co-

presenter on RTÉ’s ‘Dermot’s

Secret Garden’ and makes regular contributions

to other TV and radio programmes on the

natural environment, biodiversity, ecological

gardening and GIY. Fiann develops outreach

horticulture programmes with Dublin City

Council and community regeneration projects.

His first book,

‘First Aid From The Garden’, was a sensation in

2013, selling out at Dublin’s ‘Bloom in the Park’.


CATEGORY: HEALTH & FITNESS

Ali Coghlan

Ali Coghlan lives in Co. Wicklow and runs

‘Craftea Parties’, a company that organises

craft parties for children. She writes on

crafting with kids for the ‘Irish Independent’,

‘Easy Parenting’ and ‘Primary Times’. She

has her own blog at CrafteaClasses and

also writes for Mummypages and the maker

app Guidecentral.

Price: €14.99Pub Date: March 2016Dimensions: 220 x 150 mmExtent: 192ppBinding: PaperbackISBN: 978-1-78117-378-7

World Rights

Publication Date: March 2015 Description

A treasure trove of easy and fun craft ideas for kids of all ages.

• 40 charming projects beautifully

photographed

• Author has a popular blog and writes on

craft for many on- and off-line publications

• Great ideas to reduce the time kids spend

in front of a screen

Get Crafty: Fun, Creative Crafts for Children

‘Get Crafty’ is a craft book for everyone. You do not need to have any previous art or craft experience to enjoy the crafts included. Ali Coghlan gives you all the tools you need to spend quality time with your children while creating something that will give them hours of entertainment and stimulate their imagination.

The projects include homemade playdough, edible Paints’ salt-dough snowmen, driftwood sailboats, shell necklaces, all kinds of homemade party decorations, fun toys to make and play with, along with themed crafts for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.

The charming photographs will provide a great incentive to switch off the television, put down the phone and get down and crafty!


CATEGORY: CRAFTS & HOBBIES

Tony Doherty

Tony Doherty was instrumental in setting up

the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign in

1992, which led in 2010 to the exoneration

of his father and the others killed and

wounded on Bloody Sunday, and to a

public apology from the British Prime Minister

in the House of Commons. He has worked

extensively in community regeneration in

Derry, is a member of the Big Lottery Fund’s

NI Committee and is currently Regional

Coordinator for Northern Ireland’s Healthy

Living Centre Alliance.

Price: €12.99Pub Date: August 2016Dimensions: 198 x 129 mmExtent: 256ppBinding: PaperbackISBN: 978-1-78117-458-6

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Publication Date: August 2016 Description:

A child’s-eye memoir of growing up in Derry as the Troubles began from one of the key campaigners for acknowledgment of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ atrocity.

This Man’s Wee Boy

A uniquely-crafted memoir of the author’s early childhood (1967–1972), the third oldest in a working-class Catholic family from the Brandywell in Derry. Written with the authentic voice of a child, this snapshot of his young life unfolds in a series of stories evoking the innocence of childhood, family dynamic and tensions, street friendships and characters, the onset of civil strife, and a family protecting itself from conflict, with CS gas coming in through the door and tracer bullets flying past the windows. The book centres on Tony’s father, Patrick – a legend in his son’s eyes and a man who struggles to raise a family through bitter years of economic inactivity. It beautifully and movingly portrays the relationship between Tony and the father he adores, yet slightly fears, as events, both within the family and on the streets, unfold and fuse together. The burgeoning chaos of conflict finds its way into his life through the death of a friend under an army truck and more horrifically, directly into the Doherty household of 15 Hamilton Street. Described as ‘a treasure’, the book draws the reader into a child’s world, his innocent view of the harsh reality of life and the horrifying events unfolding around him. It has bags of humour and paints a picture of a lost world of children running wild in play, unsupervised by or worried over by adults.


CATEGORY: MEMOIR

Price: €9.99Pub Date: September 2016Dimensions: 198 x 129 mmExtent: 352ppBinding: PaperbackISBN: 978-1-78117-452-4

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Publication Date: September 2016Description:

In this exciting follow-up to the Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Citywide Read 2016, The Book of Learning, heroine Ebony Smart is settling into her role as guardian for The Order of Nine Lives. All seems quiet until she receives a peculiar silver box from an anonymous sender, and is tasked with returning it to a mystery owner. Ebony discovers that Zach and Judge Ambrose have allied with a powerful ancient demon, and are more determined than ever to steal her soul and control the fate of the world.

The Book of Shadows: Nine Lives Trilogy 2

Two months after defeating Zach Stone and Judge Ambrose, Ebony Smart is settling into her role as guardian for The Order of Nine Lives. All seems quiet until she receives a peculiar silver box from an anonymous sender, and is tasked with returning it to a mystery owner. Then she meets another family from the Order, the O’Haras, and discovers from their daughter Chiyoko that most of the Order believe she is not the true guardian.

When Chiyoko is kidnapped by Shadow Walkers controlled by Judge Ambrose, Ebony must figure out how to save her. As she embarks on another dangerous adventure she soon discovers that Zach and Ambrose have allied with a powerful ancient demon, and are more determined than ever to steal her soul and control the fate of the world.

To defend the Order and defeat the demon, Ebony and her pet rat, Winston, must unravel the mystery of the silver box, free the trapped souls in the Reflectory and rescue Chiyoko. Can she find the strength and courage needed to defeat the enemy, prove herself the rightful guardian and save all of their lives?

E.R. Murray

Elizabeth Rose Murray’s debut, The Book of

Learning – Nine Lives Book 1, was chosen

as the Dublin UNESCO City of Literature

Citywide Read for Children in 2016. Based

in West Cork, Elizabeth has had poetry and

short stories published in journals across the

UK and Ireland, and has been shortlisted

in several competitions. Her first novel

for young adults, Caramel Hearts, will be

published in May 2016 by Alma Books.


CATEGORY: CHILDRENS’ 9+


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Publication Date: September 2016 Description

Twenty-First-Century Relationships: Making them Work is the perfect guide to the modern relationship. With practical guides to help during times of trouble, this book guides the reader through the pitfalls to attain a stronger, healthier and more loving relationship.

Twenty-first Century Relationships: Making them Work

How do we find enduring love?

Can we separate our own sense of well-being and success from that of a relationship?

Can we learn from our mistakes and past blunders?

What are the traps and issues in today’s relationships?

How does technology affect the modern couple?

This practical book deals with all these subjects, and more. Written by an experienced couples therapist with years of experience dealing with various relationship issues, Twenty-First-Century Relationships: Making them Work is the perfect guide to the modern relationship. Taking into account the unique circumstances of the modern dating scene, it deals with finding, keeping and creating lasting love in the era of social media. With practical guides to help during times of trouble, such as how to have a good fight, this book guides the reader through the pitfalls to attain a stronger, healthier and more loving relationship.

Trish Murphy

Trish Murphy is a fully qualified and accredited

psychotherapist, trainer, mediator and

consultant working in private practice,

academic and business fields. She offers

counselling and therapy in Couples

Counselling and Sexual Intimacy Therapy, as

well as individual psychotherapy. Trish has a

weekly column in The Irish Times, is the resident

psychotherapist/agony aunt on the Ray

D’Arcy Show and appears monthly on the

morning show on TV3.


CATEGORY: LIFESTYLE

John Hewitt

John Hewitt is a lifelong aviation enthusiast.

He worked as an engineer with British Airways

for thirty years. He has been involved in the

mapping of Second World War crash sites

in Northern Ireland and spent forty years of

his life interviewing RAF Fighter Pilots and

Bomber Aircrew from all over Ireland. He

is originally from Portadown and now lives

in Islandmagee, County Antrim. He is the

author of ‘Ireland’s Aviator Heroes of World

War II: Vol. I’.

Price: €35.99Pub Date: April 2016Dimensions: 275 x 215 mmExtent: 288ppBinding: HardbackISBN: 978-1-78117-388-6

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Publication Date: April 2016 Description

The dramatic stories of Irishmen from all over the island who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Ireland’s Aviator Heroes of World War II

‘Ireland’s Aviator Heroes of World War II’ celebrates Irish aviators who served in the Royal Air Force during the dark days of the Second World War. Individual stories have been painstakingly and extensively researched through interviews with the surviving subjects and their families, and using the original log books and service records of the men. Many of the stories contain details of the individuals’ participation in important wartime campaigns, although others are limited to war service records due to a lack of surviving information.

Above all this book celebrates the great courage and sacrifice demonstrated by these Irishmen during their contribution to the Allied war effort against Nazi Germany, her western allies and Japan. Many of the men included paid the ultimate price for their participation. The book is also well illustrated with many photographs, some taken by the subjects themselves.


CATEGORY: HISTORY

Price: €22.99Pub Date: August 2016Dimensions: 240 x 168 mmExtent: 224ppBinding: HardbackISBN: 978-1-78117-455-5

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Publication Date: August 2016 Description

The story of how Coolmore Stud and its training operation at Ballydoyle have come to dominate the world of horse breeding and racing.

Coolmore Stud:Ireland’s Greatest Sporting Success Story

Nestled in a quiet part of County Tipperary, Coolmore Stud casts as long a shadow as any sporting entity over the history of Irish sport. Founded by the legendary horse trainer Vincent O’Brien, and now managed by John Magnier, Coolmore Stud has grown from a small breeding farm into a global behemoth, renowned the world over for the quality of the horses it produces.

Alan Conway tells the story of how Coolmore Stud and its training operation at Ballydoyle have come to dominate the world of horse breeding and racing. Using the stories of the people involved, including the formation of the legendary Syndicate of Magnier, O’Brien and Robert Sangster, and of the famous horses it has produced, such as the legendary Sadler’s Wells, his sons Galileo and Montjeu, and the mighty Danehill, this book charts the rise of one of Ireland’s greatest sporting success stories.

Alan Conway

Alan Conway is a sports writer whose work

has appeared in the Sunday Business Post,

Club Rugby Magazine and Club GAA

Magazine. He is also the co-author of

Running Through Walls: The Dave Langan

Story. From 2009–2012 he was horse-racing

correspondent for sportsnewsireland.com.


CATEGORY: SPORT


World Rights

Publication Date: September 2016

Ten Red-Hot Tips: To Promote your Business

PR techniques can be used by businesses of all sizes, In Ten Red-Hot Tips, well-known PR guru Ellen Gunning reveals the top ten most important types of PR for small to medium-sized businesses. Ellen cuts through the jargon to provide the reader with the techniques on how to create the ‘angles’ that will interest the media. Ten Red-Hot Tips, outlines the importance of creative thinking, persistence and knowledge of the market you are operating in (including the media and web markets) and devoting time to learning and applying the techniques. You won’t apply all of the techniques – they won’t all be relevant to your business – but the techniques you decide to use will enhance your presence in the market and generate talk about you, your business and your products.

Ellen Gunning

Ellen Gunning ma, miapr, fprii, nuj, is the director

of the Irish Academy of Public Relations, which

she formed in 1992. Ellen has worked in PR and

event management since the 1980s, and has

handled some of the largest PR campaigns

in the country, including The Kerrygold Dublin

Horse Show, National Energy Awareness Week

and a presidential campaign. She is the author

of Public Relations – A Practical Approach (Gill

and Macmillan 2003), the core text, nationwide,

for all students studying public relations in

Ireland. Her second book was Capital Women

of Influence (Liffey Press, 2009).


CATEGORY: BUSINESS

Description

In Ten Red-Hot Tips, well-known PR guru Ellen Gunning reveals the top ten most important types of PR for small to medium-sized businesses.

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