This book tells the life of Pedro Arrupe SJ, 1907-1991, whose cause for beatification was introduced in 2019. Arrupe played a central role in the Church of the twentieth century and his influence endures in the many who are fired by his idealism, vision and way of life.
The first biography of Janis Joplin to establish her as the rule-breaking trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was - based on unprecedented access to her family, friends, forgotten archives, and long-lost interviews.
The funny, frank and full autobiography of the nation's favourite comedian. 'It's the first time I've done this. Other people have written about me - or for me - but this time it's just my own life in my own words'
Born in a refugee camp in Ramadi, Iraq, at the height of the Gulf War under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein, Zak Moradi was forced to flee with his family. Settling in Leitrim, Zak discovered a talent for hurling. In this book, Zak reflects on his first 20 years in Ireland, the skills he learned through sport and the role it played in helping him put down roots.