New This Month

Celebrate Bloomsday with the first-ever commercially available unabridged recording of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Published 17 years after Ulysses, and worked on assiduously during that period, Finnegans Wake is a rich and poetic exploration of Irish history, myth and folktale. Joyce veteran Barry McGovern and the much-loved Marcella Riordan bring the novel’s idiosyncratic and dreamlike language to life, making it more accessible than ever before.

We also have The Complete Short Stories by Saki (H.H. Munro), narrated by Rupert Degas, as well as two titles read by David Timson: Tacitus’ The Histories, a fascinating close-up account of the years following Emperor Nero’s assassination, and John Galsworthy’s End of the Chapter, the third and final volume in The Forsyte Chronicles.

‘Riverrun past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs…’ So starts Finnegans Wake…

H.H. Munro (Saki) is one of the undisputed masters of the short story. In this complete compendium, the full gamut of his subjects and themes is experienced. His stories are imbued with humorous satire…

The Roman historian Tacitus was a successful politician who eventually became Governor of the province of Asia. He is thought to have died around AD 120 and benefitted from the patronage of…

Volume 3 of this gripping family saga, End of the Chapter, shifts to the Cherrells – cousins of the Forsytes by marriage. Young Dinny Cherrell in particular cherishes their ancestral home, Condaford Grange…

The NAB Blog: Dr Moreau – Madman or Visionary?

H.G. Wells was certainly not an opponent of scientific progress. He had a background of training in biology and as a science journalist. However, he was all too aware that progress brings with it ethical questions. At the heart of …

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