Brian Gleeson
Author
Language
English
Description
Following a bad breakup, relationship councilor Cormac Kavanagh (Brian Gleeson) starts sleeping with his clients in a misguided attempt to reignite their passions. His bedroom adventures soon lead him into dangerous territory and he starts falling for Flor (Gemma Leah Devereux), the attractive young private detective assigned to investigate his affairs.
2) Tiger Raid
Author
Language
English
Description
Two mercenaries ride a wave of pitch-black camaraderie as they travel through the desert night on their way to carry out a kidnapping in Iraq. As the raid progresses, their frenzied world turns in on itself as past misdeeds come to the surface, and violently threatening to tear them apart.
3) Anansi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two Jamaican folk tales in which Anansi the spider practices his trickery on others. Includes an audio cassette featuring narration and music.
4) Pecos Bill
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents tall tales about one of America's favorite heroes, Pecos Bill.
5) Paul Bunyan
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the exploits of the legendary giant logger and his big blue ox, Babe.
8) Finn McCoul
Author
Publisher
Picture Book Studio
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the Irish folktale in which the giant Finn McCoul and his very clever wife defeat the brutish giant Cuculin.
9) Hellboy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The legendary half-demon superhero is called to the countryside to battle a trio of rampaging giants. There he discovers the Blood Queen, Nimue, a resurrected ancient sorceress thirsting to avenge a past betrayal. Suddenly caught in a clash between the supernatural and the human, Hellboy is now hellbent on stopping Nimue without triggering the end of the world.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Based on the children's book 'Angela And The Baby Jesus' by Frank McCourt, comes a funny, heartwarming, poignant story about the power of family and the innocent desire of a child to ensure everyone is safe, warm, and loved at Christmas time.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In Dublin, a young Nigerian girl, Esme Lukasa, is found dead at a bus stop opening an investigation into her violent death. This leads Inspector Jen Rooney and her team of investigating detectives to a Direct Provision Centre for asylum-seekers. It is soon discovered that another girl from the center has disappeared. The police enter a murky underworld of slumlords and traffickers to find out who killed Esme and rescue the missing girl before she...
Author
Series
Single-Handed volume 1
Language
English
Description
Freshly transferred to his hometown from Dublin, Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll probes the carbon monoxide poisoning of a young immigrant woman. The investigation threatens to expose dirty secrets kept by a few well-respected local men including, perhaps, his father.
Author
Series
Single-Handed volume 2
Language
English
Description
After toddler Conal Burke disappears, his mother accuses her estranged husband of snatching him. Jack desperately tries to locate the boy and his father before Conal's two violent uncles get involved. Meanwhile, a tribunal investigates past police misconduct by Jack's father.
Author
Series
Single-Handed volume 3
Language
English
Description
Driscoll heroically pulls 17-year-old Daniel O'Malley out of the bay-too late to save him. The mystery surrounding the teenager's death deepens when Driscoll learns that his old flame has been "vacationing" at a cottage overlooking the exact spot where Daniel drowned.