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Thirty-two Words for Field by Manchan Magan has gone straight in at number nine in the charts - that's the non-fiction hardback charts!

Needlework can be tracked through time from the earliest weaving of grasses and palms to the stitching together of furs and animal hides to today’s high street fashion and haute couture.

An inspiring friend who has grown the most beautiful forest garden with her partner over the last twenty eight years had saplings ready for me wrapped in paper and plastic bags with a little soil and water to keep them moist.

These amazing reads are a saga about female friendship set against a background of a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples in the 1950s and winds its way through the lives of the characters through the 60s and 70s.

With spring finally here, our thoughts will be returning to the garden. It's probably more important than ever now that we find ourselves indoors a lot of the time.

The world's leading classical music channel is now available for free with your Dublin City Libraries card. Choose from an extensive selection of concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries and master classes:

This week I would like to draw your attention to one of the libraries online resources, the RB digital magazine collection.

“I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.”

Soccer is more than just a game. On Borrowbox there is a wide range of eBooks and eAudiobooks available at the click of a button. They will keep you entertained for hours. Here is a selection of what is available on Manchester United F.C. and its players.

If you are a soccer fan or if you just love sport in general, there are loads of books on Borrowbox that may be of interest to you. If you are soccer crazy like me, then you can delve into the history of players or clubs. Here is a selection of what is available on Liverpool F.C. and its players.