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My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends

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THE LONG-AWAITED, MOVING MEMOIR OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HANNAH PICK-GOSLAR.

'Heartbreaking and life-affirming' - Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice

'An extraordinary story of love, loss and the power of frie

9781846047435
€15.00 excluding shipping

The World According to Colour: A Cultural History

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A beguiling cultural history of colour by the BAFTA nominated broadcaster and art historian James Fox

'This book is a triumph. James Fox's passionate and illuminating exploration of the extraordinary relationship

9781846148248
€30.50 excluding shipping

Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches From Kiev

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Acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov gives powerful insight into life in Kyiv following the 2013 protests and before the 2022 Russian invasion.

-16 DegreesC, sunlight, silence. I drove the children to school, then went to see the re

9781846559471
€17.20 excluding shipping

Four Tipperary Saints: The Lives of Colum of Terryglass, Cronan of Roscrea, Moch

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9781846825507
€9.95 excluding shipping

Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

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9781846829598
€30.50 excluding shipping

Kathleen Clarke: Revolutionary Woman

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A UNIQUE, ABSORBING, FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF AN ACTIVIST DURING THE MOST EXCITING PERIOD IN IRISH HISTORY

New edition to celebrate the renewed interest in 1916 and women's history - contains new material not published in pr

9781847170590
€15.50 excluding shipping

Thomas MacDonagh: 16Lives

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Born in Cloughjordan in Co. Tipperary, MacDonagh was a poet and playwright, an educator and political activist. Appointed to the IRB Military Council he became a member of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic and was a signatory of the

9781847173362
€17.50 excluding shipping

Ireland's Ancient Laws

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9781847581891
€10.50 excluding shipping

The Lion House: Discover the life of Suleyman the Magnificent, the most feared m

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**A SUNDAY TIMES, SPECTATOR and iNEWS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**

'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph

'The most daring history book of the year. Unfo

9781847922397
€26.50 excluding shipping

Growing Up: Sex in the Sixties

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'An excellent book' David Aaronovitch, The Times

Was the 1960s really that great time of liberation, joyful experimentation and celebration of youth? Growing Up takes an unflinching look at the dark underbelly of

9781847924285
€32.00 excluding shipping

Churchill's Shadow: An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy

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'Provocative, clear-sighted, richly textured and wonderfully readable, this is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' DAVID KYNASTON

'Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining' ROBERT HARRIS<

9781847925749
€22.00 excluding shipping

The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'Masterful. Galor answers the ultimate mystery' LEWIS DARTNELL
'Completely brilliant and utterly original' JON SNOW
'Astounding in scope and insight' NOURIEL ROUBINI

9781847926920
€17.50 excluding shipping

Shared Notes: A Musical Journey

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Martin Hayes spent his childhood on a farm in County Clare, in a household steeped in musical tradition. After a free-spirited youth, he headed to the United States where he built a career that led to a life of musical performance on stages all ov

9781848272644
€24.50 excluding shipping

The Great Leviathan: The Life of Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of Sligo 1788-1845

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From Ireland, England, France, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Italy to America and the West Indies, overflowing with historic events, from the French Revolution to the Great Irish Famine, with a cast of the famous and infamous, Howe Peter Browne, 2nd

9781848406391
€15.50 excluding shipping

The Curious History of Irish Dogs

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There are nine breeds of dog that are native to Ireland: four terriers, three gun dogs, and two hounds. In The Curious History of Irish Dogs, David Blake Knox tells the remarkable stories of each of the nine breeds, and reveals how they have become i
9781848407015
€15.50 excluding shipping

Anseo

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In 2013, Una-Minh Kavanagh, a young journalist and content creator, was racially abused and spat upon in Dublin's city centre. Having dealt with racism throughout her young life, this proud Kerrywoman had finally had enough. In the days that followed
9781848407497
€12.95 excluding shipping

The Presidents' Letters: An Unexpected History of Ireland

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Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Irish-Published Book of the Year

A TREASURE TROVE OF LETTERS TO AND FROM OUR NINE PRESIDENTS FROM 1938 TO THE PRESENT DAY

With over 400 letters, memos, cards, telegrams, drawings, n

9781848407695
€25.50 excluding shipping

A Very Strange Man: A Memoir of Aidan Higgins

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This is a love story, set in the Irish literary world between 1986 and 2015. When they were first introduced by the poet Derek Mahon, Alannah Hopkin was an arts journalist turned full-time writer and Aidan Higgins, twenty-three years her senior, w

9781848407930
€18.50 excluding shipping

If Memory Serves Me Wrong: A Memoir of Theatre, Love and Loss to Early-onset Alz

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When Ronan Smith was in his twenties, his father, the theatre impresario Brendan Smith, developed obvious signs of early onset Alzheimer's disease but steadfastly refused to acknowledge it. Brendan ran the Olympia Theatre and had founded the Brend

9781848408074
€17.50 excluding shipping

Emerald Exiles: How the Irish Made Their Mark on World Football

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When football players leave Ireland behind in the hopes of carving out a future in the professional game, they often end up plying their trade in the UK -competing for a chance in the Premier League, the Scottish Premiership, or the numerous leagu

9781848408180
€18.50 excluding shipping

An Unconsidered People: The Irish in London - Updated Edition

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New updated edition of the seminal work by Catherine Dunne, which charted the multifarious lives of the London Irish, in all their variety and colour, now with a brand new foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter.

Before the 'Ryanair Generation', l

9781848408227
€15.50 excluding shipping

Ireland's Hidden Histories: A Story a Day from Our Little-Known Past

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If you are looking for happy, positive or uplifting stories then this might not be the book for you.

If, on the other hand, tales of human tragedy, executions, wars, grave-robbing, rioting, man-eating Kerry eagles, rat-eating Belfast gam

9781848408234
€15.50 excluding shipping

Legends: Stories from Ireland's Sporting Greats

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Stories from the lives of some of Ireland's greatest sports stars. From the highs of lifting trophies and overcoming the impossible, to the lows of battling injury and facing defeat, these are inspiring stories written in plain English for emergin

9781848408753
€12.50 excluding shipping

Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries

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A fascinating insider account of researching, rehearsing and performing the part of King Lear for a major Royal Shakespeare Company production, Antony Sher's Year of the Mad King won the 2019 Theatre Book Prize awarded by the Society for

9781848426719
€22.50 excluding shipping
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