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Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

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'INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY The final work from foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, picking up the story in the Middle East where his internationally bestselling The Great War

9780007255481

€33.50 excluding shipping

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE 'Radical, funny and fearless' VANITY FAIR 'Gripping' NYLON An electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwom

9780008361891

€18.50 excluding shipping

The Open Gardens of Ireland

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The Open Gardens of Ireland as seen on Nation Wide. From the tiniest town garden to the grandest castle demesne and historic country house, from the most hidden sanctuary to our best loved public properties; this guide takes you on a grand tour o

9781399981330

€25.50 excluding shipping

Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won The War

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This book is his best yet . . . Dimbleby's work is in a different league, told with such skill and judgment' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate

9780241536728

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Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024** **WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE 2024 | NON-FICTION** A beautifully illustrated new memoir of a life in art, a father and daughter, and what a shared love of a painting can come to mean. 'Br

9781529922530

€16.50 excluding shipping

Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century

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'Kuper is a shrewd observer [in] this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel city.

9781800816480

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The Racket: On Tour with Tennis's Golden Generation - and the other 99%

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THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Well worth a read if you want the inside track on life on the lower rungs of the tennis circuit. Warts and all.' Judy Murray 'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It's Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar

9781844886418

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Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland's LGBTQ Past

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Marking fifty years of the founding of an LGBTQ rights movement in Ireland, Reeling in the Queers explores the lesser-known stories of the fight for LGBTQ rights since 1974, beyond decriminalisation and Marriage Equality. From 1990s boy bands to the

9781848409224

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Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance

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Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas i

9781503632622

€28.50 excluding shipping

The Long Game: Inside Sinn Fein

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Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland Sinn Fein, long widely-regarded as the political wing of the Provisional IRA, is the most popular political party in both Northern

9780241993781

€13.00 excluding shipping

Making Sense of a United Ireland: Should it happen? How might it happen?

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'Should be required reading for everyone - including unionists - who are interested in and concerned about the fate of this island' Dublin Review of Books 'Compelling' Financial Times Will Ireland really reunite? A century ago the resolution to Ir

9780241995778

€14.50 excluding shipping

Kindling the Celtic Spirit: Ancient Traditions to Illumine Your Life Through the

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In this beautiful treasury of sacred wisdom, Mara Freeman shares the rich legacy of the Celts -- the festivals, gods and goddesses, saints, faeries, music, poetry, and storytelling that anchor this magical tradition. Discover myths, rituals, recipes,

9780062516855

€21.90 excluding shipping

Peace Comes Dropping Slow: My Life in the Troubles

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9781785375002

€19.50 excluding shipping

A Modern History of the Kurds

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David McDowall's ground-breaking history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day documents the underlying dynamics of the Kurdish question. The division of the Kurdish people among the modern nation states of Iraq, Turkey, Sy

9780755600755

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Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction

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Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and

9780198856832

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Hunted: The Kevin Barry Artt Story: His Wrongful Conviction for Murder, Daring E

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On Sunday, 26 November 1978, two IRA gunmen kicked in the front door at 8 Evelyn Gardens in Belfast, the home of Maze prison official Albert Miles. They executed Miles in front of his family and vanished into the night. In 1983 twenty-four-yea

9781785375200

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Parcels in the Post: Growing Up With Fifty Siblings

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It’s the early 1980s and Fiona Neary and her family have recently moved back from England to the family farm. Fiona’s huge-hearted mum decides to take in foster children – a decision that will change all their lives. Over the next decade, a proces

9781848409262

€18.50 excluding shipping

Don't Die in Autumn: A Memoir

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'Paul, my brother, still questions whether I was born or if, in fact, I was hatched.' Eric Dempsey is mad about birds. In fact, they have changed his whole life.Having once been gainfully employed by a semi-state company in a

9780717165797

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Lessons From the Bench: Reflections on a Career Spent in Ireland's Criminal Cour

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'Long before her retirement, Judge Gillian Hussey had been conferred with the status of "legend of the bench". This book gives a wonderful insight into the complex demands and balances that confronted her day in, day out. It's a fasci

9780717192687

€23.50 excluding shipping

Eyewitness to War and Peace

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In this gripping memoir, Eamonn Mallie takes us on an extraordinary journey through his life as a journalist in Northern Ireland. From the frontlines of the Troubles to the corridors of power, Mallie’s fearless reporting and unrelenting pursuit of th

9781785375064

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Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from Below, 1917-1923

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In the spring of 1919, UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote: ' The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution. There is a deep sense not only of discontent, but of anger and revolt, amongst the workmen against prewar conditions ...

9781801511186

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The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism

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How can you fight something if you don't know it exists? We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our men

9780241635902

€31.95 excluding shipping

Gerald Boland: A Life

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9781916742512

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Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

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'Truly wonderful... Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait.' - Claire Tomalin

A BLAZING, GENRE-BENDING MASTERPIECE FROM ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE WRITERS OF OUR TIME

Looking for wonder and som

9780241482742

€14.50 excluding shipping

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Giving Birth in Ireland Edited by Su Huschke and Leigh Brosnan Irish Birth Movement