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This Much is True: 'There's never been a memoir so packed with eye-popping, hila

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'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRY

'As outrageously entertaining as you'd expect' Daily Express

BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel

9781529379907
€12.50 excluding shipping

Escape From the Ghetto: The Breathtaking Story of the Jewish Boy Who Ran Away fr

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'Trust me, this is a great true story' - Ken Follett

'It deserves to be ranked among the great survival stories of the Second World War' - The Jewish Chronicle

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The captivating true story of o

9781529381580
€19.00 excluding shipping

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork: A Sunday Times Book of t

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**The Sunday Times Best Business Book of the Year 2020**

'A satisfying ticktock of the company's rapid rise and crash, culminating in its disastrous I.P.O. in 2019 and Neumann's ouster.' New York Times
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9781529385083
€13.20 excluding shipping

Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life

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The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller

'This second volume of memoirs is as fascinating as the first....full of wit, joy, vivid vignettes and useful insights...she has another bestseller on her hands' India Knight, Sunday Ti

9781529395761
€19.00 excluding shipping

To the Greatest Heights

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When Vanessa O'Brien was made redundant in 2008 as part of the recession, she moved to Hong Kong with her husband for his career and resigned herself to being 'just the wife'. There she was, aged 46, bored, uninspired, unemployed. Was this going t

9781529403138
€19.25 excluding shipping

Before and After: the heartbreaking true stories of a notorious adoption scandal

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The incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel Before We Were Yours

From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Te

9781529406368
€11.50 excluding shipping

This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books

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'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've ever read. Perfectly curated and filled with brilliant literature'
Nikesh Shukla

'The ultimate introduction to post-colonial literature for those who want to

9781529414592
€22.00 excluding shipping

The Last Good Funeral of the Year: A Memoir

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A Sunday Times Bestseller March 2022 (Ireland)

Soon, the lockdown would start. People would die alone, without any proper ceremony. Charlotte's death would be washed away, the first drop in a downpour. Nobody knew it t

9781529417067
€17.00 excluding shipping

Uncommon Grounds (New edition): The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our

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First published in 1999, Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks and the coffee crisis of the 21st century. Mark Pendergrast uses coffee production, trade, and

9781541699380
€28.95 excluding shipping

The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire

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ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2021

'The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar, but Kavanagh recounts it with a great sense of drama... Kavanagh's account reminds me of the very best of true crime.

9781611854510
€19.95 excluding shipping

Butter: A Rich History

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"Edifying from every point of view--historical, cultural, and culinary." -David Tanis, author of A Platter of Figs and Other RecipesIt's a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock star. Ubiquitous in the world's most fabulous cuisine
9781616207397
€19.50 excluding shipping

The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough

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The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist.

In the world of crime, there exists an unusual commonality between those who steal art
9781643138503
€16.50 excluding shipping

On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging (Shortlisted for the Wainwright Pr

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Shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 for Nature Writing - Highly Commended

Winner of the Richard Jeffries Award 2021

'It's ever so good. Political, passionate & perso

9781645021162
€25.80 excluding shipping

Alderman Joseph McDonagh

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9781739169206
€15.00 excluding shipping

Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground

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Twenty years on from her critically acclaimed book, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, Susan McKay talks again to the people she 'uneasily' called 'her own', those from a Protestant background in Northern Ireland.

9781780732640
€20.50 excluding shipping

Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People

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First published in 2000, 'Northern Protestants - An Unsettled People' was an instant success and is widely recognised as a ground-breaking book. Based on over sixty in-depth interviews with a wide range of northern Protestants, Susan McKay present

9781780732657
€20.50 excluding shipping

Rails Through Tipperary: Limerick to Waterford: Including Nenagh, Killaloe and C

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Rails Through Tipperary is a scenic photographic odyssey through the 'Golden Vale' of County Tipperary covering the route from Limerick to Waterford along with the branches and section of the Dublin-Cork main line that inter
9781780733395
€23.50 excluding shipping

My Name Is Philippa

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My Name is Philippa: A Transgender Memoir of Love, Understanding and Transformation. Experience a heart-changing journey with Philippa Ryder as she transitions from male to female with the support of her family. This powerful and moving s

9781781177938
€17.50 excluding shipping

Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening

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Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. And in mod
9781781250907
€15.95 excluding shipping

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize 'Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and acute appreciation of the concerns and aspirations of the contending p
9781781259344
€14.60 excluding shipping

Comrades: A Lifetime of Friendships

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'I was fascinated, moved and entertained by every page. This is the kind of book the world needs right now' DONAL RYAN
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'My dictionary's first two definitions of 'comrade' are:

A close companion.

9781781620540
€18.50 excluding shipping

The Day Michael Collins Was Shot: 2022

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9781781997260
€15.50 excluding shipping

The Book of the Skelligs

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This book explores the Skelligs, Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful Atlantic islands, and focuses particularly on Skellig Michael, a famous UNESCO World Heritage Site. It considers why the construction of a remarkable monastic site near the peak o
9781782055396
€49.50 excluding shipping

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE

Chosen as 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' by Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement,

9781782111252
€13.50 excluding shipping
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