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Quick view Johnson, Alan / The Long and Winding Road Winner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson's multi-award-winning autobiography charts an... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Patterson, Henry / Ireland Since 1939 : the Persistence of Conflict Synthesizing a vast body of scholarly work, Henry Patterson offers a compelling narrative of contemporary Ireland as a place poised between the divisiveness of deep-seated conflict and the modernizing - but perhaps no less divisive - pull... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Dallek, Robert / Lyndon B. Johnson : Portrait of a President Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has condensed his two-volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Based on years... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Williams, Hywel / Days That Changed the World : The 50 Defining Events of World History The currents of History run deep and often unseen beneath the everyday ripple of events. But now and again the current rises to the surface, and the events of a single day shed an exceptional light on the meaning of the past. Such events are the... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Chomsky, Noam / Deterring Democracy From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in global politics that came about with the dismantling of the Eastern Bloc have left the United States... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Lewis, Michael / Boomerang - The Biggest Bust A highly enjoyable exercise in financial disaster tourism... politically incorrect, often very funny, and shot through with genuine insight' Robert Harris, The TimesIn this hilarious, fascinating, timely must-read, Michael Lewis reveals the... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Somerset, Anne / Elizabeth I An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court. Elizabeth I ruled England in defiance of convention, exercising supreme authority in a man's world. With courage, brilliance and... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view O'Riordan, Steven / Whispering Hope : The True Story of the Magdalene Women At the conclusion of my discussions with one group of the Magdalene Women one of those present sang 'Whispering Hope'. A line from that song stays in my mind - 'when the dark midnight is over, watch for the breaking of day'.Let me hope that... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Byrne, Paula / Belle : The True Story of Dido Belle The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England.In one of the most... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Marshall, Bruce / The White Rabbit The harrowing, and inspiring, story of the capture of one of Britain's top SOE agents in World War Two, his refusal to crack under the most horrific torture, and his final imprisonment in a concentration camp.'The White Rabbit' was the code name of... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Thompson, Hunter S. / The Great Shark Hunt All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Sides, Hampton / Ghost Soldiers On a parched evening in the Philippines in 1945, 511 American POWs were saved from almost certain death. A force of elite US troops from the Sixth Ranger Battalion slipped 30 miles behind enemy lines and marched for three days through jungle and... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Lewis, Jon E. / The Mammoth Book of True War Stories War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Callil, Carmen / Bad Faith : A Story of Family and Fatherland Bad Faith tells the story of one of history's most despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government and was responsible for... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Williamson, Edwin / The Penguin History of Latin America This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Richmond, Theo / Konin A Quest The extraordinary story of a small Jewish ghetto in a small town in Poland - and of one man's obsessive quest to discover its fate and its survivors. Since his early childhood in London, Theo Richmond had heard his relatives mention a place... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Aron, Raymond / The Dawn Of Universal History : Selected Essays From A Witness To The Twentieth Century In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an active participant. Combining objectivity with incisive questioning, Aron's reading of movements and... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Seitz, Raymond / Over Here OVER HERE does for Great Britain what Alistair Cooke has done for the States. Raymond Seitz was US Ambassador to Britain from 1990 to 1994. Unlike the majority of his predecessors he didn't return home, but decided to stay on in the UK... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view The World's Greatest Royal Scandals Part of a series of books which examines real-life stories that have made newspaper headlines around the world, this looks at royal scandles. Other titles available include "The World's Greatest Blunders" and "The World's Greatest Cults"... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Davidson, James / Courtesans and Fishcakes : The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex.Sex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style.This fascinating book reveals that the ancient Athenians were supreme hedonists... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Bingley, Xandra / Bertie May and Mrs Fish : Country Memories of Wartime A lyrical, evocative and wonderfully original wartime memoir about life on a farm in the Cotswolds, seen through the eyes of a child.`Bertie, May and Mrs Fish' is Xandra Bingley's account of her childhood on a Cotswold farm, set against the... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view The Little Book of Trumpisms : The Donald on immigration global warming his rivals Mexicans and more A hilarious and horrific collection of Donald Trump's no-holds-barred opinions, brought together in one handy volume. It contains the rug-haired one's charming and intelligent thoughts on his opponents (`Hillary Clinton was the worst... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Blake, Peter / The Arcadian Cipher Uncover an ancient code and investigate this extraordinary undercurrent of history.Fascinated from an early age by the paintings of Poussin, Leonardo and other great master, Peter Blake has watched as others have made guesses as to their meanings,... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Kennedy, Edward M. / True Compass : A Memoir A landmark autobiography and the definite account from a member of America's most heralded family. As a young man, Edward M. Kennedy played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother, John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he was... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Humphreys, Margaret / Oranges and Sunshine Also published as Empty Cradles. In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous, Margaret discovered that... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Roberts, John / The Team That Wouldn't Die : Story of the Busby Babes The 6 February 1998 marks the 40th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. Twenty three people died as the plane carrying Manchester United home from a Euopean Cup tie crashed after refuelling in Germany. Eight of those were United players... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Cowley, Robert / What If? : Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been 'Anyone interested in military history or indeed history in general will find it fascinating to read.' Spectator. What If? is a collection of counterfactual essays dealing with military events. Concentrating on some of the most intriguing military... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Bradford, Sarah / America's Queen : The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Sarah Bradford's America's Queen is the definitive biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - a fascinating account of an extraordinary life. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Woodward, Bob / Plan of Attack Award-winning journalist Bob Woodward has spent over thirty years in Washington's corridors of power. In All the President's Men it was he, together with Carl Bernstein, who exposed the Watergate scandal and he has been giving us a privileged... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Bailey, Christopher J. / The Uncertain Power : Political History of the United States Since 1929 This is a short political history of the United States since 1929, focusing on the national political agenda. The book deals with civil rights, the anti-communist crusade, social reform, foreign policy and includes a discussion of military strategy... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Chandrasekaran, Rajiv / Green Zone : Imperial Life in the Emerald City From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Drawing on interviews and internal documents, Rajiv... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Leonard, Hugh / Parnell and the Englishwoman : A Love Story This is the story of the great love affair between Charles Stewart Parnell and Katharine O'Shea that led to Parnell's downfall as leader of the Irish party at Westminster in 1889. It is a story of political wrangling and intrigue over Home Rule in... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Kealy, Sr. Marie / Dominican Education in Ireland 1820-1930 (Large Paperback) Focusing on the part played by Dominican women in schools and colleges from 1820 to 1930, this book brings new findings to the history of the Catholic education of women and makes an important contribution to the general history of education in... €3.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Cushman, Karen / Catherine, Called Birdy An account of life in medieval England, and runner-up for the 1995 Newbery Medal. Catherine is spirited, stubborn and longing for adventure. Her journal paints a picture full of danger, hardships, and romance. Here are bawdy villagers, travelling... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Garrison, Jim / On the Trail of the Assassins : My Investigation and Prosecution of the Murder of President Kennedy Jim Garrison was the district attorney of New Orleans. He built up a powerful case for suggesting that President Kennedy's assassination was the result of a conspiracy with the US intelligence community and that Oswald was set up as a fall guy to... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Feeney, Paul / A 1950s Childhood : From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping Do you remember Pathe News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Gracie, Archibald / "Titanic" : A Survivor's Story This text provides a record of one of the most traumatic events in maritime history - the sinking of the Titanic. Not only does Colonel Archibald Gracie detail his own experiences on that fateful night, he has traced other survivors and catalogued... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Bloch, Michael / Wallis and Edward : Letters, 1931-1937 All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Joyce, Joe / The Boss : Charles J.Haughey in Government All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Coote, Stephen / Royal Survivor : Life of Charles II This sweeping narrative takes the reader from palaces and battlefields through exile, bitterness, triumph and deceit. Charles is revealed as a fascinating, brave and dangerous man - a gambler, a fixer, a survivor. The twists and turns of... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Robinson, Jeffrey / Rainier and Grace A biography of the Grimaldi royal family of Monaco, in which Prince Rainier speaks of his romance with Grace Kelly; Princess Stephanie recounts the tragic car crash that killed her mother; and Prince Albert and Princess Caroline reveal the private... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Boston, Anne / Wave Me Goodbye/Hearts Undefeated An invaluable omnibus that brings together women as diverse as Barbara Cartland, Virginia Woolf, Doris Lessing, a Soho street-sweeper and an air-raid warden. Containing fiction and non- fiction from some of the most well-known writers of the... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Colville, John Rupert / The Fringes of Power: October 1941-April 1955 v. 2 : Downing Street Diaries, 1939-55 All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Dwyer, T. Ryle / De Valera : The Man and the Myths All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Tillyard, Stella / Aristocrats A fascinating insight into 18th century aristocratic life through the lives of the four Lennox sisters, the great grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period 1740-1832. Passionate, witty and moving, the voices of the... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Friedman, Thomas L. / The World is Flat The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization - a `flattening' of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Darylmple, William / From the Holy Mountain A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple's previous work. In AD 587, two monks, John Moschos and Sophronius the Sophist, embarked on an... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Ardagh, John / Germany And the Germans Aims to capture the diversity and contradictions of the Germany of the mid-1990s. This new edition looks at events such as Chancellor Kohl's re-election in 1994, the recession, the flare up of racial violence, and the continued malaise in the east... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Janik, Erika / A Short History of Wisconsin Rediscover Wisconsin history from the very beginning. "A Short History of Wisconsin" recounts the landscapes, people, and traditions that have made the state the multifaceted place it is today. With an approach both comprehensive and accessible,... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Crofts, Lewis / The Pornographer of Vienna All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Ivins, Molly / Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America For all our mockery of America, we are morbidly fascinated by it. This is a book about George W. Bush 'uncut', his extreme ideology, his capabilities, and his past. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the... €2.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Collins, Stephen / People Politics and Power : From O'Connell to Ahern Politics in Ireland is something of a national obsession. Despite a decline in voter turnout in recent general elections, politics still attracts huge interest and controversy. Powerful political figures like Charles Haughey, Eamon de Valera,... €2.00 Add to Cart
