Politics , Society & Current Affairs

Paul Mooney / The Million Euro Decision : How Education Changes Lives (Large Paperback)

 The Million Dollar Decision incisively diagnoses the causes of educational disadvantage in Ireland. From creche to university, we see how educational practices nurture or negate a student's potential. Stretching beyond the education system, the...

Tamsin Blanchard / Green is the New Black

 Already loved and widely acclaimed by the fashion industry, GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK now has even more fantastic tips and ideas that make saving the world with style easy!From the truth about fast fashion to the best biodegradable shoes, from...

Stephen Lewis / Race Against Time

 "I have spent the last four years watching people die." With these wrenching words, diplomat and humanitarian Stephen Lewis opens his 2005 CBC Massey Lectures. Lewis's determination to bear witness to the desperate plight of so many in Africa and...

Lara Marlowe / Love in a Time of War : My Years with Robert Fisk (Hardback)

 The Irish Times bestseller 'A gripping tale of savagery and courage' Noam Chomsky'Fascinating and captivating' Irish Times'A beautiful book... Full of pain and longing but also joy, adventure, and excitement' Janine di Giovanni'A superb account of...

Christopher Chant / Warfare and the Third Reich. The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Armed Forces (Hardback)

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Howard E. Wasdin / Seal Team Six

  When the US Navy send their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six. SEAL Team Six is a clandestine unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue and counterinsurgency. Until recently its...

Hans Ulrich Obrist / Ai Weiwei Speaks : with Hans Ulrich Obrist

 A new edition of conversations between the artist Ai Wei Wei and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, coming up to the present dayAi Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one of the world's...

Beryl Markham / West With The Night

 WEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on first publication in 1942. It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham -- aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and 30s.Markham was taken...

Luke Harding / Collusion : How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House

 #1 New York Times Bestseller'It's a superb piece of work, wonderfully done and essential reading for anyone who cares for his country. Amazing research and brilliantly collated.' John Le Carre'Collusion is so essential and ... I wish everyone who...

Peter Mandelson / The Third Man : Life at the Heart of New Labour

 The number one bestselling memoir of one of New Labour's three founding architects, now with a revealing new chapter updating this paperback edition.Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his...

Anne Somerset / Queen Anne : The Politics of Passion

 Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical...

A. T. Lane / A Priesthood in Tune : Theological Reflections on Ministry (Large Paperback)

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Lisa Taddeo / Three Women

 The International No. 1 BestsellerA BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times'A book that begs discussion' Vanity FairAll Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children...

David E. Sanger / The Inheritance

 During his seven years covering the White House for the New York Times, Chief Washington Correspondent David E. Sanger has had extraordinary and unrivaled access to presidents, world leaders and secretaries of state. Here, in The Inheritance, he...

Stephen R. Matthews / The Day the Nazis Came

 By the time he was six years old, Stephen Matthews had been bombarded by the Luftwaffe and deported from occupied Guernsey, along with his family, to a prison camp in the heart of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. He had seen men die in front of him and...

Gwyn Prins / Another Europe? : After the Third No (Large Paperback)

  After the French and Dutch electorates decisively rejected the EU Constitution at the polls in 2005, the Irish delivered a resounding 'Third No' in June 2008, triggering a political earthquake in the capitals of Europe. Forcing the Irish to...

Mark Thomas / Belching Out the Devil (Large Paperback)

  Coca-Cola and its logo are everywhere. In our homes, our workplaces, and even our schools. It is a company that sponsors the Olympics, backs US presidents and even re-brands Santa Claus. A truly universal product, it has even been served in...

John Gribbin / The Future Now : Predicting the 21st Century

  Written in the late 1990's - distinguished academics and writers offer their predictions for the world's future across a range of social economic, political, geographical and technological subjects. Contributors include: John Gribbin with an...

Cearbhall ODalaigh / Celtic Meltdown : Why Ireland is Broke and How We Can Fix it

  Many factors have been blamed for Ireland's current financial crisis, but who is really responsible? And perhaps more importantly, why was everyone taken by surprise? What happened? How did it happen? How can we prevent similar crises from...

Brough Scott / Galloper Jack

  This is Brough Scott's moving biography of his grandfather - the author of the best-selling Warrior. 'Galloper' Jack Seely was at the heart of some of the most important events of the first part of the 20th century. His early life was one of...

Iain Dale / The Big Book of Boris

 Boris Johnson, the UK's new Prime Minister, has ruled out holding an early general election. But, as we've seen, anything can happen in today's politics.There are few politicians who could genuinely be described as a phenomenon. Boris Johnson is...

Andrew Raymond / Official Secrets (Large Paperback)

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Alyssa Mastromonaco / Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? : And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House (Large Paperback)

 'Always fascinating and very funny, Alyssa's book is full of juicy stories from one of the world's most glamorous jobs' Mindy KalingIf your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her behind-the-scenes...

William Doyle / The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

 Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still...

Jenni Murray / A History of Britain in 21 Women

 From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 21 WomenThey were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. Jenni Murray presents the...

Colm Ó Tórna- Cad Fúinne, Mar Sin - What of Us, Then ? - PB - 2019

Paperback, signed and dedcicated by the author (as Gaeilge) to the title page.  The title is as Gaeilge, but the book is in English. 

Paul Cunningham / Ireland's Burning (Large Paperback)

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Valerie Cox / Growing Up with Ireland (Large Paperback)

 'An incredible portal to our past' The Sunday TimesOn 7 January 1922, Ireland became a free state. Born into that era of turbulence and hope were the twenty-six women and men whose stories and memories of a lifetime are captured by cherished Irish...

Brian Robson / The Crate Escape (Large Paperback)

 In 1962, when air-travel was in its infancy, a nineteen-year-old boy who felt trapped in Melbourne, Australia, made up his mind that he was going to return to his homeland in the United Kingdom. He was prevented from doing so by both lack of...

Denis MacShane / Brexit, No Exit

 The UK's Brexit vote in 2016 and the inconclusive general election just 12months later have unleashed a wave of chaos and uncertainty - on the eveof formal negotiations with the EU.Denis MacShane - former MP and Europe minister under Tony Blair -...

Colin Berry / The Deniable AgentUndercover in Afghanistan

  As far as Colin Berry's family were concerned, he'd gone to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban to market low-cost housing. But in fact, Berry, a former soldier, had been recruited by British intelligence to secretly buy back weapons...

Lee Lawrence / The Louder I Will Sing

 WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee's journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging' AKALAWhat would you do if the...

Boris Johnson / The Dream of Rome

 Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this is an authoritative and amusing study from bestselling author Boris Johnson.In addition to his...

Chas Newkey-Burden / 64 Geeks: Meet the Brains Who Changed the World (Hardback)

 We wouldn't have Bluetooth or Wi-Fi today without the ingenuity of an actress once described as "the most beautiful woman in the world."And we might have had mobile messaging as early as 1901, were it not for the fickleness of a banker.From...

Steven Emerson / American Jihad : The Terrorists Living among Us (Hardback)

 The United States government is actively monitoring terrorist cells affiliated with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in eleven cities, from Florida to Boston to Denver to Houston. But al Qaeda is hardly our only threat. Hamas, formed in 1987, was...

John Ford ( Editor) - Truly Totally Trump - A Collection of Put-Downs Quotes and Insults - HB

A humorous look at President Trump's best insults and comebacks since taking office in his first term The 45th president changed the game on insults, quips, and news-worthy jabs in 140 characters or less. This book puts President Trump's most notable and...

Tony Bunyan- The History and Practice of The Political Police in Britain - HB -1977

A first edition, 1976 , in which Tony Bunyan examines the history, development and role of the police and the intelligence agencies in the UK . Cover the ( then) standard police organisations, the Special Branch, MI5, surveillance techniques, notable...

Alexander Cockburn - Corruptions of Empire : Life Studies and the Reagan Era - PB -1988

"The implied narrative of this collection is the journalist's background, the imperial myths that helped to shape him, the impulse to exile and his encounter with the Reagan era. The background, the myths and the impulse to exile form the first three...

Ali Benjamin / The Smash-Up (Large Paperback)

 Life for Ethan and Zo used to be simple. Ethan co-founded a lucrative media start-up, and Zo was well on her way to becoming a successful filmmaker. Then they moved to a rural community for a little more tranquility--or so they thought.When...

Fintan O'Toole / Three Years in Hell : The Brexit Chronicles (Large Paperback)

 Three years in the troubled British Isles from the bestselling author of Heroic Failure. In 2011 Queen Elizabeth made her first ever state visit to the Irish Republic. It was a great, moving occasion. In settling once and for all its relationship...

Roger Bootle / Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU

 "I recommend our diplomats and ministers read this book: it will provide them with an intellectual backbone. On the big calls [Bootle] has a spectacularly good record." Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times"Bootle is right on every count." The...

Philip Ziegler / Edward Heath : The Authorised Biography (Hardback)

 The masterly official biography of Britain's former prime minister, which captures all the political drama of the 1970s, so relevant for the present day Distinguished biographer Philip Ziegler offers a timely reassessment of Edward Heath's...

Graydon Carter / What We've Lost (Hardback)

  Long standing editor of Vanity Fair, and hailed as the King of New York, Graydon Carter has turned his attention from Hollywood's finest to spearheading his own campaign to change the face of America by having George Bush removed as president...

Norman Mailer / Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery (Hardback)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton / The Book of Gutsy Women (Hardback)

 She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead, ask your question," her father urged, nudging her forward. She smiled shyly and said, "You're my hero. Who's yours?"Many people-especially girls-have asked us that same question...

Tom Moore / Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day (Hardback)

 Embark on an echanting journey into our country's past hundred years through the remarkable life of Captain Sir Tom Moore*** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER ***'A wonderful life story with lessons for us all . . . beautifully written' DAILY...

Ant Middleton / First Man In (Hardback)

 NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNo one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life's challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership. In First Man In, he shares the core lessons he's learned...

Franci Rabinek Epstein / Franci's War

 Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope. Deserves the status both as a valuable historical source and as...

Lauren Bravo - What Would the Spice Girls Do ? ( How The Girl Power Generation Grew Up) HB

The words 'girl power' conjure vivid memories of short skirts and platform boots. But it wasn't just about the look, it was about feminism. The Spice Girls gave a generation their first glimpse of the power of friendship, of staying true to yourself,...

Leo Docherty / Desert of Death

  A devastating first-hand account of the current war in Afghanistan. Desert of Death is a brilliantly vivid on-the-ground report of the events which led to the fiercest fighting faced by UK troops since the Korean War. It is a story of bravery...

Sheldon Ramton / Banana Republicans

  The Republicans control the Supreme Court, the Senate, Congress and the White House. They dominate the mass media. They will use any and all means necessary to win in the upcoming election. Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber are two of the most...

Richard Chambers / A State of Emergency (Large Paperback)

 The electrifying behind-the-scenes account of a year that brought Ireland to the brink and back.In 2020 Ireland was launched into a state of turmoil, with the Government scrambling to handle the arrival of a virus that would see the already...