Politics , Society & Current Affairs

Ian Kennedy Martin / Billions (Vintage Paperback)

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Aubrey Malone / Political Bollocks

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Alastair Campbell - The Irish Diaries ( 1994-2003) - PB

Alastair Campbell's diaries from his involevment in teh Northern Ireland Peace Process, edited and introduced by Kathy Gilfillan.  Forewords by both Tony Blair and Bertier Ahern.  A frank insider...

Spiro T. Agnew / Canfield Decision (Vintage Paperback)

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Louie Stowell / Politics for Beginners: 1 (Coffee Table Book)

Shortlisted for Children's Illustrated/Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2019 A Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week With Brexit looming and constant political uncertainty...

Duncan Watts / Political Communication Today (Large Paperback)

The 1990s has become the era of the soundbite and the sharp suit, where presentational style and performance in the media are at least as important, if not more so, as the message being conveyed...

Ian Hurd / International Organizations (Coffee Table Book)

International organizations are at the heart of many global issues today. This 2010 textbook looks at the leading international organizations and explains how they both shape and are shaped by...

Fintan O'Toole - The Lie of the Land : Irish Identities - HB

This collection of essays is drawn from Fintan O'Toole's writings over two decades. Its portraits of people - talk-show hosts, priests, children, pop stars - and its reports of social and political...

Brendan Long - Tipperary S.R County Council 1899-1999 - PB

Paperback, a guide to the history , staff and councillors of the former Tipperary 'South Riding' County Council (Tipperary was long divided between a North Tipperary part ( termed in the language of...

Noel Dorr - Irish or British or Both - BRAND NEW

DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICEMore than a generation after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement brought an end to decades of violence in Northern Ireland, the central constitutional...

Annie Burdick / Unconscious Bias

How can we challenge the judgements we don t even know we re making?Unconscious bias affects us all. From the smallest assumption to the most sweeping generalization, the way we think about others...

T. M. Devine / Independence Or Union

'Deserves to be read by everyone interested in the future of the United Kingdom' Andrew Marr, The Sunday Times There can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and...

Konstantin Kisin / An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

For all the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he...

Gerry Abbott / Back to Mandalay

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Philip Gould / The Unfinished Revolution (Hardback)

On 1 May 1997, an event regarded by many as a sea-change occurred in British politics. Not only had the Conservatives been ejected from office after 18 years in power, but the Labour party which...

Shaun A. Casey / The Making of a Catholic President (Hardback)

The inside story of the 1960 presidential election explores the tension between religion and politics and reveals how John F. Kennedy overcame religious bigotry to become the first Catholic President...

Robert D. Putnam / Our Kids (Hardback)

It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America we believe in-a nation of opportunity, constrained only by ability and...

MCALEVEY / NO SHORTCUTS (Hardback)

A compelling call for progressive movements to change their organizing strategies     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

John Ranelagh / Thatcher's People (Hardback)

There have been many books about Margaret Thatcher asnd Thatcherism, and no doubt there will be many more. Though this book contains new insights into both her life and the philosophy named after...

Andrew Cockburn / Saddam Hussein (Hardback)

"The idea of direct invasion is the greatest threat to Saddam. It avoids the problems of securing local allies, inside and outside Iraq, which bedevil any indirect approach to get rid of him. But it...

Noel Annan / Changing Enemies (Hardback)

During World War II, Noel Annan was privileged to witness at first hand the innermost workings of British intelligence in Bletchley park and elsewhere. Charged to second-guess German strategy from...

Saket Soni / The Great Escape (Hardback)

“A miracle—immensely moving, powerful, beautiful, and true. It reads like a binge-worthy thriller, told with ridiculous skill and Saket Soni’s gigantic heart pounding audibly on every page.” —Naomi...

William Drozdiak / The Last President of Europe (Hardback)

A veteran foreign correspondent with unique access to Emmanuel Macron delivers the inside story of his turbulent presidency, designed to fight the rise of populist nationalism and hold the European...

John Phillips / Macedonia - Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans (Hardback)

A bloody rebellion by Albanian guerrillas demanding equal rights in Macedonia has killed and wounded thousands of people and led to fears that the crisis will embroil Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria and...

Roger C. Riddell / Does Foreign Aid Really Work? (Hardback)

Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer this important question...

John Lyons - Chomsky (Fontana Modern Masters)

Paperback, published by Fontana UK 1974, originally 1970. light tanning to pages.

E.J. Hobsbawm - Nations and Nationalism Since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality (Canto)

Nations and Nationalism since 1780 is Eric Hobsbawm's widely acclaimed and highly readable enquiry into the question of nationalism. Events in the late twentieth century in Eastern Europe and the...

Noam Chomsky / Culture of Terrorism

Chomsky ends his preface to Culture of Terrorism with the words, As the latest inheritors of a grim tradition, we should at least have the integrity to look in the mirror without evasion . The...

Noam Chomsky / Rethinking Camelot

In a potent act of myth busting, Noam Chomsky turns his critical gaze upon the Kennedy Administration and draws controversial parallels between the Presidency of JFK and that of Ronald Reagan, with...

Gavan Reilly - The Secret Life of Leinster House - BRAND NEW - PB

THE SMALLER FORMAT PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE 2025 BESTSELLER.  What is it like to run for election? How do public representatives deal with the cut-throat competition from their rivals - and their own...

Gary Murphy - Brian Cowen - Anatomy of a Taoiseach - HB - BRAND NEW

An insightful, searing and clear-eyed account of Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his time as leader of the country during Ireland's greatest crisis From the author of the bestselling Haughey, Gary Murphy...

Deirdre McQuillan / Mary Robinson: A President in progress (Coffee Table Book)

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Mehdi Hassan - Win Every Argument - PB - 2023 - BRAND NEW

The New York Times bestseller Win Every Argument is the ultimate guide to debate, persuasion and public speaking, by award-winning British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan. 'A masterclass' – Riz...

Eoin O'Malley - Charlie vs Garrett : The Rivalry That Shaped Modern Ireland - HB - 2025

Hardcover, published by Eriu, 2025. As new condition.  The two opposing political figures that shaped Irish life in the 1980s and beyond. In the 1980s, Irish politics was dominated by a fierce...

Masuma Ahuja -The Infrastructure of Belonging : How We Unlock Economic Possibility - PB - BRAND NEW

Our world is lonelier and more polarised than it has ever been. Social media’s impacts are so toxic that governments are imposing bans for young people. Our lives have shrunk to the size of our...

Jilly Beattie - Revelations : Jeffrey Donaldson - Politician, Preacher, Predator BRAND NEW

Journalist Jilly Beattie followed the ins and outs and dramatic revelations of the Jeffrey Donaldson case over the two years up until conviction. This is her detailed account of the case which...

Adam Maguire / The Bailout Babies (Hardback)

he Bailout Babies dives into the lives of a generation caught between Ireland’s crash and comeback. Born in the boom, they grew up in an era of good jobs, easy debt and leisurely brunches. But before...

Mark Mellett - Blue Heart : War, Climate and the Battle for the Ocean that Keeps us Alive - HB - BRAND NEW

Tracked delivery within Ireland is included in the price. War, Climate and the Battle for the Ocean that Keeps us Alive   DescriptionIn Blue Heart, Mark Mellett, former Vice Admiral and head of the...

Michael Healy-Rae - Too Far East is West - BRAND NEW

NB - ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR 2026, THIS TITLE HAS NOW MOVED TO A 2027 RELEASE DATE, EXACT DATE IS UNCONFIRMED.  The autobiography by Kerry Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae. Published by Merrion Press,...

TP O'Mahony - Forbidden Ireland : Church and State 1951 to the Present Day - PB - BRAND NEW

A definitive social history of modern Ireland. How did Catholic bishops lose their control over Irish women and Irish life? TP O’Mahony traces seven decades of Church–State conflict in Ireland, from...

Center for Civic Education / We the People...the Citizen and the Constitution, Level 1 - Teacher's Edition (Coffee Table Book)

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Charles N. Quigley / We The People - The Citizen & The Constitution (Coffee Table Book)

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Center for Civic Education / We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution (Coffee Table Book)

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Igloo Books / Conspiracy Theories (Coffee Table Book)

Do aliens really exist? Did Elvis Presley

Antonio Negri / Insurgencies: Constituent Power and the Modern State (Coffee Table Book)

Charlie Bird / A Day in May: Real Lives, True Stories (Coffee Table Book)

On May 2

Douglas Robertson / Looking into Housing: A Practical Guide to Housing Research (Coffee Table Book)

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Richard Douthwaite / Fleeing Vesuvius : Overcoming the risks of economic and environmental collapse (Coffee Table Book)

The financial crisis that has blighted the world's richest countries since 2008 is a turning point in human history. Many of the contributors to this book believe it marks the end of the period in...

Jean Grugel / Democratization: A Critical Introduction (Large Paperback)

In 1989,

Rory Hearne - Housing Shock : The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve It - PB - 2020

Paperback, publsihed by the Policy Press UK, 2020. Internally unmarked, the only flaw is some peeling of the laminate at the edges of the back cover.  The unprecedented housing and homelessness...

Conor Brady - Resetting The Republic : How to Build a Better Ireland -BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST Ireland is one of the most prosperous economies in Europe and is held upinternationally as a success story. But for those living there, it...

John Coakley, Michael Gallagher, Eoin O'Malley & Theresa Reidy - Politics in the Republic of Ireland 7th Edition - 2024

Politics in the Republic of Ireland,   fully revised 7th edition - 2024 Building on the success of the previous editions, this text continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects...