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Wales by Alison Jenkins
RRP: £9.99£6.80Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Wales takes you on an absorbing journey around Wales to unearth the adventures, inventions, legends, firsts and birthplaces that have shaped the unique history of Wales. From the ancient mines of the Great... -
Iron, Steam & Money: The Making of the Industrial Revolution by Roger Osborne
RRP: £18.99£13.61In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. Inventors, industrialists and entrepreneurs ushered in the age of powered machinery and the factory, and thereby changed the whole of human... -
Ireland 1798-1998: War, Peace and Beyond by Alvin Jackson
RRP: £28.95£25.47Receiving widespread critical acclaim when first published, Ireland 1798-1998 has been revised to include coverage of the most recent developments. Jackson's stylish and impartial interpretation continues to provide the most up-to-date and important... -
The 1960s: Ireland in Pictures by Lensmen Photographic Archives
RRP: £14.99£12.06A decade of rapid change caught by two of Ireland's premier photographers, The Lensmen. Covers everything from the visits of President Kennedy and The Beatles, to lifestyle, fashion and sport as well as the start of unrest in Northern Ireland. Will evoke... -
Early Christian Ireland by T. M. Charles-Edwards
RRP: £37.99£35.43This book provides a fully documented history of Ireland and the Irish between the fourth and ninth centuries AD, from St Patrick to the Vikings - the earliest period for which historical records are available. It opens with the Irish raids and... -
Citizen Quinn by Gavin Daly
RRP: £15.99£11.61Citizen Quinn tells the staggering story of the rise and fall of Ireland's richest man: Sean Quinn. A few years ago, Sean Quinn was ranked among the two hundred richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of some $6 billion. Today he is bust,... -
The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History by George F. Black
RRP: £40.00£28.90First published by the New York Public Library in 1946, Black's The Surnames of Scotland has long established itself as one of the great classics of genealogy. Arranged alphabetically, each entry contains a concise history of the family in question (with... -
The Great Irish Potato Famine by James S. Donnelly
RRP: £30.00£22.43In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a... -
The Bloodied Field: Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920 by Michael Foley
RRP: £14.99£11.66On the morning of 21 November 1920, Jane Boyle walked to Sunday Mass in the church where she would be married five days later. That afternoon she went with her fiance to watch Tipperary and Dublin play a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Across the... -
The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton 9780007148110
RRP: £9.99£6.64'This is the most gripping book I've read in ages ... It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.' Roddy Doyle The childhood world of Hugo Hamilton, born and brought up in Dublin, is a confused place. His father, a... -
The Great Cover-Up: The Truth About the Death of Michael Collins by Gerard Murphy
RRP: £17.99£15.61Why were both sides of the Civil War divide so evasive when it came to the death of Michael Collins? Why were they still trying to effect cover-ups as late as the 1960s? Determined to find the truth despite the trails of deception left by many of the... -
A Richness of Martens: Wildlife Tales from Ardnamurchan by Polly Pullar
RRP: £8.99£6.08Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2019 When Les and Chris Humphreys moved to Ardnamurchan 15 years ago, little did they realise they would be sharing their home with some of Britain's most elusive and misunderstood mustelids. Amongst all the... -
Detective: A Life Upholding the Law by Tom Connolly
RRP: £13.99£10.95Tom Connolly joined An Garda Siochana in 1955, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. His early days on the force were spent in various villages and towns around Ireland, tracking petty thieves, raiding pubs and patrolling country... -
A History of Irish Thought by Thomas Duddy 9780415206938
RRP: £35.99£32.09The first complete introduction to the subject ever published, A History of Irish Thought presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland.Clearly written... -
Maeshowe and the Heart of Neolithic Orkney by Rachel Pickering 9781849172479
RRP: £6.00£4.29The chambered tomb of Maeshowe sits in one of the richest and best preserved Neolithic landscapes in Europe. This was a place of stone circles, villages and burial monuments; a place where people lived, worshipped and honoured their dead. The surviving... -
All Along the Echo by Danny Denton
RRP: £14.99£9.80'A cyclone of a novel' GuardianAn absolute marvel' Max Porter, bestselling author of Lanny'Dancing and dodging, surprising and poignant' Lisa McInerney, bestselling author of The Rules of RevelationFIRST VOICE: Why are we listening? SECOND VOICE: I... -
The Idea of the Union: Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Realities and Challenges by John Wilson Foster
RRP: £12.99£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993560729Author John Wilson FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Belcouver PressPublisher Belcouver PressWeight(grams) 551g -
The Declaration of Arbroath: 'For Freedom Alone' by Edward J. Cowan
RRP: £9.99£6.70The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland's status as an independent sovereign state with the right to use... -
Little Constructions by Anna Burns
RRP: £10.99£7.25The second novel from Anna Burns, critically acclaimed author of the Man Booker winning novel, Milkman 'Brilliant ... I can't remember the last time I read prose so profound and so punchy' Daily... -
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840 by Christopher Monkhouse
RRP: £30.00£26.45A sweeping survey of the arts of Ireland spanning 150 years and an astonishing range of artists and media This groundbreaking book captures a period in Ireland's history when countless foreign architects, artisans, and artists worked side by side with... -
Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 by Eugene Costello 9781837651474
RRP: £29.99£24.83First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. WINNER: American Conference for Irish Studies Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book 2021 Special Commendation, Publication... -
Dundrum: Ireland in Old Photographs by Joe Curtis 9781845888886
RRP: £16.99£12.94For many years Dundrum was just another stop on the railway between Harcourt Street and Bray; it was a village in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains that, despite its rich history, was often thought of as simply the best place to rest on a journey to... -
Celtic Gods and Heroes by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
RRP: £7.49£4.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414416Author Marie-Louise SjoestedtFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
George IV (Penguin Monarchs): King in Waiting by Stella Tillyard
RRP: £12.99£9.09George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king: as a pleasure-loving and rebellious Prince of Wales during the sixty-year reign of his father, George III, and for ten years as Prince Regent, when his father went mad. 'The days are very long... -
James Joyce by Edna O'Brien
RRP: £9.99£6.80One of Ireland's greatest contemporary writers turns her attention to one of the country's greatest novelists: James Joyce - in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the iconic classic ULYSSES.'As skilful, stylish and pacy as one would expect from so... -
Notice to Quit: The Great Famine Evictions by L. Perry Curtis 9780990468660
RRP: £9.95£8.15Ireland's Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University publishes Famine Folios, a unique resource for students, scholars and researchers, as well as general readers, covering many aspects of the Famine in Ireland from 1845-1852 - the worst demographic... -
William Marshal: The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived by Robin Griffith-Jones
RRP: £6.00£4.44William Marshal, born about 1147, was the son of a minor lord who held the hereditary title of 'Marshal', or head of the king's security. He became a knight loyal to five kings, the most powerful man in the kingdom, the hero of Magna Carta and a saviour... -
Constance Markievicz: Little Library 3 by John Burke 9780717184552
RRP: £9.99£7.11The third book in the Little Library series. When your collection is complete, you'll have a little library - and big knowledge! Discover the REVOLUTIONARY that was CONSTANCE MARKIEVICZ! Constance Markievicz grew up in Co. Sligo in the late 1800s... -
The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border by Garrett Carr
RRP: £12.99£8.56In the wake of the EU referendum, the United Kingdom's border with Ireland has gained greater significance: it is set to become the frontier with the European Union. To uncover its secret landscape, with a troubled past and an uncertain future, Garrett... -
Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker? by Emmet O'Connor 9781906359935
RRP: £42.50£41.12Much has been written about 'Big Jim' Larkin but, remarkably, this is the first full-length biography. Through the research of leading Labour historian Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - Labour leader and agitator - is thoroughly evaluated. Based on newly... -
Up the Republic!: Towards a New Ireland by Fintan O'Toole
RRP: £8.99£6.08In this important book, historians, lawyers, economists and writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation, renewed emigration and a decline in living standards for the... -
Among the Kings: The Unknown Warrior, an Untold Story by Mark Scott
RRP: £11.99£10.95"Known Unto God" It was the war to end all wars and became one of the bloodiest and cruellest conflicts in history. Into the hands of author Mark Scott came a poignant survivor of those nightmare years - a notebook carried through the trenches by... -
Who Was Responsible for the Troubles?: The Northern Ireland Conflict by Liam Kennedy 9780228003687
RRP: £32.00£28.61The Troubles claimed the lives of almost four thousand people in Northern Ireland, most of them civilians; forty-five thousand were injured in bombings and shootings. Relative to population size this was the most intense conflict experienced in Western... -
The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine and Emigration by Robert James Scally 9780195106596
RRP: £38.99£26.91Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the... -
Butlin's: 80 Years of Fun! by Sylvia Endacott
RRP: £17.99£13.64After successfully developing a series of funfairs, Billy Butlin progressed to opening holiday centres and hotels across the UK to provide families with an inexpensive but entertaining holiday. Over the years these centres first expanded and then... -
Birth of a State: The Anglo-Irish Treaty by Micheal O Fathartaigh
RRP: £17.99£17.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788551595Author Micheal O FathartaighFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd -
Vikings of the Irish Sea by David Griffiths 9780752436463
RRP: £20.00£15.04This book looks at the activities of the Vikings in the Irish Sea, a band of water that has been important since prehistoric times in the history of maritime cultural exchange between Britain and Ireland as well as the Scandinavian countries. The Vikings... -
Birth of the Border: The Impact of Partition in Ireland by Cormac Moore 9781785372933
RRP: £19.99£16.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372933Author Cormac MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Ark Royal: Sailing Into Glory by Mike Rossiter 9780552174541
RRP: £15.99£11.61In June 1941 the Ark Royal won one of Britain's most famous naval victories. The German destroyer, Bismarck, had been ravaging the British fleet in the Atlantic. Sailing through a ferocious storm the Ark Royal tracked the Bismarck. A dozen swordfish... -
Brexit Without The Bullshit: The Facts on Food, Jobs, Schools, and the NHS by Gavin Esler 9781912454358
RRP: £8.99£5.82'Punchy, pithy and short.' - POLLY TOYNBEE, GUARDIAN COLUMNIST 'In an ideal world every citizen would read this essential book, and think hard.' - PROFESSOR AC GRAYLING, ACADEMIC The broadcaster and journalist Gavin Esler reveals the long-lasting...