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Bizarre tales of murder and investigation in the drumlins, valleys and towns of Monaghan in the nineteenth century, based upon a casebook just recently discovered that has never been lodged...

From the author of the million-selling Angela's Ashes - the most keenly anticipated sequel of the decade Angela's Ashes was a publishing phenomenon. Frank McCourt's critically acclaimed, lyrical memoir of...

Entrepreneurs are good at starting organisations, but often, not very good at running them. It's not a surprise, therefore, that of the thousands of new companies that start up every...

The ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard OveryThe use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and...

Cromwell spent only nine months of his eventful life in Ireland, yet he stands accused there of war crimes, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing. The massacre of thousands of soldiers...

Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contemporary Roman life to create a work that inspired a whole European tradition of pastoral poetry. For...

The brand-new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Bellies, a funny and poignant exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bougie domesticity.Chosen as a 'Best...

'Utterly gorgeous' Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies'Sad, funny, juicy and prickly with deep and secret thoughtful places' Mary Gaitskill, author of This is Pleasure_____As a child, Madden lived...

Economist Best Books of the YearFinancial Times Business Book of the Month'A handbook for disruptors' - Eric Schmidt, former CEO of GoogleLearn how the 'geek' mindset is revolutionizing the corporate...

This book is a critical exploration of Israel's curfew-closure policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through the eyes of CheckpointWatch, an organization of Israeli women monitoring human rights abuses. The...

This is a high-adrenaline, high-stakes romp through the wild world of oil. From the streets of Brooklyn to the hallowed halls of Harvard, from the casino-like trading floor of the...

When the chips are down you have to step forward, speak up and take action - or sink.Matthew Ingle, Yorkshire born and bred, left school in 1971 with four O...

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This wonderful collection of photographs is a chronicle of social life in Dundalk from the 1890s to the present day. The main emphasis is on the period 1940-80. The book...

Sensational new biography - using the discovery of long lost contemporary documents - of the Russian peasant mystic whose malign influence helped lead to the downfall of the Romanovs.An unprecedented...

Turtle Was Gone a Long Time: Horsehead Nebula Neighing, the second volume of a remarkable trilogy, continues John Moriarty's spiritual journey embarked upon in Crossing the Kedron. In a Prelude...

In a letter to his friend Charles Ford, Jonathan Swift wrote: 'I have finished my travells and I am now transcribing them: they are admirable things and will wonderfully mend...

For years, John Lowe's finance annual has helped thousands of people get to grips with the basics of budgeting and learn how to save cash in all areas of their...

When Dionysus the Renegade faked a Sophocles text in 400BC (cunningly inserting the acrostic 'Heraclides is ignorant of letters') to humiliate an academic rival, he paved the way for two...

The development of the first universities from the 12th century onwards, growing wealth and patronage in certain cities, and above all the invention of printing and cheap paper, provided essential...

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher...

In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in...

Lee Child is the enigmatic powerhouse behind the bestselling Jack Reacher novels. With millions of devoted fans across the globe, and over a hundred million copies of his books sold...

With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs and specially commissioned maps of the combat zones, this highly illustrated book is a comprehensive examination of the decisive failure of the...

From the Indian Wars of the seventeenth century to the military operations in Afghanistan, An Atlas of American Military History offers a fascinating account of every significant US military campaign...