Secondhand Books

"Only an Apple" is a lusty and disquieting tale of an ailing playboy Taoiseach. On the brink of being overthrown by upstart Government Chief Whip McPhrunty, the Taoiseach must act...

We watched General Rose's army moving towards us from the ramparts of the Fort. A sickle moon hung in the sky like a curved blade and the dull red granite...

My God, Russian soldiers being shot with Chinese bullets. Sometimes the world is so beautiful.1981. As the Soviet army burns its way through Afghanistan and toward the critical Pakistani border,...

In this powerful book, journalist and film maker John Pilger strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works....