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Biographies
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Arise And Go : W.B. Yeats and the people and places that inspired him (Paperback)€15.99
The idea of place runs like a river through the life and works of the poet and playwright W.B. Yeats. This book focuses on his time in Dublin, London, Sligo and elsewhere in the west of Ireland, embracing the homes, landscapes and people that impacted his life and stimulated his vast body of work.
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Inside Out : The Extraordinary Legacy of April AshleySpecial Price €11.19 Regular Price €13.99
April Ashley was a trailblazing figure in the history of transgender rights and advocacy. Born in 1935 in Liverpool, Ashley was assigned male at birth, but knew from a young age that she identified as a woman.
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Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life (Paperback)€13.99
Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own.
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American Mother€17.99The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss.
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Bend, Don't Break : A Memoir of Endurance€17.99‘Victory is a life well lived or a day enjoyed.’ In this inspiring memoir, Frank recounts his life and experiences as an elite runner, as well as his fourteen-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
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Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATOSpecial Price €16.79 Regular Price €20.99
The inside story of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Born in the aftermath of World War II, NATO was the brainchild of Allied leaders and officials determined to never again allow a catastrophic global war.
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Messi : The must-read biography of the World Cup champion€17.99This is an epic, authoritative and compelling account of an enigmatic footballing genius. 'I can tell my grandkids one day that I coached Lionel Messi' Pep Guardiola
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Cleopatra's Daughter : Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen€15.99Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, was the only member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive after her parents were defeated by the future Roman emperor Augustus at the Battle of Actium.
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Unstoppable: The Ultimate Biography of Max Verstappen€19.99A definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's superstar, Lewis Hamilton's great rival and the winner of the 2021 and 2022 World Drivers' Championships.
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Agatha Christie (A Biography)€12.99'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.' Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't?
