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Local History & Genealogy
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Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother's Secrets€23.99
How far would you go for the missing? When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Born in a Mother and Baby Home in 1950s Ireland, Mary grew up in an institution not far from the farm where Clair spent happy childhood summers. Yet she was never told of her existence.
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Tales from the Tower : A Personal History of the James Joyce Tower and Museum by its Curators€17.99
Accompanied by a rich selection of photographs of the people and events in the museum’s history, this book is not only a history of an amazing local landmark and tourist trail highlight, but a treasure trove for Joyceans everywhere.
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Great-Uncle Harry : A Tale of War and Empire€26.99
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work.
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The Chief Butlers of Ireland and the House of Ormond€35.00
A Genealogical Guide. This is the lavishly illustrated and fascinating account of one of the most powerful families in Irish history, the Butlers, whose lives were defined by astounding opulence.
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Vagabonds : Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London€12.99
Compelling, moving and unexpected portraits of London's poor from a rising star British historian - the Dickensian city brought to real and vivid life.
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Amid Shifting Sands : Ancient History, Explosive Growth, Climate Change and the Uncertain Future of the United Arab€22.99
The United Arab Emirates are renowned for their enormous production of oil and the rise of great cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which attract millions of tourists annually. It is as if the great aridity of the country did not exist. Yet the UAE is essentially a vast desert, thinly peopled for thousands of years by nomads, grazing sheep, camels and growing a few crops in great oases like Al Ain and Liwa.
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Indigenous Continent : The Epic Contest for North America (Hardback)€39.99
Indigenous Continent restores Native Americans to their rightful place at the very fulcrum of American history.
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries : How Women (Also) Built the World€24.99
It's a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully and entirely - we cannot know who we are."Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history.
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The Suitcase : Six Attempts to Cross a BorderSpecial Price €10.50 Regular Price €12.99
So begins a captivating exploration of history, memory and geography, as Frances Stoner Saunders decides to unpick her family's past.
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Country House Collections : Their Lives and Afterlives€50.00
This volume of essays explores a range of country house collections in Ireland, the UK, the US, and Europe. It examines how collections were built up over time, how they were dispersed or destroyed, and how they have been interpreted and valued.