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Books
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Plato of Athens : A Life in Philosophy€26.99The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE.
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Forgotten Warrior : The Life and Times of Major-General Merton Beckwith-Smith 1890-1942.€36.99Eighty years after his death in a Japanese prison camp, this compelling new biography charts the career of a distinguished but hitherto neglected hero of the British army.
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Writers and Their Teachers (Hardback)€29.99By turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers.
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Blind Dogs (Hardback)€25.99An autobiographical book by a leading Irish painter reflecting on life in Dublin and elsewhere from the 1950's on.
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G-Man : J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century (Hardback)€44.99When he became director of the FBI in 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was a dazzling wunderkind buzzing with big ideas for reform. He transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater, riddled with scandal, into a modern machine.
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The Longest Race€36.99Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team.
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Lead Sister : The Story of Karen Carpenter€26.99When the Carpenters first toured Japan, a journalist mistakenly referred to Karen as the 'lead sister' of the band. This designation stuck and Karen liked it so much that she had a T-shirt custom-made with the slogan, which she wore while drumming on the band's 1976 world tour.
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Charles M. Schulz : The Creator of PEANUTS in 100 Objects€48.00In 100 iconic objects and artifacts, Charles M. Schulz explores and explains the life and times of the creator of Peanuts, America’s most beloved comic strip series.
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Prince Harry: Spare (Hardback)€33.99With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
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