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Books
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A Woman in Defence : A Soldier's Story of the Enemy Within the Irish Army€18.99
Despite a pioneering career, Karina Molloy faced many setbacks in an institution rife with misogyny - from sexual assault to routine bullying to promotional glass ceilings. And yet she persevered.
SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Biography of the Year
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1941 : Armageddon: The Road to Pearl Harbor€16.99
One of the greatest and most terrible years in world history. 'This war has now assumed the character', wrote Benito Mussolini, before 1941 was six months old, 'of a war between two worlds', and the Italian dictator had rarely predicted more truly.
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The Vanishing : The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East€12.99
The Vanishing reveals the plight and possible extinction of Christian communities across Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine after 2,000 years in their historical homeland.
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In the Midst of Civilized Europe : The 1918-1921 Pogroms in Ukraine and the Onset of the Holocaust€16.99
A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century. 'Exhaustive, clearly written, deeply researched' - The Times'A meticulous, original and deeply affecting historical account' - Philippe Sands, author of East West StreetBetween 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.
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Nuclear Folly : A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis€18.99
For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine and fallout; nuclear war between the two most-powerful nations on Earth.
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A Pretoria Boy : The Story of South Africa's 'Public Enemy Number One'€14.99
The powerful and timely story of Peter Hain's political life fighting South African apartheid and modern-day corruption. Peter Hain has had a dramatic 50-year political career, in Britain and his native South Africa.
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The Enigma Story : The Truth Behind the 'Unbreakable' World War II Cipher€12.99
In 1926, the German navy began to send messages that were scrambled in a more random way, making them almost impossible to decipher.
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Before Bletchley Park : The Codebreakers of the First World War€18.99
THE story of Bletchley Park's codebreaking operations in the Second World War is now well known, but its counterparts in the First World War - Room 40 & MI1(b) - remain in the shadows, despite their involvement in and influence on most of the major events of that war.
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Facing The Mountain : The Forgotten Heroes of the Second World War€13.99
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic units that fought in World War II. On December 7th 1941, the Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor.
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Operation Pedestal : The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942€11.99
In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed.