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Books
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Real Irish New York : A Rogue's Gallery of Fenians, Tough Women, Holy Men, Blasphemers, Jesters, and a Gang of Other Colorful Characters€18.99As they entered their 600th year of British occupation, the Irish looked to America.
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First Light : The Phenomenal Fighter Pilot Bestseller€11.50One of the best memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war' Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
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A Short History of the American Civil War€18.99The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history, claiming the lives of at least 600,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians and slaves.
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Commandos€15.50'From now on, all men operating against German troops in so-called Commando raids are to be annihilated.' Adolf HitlerThis infamous edict was Hitler's response to the actions of the Commandos, a daring new guerrilla force led by eccentrics and idealists.
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Battle of the Four Courts : The First Three Days of the Irish Civil War€12.99A meticulous, compellingly readable reconstruction of those three summer days that ignited the civil war - the defining event of modern Irish politics. The Irish Civil War began at around four o'clock in the morning on June 28, 1922. An 18-pounder artillery piece began to fire on the thick granite walls of the Four Courts - a beautiful eighteenth-century complex of buildings that housed Ireland's highest legal tribunals.
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A Game of Birds and Wolves€17.991941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats.
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The Berlin Wall : 13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989€16.99The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.
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First to Fight€18.65'This deeply researched, very well-written and penetrating book will be the standard work on the subject for many years to come' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny The Second World War began on 1 September 1939, when German tanks, trucks and infantry crossed the Polish border, and the Luftwaffe began bombing Poland's cities.
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1917 : War, Peace, and Revolution€19.501917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War One, David Stevenson, examines this crucial year in context and illuminates the century that followed.
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The Bastard Brigade : The True Story of the Secret Plot to Stop the Nazi Atomic Bomb€16.88Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II.