Politics & Science Books
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
€13.50by Philip Gourevitch With an introduction by Rory Stewart Winner of the Guardian First Book award, a first-hand account one of the defining outrages of modern history. -
Africa’s Long Road Since Independence
€15.00by Keith Sommerville 'A superb book...genuinely innovative' Jack Spence OBE, King's College London -
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The State of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence
€17.00by Martin Meredith The most comprehnsive history of Africa since independence. -
Shoe Wars
€9.50by Liz Pichon A Sunday Times Children's Book of the Year pick From the imagination of Tom Gates' multi-million-copy bestselling creator Liz Pichon... -
The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and its People
€16.00by Michael Wood 'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' Tom Holland -
Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Woman’s Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
€21.00by Amy Stanley At the heart of Stanley's book is the extraordinary and terrible story of Tsuneno... Using detailed documentation, Stanley builds up a picture of Tsuneno's world, immersing us in temple, village and town life in an experience akin… -
The Great Empires of Asia
€15.00by Jonathan Fenby and Jim Masselos A unique survey of seven great Asian empires: powerful forces on the world stage during a thousand years of history, they continue to resonate in regional and global politics today -
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
€15.00by William Dalrymple THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR -
Pakistan: A Hard Country
€15.00by "www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-anatol-lieven">Anatol Lieven This is a wonderful book, full of learning, wisdom, humour and common sense -- Peter Oborne ― Daily Telegraph -
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj
€13.50by Anita Anand WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2020 'Reads like a thriller…colourful, detailed and meticulously researched' Sunday Times ‘Gripping from start to finish' Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Silk Roads -
Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
€13.50by Shashi Tharoor Inglorious Empire is a timely reminder of the need to start teaching unromanticised colonial history in British schools. A welcome antidote to the nauseating righteousness and condescension pedalled by Niall Ferguson in his 2003 book Empire ― Irish Times -
Shadowplay: The Inside Story of Europe’s Last War
€13.00by Tim Marshall A gripping eyewitness account of a major 20th-century military conflict by the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics -
Tunnel 29: Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
€20.00by Helena Merriman 'A fantastic story, exceedingly well told...more gripping than a thriller. The story arc, through betrayal and disaster to triumph, is perfect...a cracking tale that deserves retelling.' The Times -
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Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West
€13.00by Catherine Belton ‘A fearless, fascinating account … Reads at times like a John le Carré novel … A groundbreaking and meticulously researched anatomy of the Putin regime, Belton’s book shines a light on the pernicious threats Russian money and… -
Free Food For Millionaires
€11.00by Min Jin Lee 'Explores the most fundamental crisis of immigrants' children: how to bridge a generation gap so wide it is measured in oceans' Observer. 'A remarkable writer' The Times. 'Ambitious, accomplished, engrossing ... As easy to devour as a nineteenth-century… -
The Echo Chamber
€16.95by John Boyne A blisteringly funny and razor sharp satire about social media, celebrity and political correctness. I laughed SO much ― Hannah Beckerman Sharp, funny, and beautifully written, but it's also a brilliant reflection on the landscape we now live… -
Housing Shock: The Irish Housing Crisis and How To Solve It
€27.95by Rory Hearne Housing Shock is a valuable book. It is a tool for better understanding our current predicament & what we can do about it - The Irish Times -
Reclaiming The European Street: Speeches on Europe and the European Union, 2016-20
€24.95by President Michael D. Higgins -
Political Purgatory: The Battle to Save Stormont and the Play for a New Ireland
€19.50by Brian Rowan Quite Simply the finest account of Northern Irish political life ever written. -
Twilight of Democracy
€12.50by Anne Applebaum A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'The most important non-fiction book of the year' David Hare -
The Visibility Trap
€16.00by Mary McGill ‘A sharp analysis of how the internet fails women. A talisman against misogyny.’ - Emma Gleeson -
‘O Captain, My Captain’: One Teacher’s Call for Change in the Irish Education System
€16.95by Jennifer Horgan “The school system in Ireland is in crisis: oppressive, soul-destroying (for teachers and students), deeply unfair, inadequately old-fashioned; the Leaving Cert is no longer fit for purpose. This beautifully written, hard-hitting, thought-provoking book exposes all the rot,… -
Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency
€18.95by Michael Wolff 'First there was Fire and Fury, then there was Siege, now there is Landslide. The third is the best of the three . . . Required reading' Guardian 'Michael Wolff concludes his Trump trilogy - with the best book yet .… -
Three Cups of Tea
€13.00by Greg Mortenson One of the most life-affirming and readable biographies ever written, and a fantastically informative guide to Afghanistan. -
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
€13.00by Anna Funder One of the most incisive and humane pieces of history ever written. -
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
€18.00by Harald Jähner 'Exemplary [and] important... This is the kind of book few writers possess the clarity of vision to write' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES -
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
€20.00by Tony Judt ‘It is hard to imagine how a better - and more readable - history of the emergence of today's Europe from the ashes of 1945 could ever be written…All in all, a real masterpiece’ Ian Kershaw, author… -
Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War
€20.00by Jonathan Dimbleby Written with authority and humanity, Barbarossa is a masterwork that transforms our understanding of the Second World War and of the twentieth century. -
Hidden Hand
€15.00by Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg ‘Heavily sourced, crisply written and deeply alarming.’ The Times ‘This is a remarkable book with a chilling message.’ Guardian
