Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War
By: Diarmaid Ferriter
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
At the end of the Irish War of Independence, Dublin signed an unsatisfactory treaty with London, th…
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2. The Year of Liberty: The History of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798
By: Thomas Pakenham
4.50
Format: 228 pages,
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3. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
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4. The Bookseller of Inverness
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4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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5. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
6. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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7. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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8. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
By: Jeremy Bowen
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more
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9. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
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10. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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11. The Heart in Winter
By: Kevin Barry
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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By: Cathy Sweeney
3.81
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One winter morning, in contemporary Dublin, a middle-class woman wakes up next to her husband in he… read more
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13. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
By: Fintan O'Toole
4.34
Format: 616 pages, Hardcover
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14. Travellers in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes? The e… read more
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15. The Parisian
By: Isabella Hammad
3.59
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As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinia… read more
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16. Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography
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4.19
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17. The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin
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3.82
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18. Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War
By: Diarmaid Ferriter
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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19. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain
By: Fintan O'Toole
4.12
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In exploring the answers to the question: 'why did Britain vote leave?', Fintan O'Toole finds himse… read more
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"This may be the last stage of imperialism–having appropriated everything else from its colonies, the dead empire appropriates the pain of those it has oppressed."-Fintan O'Toole, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain
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20. Free Therapy
By: Rebecca Ivory
3.59
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21. Wounds: A Memoir of War and Love
By: Fergal Keane
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A family story of blood and memory and the haunting power of the past. After nearly three de… read more
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