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With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda Publisher Comments In the summer of 1940, fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force stood between Hitler and the victory that seemed almost within his grasp. In this superb history of three epic months that saved the world, Michael Korda... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Ten Men Dead : the Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike (87 Edition) by David Beresford Publisher Comments In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham Smith Synopsis An account of one of the worst disasters of all time - the Irish potato famine of the 1840`s, during which time more than a million people died. This book traces the suffering, courage, blundering stupidity and tragedy, whose effects on Ireland, the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Prostitution, Race and Politics : Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire (03 Edition) by Philippa Levine Publisher Comments From the 1850s until the 1880s, British Colonial administrators across the globe established wide-ranging legislation aimed principally at slowing the spread of venereal disease and the subsequent loss of soldier-power it brought about. Virtually every... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $31.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Course of Irish History by T W Moody Publisher Comments Agreement and the withdrawal of British troops from regular patrols in Northern Ireland, this new edition of a perennial bestseller narrates and interprets Irish history as a whole. Designed and written to be popular and authoritative, critical and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The World of the Celts by Simon James Synopsis An introduction to the world of the Celts which looks at all aspects of their history. Individual sections chart their rise, their way of life from farming to feasting, their wars, their gods, and their crafstmanship. Also highlighted is the subject of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life by John Conroy Publisher Comments Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Crowded With Genius : the Scottish Enlightenment : Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind (03 Edition) by James Buchan Publisher Comments In the early eighteenth century, Edinburgh was a filthy backwater town synonymous with poverty and disease. Yet by century's end, it had become the marvel of modern Europe, home to the finest minds of the day and their breathtaking innovations in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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End of Irish History? (03 Edition) by Colin Coulter Publisher Comments Ireland appears to be in the throes of a remarkable process of social change. The purpose of this book is to systematically scrutinize the interpretations and prescriptions that inform the deceptively simple metaphor of the "Celtic Tiger." The standpoint... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Eyewitness To Irish History (04 Edition) by Peter Berresford Ellis Publisher Comments It is easy to see why Ireland has produced so many notable storytellers, poets, and historians. It has a rich oral and written history stretching back over three thousand years. More important, it has what may be the oldest vernacular literature of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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History of Wales (Rev 07 Edition) by John Davies Publisher Comments Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Black '47 and Beyond : the Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory (99 Edition) by Cormac O'grada Publisher Comments "Ó Gráda has for a number of years been recognized as the leading economic historian of the Irish Famine. This book will immediately be seen as by far the best economic history ever published on the subject, and will remain for decades the best place... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $29.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Course of Irish History by T W Moody Publisher Comments A reissue of this updated classic of Irish history.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Edwardians : the Remaking of British Society (85 Edition) by Paul Thompson Publisher Comments In the early 1970s, the author spoke to 500 Edwardians who had been born between 1872-1906: domestics, laborers, skilled and semi-skilled workers, professionals and socialites from all parts of Britain describe their work, their leisure, their political... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Green Flag : a History of Irish Nationalism Volumes I-III (72 Edition) by Robert Kee Publisher Comments Covering Irish history from the beginnings of Irish Nationalism through 1973, Robert Kee's treatment ranges from the Protestant Plantations through Wolfe Tone and the Great Famine to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State. His... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Concise History of Ireland by Maire Macen Obrien Synopsis A history of Ireland. This book concentrates on four events in particular: the Catholic revolt against Elizabeth; the Battle of the Boyne, which established the Protestant Ascendancy; the impact of the French Revolution; and the fall from power of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Making of Ireland: A History by James Lydon Publisher Comments The Making of Ireland by James Lydon provides an accessible history of Ireland from the earliest times. James Lydon recounts, in colourful detail, the waves of settlers, missionaries and invaders which have come to Ireland since pre-history and offers a... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Irish Rebellions, 1798-1916 : an Illustrated History (98 Edition) by Helen Litton Publisher Comments A concise history of the rebellions, using newspaper reports, speeches, eyewitness accounts and a mass of photographs and illustrative material.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Imperialism (65 Edition) by John A. Hobson Synopsis A classic 19th-century indictment of imperialism... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Essential Histories #65: The Anglo-Irish War: The Troubles of 1913-1922 by Peter Cottrell Publisher Comments The Anglo-Irish War has often been referred to as the war 'the English have struggled to forget and the Irish cannot help but remember'. Before 1919, the issue of Irish Home Rule lurked beneath the surface of Anglo-Irish relations for many years, but... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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