One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA (Finn Daniel)(Paperback)

One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA (Finn Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA (Finn Daniel)(Paperback)

A history of 'the Troubles' the radical politics of Republicanism The conflict in Northern Ireland was one of the most devastating in post-war Europe, claiming the lives of 3,500 people and injuring many more. This book is a riveting new history of the radical politics that drove a unique

London: A Spiritual History (Albert Edoardo)(Paperback)

One man's search for truth is interlaced with the spiritual history of one of the world's greatest cities From its earliest days when Londoners would have worshipped pagan gods, through Roman occupation, the coming of Christianity, and the later waves of other faiths--Jews, Muslims, Hari

Government and Politics of Italy (Leonardi Robert)(Paperback)

The political history of Italy has been an undeniably turbulent one. The country's political system has been repeatedly threatened by the historical existence of extremist parties on the left and right, an economy which struggles to adapt, the cleavage between a developed north and an

A History of Islamic Societies (Lapidus Ira M.)(Paperback)

This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civilizations around the world has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Ira Lapidus' history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic

A History of Chinese Political Thought (Kim Youngmin)(Paperback)

China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty-first century. Yet the West still largely overlooks or oversimplifies the complex ideas and ideals that have shaped the country's national and international transformation from

Armed Struggle - The History of the IRA (English Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The most comprehensive, most original and authoritative treatment of the IRA with a new conclusion to bring the book completely up to

Lectures in the History of Political Thought (O'Sullivan Luke)(Paperback)

Oakeshott's memorable lectures on the history of political thought, delivered each year at the London School of Economics, will now be available in print for the first time as Volume II of his Selected Writings. Based on manuscripts in the LSE archive for 1966-67, the last year of Oakeshott's

A Short History of the IRA: From 1916 Onwards (O'Brien Brendan)(Paperback)

An accessible, clearly-written account of the IRA from 1916 to today. It covers the origins and history of the organisation, its aims, the political and military thinking which has driven its activities, and the major personalities who have shaped the direction of the movement down through the

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

Widely considered one of the greatest American novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn and his companion, the slave Jim, as they journey down the Mississippi river after running away from Huck's alcoholic father and Jim's owners. As they travel, they encounter a floating

The Political Determinants of Health (Dawes Daniel E.)(Paperback)

Sierra Leone - A Political History (Harris David)(Paperback / softback)

A new political history of the former British colony in West

Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism: Rawls, Whitehead, Hartshorne (Dombrowski Daniel a.)(Paperback)

Daniel A. Dombrowski brings together the thought of the 20th-century philosophy's greatest political liberal, John Rawls, with the thought of the great process philosophers, Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne. He shows that political liberalism is intimately linked with process

Finn & the Fianna (Allison Daniel)(Paperback)

The stories of Finn MacCoull and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings the tales soaring to life again.Here you will find Diarmuid, whom no woman can help but fall in love with, and Ossian, a warrior-poet raised

Flesh and Blood - A History of My Family in Seven Sicknesses (McGann Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

A uniquely personal and insightful delve into one man's family history, as seen through the prism of two-hundred years of medicine in the British

After Utopia: The Decline of Political Faith (Shklar Judith N.)(Paperback)

A political philosophy classic from one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth centuryAfter Utopia was Judith Shklar's first book, a harbinger of her renowned career in political philosophy. Throughout the many changes in political thought during the last half century, this important

One Man's Journey - A Tale of Redemption (Lonsdale A)(Paperback / softback)

One Man's Journey is a re-imagining of events that occurred from the day of Tony's resignation in 2007. The story is a satirical take on our hero's search for meaningful employment from that date

Sport and Ireland: A History (Rouse Paul)(Paperback)

This is the first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. Sport and Ireland demonstrates that there are aspects of Ireland's sporting history that are uniquely Irish and are defined by

A History of Political Thought: Property, Labor, and Commerce from Plato to Piketty (Bercuson Jeffrey)(Paperback)

A History of Political Thought analyses market society by surveying the ideas of its most perceptive, thought-provoking observers - critics and defenders - from ancient Greece to the present

Sleepwalkers - A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Dissects the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. The author shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the

I.R.A. (Coogan Tim Pat)(Paperback / softback)

An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace

The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory (Dryzek John S.)(Paperback)

Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and

The Early Finn Cycle (Murray Kevin)(Paperback)

The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fianaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along with the Ulster Cycle, the Cycle of Historical Tales (or Cycles of the Kings) and the Mythological Cycle. It is primarily composed of material dealing with the legendary

A Concise History of History (Woolf Daniel)(Paperback)

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. It spans the earliest known forms of historical writing in the ancient near East right through to the present and covers developments in Europe, Asia,