The Roots of Ireland's Troubles (Stedall Robert)(Paperback)

The Roots of Ireland's Troubles (Stedall Robert)(Paperback)

If the objective of colonisation should be the establishment of economic benefit, in Ireland it was to enforce order. Settlers were required to usurp the traditional lands of its indigenous population. Their attempts to enforce Protestantism in all its forms onto the dogmatically Catholic locality

Understanding Roots: Discover How to Make Your Garden Flourish (Kourik Robert)(Paperback)

Award-Winner in the 'Home & Garden' category of the 2015 USA Best Book Awards Understanding Roots uncovers one of the greatest mysteries underground--the secret lives and magical workings of the roots that move and grow invisibly beneath our feet. Roots, it seems, do more than just keep a plant

Belfast Child - My true story of life and death in the Troubles (Chambers John)(Paperback / softback)

Northern Ireland's answer to Philomena, but with bombs and bullets

Banjo Roots and Branches (Winans Robert B.)(Paperback)

The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches, Robert B. Winans presents cutting-edge scholarship that covers the instrument's West African origins and its adaptations and circulation in the

Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics (O'Brien Robert)(Paperback)

Offering an accessible introduction to both the historical roots and the contemporary dynamics of today's world economy, the extensively revised sixth edition of this bestselling textbook continues to lead the way in equipping students with the knowledge required to make sense of the fast-paced

On the Edge - Ireland's off-shore islands: a modern history (Ferriter Diarmaid)(Paperback / softback)

The first ever really honest account of the reality of Ireland's offshore

The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (Stedall Jacqueline)(Paperback)

This Very Short Introduction explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical practice, ranging from the distant past to the present. Historian Jacqueline Stedall shows that mathematical ideas are far from being fixed, but are adapted and changed by their passage across periods

Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth (Williams Mark)(Paperback)

A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in

Roots of Romanticism (Berlin Isaiah)(Paperback / softback)

The Roots of Romanticism is the long-awaited text of Isaiah Berlin's most celebrated set of lectures, the Mellon Lectures, delivered in Washington in 1965 and heard since by a much wider audience on BBC

The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy (Coogan Tim Pat)(Paperback)

During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, fully a quarter of Ireland's citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Waves of hungry peasants fled across the Atlantic to the United States, with so many

Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Legacy (Crane J.)(Paperback)

Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Legacy is the first systematic presentation of Hellenistic astrology to the modern astrological world, and as such it uncovers rigorous techniques that have been lost to us for centuries. How exactly did ancient astrologers assess a chart for fame, career, and

Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism (Uzdavinys Algis)(Paperback)

Roots and Soul of the Chinese People (Xu Jun)(Paperback / softback)

The Roots & Soul of the Chinese People is a brave and ambitious attempt by author Mr Xu Jun to connect the dots between the 'socialist core values' drawing on Marxism espoused and promoted by the Communist Party of China (CPC) today with China's long cultural heritage - including Confucianism,

The Roots of Romanticism: Second Edition (Berlin Isaiah)(Paperback)

Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings (Smithson Robert)(Paperback)

Since the 1979 publication of The Writings of Robert Smithson, Robert Smithson's significance as a spokesman for a generation of artists has been widely acknowledged and the importance of his thinking to contemporary artists and art critics continues to grow. In addition to a new introduction by

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Butler Judith)(Paperback)

One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning

Quaker Roots and Branches (Lampen John)(Paperback)

Quaker Roots and Branches explores what Quakers call their 'testimonies' - the interaction of inspiration, faith and action to bring change in the world. It looks at Quaker concerns around the sustainability of the planet, peace and war, punishment, and music and the arts in the past and today. It

Landmarks (MacFarlane Robert)(Paperback)

From Robert Macfarlane, the acclaimed author of The Old Ways--a celebration of the language of landscape and the power of words to shape our sense of place For years now, the British writer Robert Macfarlane has been collecting place-words: terms for aspects of landscape, nature, and weather,

Missing - The Unsolved Cases of Ireland's Vanished Women and Children (Cummins Barry)(Paperback / softback)

Her Kind - The gripping story of Ireland's first witch hunt (Boyce Niamh)(Paperback / softback)

CHERUB: The Sleepwalker - Book 9 (Muchamore Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The ninth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series James is getting into trouble on campus, while Lauren has an air crash to investigate ... An airliner explodes over the Atlantic leaving 345 people dead. Crash investigators suspect terrorism, but they're getting nowhere. A distressed

Collected Poems (Cannon Moya)(Paperback)

This volume collects the five major books of one of Ireland's leading

Tristan and Iseult (Sutcliff Rosemary)(Paperback)

Tristan defeats Ireland's greatest warrior and gains the friendship of his uncle, the King of Cornwall, who entrusts him with a very special mission: to sail the seas in search of a

My Crazy World - The Autobiography (Dignam Christy)(Paperback / softback)

The remarkable autobiography of Christy Dignam, lead singer of Aslan and one of Ireland's legendary rock