New Books imprint: 461 books
The Wages of Guilt
Memories of War in Germany and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In this now classic book, internationally famed journalist Ian Buruma examines how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their conduct during World War II—a war that they aggressively began and humiliatingly lost, and in the course of which they committed monstrous war crimes. As...
Eastern Europe!
Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
The critically acclaimed, first comprehensive, English-language informative AND highly entertaining overview of a region of vital importance to the European--and global--economy and that represents the ancestry of tens of millions of North Americans and others throughout the world
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Without Power Or Glory
The Greens In Government
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
The inside story of the Green party’s role in the government that brought Ireland into the IMF Bailout. This is the first insider account from a senior Green Party leader describing events from before the 2007 election through the trauma of the bank bailout and defeat in the 2011 General Election....
Captured!: The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
The True Story of the World‘s First Documented Alien Abduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Today, 46 years after the UFO abduction of Betty and Barney Hill, more and more people are convinced that UFOs are real and their existence is being covered up by the government. If you have doubts or questions about the Hill case or alien bexperiences in general, Captured! will give you the answers...
A Short Border Handbook
A Journey Through the Immigrant's Labyrinth
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
A unique perspective on being an immigrant - Kapllani, who left Albania in 1991 to make his home in Greece, diagnoses the malaise of "border syndrome" by relating key episodes in his own experience and that of those migrants who accompanied him.
A wonderful, memorable cast of characters:...
Banished Babies
The Secret History of Ireland's Baby Export Business
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Mike Milotte’s damning exposé of Church-State collusion in banishing thousands of vulnerable ‘illegitimate’ children from Ireland in the 1950s and 60s was first published to critical acclaim in 1997, and quickly achieved iconic status. For this updated and expanded edition the author has added...
The Essential Guide to Being Polish
50 Facts & Facets of Nationhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Being Polish is no joke. For ten million people of Polish ancestry in the United States, as well as many who have settled in the UK since the fall of communism, it is a heartfelt matter⎯and amid all the travel guides and guides to Polish language, folklore, and customs, there is no single, comprehensive,...
Ireland 366
A Story a Day from Ireland's Hidden History
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
In this entertaining and engaging book, Frank Hopkins delivers an episode from Ireland's history for every single day of the year, including 29 February. Some are surprising, some sensational and others sad, but they are always fascinating. The Whiteboys, the Ribbonmen, the Invincibles, the cat o'nine...
Don't Mention The Wars
A Journey Through European Stereotypes
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
An entertaining exploration of the truth behind European stereotypes.' - The Irish Times From the bailouts to the Euro-crisis, from the rise of Frau Merkel to the dalliances of the French presidents, Connelly does a brilliant job skewering the lies and truths of European stereotypes. A lot has happened...
Ballpoint
A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times, and the Invention that Changed the Way We Write
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
László Bíró's last name is, in much of the world, a synonym for his revolutionary writing tool. But few people know that Bíró began his career in interwar Budapest as a journalist frustrated with spotty ink; that he escaped fascism by fleeing to Paris and, finally, to Buenos Aires; that a fellow...
by Mia Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Prowling the streets, bedrooms, parks and schoolyards of a grubby uncertain city, where madness lurks just under the skin, men, women and those in-between enter an unsettling dance of encounters.
There’s Maisie, perfect on the inside and out, a right Primcess™ – but what’s it going...
by Kaye Bellemeade
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2003
It's been said that the couple who plays together stays together. In Swinging for Beginners you will find information on all aspects of the Lifestyle including: dating what to wear what to do at clubs and parties single men jealousy threesomes how to meet other swingers and how to deal with...
by Patrick McCabe
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
‘This world is a bad dream.’
Seven men wait in Mervyn’s Mountain Bar, awaiting the arrival of Tony Begley and his six-inch boning knife, *Sweety. *Ray ‘Ringo’ Wade hides above them in the rafters, silent and consumed by shame as Jody, the only friend he’s ever known, lies beaten...
by Ismail Kadare
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 1998
Two destinies intersect in Broken April. The first is that of Gjor, a young mountaineer who (much against his will) has just killed a man in order to avenge the death of his older brother, and who expects to be killed himself in keeping with the provisions of the Code that regulates life in the highlands....