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Italy’s Paradise
A History of Tuscany
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781780278766
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
352 Pages
What is it that makes this exquisite part of Italy so seductive? Historian Alistair Moffat embarks on a journey into Tuscany’s past, underlining both the area’s regional uniqueness as well as the vital role it has played in the history of the whole of Italy.
The Granite Coast
Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove, Dalkey
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781788493543
Pub Date: 2023-01-07
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
256 Pages
Explore Dún Laoghaire and its coastal surroundings as Peter Pearson reveals the story behind its transformation from rocky granite shoreline to grand Victorian ‘watering place’, to the bustling town it is now. With over 250 illustrations, this is a fascinating journey through the history and heritage of Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove and Dalkey.
The Greatest Viking
The Life of Olav Haraldsson
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9781780277950
Pub Date: 2023-01-03
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
272 Pages
The true story of one of the most famous of all Viking warriors who remains a national hero in Norway. With reference to Norse sagas and early chronicles, veteran historian Desmond Seward has written a vivid, colourful and insightful account of a remarkable man and the times in which he lived.
Celtic Places & Placenames
Heritage Sites & the Historical Roots of Six Nations
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399087476
Pub Date: 2022-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
304 Pages
‘Celtic Places’ are typified by some several hundred townships and villages whose names still bear the imprint of their earliest Celtic roots.
Along the Amber Route
St Petersburg to Venice
Price: $13.99
ISBN: 9781913207991
Pub Date: 2022-08-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
320 Pages
Amber has long been a desirable commodity, surrounded by legend and used to create dazzling artifacts. Fascinated, Schüler follows the historic Amber Route from St Petersburg to Venice through three millennia of history.
Dreaming a City: From Wales to Ukraine
The story of Hughesovka/Stalino/Donetsk
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781912631438
Pub Date: 2022-08-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
112 Pages
The history of Hughesovka (later Stalino/Donetsk), a mining/steel town founded in the 1870s in Ukraine by Welsh entrepreneur John Hughes and 70 Welsh workers. Excellent background reading on the Ukraine-Russia situation. Includes free (PAL format) DVD of award-winning BBC TV documentary series Hughesovka and the New Russia, directed by the author.
Moscow Calling
Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780277189
Pub Date: 2021-04-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
368 Pages
Moscow Calling gives a personal and revealing perspective of Russia from the acclaimed former BBC and Sunday Times Moscow correspondent, Angus Roxburgh, who worked in Russia for over 30 years and witnessed first-hand the darkest days of communism and the rise of Putin.
Ireland in the World
Further Reflections
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781905483129
Pub Date: 2015-03-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Liberties Press
A collection of essays, many of which have not previously appeared in print, on Irish history and politics, contemporary Irish society and world affairs by twice former Taoiseach and respected columnist...
Italy’s Paradise
A History of Tuscany
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781780278766
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
352 Pages
The Granite Coast
Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove, Dalkey
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781788493543
Pub Date: 2023-01-07
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
256 Pages
The Greatest Viking
The Life of Olav Haraldsson
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9781780277950
Pub Date: 2023-01-03
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
272 Pages
Celtic Places & Placenames
Heritage Sites & the Historical Roots of Six Nations
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399087476
Pub Date: 2022-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
304 Pages
Along the Amber Route
St Petersburg to Venice
Price: $13.99
ISBN: 9781913207991
Pub Date: 2022-08-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
320 Pages
Dreaming a City: From Wales to Ukraine
The story of Hughesovka/Stalino/Donetsk
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781912631438
Pub Date: 2022-08-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
112 Pages
Moscow Calling
Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780277189
Pub Date: 2021-04-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
368 Pages
Ireland in the World
Further Reflections
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781905483129
Pub Date: 2015-03-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Liberties Press