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Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania - by Margo Rejmer - £12.99
“[An] incredibly moving collection of oral histories... important enough to be added to the history curriculum” Telegraph
“Essential reading” History Today
“A moving evocation . . . An illuminating if harrowing insight int ... more
Letters from Wales: Memories and Encounters in Literature and Life - by Sam Adams - £20.00
‘This is writing in time and over time; the author’s horizons widen as he goes, his impressions change... What is revealed is the generous deep-rootedness of the author’s cultures.’ – Michael Schmidt
‘His writing respects writers ... more
Homage to Caledonia: Scotland and the Spanish Civil War - by Daniel Gray - £12.99
The Spanish civil war was a call to arms for 2,300 British volunteers, of which over 500 were from Scotland. The first book of its kind, Homage to Caledonia examines Scotland's role in the conflict, detailing exactly why Scottish involvement was so p ... more
Irish Unity: Time to Prepare - by Ben Collins - £14.99
‘I want to be part of an outward-looking liberal country with a positive, strong identity internationally and I’m tired of living in a siege mentality.’
Irish Unity is the first book to explore Irish reunification in the aftermath of B ... more
Israel's War on Gaza - by Gilbert Achcar - £6.00
Israel has seized the opportunity of Hamas’s operation on 7 October 2023 to devastate Gaza, reducing it to rubble, massacring a huge number of its inhabitants and forcing the rest to flee. Another Nakba is underway, 75 years after the creation of I ... more
Homelands: A Personal History of Europe - by Timothy Garton Ash - £22.00
'Tremendously enjoyable ... thoughtful, honest, open, self-deprecating' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
'Readers could hardly wish for a wiser guide ... panoramic ... defiantly hopeful' Financial Times
Drawing from the people who lived it, ... more
War Diary of the Ukrainian Resistance - by The Kyiv Independent - £16.99
‘We must reveal the truth – it’s our duty. The world must know what is going on here... We have to carry on reporting. This is what keeps me going: reporting so that the world will never forget.’ – Asami Terajima, reporter for The Kyiv Inde ... more
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir - by Raja Shehadeh - £10.99
A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights.
A FINALIST FOR THE US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2023 FOR NONFICTION
'Profoundly personal as wel ... more
Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World - by Eliza Reid - £12.99
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
"Secrets of the Sprakkar is a fascinating window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it's worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the playing field: paid parental leave, afford ... more
War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict - by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies - £12.99
Preface by KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL
“This careful, informed, judicious study is an invaluable guide to understanding Russia’s criminal invasion of Ukraine, and most crucially, how we can act to help bring this terrible tragedy to an end.” ... more
A Traveller's History Of Ireland - by Peter Neville - £15.99
“This book will be appreciated by visitors who want more historical background than ordinary series guidebooks supply… Highly recommended” — Library Journal
A Traveller's History of Ireland gives a full and accurate portrait of Ireland f ... more
Postcards From Congo - by Edmund Trueman - £18.99
The Democratic Republic of Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, has a fractured and bloody history, variously undone by decades of colonialism, civil war, corruption, and totalitarian rule. The country has played a crucial role in the ... more
The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People - by Stuart Maconie - £20.00
A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller
What kind of country is England today?
What does it mean to be English?
Are we hungry for change or seeking old certainties?
Join Stuart Maconie on an enlightening, entertaining jour ... more
Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland - by Peter Taylor - £22.00
On the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Peter Taylor tells for the first time the gripping story of Operation Chiffon, the top-secret intelligence operation that helped bring peace to Ireland.
'A gripping exploration of how MI5 ... more
Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR - by Rustam Alexander - £17.99
In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Rustam Alexander recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were directly affected by those laws, including a naï ... more
The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran - by Ali Mirsepassi - £14.99
A memoir of life in Iran in the tumultuous years leading up to the 1979 revolution.
"Offers an intimate window onto the Iranian revolution just when we need to be thinking about it the most"(Marjane Satrapi, writer and film director)
* Recount ... more
Yemen In Crisis: Devastating Conflict, Fragile Hope - by Helen Lackner - £12.99
Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years. Fuelled by Arab and Western intervention, the civil war has quickly escalated, resulting in thousands killed and millions close to starvation. Suffering from a collapsed economy, the people of ... more
Who Lost Russia? From the Collapse of the USSR to Putin - by Peter Conradi - £10.99
‘A must read for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the world as a whole.’ Serhii Plokhy, author of The Last Empire.
An essential insight into Russia’s relations with Ukraine, the US and beyond.
Why did Vladimir Putin launc ... more
One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel - by Ghada Karmi - £14.99
A radical case for a one-state solution from the renowned Palestinian writer and Nakba survivor.
'An intelligent, sensitive writer' - Financial Times
Palestine has been under attack for three quarters of a century. The 'peace proces ... more
China in Ten Words - by Yu Hua - £9.99
A courageous and intimate memoir of China framed in ten telling words.
People. Leader. Reading. Writing. Revolution. Grassroots. Through these and other common vernacular words and phrases, Yu Hua – widely regarded as one of China’s grea ... more
Uncanny Ireland: Otherworldly Tales of the Strange and Sublime - by Maria Giakaniki (Editor) - £16.99
At moonrise I lit the fire and cried out the wild little invocation that Neoineen and I had made – gave way to all the crazy anguish withinme – chanted it loud enough for the hills to hear.
Entwined in Ireland’s rich literary history is a ... more
They Called Me a Lioness : A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom - by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri - £14.99
A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir.
“I cannot even begin to convey the clarity, the intensity, th ... more
Korea: A New History of South and North - by Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo - £11.99
A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
“Cha and Pacheco Pardo have years of expertise in Korean international relations... A crisp and balanced account.”—Christopher Harding, ... more
In Search of the River Jordan: A Story of Palestine, Israel and the Struggle for Water - by James Fergusson - £18.99
A writer’s travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River—exploring the long conflict over water supply.
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes a ... more
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