History & Historical Biography

Betsy Israel / Bachelor Girl (Large Paperback)

The Secret History of Single Women in the 20th Century   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Hans Poley / Return to the Hiding Place (Large Paperback)

Corrie ten Boom's family sheltered many from the Nazis. Now, their first "guest" tells the inside story.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Sean Boru / A History of London & Londoners (Large Paperback)

A Romp Through the Capital An entertaining romp through the history of England's capital city traces its origins as a simple marketplace in AD 50 to the sprawling metropolis of today. An invaluable...

Barbara Olson / The Final Days (Hardback)

Raisa Gorbachev / I Hope: Reminiscences and Reflections (Hardback)

The First Lady of the USSR recalls her ch

Kenneth C. Davis / Strongman - The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy (Hardback)

From the bestselling author of the Don’t Know Much About® books comes a dramatic account of the origins of democracy, the history of authoritarianism, and the reigns of five of history's deadliest...

Stanley I. Kutler / Abuse of Power - The New Nixon Tapes (Hardback)

Abuse of Power:   

George P. Shultz / Turmoil and Triumph (Hardback)

George S

Prince Michael of Greece / The Empress of Farewells : The Story of Charlotte , Empress of Mexico (Hardback)

Chronicles the dramatic and tragic life o

Lou Cannon / President Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime (Hardback)

Updated

Francoise Frenkel / A Bookshop in Berlin (Hardback)

The memoir of a Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival across Nazi-occupied Europe.In 1921, Françoise Frenkel--a Jewish woman from Poland--fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre,...

Edward M. Kennedy / True Compass (Large Paperback)

In this

Trevor West - The Bold Collegians - The Development of Sport in Trinity College Dublin - HB

  Hardcover, Lilliput Press. A history of sport in TCD, issued as part of the Trinity 400 events in 1991. 

David Halberstam / Firehouse (Large Paperback)

Firehouse

Bryan Cleary / Bamburgh Castle (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Thomas A Bailey & David M Kennedy / The American Pageant - Volume 2 (Coffee Table Book)

A History of the Republic - Volume 2 , revised edition   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Alison Maloney / The Forties: Good Times Just Around the Corner (Coffee Table Book)

The 1940s had a tremendous impact on the course of history and was filled with wide-ranging revolutions that changed the face of British society. This nostalgic look at the most crucial decade of the...

Edmund Swinglehurst / Country Life Book of Britain Then and Now: A Unique Visual Record of Britain over the Last 100 Years (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Jacques Legrand / Chronicle of the 20th Century (Coffee Table Book)

Traces the first eighty-six years of the twentieth century and describes important events in politics, industry, art, music, literature, religion, and sports   This book is second hand, and while you...

Jerome Burne / Chronicle of the World (Coffee Table Book)

The classic Chronicle format was never more effective than in this stunning precis of the history of the world. From cave painting right up to the Bosnian war, firsthand reportage is backed up by...

Mitchell Zuckoff / Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Hardback)

Years in the making, this spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative is an unforgettable portrait of 9/11.This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple...

Anne MacDona - From Newman to New Woman - UCD Women Remember - PB 2001

Paperback, published by New Island Books, 2001, erratum slip laid in loosely.  Creasing to back covers and corners.  An account of female graduates from UCD ( mostly when based at Earlsfort Terrace) 

Peter L. Bergen / Manhunt - The Search for Bin Laden (Hardback)

Al Qaeda expert and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen paints a multi-dimensional picture of the hunt for bin Laden over the past decade, as well as the recent campaign that gradually...

Michael Smith / An Unsung Hero (Coffee Table Book)

Kerry-born Tom Crean ran away from home as a youth, and joined Scott's Discovery voyage in December 1901, not returning to England until 1904. He went back to the Antarctic with Scott on his fateful...

Robin Cross / World War II in Photographs (Coffee Table Book)

World War II was the single most destructive conflict in world history, fought from the icy seas of the North Atlantic to the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of the Far East. It saw German...

Alistair Horne / Macmillan 1894-1956 (Hardback)

Macmillan 1894-1956: Volume I of the Official Biography  

Andrew Morton / The Queen (Large Paperback)

In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the...

Muriel Emanuel / Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation (Large Paperback)

Save One Life, Save the World When Nicholas Winton met a friend in Prague in December 1938, he was shocked by the plight of thousands of refugees and Czech citizens desperate to flee from the...

Raymond Chapman / Before the King's Majesty (Large Paperback)

Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) was a towering figure in the formative years of the Church of England. Averse to the puritanical spirit of the age, he helped to create a distinctive Anglican theology,...

Jim Volkert / National Museum of the American Indian (Large Paperback)

The National Museum of the American Indian, an addition to the Smithsonian Institution's most celebrated Mall of Museums in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's largest and finest assemblages of...

Stephanie Marie Thornton / And They Called It Camelot (Large Paperback)

And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis  

Esther Kaplan / With God on Their Side - George W. Bush and the Christian Right (Large Paperback)

When asked which single issue most affected their vote in the 2004 US presidential election, more than one in five Americans said "moral values"―and 78 percent of these voters chose to reelect...

Steve Little / More Than Just A Life (Large Paperback)

Young Eddie Wilson was a footballer on the threshold of a professional career with a prominent club. Then came the Great War of 1914-1918. Once called up into the Army he was sent without completing...

Simon Morrison / Bolshoi Confidential (Large Paperback)

Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today

Ferguson Niall / The Square and the Tower : Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power(Large Paperback)

  What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization

Ronald Hutton / The Making of Oliver Cromwell

The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell—providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history“Hutton’s book is intelligent, well documented, and stylish...

Reuel Golden - New York 365 Day By Day - TASCHEN - HB New & Sealed

Have your inspiration soar sky-high with TASCHEN’s 365 Day-By-Day New York Each day you’ll discover a beautiful city portrait and a related quote, bringing the essence of New York’s spirit and charm...

Robert Hughes - The Fatal Shore : The Epic of Australia's Founding

In this bestselling account of the colonization of Australia, Robert Hughes explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. Digging deep into the dark history of...

Richard Vinen / A History in Fragments : Europe in the Twentieth Century

The problem with the history of twentieth-century Europe is that everyone thinks they know it. The great stories of the century - the two world wars, the rise and fall of Nazism and communism, female...

W.B. Marsh / 365: Great Stories from History for Every Day of the Year

A fascinating compendium of historical ta

David Mitchell / Unruly

Discover who we are and how we got here in comedian, star of Peep Show and student of history David Mitchell's Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the...

Richard Holmes / Wellington: The Iron Duke

Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain’s greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke...

Thomas Keneally - Australians : Origins to Eureka ( Volume 1 ) - HB

Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers: bestselling author Thomas Keneally has woven their lives and their stories together in a vibrant...

Prince Bernhard Von Bülow- Memoirs 1903-1909 - HB ( Volume 2 of the 4 Volume Edition)

Hardcover, published by POutnam , London and New York, 1931. What looks like a library accession number on front tiotle page, but no other evidence taht it's an ex library copy.  Von Bulow was a key...

Harry Mount / How England Made the English

Join Harry Mount on his journey through England as he uncovers the national characteristics behind the English look -- a liking for old things, for smallness and gentleness; a taste for the...

Sarah Burton / A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb

Charles

Janine Di Giovanni / The Vanishing: The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Thomas J. Morrissey / Where Two Traditions Meet: John Sullivan SJ, 1861-1933 (Large Paperback)

John Sullivan embraced in his life the two main traditions in Irish history: the unionist, Anglo-Irish, Church of Ireland tradition and the Catholic tradition of the majority of the population...

Basil Howitt / Love Lives of the Great Composers (Large Paperback)

Basil Howitt delves into the love lives of a cluster of the great composers from Gesualdo to Wagner and finds much to delight, surprise, shock, and even appall his readers -- but never bore...

Life Time Books / World War II (11 Book Collection)

Life Time Books: World War II (11 Book Collection) Contains: The Battle of the bluge The Battle of britain war in the desert The Battle of the atlantic partisans and guerrillas victory in...

History of the Royal Navy / Air Force (2 Book Collection)

History of the Royal Navy / Air Force (2 Book Collection)     This collection is second hand unless otherwise stated in the description. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage...

Joseph Robins - Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland in the Twentieth Century - HB

Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland in the Twentieth Century: Fifty Years of An Bord Altranais (The Nursing Board) 1950 - 2000 by Joseph RobinsIllustratedPublished by An Bord Altranais, 2000