This history of Ireland written by one of Ireland's most controversial journalists studies the period from 1968 to the present day Tim Coogan is also the author of The IRA & two biographies
- Michael Collins & De Valera 624 pages Coogan Tim Pat
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While the economy of his small South American country collapses President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers former guerrillas unfrocked priests & reformed
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- whores in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment But for Cardinal Guzman a man tormented by his own private daemons their stupendous hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresies Heresies that must be challenged with a horrifying new inquisition destined to climax in a spectacular confrontation

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When Jessica loses her first tooth Granny tells her to watch out for a trainee tooth fairy That shimmering little creature might look the part in her violet & silver outfit but she's not too sure of her job As Granny knows the trainee tooth fairy has been known to whisk away more than just the lost tooth Jessica & her granny stars of UNUSUAL DAY are back in another entertaining story from popular writer comedian & broadcaster Sandi Toksvig ...

Book Two in The Shetland Sailing Mysteries by Marsali Taylor When a visiting yachting couple go missing from the Shetland oil capital of Brae sailing skipper Cass Lynch overcomes her mistrust of the land world to ask for help from her old adversary DI Gavin Macrae He discovers a link to international art theft & warns Cass to steer clear
- but when one of her sailing pupils goes missing she goes alone to discover the secrets of the Neolithic tomb known locally as a trowie mound' Ghosts folklore & a nail-biting finale at the local show come together to make an atmospheric fast-moving thriller
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' Perhaps that moment had been exceptional but still I felt alive That pressure on my chest means being alive' Forty-nine with a kind face no serious ailments (apart from varicose veins on his ankles) a good salary & three moody children widowed accountant Martin Santome is about to retire He assumes he'll take up gardening or the guitar or whatever retired people do What he least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young employee Laura Avellaneda As they embark upon an affair happy & irresponsible Martin begins to feel the weight of his quiet existence lift
- until out of nowhere their joy is cut short The intimate heartbreaking diary of an ordinary man who is reborn when he falls in love one final time this beloved Latin American novel has been translated into twenty languages & sold millions of copies worldwide & is now published in Penguin Classics for the first time
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Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday with this new edition of the third book in his diaries as 16-year-old Adrian navigates his way into adulthood Monday June 13th I had a good proper look at myself in the mirror tonight I've always wanted to look clever but at the age of twenty years & three months I have to admit that I look like a person who has never even heard of Jung or Updike Adrian Mole is an adult At least that's what it says on his passport But living at home clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit ' Pinky' working as a paper pusher for the Do E & pining for the love of his life Pandora has proved to him that adulthood isn't quite what he expected Still without the slings & arrows of modern life what else would an intellectual poet have to write about Included here are two other less well-known diarists Sue Townsend & Margaret Hilda Roberts a rather ambitious grocer's daughter from Grantham ' Wonderfully funny & sharp as knives' Sunday Times ' Essential reading for Mole followers' Times Educational Supplement ' Townsend has held a mirror up to the nation & made us happy to laugh at what we see in it' Sunday Telegraph' The funniest person in the world' Caitlin Moran ...

Years ago the Killjoys fought against the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries costing them their lives save for one
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A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs & the Big Bad Wolf
- but only one person knows the real story & that person is A Wolf His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny a bad head cold & a bad reputation The rest (as they say) is history A hilariously inventive retelling of the popular story which Publishers Weekly called the ' Funniest book of the year' Jon Scieszka began to train as a doctor but left to take a course in fiction writing at Columbia University & to become a teacher He lives in Brooklyn & spends his time writing & talking about books Lane Smith an acclaimed authorillustrator has achieved major success in his collaborations with Jon Scieszka He also provided the original concept & illustrations for the hit film James & the Giant Peach He lives in New York Also by Jon Scieszka The True Story of the Three Little Pigs; The Frog Prince COntinued; The Stinky Cheese Man & other Fairly Stupid Tales; The Book that Jack Wrote; Math Curse; Squids will be Squids; Baloney; Science Verse; Seen Art?; Cowboy & Octopus; Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland; Robot Zot; Knights of the Kitchen Table; The Not-so-Jolly Roger; The Good the Bad & the Goofy; Your Mother was a Neanderthal; 2095; Tut Tut; Summer Reading s Killing Me; It's all Greek to Me; See You Later Gladiator; Sam Samurai; Hey Kid Want to Buy a Bridge?; Viking it & Liking it; Me oh Maya; Da Wild Da Crazy Da Vinci; Marco? Polo!
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As for that huffing & puffing stuff? A big lie A Wolf was just trying to borrow a cup of sugar to make his poor old granny a birthday cake Who should you believe the pigs or the wolf? You read You decide Twenty five years after publication The True Story of the Three Little Pigs remains as funny & irreverent as the inventive minds of Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith Viking is celebrating the occasion with a handsome gift edition featuring a striking new jacket appropriate for this important anniversary ...

On November 8 2016 American voters surprised the world by electing a rank outsider with no previous political experience businessman & celebrity Donald J Trump to become the 45th President of the United States after one of the most divisive & contentious campaigns in recent history In this short book Peter Kivisto analyses how this happened focusing on who Trump is & the narratives about him & his candidacy that evolved during the campaign who his supporters are & what their worldview is & the role of the media right-wing Christians & the Republican Party in making Trump's victory possible The Trump phenomenon must be viewed as a manifestation of right-wing populism a movement which has serious implications for democratic values & practices & this book examines how it took hold in America to put one of the most controversial presidents ever elected into the White House ...