
A Nation And Not A Rabble
Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Fo...
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Skip to contentPacked with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Fo...
View full detailsRaja Shehadeh is the most celebrated Palestinian writer working today. To his surprise, when researching his family history, he discovered a great ...
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View full detailsFrom bestselling author Robert Greene comes a brilliant distillation of the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Sp...
View full detailsWritten in 1957, when North African independence movements were gaining momentum, The Colonizer and the Colonized studies the enduring legacy, poli...
View full detailsWhat does the Rosetta Stone tell us about the past? What treasures of Egyptian literature can now be read, thanks to its decipherment? What does it...
View full detailsIn 1939, as an art student, Ronald Searle volunteered for the army, embarking for Singapore in 1941. Within a month of his arrival he became a pris...
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