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The 1916 Rising is one of the most documented and analysed episodes in Ireland's turbulent history. Often overlooked, however, is its immediate aftermath. This significant window in the narrative of……続きを見る

Re-issued with an introduction by Neil Jordan, 'The Big Fellow' is the 1937 biography of the famed Irish leader Michael Collins by acclaimed author Frank O'Connor. It is an uncompromising but humane……続きを見る

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail. As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the……続きを見る

Between the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century, Lady Augusta Gregory welcomed numerous distinguished literary and artistic friends to her home in Coole Park. Many of these visitors were inv……続きを見る

'On Another Man's Wound', its title taken from an old Ulster proverb, 'It's easy to sleep on another man's wound', was first published in 1936 and has become the classic account of the years 1916-21……続きを見る

Since the first wave of uprisings in 2011, the euphoria of the "Arab Spring" has given way to the gloom of backlash and a descent into mayhem and war. The revolution has been overwhelmed by clashes ……続きを見る

In 'Pathway to Rebellion' Willie Henry traces the origins of the rebellion of 1916 in Co. Galway back over a century. He argues that the country's rebellious past encouraged the Galway Volunteers to……続きを見る

The history of the Irish republican movement is dominated by the story of the men who took up arms in Ireland's fight for freedom against the British. The names of men like Pearse, Connolly, Collins……続きを見る

'Close to a miracle... The Shortest History of the Soviet Union is an immensely readable overview of the entire history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991, full of anecdotes and lively detail, bu……続きを見る

For the first time in published form 'The Men Will Talk to Me: Galway Interviews' chronicles the experiences of the Galway-based survivors of the War of Independence and the Civil War, recorded in t……続きを見る

This book contains the unpublished diaries of two men writing under fire on the streets of Dublin in April 1916. In Jacob's factory, Volunteer Seosamh de Brún wrote in his tiny diary about guard dut……続きを見る

The Kildare IRA was heavily outnumbered by crown forces and had neither the manpower nor weaponry to seriously challenge them. With about 300 activists in County Kildare, and only about a third of t……続きを見る

In the 1940s and 1950s Ernie O'Malley travelled around Ireland interviewing survivors of Ireland's struggle for Independence. These interviews, now being made available to the public for the first, ……続きを見る

Tadhg Barry was the last high-profile victim of the crown forces during the Irish War of Independence. A veteran republican, trade unionist, journalist, poet, GAA official and alderman on Cork Corpo……続きを見る

' This incredible book is very, very important'. Damien Dempsey In November 2008, Tomás Mac Conmara sat with a 105 five-year-old woman at a nursing home in Clare. While gently moving through her mem……続きを見る

This book contains interviews with members of the IRA's Mid Clare and East Clare Brigades. It includes details of the Rineen Ambush, which was, at that time, the largest and most successful operatio……続きを見る

During the bloody years of the First English Civil War, as the battles of Edgehill, Newbury and Naseby raged, another war was being fought. Its combatants fought with cunning and deceit in a hidden ……続きを見る

Until 1999 official British records of the fifteen trials that followed the Easter Rising of 1916 were kept a close secret. Further material released in 2001 included the trial of Countess Markievic……続きを見る

Ontdek de geschiedenis van de Spaanse Burgeroorlog die van 1936 tot 1939 werd uitgevochten tussen de Republikeinen, voorstanders van een progressief en liberaal Spanje, en de Nationalisten, voorstan……続きを見る

A first-hand account of the 1916 Rising and its aftermath brings alive the historic events that ushered in the beginnings of an independent Irish state. A Londoner and a member of the Irish Voluntee……続きを見る

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political upheavals which spanned the British Isles in the mid-seventeenth century. It was fought on a wide range of religious, political an……続きを見る

There have been many books written about valour in battle. This is not one of them. On the contrary, On the Run deals entirely with those men and women who have departed from life in the armed force……続きを見る

Scoprite la storia della guerra civile spagnola combattuta dal 1936 al 1939 tra i repubblicani, sostenitori di una Spagna progressista e liberale, e i nazionalisti, sostenitori di un regime conserva……続きを見る

Poznaj historię hiszpańskiej wojny domowej toczonej w latach 1936-1939 pomiędzy Republikanami, zwolennikami postępowej i liberalnej Hiszpanii, a Nacjonalistami, zwolennikami konserwatywnego reżimu o……続きを見る

Descubra a história da Guerra Civil espanhola travada de 1936 a 1939 entre os republicanos, apoiantes de uma Espanha progressista e liberal, e os nacionalistas, apoiantes de um regime conservador co……続きを見る

When three Yale classmates -- David Bushnell, Nathan Hale, and Benjamin Tallmadge -- leave their world of classical education at Yale College, they embark on a hero's journey by joining the American……続きを見る

蔡锷，原名艮寅，字松坡，1882年12月18日出生于湖南省邵阳市，是中国近代史上伟大的爱国主义者，民国初年杰出的政治家、军事家，民主革命家，是护国起义的主要组织者和领导者。 蔡锷1916年病逝于日本，1917年4月12……続きを見る

Some revolutions never were. This is the story of one such adventure and the indecisive outcomes that come from it. 続きを見る

Altri dovrebbero aver paura è una preziosa raccolta di lettere e testimonianze di Nicola Sacco e Bartolomeo Vanzetti mai apparsi in Italia o all'estero. A differenza di quanto pubblicato precedentem……続きを見る

Testimonianza diretta e inedita del dramma umano vissuto da Nicola Sacco e Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Le ragioni di una congiura - ora per la prima volta pubblicate in Italia - ci descrive in maniera accu……続きを見る