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  1. The Perfect Nazi

    The Perfect Nazi

    Martin Davidson

    €13.00

    Drawing on an astonishing cache of personal documents, Davidson retraces Bruno's journey from disillusioned adolescent to SS Officer to mysterious grandfather. In this extraordinary account he tries to understand how Langbehn and millions of others like him were seduced by Hitler's regime, and attempts to come to terms with this devastating revelation. Learn More
  2. The Diary of a Young Girl

    The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank

    €9.99

    In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years, Anne vividly describes not only the daily frustrations of living in such close quarters, but also her thoughts, feelings and longings as she grows up. Her diary ends abruptly and tragically when, in August 1944, Anne and her family were all finally betrayed. Learn More
  3. The Year of Magical Thinking

    The Year of Magical Thinking

    Joan Didion

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    This powerful book is Didion's 'attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea she ever had about death, about illness about marriage and children and memory, about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself'. The result is an exploration of an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage, and a life, in good times and bad. Learn More
  4. Somewhere Towards the End

    Somewhere Towards the End

    Diana Athill

    €10.99

    This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taught her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation. Learn More
  5. 100 Voices

    100 Voices

    Scott McConnell

    €23.00

    Drawing on 100 never-before-published interviews, Scott McConnell presents a unique portrait of a larger-than-life literary giant and a fascinating individual, Ayn Rand. Learn More
  6. Night

    Night

    Elie Weisel

    €12.00

    Describing with immense power the murder of a people from a survivor's perspective, Night is among the most personal and poignant of all accounts of the Holocaust and provides rare insight into the darkest side of humanity. Learn More
  7. Let Not the Waves of the Sea

    Let Not the Waves of the Sea

    Simon Stephenson

    €21.00

    Let Not the Waves of the Sea is Simon Stephenson's account of his journey following the loss of his brother in the Indian Ocean tsunami. If it is a story of grief, it is also a story of hope and of the unexpected places where healing can be found. Learn More
  8. Before Night Falls

    Before Night Falls

    Reinaldo Arenas

    €13.00

    This shocking memoir by the Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas is a book about sexual, political and artistic freedom. Learn More
  9. The Diary of a Young Girl (H/B Slipcase)

    The Diary of a Young Girl (H/B Slipcase)

    Anne Frank

    €28.00

    A stunningly beautiful hardback edition with a special introduction by Buddy Elias - Anne Frank's first cousin. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank remains the single most poignant story to emerge from the Second World War, and her diary has come to symbolize not only the horrors of the Holocaust but the strength of the human spirit in adversity. Learn More
  10. Cry Freedom: The Legendary True Story of Steve Biko and the Friendship that Defied Apartheid

    Cry Freedom: The Legendary True Story of Steve Biko and the Friendship that Defied Apartheid

    John Briley

    €12.00

    Under South Africa's brutal apartheid regime, black activist Steve Biko has been working tirelessly for years to undermine the system when he meets white journalist Donald Woods. Initially suspicious of Biko and his motives, Woods finds himself united with Biko in common cause after Biko reveals to him the true extent of police atrocities in the black townships. Learn More
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