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A Dictionary of Naval Slang

Gerald O'Driscoll

Taking the reader from 'Acting green' all the way to 'Water-rat', A Dictionary of Naval Slang is a treasury of naval argot, jargon, lingo and cant, and a window on the lost world of living on the high seas.

Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science

Luke O'Neill

A number one Irish bestseller, and winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.

Autobibliography

Rob Doyle

Provocative, intelligent and funny, it is a brilliant introduction to a personal canon by one of the most original and exciting writers around.

The Upswing

Robert D Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett

'Putnam's book speaks for the many millions who don't think the way zealots do' Guardian

Irreversible Damage

Abigail Shrier

'Every parent needs to read this' Helen Joyce

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

A BARACK OBAMA FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2020. A New York Times best book of 2020. One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans.

Nomadland

Jessica Bruder

Academy Award Winner Nomadland tells a revelatory tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy – one which foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us.

Cynical Theories

Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay

How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity?and Why This Harms Everybody

BOOK OF THE YEAR in The Times, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times