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Damage Control

How to Tiptoe Away from the Smoking Wreckage of your Latest Screw-Up with a Minimum of Harm to Your Reputation

by David Eddie, Pat Lynch ...

A straight-shooting, hilarious and off-beat guide from the author of the Globe's most highly trafficked column in the Life section. This is Ann Landers with tattoos, beer shooters, and just a bit of swearing.David Eddie is so infamous for sticking his foot in his mouth that he's dubbed himself "Faux Pas-Varotti". Every social outing seems to result in some form of mortification for all concerned. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A straight-shooting, hilarious and off-beat guide from the author of the Globe's most highly trafficked column in the Life section. This is Ann Landers with tattoos, beer shooters, and just a bit of swearing.David Eddie is so infamous for sticking his foot in his mouth that he's dubbed himself "Faux Pas-Varotti". Every social outing seems to result in some form of mortification for all concerned.
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Think Good Thoughts

by J.P. (Pat) Lynch ...

A story of a couple living a good life and one of them is diagnosed with breast cancer. The book is a collection of reminiscences and pleasant memories mixed with the terror of a cancer diagnosis. It also tells of the good works that the health workers brought to the table, making the problem more tolerable. It could make you laugh or it could make you cry. ... Read more

$7.99 USD

A story of a couple living a good life and one of them is diagnosed with breast cancer. The book is a collection of reminiscences and pleasant memories mixed with the terror of a cancer diagnosis. It also tells of the good works that the health workers brought to the table, making the problem more tolerable. It could make you laugh or it could make you cry.
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Stories I Like to Tell

by J.P. (Pat) Lynch ...

A collection of stories and anecdotes about family, friends and personal experiences.I left school at age sixteen. Life has been very good to me and, at the urging of some friends, I decided it might be fun to write down some of the things that caught my attention along the way.The collection may be fun, someday, for the grandkids. It may be fun now for people who want a chuckle from reading about ... Read more

$8.99 USD

A collection of stories and anecdotes about family, friends and personal experiences.I left school at age sixteen. Life has been very good to me and, at the urging of some friends, I decided it might be fun to write down some of the things that caught my attention along the way.The collection may be fun, someday, for the grandkids. It may be fun now for people who want a chuckle from reading about
... Read more
All That Glisters and Other Stories

by Pat Lynch ...

Pat Lynch’s work, with its astute social consciousness and reporter’s sharp eye, tunes us in: to language with its revelations and betrayals, to subtexts, to nuance, to irony. Her characters engage us emotionally; her stories peel away the layers with humor and great humanity. Lynch is funny the way that Lear’s fool is funny: she tells the truth. She is (as the teenage Dustin Blake would say in ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Pat Lynch’s work, with its astute social consciousness and reporter’s sharp eye, tunes us in: to language with its revelations and betrayals, to subtexts, to nuance, to irony. Her characters engage us emotionally; her stories peel away the layers with humor and great humanity. Lynch is funny the way that Lear’s fool is funny: she tells the truth. She is (as the teenage Dustin Blake would say in
... Read more
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On Bloody Sunday

A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There

by Julieann Campbell ...

Narrated by Julieann Campbell, Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Melanie MacHugh, Niall Cusack, Pat Lynch, Simon Nelson ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

*****'A momentous chronicle, timely and vital, which highlights that the burden of change rests, as always, upon the shoulders of those who suffered and yet, have nurtured the desire that lessons be learned.' - Michael Mansfield QC*, who represented a number of families during the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.*'It's a wonderful book. The technique used - multiple voices speaking directly to us - is very ... Read more

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*****'A momentous chronicle, timely and vital, which highlights that the burden of change rests, as always, upon the shoulders of those who suffered and yet, have nurtured the desire that lessons be learned.' - Michael Mansfield QC*, who represented a number of families during the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.*'It's a wonderful book. The technique used - multiple voices speaking directly to us - is very
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Very Bad People

The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption

by Patrick Alley ...

Narrated by Richard Burnip ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

PATRICK ALLEY'S NEW BOOK TERRIBLE HUMANS IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.*****'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the... ... Read more

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PATRICK ALLEY'S NEW BOOK TERRIBLE HUMANS IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.*****'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the...
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Black England

A Forgotten Georgian History

by Gretchen Gerzina ...

Narrated by Debra Michaels ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

A powerful history of the forgotten lives of black Georgian Britain.Georgian England had a large and distinctive black community. Yet all of them, prosperous citizens or newly freed slaves, ran the risk of kidnap and sale to plantations. Their dramatic, often moving story is told in this audiobook.The idea that Britain became a mixed-race country after 1945 is a common mistake. Even in Shakespeare ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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A powerful history of the forgotten lives of black Georgian Britain.Georgian England had a large and distinctive black community. Yet all of them, prosperous citizens or newly freed slaves, ran the risk of kidnap and sale to plantations. Their dramatic, often moving story is told in this audiobook.The idea that Britain became a mixed-race country after 1945 is a common mistake. Even in Shakespeare
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The Pity of War

Explaining World War I

by Niall Ferguson ...

Narrated by Graeme Malcolm ...

Unabridged

21 hours 38 min

From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I.“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — AtlanticThe Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a ... Read more

$44.99 USD

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From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I.“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — AtlanticThe Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a
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Stakeknife's Dirty War

The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War

by Richard O'Rawe ...

Narrated by Alan Turkington ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

Freddie Scappaticci was born in 1946 and raised in a deeply nationalist area of Belfast. When the Troubles broke out in 1969, he joined the Provisional IRA, where he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming commander of Belfast in 1984.From the outside, Scappaticci appeared to be a dedicated volunteer, but inwardly, he had become disenchanted with the IRA and, in 1977, he started working for ... Read more

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Freddie Scappaticci was born in 1946 and raised in a deeply nationalist area of Belfast. When the Troubles broke out in 1969, he joined the Provisional IRA, where he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming commander of Belfast in 1984.From the outside, Scappaticci appeared to be a dedicated volunteer, but inwardly, he had become disenchanted with the IRA and, in 1977, he started working for
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Tenement Kid

Rough Trade Book of the Year

by Bobby Gillespie ...

Narrated by Bobby Gillespie ...

Unabridged

16 hours 20 min

'Gillespie is rock and roll's Oliver Twist. A punk rock fairytale, razor sharp on class struggle, music, style, and a singular view of the world resulting in one of the world's great bands. Couldn't put down' Courtney LoveBorn into a working-class Glaswegian family in the summer of 1961, TENEMENT KID begins in the district of Springburn, soon to be evacuated in Edward Heath's brutal slum ... Read more

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'Gillespie is rock and roll's Oliver Twist. A punk rock fairytale, razor sharp on class struggle, music, style, and a singular view of the world resulting in one of the world's great bands. Couldn't put down' Courtney LoveBorn into a working-class Glaswegian family in the summer of 1961, TENEMENT KID begins in the district of Springburn, soon to be evacuated in Edward Heath's brutal slum
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The Broken House

Growing up Under Hitler – The Lost Masterpiece

by Horst Krüger ...

Narrated by John Hopkins ...

Unabridged

6 hours 1 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In 1965 the German journalist Horst Krüger attended the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt, where 22 former camp guards were put on trial for the systematic murder of over 1 million men, women and children. Twenty years after the end of the war, this was the first time that the German people were confronted with the horrific details of the Holocaust executed by 'ordinary men' ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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Brought to you by Penguin.In 1965 the German journalist Horst Krüger attended the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt, where 22 former camp guards were put on trial for the systematic murder of over 1 million men, women and children. Twenty years after the end of the war, this was the first time that the German people were confronted with the horrific details of the Holocaust executed by 'ordinary men'
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The Gotti Wars

Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster

by John Gleeson ...

Narrated by Adam Grupper ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

“Riveting…an electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties. Suspenseful and multifaceted, The Gotti Wars can’t be missed.” —Esquire, “The Best Nonfiction Books of the Year**”**A “meticulous chronicle of good triumphing over evil” (The Washington Post) from the determined young prosecutor who, in two of America’s most celebrated racketeering trials, managed to convict ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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“Riveting…an electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties. Suspenseful and multifaceted, The Gotti Wars can’t be missed.” —Esquire, “The Best Nonfiction Books of the Year**”**A “meticulous chronicle of good triumphing over evil” (The Washington Post) from the determined young prosecutor who, in two of America’s most celebrated racketeering trials, managed to convict
... Read more

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