ShackletonShackleton: An Irishman in Antarcticaby John MacKenna and Jonathan Shackleton \n \nOUT OF PRINT, EBOOK AVAILABLE \n \nA mesmerizing new biography of explorer Ernest Shackleton, lavishly illustrated with over a hundred photographs, maps and engravings, some of them appearing in print for the first time. Eighty years after his death, the extraordinary story of Endurance South Pole expedition still holds a compelling grip on the public imagination.

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Something in the Head: The Life & Work of John BroderickÊby Madeline Kingston \n \nThis is the first full biography of Athlone-born writer John Broderick (1924-89)

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