The Alhambra Revealed

The first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. It studies the relationship between sport and national identity, how sport influences policy-making in modern states, and the ways in which sport has been colonized by the media.

The explosive, untold story of how Russia mastered the art and science of targeted assassination – and why even the most powerful nations in the world have failed to stop Putin.

Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world `Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking' Joanna Blythman