Since the 1980s, Ireland has gone through a profound social, demographic, and religious disruption, the impact of which has been seen across recent fiction from Irish writers. Companion to the Contemporary Irish Novel traces this cultural shift and its impact by examining how modern novels have reckoned with a new conception of Irishness.Despite the heady mix of cultural and social destabilization, reform, and economic successes and challenges, this period of relentless di...

A mechanic unintentionally wins a contest to co-star alongside her favorite adult film actor, in this spicy debut romance.After a lifetime of sexual frustration, an exceptionally bad day at the garage, and a full box of grocery store wine, Amelia Roarke finds herself entering the last contest she ever expects to win. One that promises the opportunity to feature with the adult film star that’s captivated her since the very first video she saw him in.As his s...

From the war-torn streets of Belfast to building a global empire worth millions. From the grip of alcoholism to complete freedom. From being called a failure to proving everyone wrong. Tom Smyth wasn't supposed to make it. Born in 1974 during Northern Ireland's darkest days, raised in a working-class neighborhood where bombs and bullets were the soundtrack of childhood, he had every excuse to fail. But Tom doesn't do excuses. When COVID-19 devastated his business with a £6 million ...

Maintaining one’s faith in Jesus Christ requires constant input from many sources, most importantly from the word of God. Also important, though, is the wisdom of others and their own journeys of faith. Every believer has a story to tell and faith-based experiences to share.This ninety-nine-day devotional is part of my story—a collection of stories that tie into scripture and my own personal faith walk. Each day’s reading is based on life and truth, not only the truth of the Bible ...

In this moment of growing anxiety about the environment and the fate of humanity, literature continues its vital role of articulating dynamic new ways of thinking about the relations between humanity, environment and technology. In this book, cultural historian Gerry Smyth focuses on English genre fiction of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, exploring the ways in which popular novelists of the period engaged with debates relating to environment (England), culture (En...

In a game built for men, I came to make history.As the only girl on an all-male Division I hockey team, I’m not a novelty—I’m a threat. A spark in a powder keg of testosterone. But I didn’t come to play nice. I came to dominate.I didn’t expect them . . .The golden boy captain who carries the team on his shoulders. The brooding guardian with a darkness that calls to me. The hot and cold viper who kisses me breathless in dark corners—then acts like it...

The apocalypse didn't take everyone. It just took us.Ever since the rain turned green, Kyrie's world has been bathed in glowing dust. She packs it into old mascara tubes and sells it as makeup alongside dried cacti, threadbare blankets, and long-expired canned food. There's not much else to do when everyone outside Kyrie's small town in the Mojave Desert died from the plague-bearing rain ten years ago.Everyone—except the man in the rubber mask.He's ...

The apocalypse didn’t take everyone. It just took us.Ever since the rain turned green, Kyrie’s world has been bathed in glowing dust. She packs it into old mascara tubes and sells it as makeup alongside dried cacti, threadbare blankets, and long-expired canned food. There’s not much else to do when everyone outside Kyrie’s small town in the Mojave Desert died from the plague-bearing rain ten years ago.Everyone—except the man in the rubber mask.He’s ...

Five heartfelt pro-life stories by five Christian fiction authors. These tales pose real questions and give solid answers for protecting preborn lives.IRIS by H.A. PruittIris is a stressed out young pastor's wife and mother of three rambunctious little boys. Despite her morals, she's convinced she can't handle another baby. She's waging a battle of flesh versus faith in real time.MY DAUGHTER SAMANTHA by Parker J. ColeSamantha collapses at her high school gradu...

Captain Edward Denny Day – the only law 'from the Big River to the sea' – was Australia’s greatest lawman, yet few have heard of him. This is his story.Once there was a wilderness: Australia’s frontier, a dangerous and unforgiving place where outlaws ruled the roads and killers were hailed as heroes. It was here, in 1838, that one man’s uncompromising sense of justice changed history and shocked the world.Denny Day was a vicar’s son from Ireland. A member o...

The Coves – San Francisco's first organised-crime gang – were Australians: men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which America had never seen. Robbery, murder, arson and extortion were the Coves' stock-in-trade, and it was said that the leader of the gang, Jim Stewart, had killed more men than any man in California.The gang’s bas...

This book, fully updated for Android Studio Panda, teaches you how to develop Android-based applications using Kotlin.Beginning with the basics, the book outlines how to set up an Android development and testing environment, followed by an introduction to programming in Kotlin, including data types, control flow, functions, lambdas, and object-oriented programming. Asynchronous programming using Kotlin coroutines and flow is also covered in detail.Chapters also cover the An...