The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 is an expansive history of the infamous Irish Potato Famine.

Live Till I Die introduces August Nolan, a tough yet soft-spoken New Jersey ex-state cop turned PI who when not working a case is often found nursing a Jack Daniels at Amanda's, his favorite Hoboken watering hole. Nolan's latest assignment, which he's juggling with a couple of cheating spouse cases, is to investigate Hoboken's charismatic young mayor, suspected of graft in a lucrative construction contract scheme.As Nolan digs in, he connects the mayor to a major smuggling operatio...

It was the melancholy prophet as recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes who said, "There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven". Today is the time to complete the introduction to my fourth collection of poetry.

Nous sommes rentrés dans le monde de la guerre. Politique étrangère propose dans un premier dossier un faisceau d’analyses permettant de mieux comprendre les dynamiques militaires et politiques à l’œuvre dans une Europe qui se rêvait hier en paix perpétuelle. L’affrontement direct entre Kiev et Moscou oppose deux systèmes militaires et de défense aux logiques, aux forces, aux faiblesses dissymétriques, que nous découvrons aussi au fil du conflit. Et au-delà du conflit lui-même, pe...

L’Union européenne tient bon face à la guerre d’Ukraine – peut-être mieux que prévu... Mais quels effets cette dernière aura-t-elle à long terme sur les institutions, les politiques européennes ? Il faudra modifier les institutions pour faire face aux élargissements qui s’annoncent. L’Union a certes progressé dans la direction de politiques industrielles et technologiques communes. Mais cette dynamique emporte-t-elle une conception d’autonomie stratégique incluant le diplomatique et le str...

The New Jersey State Troopers are dedicated to upholding their credo of 'Honor, Duty and Fidelity.' Their commitment to this service has helped countless civilians in dangerous situations and saved many innocent lives. Yet in upholding their duty to serve and protect, extraordinary troopers have given their lives. Retired Sergeant First Class John O'Rourke has collected their stories of bravery and herein follows up his first book, Jersey Troopers, with the accounts of troopers killed in t...

The true story of the murders that terrorized New Jersey beach towns for nearly a decade.Beachgoers usually watch out for dangers like riptides or sharks—but from 1974 to 1983, a different fear gripped the New Jersey shore: young women were disappearing. Their abductor was Richard Biegenwald, a man released for good behavior after serving seventeen years in prison for murder and spending time in a psychiatric facility.Police arrested him on suspicion of rap...

The Quiet Street: How John Wayne Glover Terrorised Sydney's North ShoreIn the affluent harbour suburb of Mosman, Sydney, elderly women walked to their shops without fear. They knew their neighbours. They trusted the streets. They had no reason not to. One of the most dangerous men in Australia was among them, cheerful, helpful, entirely unremarkable, and he had been there for twenty years.Between January 1989 and March 1990, John Wayne Glover murdered six e...

The New Jersey State Police is an organization rich in history and tradition. Formed in 1921, the "outfit" has grown from a rural police force into one of the most diversified state agencies in the country. Sadly, this success did not come without a price; over thirty-five troopers gave their lives serving the citizens of the Garden State during the organization's formative years, from 1921 to 1960. This book honors their memory, telling the stories of these brave men, and upholds the stat...

Designed for use with children in grades K-6, this book provides a review of support groups: their nature and value; the tripartite model of children's needs, behaviours they need to learn and environmental conditions that support learning; the Keystone Learning Model, which encompasses the tripartite model, strengths and decision-making; and 'nuts and bolts' suggestions for creating and managing child support groups. The book also addresses various support groups chapter by chapter and ho...

The true story of an executive snatched from his suburban driveway—and the hunt for the husband and wife who took him hostage.On a spring morning in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1992, authorities discovered a car idling in a driveway with the door open and the driver missing. After they learned the driver was Sidney Reso, the president of Exxon International, the FBI joined the investigation.Over the next two months, law enforcement received cryptic communica...

This volume is the first full-length publication to systematically unpack and analyze the linguistic practices and ideologies of "new speakers" specifically in an Irish language context. The book introduces the theoretical foundations of the new speaker framework as it manifests itself in the Irish setting, describes its historical precedents, and traces its evolution to today. The book then draws upon a rich set of data and research methods, including participant observation and ethnograp...