'A very special novel' Louise Kennedy'An enthralling novel and a remarkable narrative feat' John BanvilleA wild child with a ferocious imagination will stop at nothing to protect his family.After years of moving from place to place, a young family finds shelter in an isolated house in the Irish countryside. Their father is missing, Mum is a healer and B a formidable big sister. In his strange new territory, a wild l...

Lichtschwerter faszinieren, doch gutes Training braucht mehr als coole Tricks. Dieses Handbuch behandelt das Lichtschwert, als wäre es eine echte Kampfkunst: strukturiert, kontrolliert und mit klarem Blick für Sicherheit. Du lernst Haltung, Griff, Schnitte, Paraden, Fußarbeit, Fallen, Rollen und einfache Drills. Fortgeschrittene Bewegungen und Bühnenkampf bauen darauf auf. Der Schwerpunkt liegt nicht auf spektakulärem Herumfuchteln, sondern auf Kontrolle, Präzision und sauberem Aufbau. Ob ...

In Thomas Drew and the Making of Victorian Belfast, Farrell analyzes the career of "political parson" Thomas Drew (1800-70), creator of one of the largest Church of Ireland congregations on the island and leading figure in the Loyal Orange Order. Farrell demonstrates how Drew’s success stemmed from an adaptive combination of his fierce anti-Catholicism and populist Protestant politics, the creation of social and spiritual outreach programs that placed Christ Church at the center o...

"I hope that future historians will chronicle the part played in the Battle of Britain by London taxi-drivers, who constantly braved death by day and by night..." So Wrote Vera Brittain during the Blitz; now, after eighty years this long forgotten period of London taxi driver history is finally told for the first time. This is their story, told for the first time, of how they lived, worked and died throughout the greatest conflict mankind ever endured.

Sectarian violence is one of the defining characteristics of the modern Ulster experience. Riots between Catholic and Protestant crowds occurred with depressing frequency throughout the nineteenth century, particularly within the constricted spaces of the province's burgeoning industrial capital, Belfast. From the Armagh Troubles in 1784 to the Belfast Riots of 1886, ritual confrontations led to regular outbreaks of sectarian conflict. This, in turn, helped keep Catholic/Protestant antagon...

After years of moving from place to place, a young family finds shelter in an isolated house in the Irish countryside. Their father is missing, Mum is a healer and B a formidable big sister. In his strange new territory, a wild little boy gives voice to his experience. Jerry Drain, a local famer, is stealing hay from the barn, someone is making nasty phone calls to the house at night and darkness is gathering at the edges of their lives. With his murderous imagination the boy will do every...

The first statewide history of the Irish in the Prairie StateToday over a million people in Illinois claim Irish ancestry and celebrate their love for Ireland. In this concise narrative history, authors Mathieu W. Billings and Sean Farrell bring together both familiar and unheralded stories of the Irish in Illinois, highlighting the critical roles these immigrants and their descendants played in the settlement and the making of the Prairie State. Short biographies ...

Kurt Tepperwein's treasures of knowledge are timeless classics in self-discovery and life assistance."The Path from Your Ego to Your True Self" is the step from illusion to reality. Life is learning and through remembering, we come to consciousness.Listen as you open the gate to heaven and live in complete harmony, in the Tao.Finally available in English.

'Sweeping and sharply observed . . . Farrell moves effortlessly between time and location and his writing is gorgeous and at times wickedly funny. A deeply impressive book' Louise Kennedy, author of TrespassesEscaping a tempestuous youth, Suzanne flees her native France for England with her young son, Adam. There she marries and gives birth to Rickie, a second boy. The family enjoys a comfortable, stable life in London but Suzanne never truly feels at home...

Mark McCracken's private eye novel The Sausalito Ferry to Hell features San Francisco based shamus Sean O'Farrell. It is a period piece set during the 1930's though the period never figures into McCracken's narrative in an important way. McCracken, like many practitioners of this style, makes great use of setting and he familiarizes readers early on with San Francisco and its environs. It isn't Raymond Chandler and Los Angeles level where the city is practically another character ...

In 1938 San Francisco, Private Eye Sean O'Farrell has his hands full. For clients, he has a good looking lady Doctor with a cheating husband, or does she? The Lord of Chinatown has a minor family problem that needs looking into, minor, just how minor? His life quickly becomes a cable car ride that is out of control. One false move could be curtains, a quick trip to hell, but if he's lucky he may only end up as a member of The Halfway to Hell Club.

Frederik ist vierzehn Jahre alt und liebt Fantasy-Romane. Er träumt davon, ein Held zu sein, hat aber wenig Selbstvertrauen und hält sich für schwach und feige. In der Schule gilt er als Nerd und kann sich nicht durchsetzen. Eines Tages findet er eine Möglichkeit, in die fabelhafte Welt eines Buchs zu gelangen. In einem mittelalterlichen Dorf mit einem Drachen steht er plötzlich zahlreichen Gefahren gegenüber. Ist er dem Abenteuer seines Lebens gewachsen?-