'You'll remember how much of living is really just forgetting.'The family home is more than a building. It's a destination of pilgrimage, an inherited investment, a repository of memory or magic. But, for brother and sister Stephen and Billie, home is all they've got. Mucking along in their decaying farmhouse, they're doing just fine.That is, until the arrival of an ex-clergyman uncle with an unscrupulous plan, a sister-in-law seeking a miracle, and a prodigal brot...

A breathtaking supernatural play from the author of The Weir.It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul.Conor McPherson's play The Seafarer was...

A fast-paced adventure for fans of Twilight and The Mortal Instruments.What if there was another you, in another world?DEZARAY IS FROM EARTH.LEXOVIA IS FROM COLDIVOR.BUT WHEN THEY ACCIDENTALLY TRADE PLACES… Dezaray is thrust into a world on the brink of war. And the only one powerful enough to stop it, is Lexovia.Struggling between surviving in a strange world, moving on from her tormented past and not falling for the boy wi...

A complete history of Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern, “the Birthplace of Canadian Rock,” to coincide with its seventieth anniversary.Like the Queen Street strip that has been its home for seven decades, the Horseshoe Tavern continues to evolve. It remains as relevant today as it did when Jack Starr founded the country music club on the site of a former blacksmith shop. From country and rockabilly to rock ‘n’ roll, punk, alt/country, and back to roots music, t...

Christian McPherson’s debut novel The Cube People pokes fun at government cubicle culture through the life and times of a struggling computer programmer/novelist wannabe. McPherson surrounds his protagonist, Colin MacDonald, with a cast of screwball characters while he toils away at his government job, struggles with fertility and dreams of becoming a published writer. Recycled air, bad lighting and bizarre environmental office policies by day; scheduled love-making sessions and r...

'Heart-warming and heart-wrenching … a story you won't forget!' Reader review ★★★★★'Hit me right in the feels, this book has me laughing, crying and swooning' Reader review on Shann McPherson★★★★★* * * * *Maggie thought she knew the life she was building, until one devastating discovery turned it all upside down. Reeling from betrayal and heartbreak, she knows she can’t stay where everything reminds her of the past.Searching...

“Message of Faith” is the second book co-authored by Retha McPherson and her teenage son Aldo. It tells of Aldo’s miraculous healing and their supernatural journey since a car accident almost claimed Aldo’s life in 2004. The book contains journal entries in Aldo’s own handwriting wherein he warns the bride of Christ to be ready for the soon arrival of the King. During Aldo’s coma Jesus took him to heaven and hell. “Aldo rarely wanted to talk or write about hell. Jesus said he had to wait f...

‘Devoured this captivating romance in one evening without coming up for air… Addictive.’ Reader review★★★★★Don’t miss this fake dating, love triangle romance for fans of Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez.Fake dating never tasted so sweetWhen Alice ‘Murph’ Murphy’s mother passed, she vowed to keep the family bakery running – even if it meant letting go of her high school sweetheart, Nash Harris. But when Nash walks back into Piece O’ Cake...

Academic success is rooted in a number of factors, of which 'intelligence' is only one. Attitude and beliefs, and knowledgeable strategy use, are critical. This is the core message of this collection of articles and research reports on study skills from the author's websites, arranged and edited for greater cohesiveness. Its aim is to describe and provide evidence for concepts and strategies that may change your approach to teaching or studying.The book contains articles on:

This volume of Conor McPherson's collected plays, covering a decade of writing, celebrates a fascination with the uncanny which has led him to be described as 'quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation' ( New York Times).In Shining City, a man seeks help from a counsellor, claiming to have seen the ghost of his dead wife. The play, premiered at the Royal Court, London, is 'up there with The Weir, moving, com...

'People always blame something, don't they?'A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.Three young men from a small seaside town near Dublin tell us in overlapping monologues of their inextricably linked lives and the eventful week which was to change things for good...Conor McPherson's play This Lime Tree Bower was first performed as an Íomhá Ildánach/Fly by Nigh...

This is a must-read guide for anyone who has lipoma or fatty lumps. Lipoma is a common skin disease affecting millions of people around the world today. It is a non-cancerous or benign skin tumor that can appear and grow in various parts of the body. In this highly informative book by Thomas K McPherson, you'll discover: How common is the condition?Current statistical data, who gets it and why, Quick simply self-assessment of lipoma at home, Common misdiagnosis for lipoma, The role ...