WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2024WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs that always fall through. Back in these scarred streets, where the promised prosperity of peacetime has never arrived. Back among hi...

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he studies, and he - mostly - stays out of trouble. The thirty-year conflict is over, he's told, and his future is lit with promise.But when Sean returns home from university, he finds much of the same-the same friends doing the same gear in the same clubs; the same lost brothers and mad fathers; the same closed doors; the same silences. There are no jobs, Sean's degree isn't worth the paper ...

Un retrato de la masculinidad moderna, marcada por la clase, el trauma y el silencio.Premio Rooney 2023 de Literatura irlandesaNero Book Award a mejor debut literario 2023«Una novela compleja y fascinante sobre la precariedad, la desesperanza y los ecos de la violencia».David Mejía, El MundoAnthony, el hermano de Sean, es un hombre duro. Cuando eran niños, s...

Brought to you by Penguin.***WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the ...

In this course you will explore the sublime mysteries and core theology of Catholicism with brilliant lecturer Monsignor Michael Magee as your guide.You will treasure this special course.An institution that has existed longer than any extant government on earth, the Catholic Church continues to touch the hearts and minds of billions. The fact that Catholics in Creed recite the words, “I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church...” means that there is more to the ...

Gain an insider''s understanding of the Roman Missal''s new translation.Since its 2011 Advent introduction, English-speaking Catholics began hearing, speaking and praying with new words. If you have questions about how and why this new transitional came into being, then this insightful course is for you.The prayers of the Roman Liturgy are the accumulated wealth of 20 centuries of worship. This new translation was prepared by the Bishops and approved by the Vatican in the s...

'Poignant . . . I loved it!' ELAINE FEENEY'A beautiful, deeply affecting story.' DONAL RYAN'Hugely compelling and utterly persuasive.' JOSEPH O'CONNORFrom the author of the beloved debut Boys Don't Cry - an unforgettable story of love and loss and how the ones we love never really leave us.He's leaning in. I'm leaning in. 'The future is ours to make, Shauns,' he says, lips almost touching.Summer, 1991....

'Poignant . . . I loved it!' ELAINE FEENEY'A beautiful, deeply affecting story.' DONAL RYAN'Hugely compelling and utterly persuasive.' JOSEPH O'CONNORFrom the author of the beloved debut Boys Don't Cry - an unforgettable story of love and loss and how the ones we love never really leave us.He's leaning in. I'm leaning in. 'The future is ours to make, Shauns,' he says, lips almost touching.Summer, 1991....

This audiobook experience contains music and sound effects, and is narrated by Melody Muzljakovic and performed by a full cast.Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas and The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.WHEN DESTINY FAILS YOU, WHO WILL YOU BECOME?A forgotten princess. A cruel realm. A Mage who might be her salvation.Sanja is a princess on the run...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Sometimes success is a matter of life or death.Dylan Jurgenson hates camping but is stuck chaperoning his practical magic class on their fieldtrip. Worse, he's bunking with sexy math teacher Xavier Tollis. You know, the hot Minotaur shifter who barely knows Dylan exists. Not that Xavier's lack of interest comes as any surprise. Who'd be interested in a mediocre mage, anyway?Xavier can handle crazy teens and camping. Who he'd like to handle is the cute mage...

A world on the precipice of the apocalypse. A secret forged in the flames of war.A chance to start over.For John Sutton, only one of those three things matters.Retired from a decade of brutal war, he wants nothing more than a quiet pastoral life while he does his best to stem the steady increase of his Doom Points before they hit 100, signaling the start of the end.He’s been given a small farm on the outskirts of the empire as a thanks for his service, but n...