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'He won't tell Dan about the trees yet. In the spring maybe, when he knows if they're living or dead. Cahir is the right man for a secret. The great secrets of the world are best kept by fat boys and girls. Fat boys like Cahir with no shortage of capacity or cover or practice, the ones who've been hoarding for years, building heft in the quiet when backs were turned.' Cahir and Dan grew up on Inishowen, in north Donegal. It is their last year at home together. When his brother leaves, Cahir will be left behind, but he has plans too. Cahir plants trees outside the town, on a scrap of ground belonging to their mother. In a world full of badness, he wants to do something good. It is a secret, even from Dan. Dan works full time at the supermarket, content where he is. He has taken a year out before university and is messaging Lydia. If it works out with her, he might stay longer. But the land doesn't belong to Cahir or to Dan. It has been sold to Lydia's brother and when Lydia finds Cahir tending the trees, on ground that isn't his, things spiral out of Cahir's control, threatening everything he has worked for.
Londonderry 1973, Kieron is a ten year old boy, growing up in the Creggan, whose life is affected by turbulent events he barely comprehends and over which he has no control. This fictionalised account bears witness to the very worst and the best of the Troubles.
May 1944.The Normandy coastal village of Caillons is under German occupation, its villagers struggling to survive.With her husband forced into compulsory service for the German Reich, Jeanne Dupré, mother of two adolescent daughters, risks everything to lead the local French Resistance cell.Life becomes even more dangerous with the arrival of British agent Daniel Benedict. He needs Jeanne's help to complete his mission, vital to Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings.But Jeanne is suspicious that Benedict and she are not fighting for the same outcome.Their joint foe is Jürgen Graf, Nazi oberleutnant set on wiping out the local Resistance. Aware that a spy is at large, Graf is on a ruthless...
Discover the ancient secrets to a life of creative joy, depth, and enhanced well-being... Many ancient cultures throughout human history have understood that the whole point of life is to experience freedom and help others do the same. As a modern Western person, you may have felt a longing inside yourself for this same understanding, but you haven't been sure what your real purpose is or how you can access a more sacred dimension of your life. The problem is that, like most of us in the Western world, you were never taught the right foundation growing up -- the one that ultimately determines every single aspect of your reality, from your health to your finances to your love life. The good news is that once you learn and apply this foundation, your life will take a quantum leap in a new direction, one that is filled with meaning, joy, and awareness. It is never too late to initiate a life of purpose. "The Purpose Principle" is your entry into a new way of being starting right NOW.
1941, France.The Battle of Britain is over, but the German occupation of France ensures there is still plenty of action in store for young Spitfire pilot Charlie Quinn.He is one of the best in his field, but he knows only too well that every sortie could be his last.Yet the irresistible urge to do everything he can to keep his fellow pilots, his family and England safe drives the young ace to go above and beyond the call of duty.His worst fear is quickly realised when he is shot down over France during his latest mission.Charlie somehow manages to steer his stricken fighter to a crash-landing inside German-held territory near �taples - a town, it turns out, synonymous with a terrible secre...
Over the next several decades, as human populations grow, the demand for energy will soar. But renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl--the amount of land needed to produce energy--which can threaten biodiversity. In Energy Sprawl Solutions, scientists Joseph M. Kiesecker and David Naugle provide a roadmap for preserving biodiversity despite the threats of energy sprawl. Their strategy--development by design--identifies and sets aside land where biodiversity can thrive while consolidating development in areas with lower biodiversity value. This contributed volume features case studies from countries around the world, each describing a different energy sector and the way they have successfully maximized biodiversity protection. This book provides a needed guide for elected officials, industry representatives, NGOs and community groups who have a stake in sustainable energy-development planning.
In this groundbreaking work, Lois Presser investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. She applies insights from across the academy to in-depth interviews with men who shared their accounts of how they became the people we most fear--those who rape, murder, assault, and rob, often repeatedly. Been a Heavy Life provides the discipline of criminology with two crucial frameworks: one for critically evaluating the construction of offenders’ own stories, and one for grasping the cultural meta-narratives that legitimize violence. For social scientists generally, this book offers a vivid demonstration of just how dynamic and contingent self-narratives are.
This book presents the latest trends and developments in multimodal optimization and niching techniques. Most existing optimization methods are designed for locating a single global solution. However, in real-world settings, many problems are “multimodal” by nature, i.e., multiple satisfactory solutions exist. It may be desirable to locate several such solutions before deciding which one to use. Multimodal optimization has been the subject of intense study in the field of population-based meta-heuristic algorithms, e.g., evolutionary algorithms (EAs), for the past few decades. These multimodal optimization techniques are commonly referred to as “niching” methods, because of the natur...
In a competitive job market, first impressions are vital. To get an interview you’re going to have to stand out and a well-executed cover letter is vital to ensure that you do not fall at the first hurdle. This book takes you through all the essential rules and high impact strategies to ensure your cover letter makes you stand out from the crowd. It takes a detailed look at the fifteen most common cover letter mistakes to ensure you do not make the errors that the competition will be, and covers everysituation from email and fax to speculative letters, career-development letters and advert-response letters.
The 2005 League of Ireland season was another epic. Champions Shelbourne had a mid-season slump despite having strengthened the squad; arch-rivals Shamrock Rovers were deducted 8 points for being millions in debt; Cork lost Dolan but gained Rico and snatched the title from Derry on the last day of the season; the Superdrogs won the Cup; and Rico lost his hat. All these events and more were recorded by Peter Goulding in verse form at the time. Sadly, he has now decided to publish them.