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Irene White was 43 years old when she was found murdered at her home in Dundalk in April 2005. In one of the most vicious and senseless killings in Irish history, Irene was stabbed 34 times. While two men were convicted of the murder in 2019, it was clear they were just carrying out orders. Former Garda detective Pat Marry worked for over a decade on the case, and here he outlines the various obstacles that plagued the investigation, as well as the eventual breakthroughs that brought her killers to justice. But while the mastermind remains at large, is the case truly closed?

Experience the American whiskey renaissance with internationally recognized whiskey expert Richard Thomas in this expert guide. The history of whiskey straddles Kentucky and Tennessee, but American Whiskey proves that today exceptional whiskey is made across the country. Featuring over 300...

In 1989, the Little Rascals Day Care in Edenton, North Carolina, was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight. One day, the owner's husband disciplined a boy at naptime, and soon an angry mother suggested that it was more than just a slap. Rumors quickly morphed into charges of unimaginable crimes against dozens of little children. Panic consumed the town, as the police, therapists, and parents relentlessly pressured the children who attended the day care to name their teachers responsible for multiple allegations of abuse.

Art evaluator Miles Tate is finally about to start living his dream . . . that is if he can get the funding in place to open his own art gallery in New York. But when an unexpected turn of events finds every one of Miles's perfectly-planned dreams turned upside-down, it's time to escape Manhattan and reluctantly take up a well-paid job in the tiny seaside town of Hope's Bluff, Georgia. For Miles, it's his only chance to make some money, claw back what little dignity he has left, and figure out what the hell to do with his life.

For 2500 years people have been debating how literature changes lives, and versions of those debates continue today in classrooms, school and library boardrooms, and state legislatures. The life-transforming potential of books caught the attention of Dante, Cervantes, Jane Austen, Percy Shelley, and many others. Better Living through Literature surveys what the great thinkers have said on the subject, from Plato and Aristotle to Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud to W. E. B Du Bois, Harold Bloom, and Martha Nussbaum.

The National Book Award, PEN/Voelcker Award, and NAACP Image Award winner returns with another inventive and boundary-breaking book: a sensual journey ignited in the archives of iconic queer Alexandrian poet C. P. Cavafy. In her first book, Robin Coste Lewis’s poems exploded the imagery of the...

Ein Abend, der die Zukunft einläutet. Ein brutaler Mord, der sie auslöscht. Svenja Kröger ist Journalistin, doch heute hat sie nur eines im Sinn: Den Junggesellinnenabschied ihrer Freundin. Ein besonderer Abend, der Anfang einer glücklichen Zukunft. Doch am nächsten Tag ist alles anders, denn zwei Frauen, die an der Party teilgenommen haben, wurden brutal zu Tode geprügelt. Sofort nimmt die Polizei die Ermittlungen auf, doch diese stößt schnell an ihre Grenzen. Wer steckt hinter dieser sinnlosen Tat? Svenja möchte genau das herausfinden.

Emotional Intelligence for School Leaders outlines key SEL skills, from mindfulness and self-management to relationship building and conflict resolution, and details how each can be applied in a leadership context. Case studies of a variety of successful educational leaders who employ positive psychology in their work illustrate the strategies they used to cultivate and apply their own SEL skills.

First came love, then came marriage...now comes a baby in a baby carriage! At least that's the plan as Matt and Cal explore their dream of being fathers. But finding the right surrogate will take them far from their New York home, all the way to the islands of Hawaii. Will everything go to plan...or will craziness ensue?

Does your idea of a perfect day include a lazy afternoon under a beach umbrella or a serene oceanside stroll? If the coast seems a million miles away from where you are today, let these engaging stories bring the ocean and all its gifts to you. Author Robin Jones Gunn wants to help you relax, recenter, and be reminded of the places that draw your heart closer to God.

Aesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog in the Manger," and "Sour Grapes" have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop's tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours—one with clear good and plain evil—but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity. Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this definitive translation shines a new light on four hundred of Aesop's most enduring fables.

When a professor named Cristina Rivera Garza stumbles upon the corpse of a man in a dark alley, she finds a stark warning on the brick wall beside the body, scrawled in coral nail polish: ‘Beware of me, my love / beware of the silent woman in the desert.’ After reporting the crime to the police, the professor becomes the lead informant of the case, led by a detective with a newfound obsession with poetry and a long list of failures on her back. But what has the professor really seen?

In a world shaped by environmental collapse and the fall of human dominance, anthropomorphic species have risen to defend what remains. Among them is Major, a battle-scarred badger and seasoned special forces operator leading the elite B Troop against a relentless enemy crossing the border. As raiding parties strike isolated villages and enemy soldiers infiltrate deep into their territory, Major must guide his troop through reconnaissance missions, ambushes, and full-scale engagements.

Unlock extraordinary magical potential with Dream Magick, your ultimate companion at the intersection of witchcraft and dreamwork. Robin Corak emphasizes that everyone experiences dreams, even if they go unremembered, and equips you with the tools to harness this untapped power and change your life. She delves into the science behind dreams and offers a personalized interpretation system. Learn how to converse with ancestors, connect with your higher self, and peer into the future.

When life deals him an unexpected blow, freelance music journalist Noah Van Owen decides to leave his New York home for the backwoods and bayous of Louisiana in search of a man named Lafayette Valentin. He knows nothing about the stranger who inadvertently set in motion the events that turned his life upside-down...nothing but the man's name, an address, and the fact that he is a music prodigy, a gifted artist capable of playing any instrument like he was casting a spell.

Collective Tales Publishing presents 101 new dreadful lessons. Each trimmed down to exactly 101 appalling words for your repulsive reeducation. Depicting a wide range of subjects, we visit the classics, such as vampires, mummies, and werewolves, but we also venture into the darkness and shockingly horrific. Like an absurd Aesop’s Fable, you’ll study the failings of students who were unwilling to learn. You’ll see victims get their payback. You’ll experience tangles and knots on a whirlwind of misbehavior. We guarantee lessons will be learned, whether you want them to or not.

Discover the transformative power of Montessori education in this comprehensive guide from the Montessori Foundation. Over twenty years after the first edition laid the groundwork for twenty-first-century Montessori education, this revised and expanded edition of The Montessori Way incorporates...

They're small. They're cute. They're warriors. Meet the Kung Fu Force. There's no problem they can't solve! Meet the team behind the Kung Fu Force: Lucas the Lizard, Brady the Bengal Cat and Coco the Cockatoo. Together with Shifu Seong the Seahorse, these three animal pals master kung fu skills...

It's the Kung Fu Force's first day at a new school, and three boxers—Dave, Diego and Darius—bully Lucas the Lizard, just because he is small. Then the tap at the canteen's bubble tea stall malfunctions, creating a huge milk tea whirlpool that pulls in those disagreeable puppies. Lucas must...

It's been way too long since I set foot on the streets of Mulligan's Mill. But after serving six years in the Marines I just wasn't ready to return home, so I got myself a motorcycle and spent another two years avoiding the idea of going back—hoping that reuniting with my best friend Clarry would wash away all the hurt and help me start over again. I'm a war hero and built like a tank, while he's still the sweet, sensitive, chubby kid he was at school, only now he runs the town's ice cream parlor.