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By the age of 24, Big Joe Egan had over 80 boxing wins and seven Irish titles and was a Golden Gloves champion. A mean body puncher with a durable chin, he went the distance with Lennox Lewis and beat future WBA champion Bruce Seldon. Encouraged by Floyd Patterson to try his luck in the USA, Joe joined "Iron" Mike Tyson’s training camp in the Catskill Mountains with the great Cus D’Amato. Joe became like a brother to Mike, who described him as the Toughest White Man on the Planet. Big Joe Egan is a gripping, entertaining, and uncompromisingly emotional account.

Just before Christmas in 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was at the forefront of the case until he became the prime murder suspect. Arrested twice, he was released without charge.

Just before Christmas, 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was at the forefront of the case until he became the prime murder suspect. Arrested twice, he was released without charge. This was the start of a saga lasting decades with twists and turns and a battle for justice in two countries, which culminated in the 2019 conviction of Bailey - in his absence - by the French Criminal court in Paris.

The Irish Republican Army–better known as the IRA–has become one of the most infamous and feared paramilitary organisations in the world. Yet little is known about the IRA by the average person on the street.

As the joyous festivities unfold in Santa's workshop, a mysterious creature stirs in the cold shadows outside—the dreaded Marulk Monster. Once a fearsome predator of trolls and small dragons in a bygone era, the Marulk Monster finds itself awakened after a 200-year slumber, craving sustenance. With trolls and dragons long extinct, the creature must adapt and find new prey—unfortunately, that prey happens to be Santa and his elves!

Great Adaptations is a call to action. It presses home the need for adaptations that are ecologically restorative and socially just. It examines how adaptation is framed, unpicks the contested notion of deep adaptation, explores the potential of transformative adaptation, and questions the legitimacy of the "reassuring stories" that still dominate mainstream climate discourse.

Having experienced alcoholism and homelessness, Séamus Fox came to understand the social and human injustices that result in so many people finding themselves living in the streets. This book is a collection of poems written from those stories, showing the reality of what it means to be homeless. They give an honest, disturbing ,and often enlightening view of homelessness, based on the experiences of 44 individuals.

Tim is an award-winning disruptor with a mission to make a dent in America's health epidemic. From earning his first patent at a young age, to being a six-figure entrepreneur, to working with global tech companies like Google, he is an expert at using curiosity to solve complex and nonobvious problems to achieve results. Now he is on a mission to disrupt the health and food space by educating individuals on how we are grossly misinformed when it comes to the food we eat and how to properly take back control of our health.

The aging queen of Teamhair in Eire has failed to become pregnant, and there is an emerging urgency for an heir to assure a bloodless transition of power in the kingdom. Following the Archdruids’ invoked seeing, O’Donovan and 12 others sail into the uncharted western sea to the Isle of Fire and Ice to save Eire from a tribal war. No mortal had ventured that far west, and they must sail by faith in a cauldron forged by the smith god and a pointing stone created by the thunder god to find the fertility goddess Boann’s daughter, a white calf with red ears.

My dear friend, may I offer you a divine story in lieu of my customary writing? You see, we’ve been invited to an incredibly special performance! Not just any performance, might I add, but a special theater. I have our tickets in my hand as we speak. Do you want to spend a memorable evening at a beautiful playhouse? I heard we will both be able to discover divine wisdom and new revelations right here, right now! Let’s hurry inside, as they are already turning down the lights. I don’t want either of us to stumble to our front row seats in the dark!

Just before Christmas in 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was at the forefront of the case until he became the prime murder suspect. Arrested twice, he was released without charge.

What if you lived on a planet where making a sound was forbidden? What if you were the only one who could actually make a sound? Discover a book filled with entertainment, action, and friendship, written by one of the youngest authors ever - a 12-year-old girl.

Immerse yourself in a captivating poetry chapbook that weaves together the lives of a farmer, his loyal dog, and a mysterious donkey in a tapestry of profound reflections on existence. "The Donkey & Soul" is a lyrical exploration of the human condition, delving deep into the realms of memory, time, mortality, and the very nature of reality itself.