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Paul Murray
While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great…
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Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel ‘Skippy’ Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin…
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Irresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking, The Bee Sting is a tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart.
Tells the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. This title features drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife…
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From the author of Skippy Dies comes a dazzlingly intricate and poignant tragicomedy about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good man at the end of the world
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One of The New York Times Top 10 Books of the Year Winner of the An Post Irish Book of the Year, the Nero Gold Prize, and the Nero Book…
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There is a fresh candor and a new ease of utterance in this fifth volume of poems by the Dominican writer Paul Murray. What most immediately impresses, in lyric after…
Dr Paul Murray
In an era where selfishness, unbridled ambition, and division have nearly extinguished the flames of compassion, envision a world reshaped by leaders from every walk of life, serving as catalysts…
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When St. Dominic founded the Order of Preachers in the thirteenth century, it was to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. Today, given the ever-widening gap between…
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Lafcadio Hearn
New in Penguin Japanese Classics- ghost stories from a master recounter of the macabre
Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century…
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A selection of Lafcadio Hearn’s brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan
In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out…
Rj Mirabal
The shocking conclusion of the Rio Grande Parallax series.
Charles Hythloday observes the world from the comfortable confines of Amaurot, his family estate. Unfortunately, with the family fortune teetering in the balance, Charles must do something he swore he…
Paul Brendan Murray
The aim of this book is to discover what help the great saints can offer those of us who desire to make progress in the life of prayer but who…
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Paul Leonard Murray
The Silly Shakespeare for Students edition of Othello simplifies the challenging tragedy without losing the complexity of the plot, characters, of themes, perfect for introducing students to the Bard's work…
Rj The Story Guy
Jaiden's simple act of freeing Skye, the blue dragon, along with her family became a movement to free all dragons. And that escalated to a rebellion. Now, all-out war seems…
Ranae Wischmann, Lydia Sanchez
When a young man named Pablo Augustine first sees a golden cup in the dirt outside the church, it sets him on a course of adventure and discovery he would…
What is self-control? Does a person need to be conscious to act? Are delusions always irrational? Questions such as these are fundamental for investigations into action and rationality, as well…
Jakob Lusensky
These in-depth conversations with leading Jungian analysts and scholars-including Murray Stein, Ann Lammers, Paul Bishop, and David Tacey-explore C.G. Jung's lifelong wrestling with Christianity and its importance for us today…
States that no issue divides the Christian community more than homosexuality. This book looks at life on both sides of the liberal/conservative divide that crosses through church and society alike.
Jesus’ public ministry is finished. There will be no more miracles, no more healings, no more preaching to the masses, no more teaching in the porticos of Solomon in the…
John’s gospel is unique. What makes it unique is the author, John, and the perspective he brings to the person and character of Jesus. John was Jesus’s closest friend. You…
In Stones and Stars, Murrays is a mystical journey, informed by the vocabulary and symbols of the spiritual quest. He actively engages the reader in dialogue, drawing us into an…
As well as providing a much needed perspective on Hearn’s Japan years, this study offers a much more informed view of Hearn’s life, times and writings than seen before.
Presents a ‘curriculum’ for effecting a personal transformation towards sustainability, showing you how to align your personal and professional actions with your values and beliefs. This title is suitable for…
Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. This book presents a complete ‘curriculum’ for effecting a personal transformation towards sustainability, showing you how to align your…
We begin the second part of this four-part series on the Gospel of John called Meet Messiah. In Part 1, Behold the Man, we saw the introduction of the Messiah…
This volume proposes a fresh strategy for ecumenical engagement - ‘Receptive Ecumenism’ - that is fitted to contemporary challenges. 32 original essays draw on a wide variety of denominational and…
Irresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking - a tragicomic tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is in meltdown...
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Contemporary poet, Paul Murray, writes in the voice of legendary figure Monk Moling, Ireland’s own Saint Francis of Assisi.
A history of the Irish Boundary Commission. It looks at British attempts from 1886 onwards to satisfy the Irish Nationalist demand for Home Rule, Ulster and British Unionist resistance to…
From Paul Murray, the author of Skippy Dies, The Bee Sting is a dazzlingly intricate and poignant tragicomedy about family, inheritance, and the struggle to be good at the end…
This book was developed as part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the journal Education 3-13, which has always had primary education as its main…
The book of Joshua is the biblical record of the conquest of Canaan, an event that fulfilled a promise God made to Abram and his descendant’s generations earlier. It was…
For generation after generation, the descendants of Abraham had waited to receive what Yahweh had promised to their patriarch ages ago. The stories of a great nation, a Promised Land…
Nowhere in the Bible does God promise an instant fix. Our culture is so insistent on immediate results. We want fast food, quick service, and instant pudding. We hate waiting…
Everyone understands collateral damage. It is the unintended damage incurred by innocent bystanders who are too close to the target area. Collateral damage is a natural consequence of physical warfare…
In The Failure of Death, John records the greatest conflict planet earth has ever experienced. It is not a conflict between nations or peoples, nor a conflict involving military weapons…
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Catherine of Siena is one of the most intriguing and explosive saints in Church history. A young laywoman with almost no education, she became renowned for her intense mystical experiences…
Dr. Paul Murray, O. P.
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Paul Murray Kendall
There is little general agreement about the battles which have most decisively changed the course of history. Those given the fullest description in this book have been chosen on two…
Paul Murray OP
I Loved Jesus in the Night is one priest’s compelling memories of the icon of compassion. Sharing anecdote and firsthand experiences, Fr. Paul Murray gives a glimpse into why Mother…
Paul Murray Kendall’s account of the life of Richard III explores not only the man himself, but also ways that he has influenced culture: Richard played a central role in…
