Joseph O’Connor è un acclamato autore irlandese le cui opere approfondiscono le complessità della connessione umana e degli eventi storici con profonda sensibilità. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da una prosa ricca e da una profonda intuizione psicologica, che attira i lettori in narrazioni avvincenti. La capacità di O’Connor di intrecciare storie personali con temi sociali più ampi lo afferma come una voce significativa nella letteratura irlandese contemporanea. I suoi romanzi e saggi offrono un'esplorazione riflessiva dell'identità, della memoria e della ricerca di significato in tempi turbolenti.
In this tour across America, the author discovers how Irish the seven Dublins within seven different states are. The book also investigates how much Irish music, from its traditional ballads and folk songs to the band U2, has influenced American popular culture.
Focusing on the intersection of neuroscience and coaching, this practical guide delves into how understanding brain function can enhance coaching practices. It explores the concept of neuroplasticity, demonstrating how it can facilitate behavioral change, and offers strategies for coaches to confront automatic thoughts, fostering personal and professional growth in their clients. The insights provided aim to empower coaches to implement neuroscience principles effectively in their sessions.
This practical book clearly explains how to apply the insights of neuroscience to coaching practice. Explaining how the brain works, the book explains how neuroscience ties into the principles of coaching, how neuroplasticity can be used to change actions and how coaches can challenge automatic thoughts to encourage development.
HISTORICAL FICTION. Thrilling and full of suspense, this is a novel of Ireland set on a New York-bound ocean liner. In the spring of 1847, from an Ireland torn by disaster and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of hopeful emigrants, some brimming with optimism, many more desperate to get away and start afresh in the New World. Among them are a maidservant nursing a devastating secret; the bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family; an aspiring novelist; a writer of revolutionary ballads -- all braving the Atlantic in search of a new beginning. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know. Also stalking the decks is a killer, hungry for the vengeance that alone will bring absolution
It is 1975 in a small town near Dublin. The Bay City Rollers are topping the charts. Starksy and Hutch rule the TV screen. In Northern Ireland, bombs are going off. And here, in this little town on the sea, a young boy's life is about to change forever.
Ranging from urgently contemporary London and Dublin to New York's Lower East Side in the nineteenth century, from dark comedy to poignancy, from the wryly provocative to the quietly beautiful, this title includes stories that offer a gathering of dreamers and lost souls who contend with the confusions of living.
**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER** When the Nazis take Rome, thousands go into hiding. One priest will risk everything to save them. September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, a neutral, independent country within Rome where the occupiers hold no sway. He gathers a team to set up an Escape Line. But Hauptmann's net begins closing in and the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmas, it's too late to turn back. Based on a true story, My Father's House is a powerful thriller from a master of historical fiction. It is an unforgettable novel of love, sacrifice and what it means to be human in the most extreme circumstances. 'A spectacular, thrilling novel...suspense crackles...celebrates triumphant against-the-odds camaraderie' Sunday Times 'A masterwork... so urgent, so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite importance' Donal Ryan 'Impressive and pleasurable...the diverse ventriloquism of O'Connor's novel evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality' Financial Times
Dublin 1994. Billy Sweeny is about to commit murder. Following a violent robbery at her workplace, his youngest daughter lies unconcious. Devastated by the event, his very sanity seems to be slipping away until fate takes a strange turn and plunges him into a blood-curdling act of vengeance.
At college in 1980s Luton, Robbie Goulding, an Irish-born teenager, meets the elusive Fran Mulvey, an orphaned Vietnamese refugee. Together they form a band. Joined by cellist Sarah-Ther se Sherlock and her twin brother Sean on drums, The Ships in the Night set out to chase fame. But the story of this makeshift family is haunted by ghosts from the past. Spanning 25 years, The Thrill of it Allrewinds and fast-forwards through an evocative soundtrack of struggle and laughter. Infused with blues, ska, classic showtunes, New Wave and punk, using interviews, lyrics, memoirs and diaries, the tale stretches from suburban England to Manhattan's East Village, from Thatcher-era London to the Hollywood Bowl, from the meadows of the Glastonbury Festival to a wintry Long Island, culminating in a Dublin evening in July 2012, a night that changes everything. A story of loyalties, friendship, the call of the muse, and the beguiling shimmer of teenage dreams, this is a warm-hearted, funny and deeply moving novel for anyone that's ever loved a song.
A clear and concise introduction to the basic concepts and practical uses of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
