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**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
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Shadowplay (Paperback)
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A literary thriller based on the true story of an Irish priest in the Vatican who rescued victims of the Nazis in Rome under the nose of his SS officer nemesis. From the bestselling and prizewinning author of Shadowplay.
September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. The war's outcome is far from certain.
An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, the world's smallest state, a neutral, independent country within Rome where the occupiers hold no sway. Here Hugh brings together an unlikely band of friends to hide the vulnerable under the noses of the enemy.
But Hauptmann's net begins closing in on the Escape Line and the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmastime, it's too late to turn back.
Based on an extraordinary true story, My Father's House is a powerful literary thriller from a master of historical fiction. Joseph O'Connor has created an unforgettable novel of love, faith and sacrifice, and what it means to be truly human in the most extreme circumstances.
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Discover the thrilling life of Bram Stoker, the man who created
Dracula, in this immersive historical novel. **Shortlisted for the
Costa Novel Award ** 1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three
extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be
full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to
art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic
leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and
desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart;
and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the
unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Fresh from life in
Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio
but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new
marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the
London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the
gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new
inspiration. But the Chief is determined that nothing will get in
the way of his manager's devotion to the Lyceum and to himself. And
both men are enchanted by the beauty and boldness of the elusive
Ellen. This exceptional novel explores the complexities of love
that stands dangerously outside social convention, the restlessness
of creativity, and the experiences that led to Dracula, the most
iconic supernatural tale of all time. **Winner of the Irish Post
Easons Novel of the Year** 'A hugely entertaining book about the
grand scope of friendship and love, it is also, movingly - at
times, astonishingly - a story of transience, loss and true
loyalty' Guardian
Everything we do, and sense, happens through our brain. In Coaching
the Brain: Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching,
highly experienced coaches Joseph O'Connor and Andrea Lages ask and
answer the question: 'How can we use our knowledge of the brain to
help ourselves and others to learn, change, and develop?'. This
book will show you how to apply insights from the latest
neuroscience research in a practical way, in the fields of personal
development, coaching and cognitive therapy. Accessible and
practical, it begins with an overview of how the brain works along
with an explanation of how our brain changes due to our actions and
thoughts, illuminating how these habits can be changed through
neuroplasticity. Understanding the neuroscience of goals and mental
models helps us to work with and change them, and clarity about
emotions and the emotional basis of values can help achieve
happiness. Most importantly, neuroscience illuminates how we learn,
as well as the power of expectations. The book also explores the
key lessons we can take from neuroscience for high performance and
leadership. Eminently accessible, this book gives you new tools to
help yourself and others create better futures. As a whole, the
book will provide you with a new respect for the depth and
complexity of your thinking and emotions. Coaching the Brain:
Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching, with its
clarity and practical application, will be essential reading for
coaches in practice and in training, as well as leaders, coach
supervisors and HR and L&D professionals, and will be a key
text for academics and students of coaching and coaching
psychology.
Neuro Linguistic Programming is the systemic study of human communication and how we create our subjective world with all its pains and pleasures. It is also the study of exceptional talent: how outstanding individuals and organisations get their results. With NLP everyone can be naturally talented. NLP is not only a collection of effective techniques, it is also a way of thinking based on curiosity, exploration, and fun. The 'NLP Workbook' is a complete guide to NLP and includes: • The principles of NLP clearly explained in an easy-to-follow format • All of the basic NLP techniques and training exercises • A guide to what techniques to use where Some of the topics discussed in detail are: rapport and trust, changing emotional states, how to visualise, negotiation skills, mental rehearsal, the language of the conscious and the unconscious, and coaching.
A telephone call shatters the calm of a Dublin summer morning
bringing terrible news from war-torn Nicaragua: Johnny Little has
been caught up in a mysterious skirmish and killed. Grief-stricken,
his estranged parents Frank and Eleanor set out on the arduous
journey to bring their wayward son home. It's a quest that will
have profound consequences: in this hauntingly beautiful land of
poetry, guns and frantic salsa music, nothing is quite what it
seems ...
Everything we do, and sense, happens through our brain. In Coaching
the Brain: Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching,
highly experienced coaches Joseph O'Connor and Andrea Lages ask and
answer the question: 'How can we use our knowledge of the brain to
help ourselves and others to learn, change, and develop?'. This
book will show you how to apply insights from the latest
neuroscience research in a practical way, in the fields of personal
development, coaching and cognitive therapy. Accessible and
practical, it begins with an overview of how the brain works along
with an explanation of how our brain changes due to our actions and
thoughts, illuminating how these habits can be changed through
neuroplasticity. Understanding the neuroscience of goals and mental
models helps us to work with and change them, and clarity about
emotions and the emotional basis of values can help achieve
happiness. Most importantly, neuroscience illuminates how we learn,
as well as the power of expectations. The book also explores the
key lessons we can take from neuroscience for high performance and
leadership. Eminently accessible, this book gives you new tools to
help yourself and others create better futures. As a whole, the
book will provide you with a new respect for the depth and
complexity of your thinking and emotions. Coaching the Brain:
Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching, with its
clarity and practical application, will be essential reading for
coaches in practice and in training, as well as leaders, coach
supervisors and HR and L&D professionals, and will be a key
text for academics and students of coaching and coaching
psychology.
* Over a million copies sold * Rediscover Joseph O'Connor's
monumental #1 international bestseller. In the bitter winter of
1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the
Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of
fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating
secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring
novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the
Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply
than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking
the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. 'A
triumph...A spectacular breakthrough' Sunday Times 'Ireland's most
brilliant storyteller' Independent on Sunday JOSEPH O'CONNOR'S
STUNNING NEW NOVEL, MY FATHER'S HOUSE, IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER
NOW
This approach gives the practical skills used by outstanding communicators. Excellent communication is the basis of creating excellent results. NLP skills are proving invaluable for personal development and professional excellence in counselling, education and business.Introducing NLP includes:• How to create rapport with others• Influencing skills• Understanding and using body language• How to think about and achieve the results you want• The art of asking key questions• Effective meetings, negotiations and selling• Accelerated learning strategies.
Discover the enthralling Richard & Judy Book Club pick from
international bestseller Joseph O'Connor. 'The best novel that I've
read in the last twenty years... It's fantastic' RICHARD MADELEY
'Breathtaking... A hugely entertaining book about the grand scope
of friendship and love' Sadie Jones, Guardian __________ London,
1878. Three extraordinary people begin their life together - and
the idea for Dracula is born. Fresh from life in Dublin, Bram
Stoker - now manager of the Lyceum Theatre - is wrestling with dark
demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary
aspirations. As he walks the streets at night, streets haunted by
the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar
Wilde, he finds new inspiration. Soon, the eerie tale of Dracula
begins to emerge. But Henry Irving, volcanic leading man and
impresario, is determined that nothing will get in the way of
Bram's dedication to the Lyceum. And both men are growing ever more
enchanted by the beauty and boldness of Ellen Terry, the most
celebrated actress of her generation. __________ Shortlisted for
the Costa Novel Award 2019 Winner of the Irish Book Awards Novel of
the Year 'A colourful tale of secret love and public
performance...in a romantic, lost London' The Times 'Hugely
entertaining and atmospheric' DEBORAH MOGGACH 'Extraordinary'
SEBASTIAN BARRY 'A novel I'd recommend to anyone: a rollicking and
moving story' James Naughtie, Radio Times 'Fabulous... A truly
great book you simply cannot put down' JUDY FINNIGAN 'Rich, sad,
funny, and a beautiful read. You'll LOVE it' RICHARD MADELEY
'Ingenious...hugely impressive and utterly haunting' Sunday Mirror
*JOSEPH O'CONNOR'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, MY FATHER'S HOUSE, IS
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW*
Collection of ghost stories adapted by the BBC. In 'Whistle and
I'll Come to You' (1968) Michael Hordern plays Professor Parkin who
heads to a hotel on the east coast of England. While out on a walk
he comes across a mysterious bone whistle which ends up having
disturbing consequences for Parkin. In 'Whistle and I'll Come to
You' (2010) John Hurt stars as James Parkin who, in this version,
is a retired astronomer taking a much needed break from caring for
his ailing wife. In 'A Warning to the Curious' (1972) Mr Paxton
(Peter Vaughan) travels to English seaside town Seaburg hoping to
find the last of three Anglo Saxon crowns belonging to the Agers
family whose last descendant has recently died. In 'The Stalls of
Barchester' (1971) Dr. Black (Clive Swift) is cataloguing the
Barchester Cathedral Library when he comes across an old diary
belonging to Archdeacon Haynes (Robert Hardy) who died
mysteriously. In 'Lost Hearts' (1973) young orphan Stephen (Simon
Gipps-Kent) goes to stay at the generous Mr. Abney (Joseph
O'Connor)'s estate where he is haunted by two children who
previously lived in the house. In 'The Ash Tree' (1975) Sir Richard
Fell (Edward Petherbridge) inherits his uncle's manor and grounds.
He moves in and decides to cut down an ash tree that could prove
harmful to the property... In 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974)
cynical Reverend Somerton (Michael Bryant) is completely
close-minded when it comes to paranormal activity. But his
steadfast beliefs falter when his search for the treasure of
alchemist Abbot Thomas (John Herrington) unleashes a terrifying
spectre. In 'The Signalman' (1976), based on the story by Charles
Dickens, Denholm Elliott stars as a troubled railway signalman who
has witnessed some unsettling sights and sounds along his stretch
of track. In 'Stigma' (1977) Katherine Delgado (Kate Binchy) and
her family move into a new home but have difficulty removing a
menhir from their garden. In 'The Ice House' (1978) Paul (John
Stride) goes to stay at a spa resort to help him get over the
breakdown of his marriage. In 'A View from a Hill' (2005) historian
Dr. Fanshawe (Mark Letheren) visits his friend, Squire Richard (Pip
Torrens), and, having broken his own binoculars, borrows a pair
through which he can see into the past... In 'Number 13' (2006)
Professor Anderson (Greg Wise) is staying in room 12 of a local
hotel while working in a cathedral town to authenticate historical
documents. But after being disturbed at night, Anderson discovers
that a previously missing room 13 has appeared... Finally, Robert
Powell reads a selection of tales by M.R. James which were
partially dramatised for the series 'Classic Ghost Stories'. The
episodes comprise: 'The Mezzotint', 'The Ash Tree', 'Wailing Well',
'The Rose Garden' and 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
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Ghost Stories: Volume 3 (DVD)
Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O'Connor, James Mellor, Edward Petherbridge, Preston Lockwood, …
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Lawrence Gordon Clark directs this triple bill of BBC adaptations
of the ghost stories by M.R. James. In 'Lost Hearts' (1973) young
orphan Stephen (Simon Gipps-Kent) goes to stay at the generous Mr.
Abney (Joseph O'Connor)'s estate where he is haunted by two
children who previously lived in the house. It turns out the
children have come to warn Stephen that Abney is not all that he
seems. In 'The Ash Tree' (1975) Sir Richard Fell (Edward
Petherbridge) inherits his uncle's manor and grounds. He moves in
and decides to cut down an ash tree that could prove harmful to the
property but before he gets the chance he begins to hear strange
sounds and sees supernatural figures coming from the tree... In
'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974) cynical Reverend Somerton
(Michael Bryant) is completely close-minded when it comes to
paranormal activity. His steadfast beliefs falter, however, when
his and Lord Peter Dattering (Paul Lavers)'s search for the
treasure of alchemist Abbot Thomas (John Herrington) unleashes a
terrifying spectre.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) teaches how to model excellence
to achieve excellence in everything you do. This introductory guide
explains the principles of NLP and how to use these principles in
your life - personally, spiritually and professionally. By focusing
on the fundamental presuppositions of NLP, this clear and concise
book gets right to its core. It explains key concepts such as
building rapport, modelling, anchoring and uncovering your
preferred learning style. It shows how to be in tune with your
patterns of behaviour and language and those of the people around
you, and how to use this knowledge to reach your goals. From
building confidence, to beating depression, to career development,
the uses of NLP are innumerable. This book is an ideal starting
point for anyone interested in learning the life-changing
techniques of NLP.
In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and
injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for NewYork. On board are
hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more desperate. Among
them are a maid with a devastating secret, the bankrupt Lord
Merridith, his wife and children, and a killer stalking the decks,
hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.
This journey will see many lives end, others begin anew. Passionate
loves are tenderly recalled, shirked responsibilities regretted too
late, and profound relationships shockingly revealed. In this
spellbinding tale of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the
farther the ship sails toward the Promised Land, the more her
passengers seem moored to a past that will never let them go.
As urgently contemporary as it is historical, this exciting and
compassionate novel builds with the pace of a thriller to a
stunning conclusion.
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Signatories (Hardcover)
Emma Donoghue, Thomas Kilroy, Hugo Hamilton, Frank McGuinness, Rachel Fehily, …
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2016 marks the centenary of the Easter Rising, known as "the poets'
rebellion", for among their leaders were university scholars of
English, history and Irish. The ill-fated revolt lasted six days
and ended ignominiously with the rebels rounded up and their
leaders sentenced to death. The signatories of the Proclamation of
the Irish Republic must have known that the Rising would be
crushed, must have dreaded the carnage and death, must have
foreseen that, if caught alive, they would themselves be executed.
Between 3 and 12 May 1916, the seven signatories were among those
executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol. Now 100 years later,
eight of Ireland's finest writers remember these revolutionaries in
a unique theatre performance. The forgotten figure of Elizabeth
O'Farrell - the nurse who delivered the rebels' surrender to the
British - is also given a voice. Signatories comprises the artistic
responses of Emma Donoghue, Thomas Kilroy, Hugo Hamilton, Frank
McGuinness, Rachel Fehily, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Marina Carr and
Joseph O'Connor to the seven signatories and Nurse O'Farrell.They
portray the emotional struggle in this ground-breaking theatrical
and literary commemoration of Ireland's turbulent past. A
performance introduction on the staging of the play is given by
Director Patrick Mason, and an introduction by Lucy Collins, School
of English, Drama and Film, UCD, sets the historical context of the
play.
'Broad and ambitious...beautifully written...at the heart of
O'Connor's masterful epic lies a universal hope for something
better' Observer Discover the powerful sequel to international
bestseller Star of the Sea 1865. The American Civil War is ending,
but for Eliza Duane Mooney her journey across a devastated America
has only just begun. Eliza is searching for her younger brother she
has not seen in four years, one of the hundred thousand children
drawn into the war. His fate has been mysterious and will prove
extraordinary. It's a walk that will have consequences for many
seemingly unconnected survivors: a love-struck cartographer, a
haunted Latina poetess, rebel guerrilla Cole McLaurenson, runaway
slave Elizabeth Longstreet and the mercurial revolutionary James
Con O'Keeffe, who commanded a brigade of Irish immigrants in the
Union Army and is now Governor of a western wilderness where
nothing is as it seems.
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Marie's Dream (Paperback)
Kelsey Dzintars; Edited by Joseph O'Connor; Jennifer Waters Howells
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Poems (Paperback)
Joseph O'Connor
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Edited by Joseph O'Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost
Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a
fascinating variety of writers, both new and established.
Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle,
Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm
Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and
one that should continue to be celebrated and encouraged. This
collection follows the two acclaimed editions David Marcus edited
for Faber in 2004-5 and 2006-7.
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