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When the Sky Falls (DVD): Gerard Flynn, Ruaidhri Conroy, Joan Allen, Peter Postlethwaite, Liam Cunningham, Jason Barry, Des... When the Sky Falls (DVD)
Gerard Flynn, Ruaidhri Conroy, Joan Allen, Peter Postlethwaite, Liam Cunningham, … 1
R53 Discovery Miles 530 Ships in 10 - 20 working days

Fictionalized account of the events which lead to the 1996 murder of journalist Veronica Guerin. Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) is a reporter employed by the Irish Sunday Globe. In the course of her work she becomes interested in the possibility of exposing the corruption which allows Dublin's drug lords to lead the lives of respectable businessmen, and of working towards a reform of Ireland's notoriously ineffective criminal laws. But her investigations earn her some enemies in high places, and Sinead soon receives threats to her own well-being.

The Red Emperor - Xi Jinping and His New China (Paperback): Michael Sheridan The Red Emperor - Xi Jinping and His New China (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan
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R450 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Save R131 (29%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one of Communist China's ruling families, the young Xi was exiled to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He fought his way back to the top by stealth, privilege and guile. In 2012, following the spectacular fall of his rival Bo Xilai, Xi Jinping became the leader of China.

In a compulsively readable narrative, veteran foreign correspondent Michael Sheridan takes the reader from the poor, isolated country of Xi's youth to the military and economic superpower of today. In Xi's new China, family mafias struggle for power amid murder, corruption and sex scandals as ministers and generals vanish in purges. No one is safe in his techno-security state. Xi is an absolute ruler whose word is law on everything from war and peace to the ruthless campaign against Covid-19. He aims to dominate world trade, to defeat Western democracy and to make China the supreme power in the East. A loner and a risk-taker, he is the most consequential leader of our time.

Drawing on intimate stories from the closed world of China's leading families and two decades of first-hand reporting, Michael Sheridan sheds new light on the history and politics of China. The book reveals that behind the façade of the Chinese Communist Party there is a modern dynasty and a new emperor.

The Gate to China - A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong (Paperback): Michael Sheridan The Gate to China - A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan
R300 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400 Save R60 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times 'An authoritative history' Financial Times 'Gripping and richly researched' Rana Mitter A superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule. The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on eyewitness reporting over three decades, interviews with key figures and documents from archives in China and the West. The story sweeps the reader from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the 19th century to the age of globalisation and the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. It ends with the battle for democracy on the city's streets and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party. How did it come to this? We learn from private papers that Margaret Thatcher anguished over the fate of Hong Kong, sought secret American briefings on how to handle China and put her trust in an adviser who was torn between duty and pride. The deal they made with Beijing did not last. The Chinese side of this history, so often unheard, emerges from memoirs and documents, many new to the foreign reader, revealing how the party's iron will and negotiating tactics crushed its opponents. Yet the voices of Hong Kong people - eloquent, smart and bold - speak out here for ideals that refuse to die. Sheridan's book tells how Hong Kong opened the way for the People's Republic as it reformed its economy and changed the world, emerging to challenge the West with a new order that raises fundamental questions about progress, identity and freedom. It is critical reading for all who study, trade or deal with China.

Roots of Power - The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants (Hardcover): Michael Sheridan Roots of Power - The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants (Hardcover)
Michael Sheridan
R3,690 Discovery Miles 36 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Roots of Power tells five stories of plants, people, property, politics, peace, and protection in tropical societies. In Cameroon, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, St. Vincent, and Tanzania, dracaena and cordyline plants are simultaneously property rights institutions, markers of social organization, and expressions of life-force and vitality. In addition to their localized roles in forming landscapes and societies, these plants mark multiple boundaries and demonstrate deep historical connections across much of the planet's tropics. These plants' deep roots in society and culture have made them the routes through which postcolonial agrarian societies have negotiated both social and cultural continuity and change. This book is a multi-sited ethnographic political ecology of ethnobotanical institutions. It uses five parallel case studies to investigate the central phenomenon of "boundary plants" and establish the linkages among the case studies via both ancient and relatively recent demographic transformations such as the Bantu expansion across tropical Africa, the Austronesian expansion into the Pacific, and the colonial system of plantation slavery in the Black Atlantic. Each case study is a social-ecological system with distinctive characteristics stemming from the ways that power is organized by kinship and gender, social ranking, or racialized capitalism. This book contributes to the literature on property rights institutions and land management by arguing that tropical boundary plants' social entanglements and cultural legitimacy make them effective foundations for development policy. Formal recognition of these institutions could reduce contradiction, conflict, and ambiguity between resource managers and states in postcolonial societies and contribute to sustainable livelihoods and landscapes. This book will appeal to scholars and students of environmental anthropology, political ecology, ethnobotany, landscape studies, colonial history, and development studies, and readers will benefit from its demonstration of the comparative method.

The Gate to China - A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong (Hardcover): Michael Sheridan The Gate to China - A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong (Hardcover)
Michael Sheridan
R836 R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Save R592 (71%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times 'An authoritative history' Financial Times 'Gripping and richly researched' Rana Mitter A superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule. The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on eyewitness reporting over three decades, interviews with key figures and documents from archives in China and the West. The story sweeps the reader from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the 19th century to the age of globalisation and the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. It ends with the battle for democracy on the city's streets and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party. How did it come to this? We learn from private papers that Margaret Thatcher anguished over the fate of Hong Kong, sought secret American briefings on how to handle China and put her trust in an adviser who was torn between duty and pride. The deal they made with Beijing did not last. The Chinese side of this history, so often unheard, emerges from memoirs and documents, many new to the foreign reader, revealing how the party's iron will and negotiating tactics crushed its opponents. Yet the voices of Hong Kong people - eloquent, smart and bold - speak out here for ideals that refuse to die. Sheridan's book tells how Hong Kong opened the way for the People's Republic as it reformed its economy and changed the world, emerging to challenge the West with a new order that raises fundamental questions about progress, identity and freedom. It is critical reading for all who study, trade or deal with China.

Room 606 - The SAS House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen (Hardcover): Michael Sheridan Room 606 - The SAS House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen (Hardcover)
Michael Sheridan
R1,299 Discovery Miles 12 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Connecting Spirituality and Social Justice - Conceptualizations and Applications in Macro Social Work Practice (Hardcover,... Connecting Spirituality and Social Justice - Conceptualizations and Applications in Macro Social Work Practice (Hardcover, New)
Michael Sheridan
R4,272 Discovery Miles 42 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jim Wallis, well-known justice advocate and author, has stated that the two great hungers in the world today are for spirituality and social justice. Although social work and related fields have increasingly recognized the importance of addressing spirituality within clinical practice, less attention has been paid to the role of spirituality in promoting social justice or supporting social change within macropractice. The contributions in this edited collection highlight current developments in this area, including emerging conceptual frameworks, practice applications and research findings. Theoretical approaches to understanding the link between spirituality and justice are explored in analyses of alternative models of social justice and justice orientations of major faith traditions. The critical role of spirituality in larger system change is illustrated through exemplars of research on vulnerable populations, community practice, legislative advocacy, development of social movements, and ecological social work. The importance of including content on religion and spirituality in professional curricula is explored through research on students' attitudes toward spirituality and social advocacy. Noting the resonating themes within all of these contributions, the volume concludes with an overview of emerging principles for spiritual activism. This book aims to stimulate further development in the vital connection between spirituality and social justice. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work.

The Gate to China - A New History of the People's Republic and Hong Kong (Hardcover): Michael Sheridan The Gate to China - A New History of the People's Republic and Hong Kong (Hardcover)
Michael Sheridan
R896 R757 Discovery Miles 7 570 Save R139 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wing Chun and the Five Kung Fu Masters (Paperback): Michael Sheridan Wing Chun and the Five Kung Fu Masters (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan
R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Murder of Sophie Part 1 (Paperback): Michael Sheridan The Murder of Sophie Part 1 (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan; Edited by Shaun Attwood
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R403 R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Save R63 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Last Sin (Paperback): Michael Sheridan One Last Sin (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan
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R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Murder of Sophie Part 2 (Paperback): Michael Sheridan The Murder of Sophie Part 2 (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan
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R426 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R67 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Murder of Sophie (Paperback): Michael Sheridan The Murder of Sophie (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan; Edited by Shaun Attwood
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R666 R565 Discovery Miles 5 650 Save R101 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Murder of Sophie Part 2 - How I Hunted and Haunted the West Cork Killer (Paperback): Shaun Attwood The Murder of Sophie Part 2 - How I Hunted and Haunted the West Cork Killer (Paperback)
Shaun Attwood; Michael Sheridan
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R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Polish Rocks and Gems - Spotlite Book 103 (Hardcover): Michael Sheridan How to Polish Rocks and Gems - Spotlite Book 103 (Hardcover)
Michael Sheridan; Edited by Kenneth M. Bayless
R857 Discovery Miles 8 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Polish Rocks and Gems - Spotlite Book 103 (Paperback): Michael Sheridan How to Polish Rocks and Gems - Spotlite Book 103 (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan; Edited by Kenneth M. Bayless
R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Twisted Immoral Private Life Of Hitler! (Hardcover): Michael Sheridan The Twisted Immoral Private Life Of Hitler! (Hardcover)
Michael Sheridan
R967 Discovery Miles 9 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Twisted Immoral Private Life Of Hitler! (Paperback): Michael Sheridan The Twisted Immoral Private Life Of Hitler! (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Interpret Your Dreams - And Discover Your Life Purpose (Paperback): Michael Sheridan How to Interpret Your Dreams - And Discover Your Life Purpose (Paperback)
Michael Sheridan
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Smashing the myths Michael demonstrates the simplicity of Dream Interpretation. In this well structured book he starts with the basics and gently introduces how dreams give direct guidance on your health. That alone is worth the sticker price but it doesn't stop there With each chapter the arsenal for cracking the code in dreams is advanced until from your dreams you can answer the deeply philosophical questions, ""Why am I here?" and "What is my life purpose?" "

Michael writes from an unashamed spiritual perspective but with his feet firmly on the ground. With this book you can take steps to restore your power and regain control of all aspects of your life.

Your dreams want you to be in loving relationships, healthy, happy and successful. They are an illusion created to help you wake up from other illusions. You would be wise to listen to them.

Michael Sheridan

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Practical, easy to read and very enlightening. Dreams have never been more cogently presented than in this great book. A welcome and essential addition to the library of human knowledge. Neal Keyes A.W.E.A.C., Former Head Counselor, The Hanly Centre for Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Dublin

All dreams have multiple meanings. Michael's gift is to help us to interpret dreams in a meaningful way - messages from the subconscious regarding our health or our purpose in life. This is a great book, easy to read, and one you will want to refer to again and again. Denis Prone, Ph.D, Transpersonal Psychologist and Researcher.

Michael is an accomplished communicator, who succeeds in bringing simplicity to what are potentially complex and confusing areas of exploration. Paddy McMahon (Patrick Francis), Author, The Grand Design.

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