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**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' Sunday Times'So urgent, so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite importance' Donal Ryan'Impressive and pleasurable...evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality' Financial TimesLONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024*The second book in the Rome Escape Line Trilogy, THE GHOSTS OF ROME, is available now.*
'As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you'll read this year or any year' Sunday TimesFebruary 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.Inside the war-torn city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini works for the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘the Choir’. Her mission is to smuggle Allied soldiers to safety, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets. Is he an ally or an imposter? His fate will come to put the whole Escape Line at risk.Meanwhile, Hauptmann’s attention has landed on the Contessa. As his fascination grows, she is pulled into a dangerous game with him – one where the consequences could be lethal.'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining' Liz Nugent'Vivid and moving' Guardian‘A stellar piece of storytelling’ Daily Mail'Not just a wartime thriller, but a meditation on how we remember, how we resist and how, even in the darkest times, humanity endures' New York Times
SHORTLISTED 2019 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEARIrish Book Awards NOVEL OF THE YEARShadowplay by New York Times best-selling author, Joseph O'Connor, is set during the golden age of West End theater in a London shaken by the crimes of Jack the Ripper.Henry Irving is Victorian London's most celebrated actor and theater impresario. He has introduced groundbreaking ideas to the theater, bringing to the stage performances that are spectacular, shocking, and always entertaining. When Irving decides to open his own London theater with the goal of making it the greatest playhouse on earth, he hires a young Dublin clerk harboring literary ambitions by the name of Bram Stoker to manage it. As Irving's theater grows in reputation and financial solvency, he lures to his company of mummers the century's most beloved actress, the dazzlingly talented leading lady Ellen Terry, who nightly casts a spell not only on her audiences but also on Stoker and Irving both.Bram Stoker's extraordinary experiences at the Lyceum Theatre, his early morning walks on the streets of a London terrorized by a serial killer, his long, tempestuous relationship with Irving, and the closeness he finds with Ellen Terry, inspire him to write DRACULA, the most iconic and best-selling supernatural tale ever published. A magnificent portrait both of lamp-lit London and of lives and loves enacted on the stage, Shadowplay's rich prose, incomparable storytelling, and vivid characters will linger in readers' hearts and minds for many years.Joseph O'Connor's Star of the Sea was an international bestseller, a New York Times, Economist Notable Book of the Year, and a Sunday Times Number 1 bestseller. It won France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, the Irish Post Award for Fiction, the Nielsen Bookscan Golden Book Award, an American Library Association Award, the Hennessy/Sunday Tribune Hall of Fame Award, and the Prix Litteraire Zepter for European Novel of the Year. He is the author of nine novels and is the Inaugural Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. Shadowplay was named Novel of the Year at the 2019 Irish Book Awards and was a finalist for the prestigious Costa Book Award."Funny, smart, tender, wise."--Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin"A marvelous novel . . . Magnificent."--Suzie Feay, Financial Times
From inside the Vatican, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty makes a daring attempt to smuggle thousands of innocents out of Nazi-occupied Rome in this World War II "literary thriller of the highest order" (The Guardian), the first in a series by New York Times bestselling author, Joseph O'Connor.September 1943: German forces have Rome under their control. SS Commander Paul Hauptmann rules over the Eternal City with vicious efficiency. The war's outcome is far from certain. Diplomats, refugees, Jews, and escaped Allied prisoners flee for protection into Vatican City, a neutral, independent state nestled in the city of Rome. A small band of unlikely friends led by a courageous Irish priest is drawn into deadly battle of wits with Hauptmann and his soldiers.Suspenseful, beautifully written, and inspired by a true story, My Father's House tells an unforgettable story of love, faith, sacrifice, and courage.*The second book in the Rome Escape Line Trilogy, The Ghosts of Rome, is available now.*
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.
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.
'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure' Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of Strange Sally DiamondFebruary 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets. Is he an ally or an imposter? His fate will come to put the whole Escape Line at risk.Meanwhile, Hauptmann’s attention has landed on the Contessa. As his fascination grows, she is pulled into a dangerous game with him – one where the consequences could be lethal.'As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you'll read this year or any year' Donal Ryan, Sunday Times'Vivid and moving' Guardian‘A stellar piece of storytelling’ Daily Mail'Not just a wartime thriller, but a meditation on how we remember, how we resist and how, even in the darkest times, humanity endures' New York Times'Excellent...rings so emotionally true and clear... The writing has the energy and tension of a thriller, yet the language is rich, visual and beautiful' Sunday Independent
Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers. From his recollections of a suburban Irish childhood to his widely acclaimed radio diaries for RTÉ’s Drivetime, award-winning novelist Joseph O’Connor tells tales that both parody and illuminate the strange times in which we live. In this shorter selection of classic journalism and non-fiction, Joseph O’Connor displays an eye for the absurd, a lightness of touch and a joyous comic spirit. From losing his heart at a flirting class in Manhattan, to becoming a father, The Shorter Irish Male is a suitcase stuffed with self-mockeries and belly laughs.
**Vinnare av Irish Post Easons Novel of the Year 2019**”En oerhört underhållande bok om vänskap och kärlek ur alla aspekter, men den är också på ett rörande och ibland överraskande sätt en berättelse om alltings obeständighet, om förlust och verklig lojalitet.”The Guardian”Bländande … elegansen och subtiliteten i hans prosa är perfekt anpassad för att gestalta den njutning och kreativa uppfinningsrikedom som var den viktorianska eran, och som han s roman på ett så fantastiskt sätt väcker till liv.”Sunday Times”En sinnrik roman … O’Connors bok är enormt imponerande och helt oförglömlig.”Sunday MirrorAbraham var en ivrig teaterbesökare, recensent, en försynt beundrare från Dublin och blivande författare. Henry var en av den tidens stora aktörer, en diabolisk uppenbarelse med stora gester och livsfarlig inlevelse. Ellen var kanske den mest sammansatta konstnären av de tre, hon spelade Ofelia, lady Macbeth, Margareta i Faust och Desdemona i Othello, och trollband sin samtid.Abraham som hette Stoker i efternamn, och blev mer känd under smeknamnet Bram, gick till historien med sin femte roman Dracula. Henry hette Irving i efternamn och gick till historien i största allmänhet, kanske mest för att ha inspirerat till porträttet av den blodtörstige greven från Transsylvanien. Ellen Terry hänförde Oscar Wilde och målaren Sargent, och lever vidare både i dikt, bild och minne än i dag. De tre utgjorde en dynamisk trio som skådespelare (Irving och Terry), teaterdirektör (Irving) och ekonomichef (Stoker) på Lyceum Theatre i London, en epok som lyser än i dag.I Joseph O’Connors roman Skuggspel spelas denna dynamik upp, skuggsidorna och laddningarna mellan dessa tre, mot en fond av det viktorianska Londons sexualpanik och nattliga mord. Framför allt är det en roman om det kreativa sinnet och om hur erfarenhet, intryck och fantasi kan ingå de mest märkvärdiga legeringar, hur en excentrisk teaterdirektör kan transformeras in i litteraturen som den odödlige odöde framför andra, greve Dracula."Skuggspel är rolig, smart, ömsint, klock och skriven med millimeterprecision."Colum McCann"Joseph O'Connor är den enda författare jag vet som kan få en att skratta och gråta i samma mening."Lawrence Norfolk"Underbar. Så vackert skriven."Sir Derek Jacobi
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Lider Publishing Ltd
2025
pokkari
О чём книга Искусство системного мышления необходимые знания о системах и творческом подходе к решению проблем О принципах и методах целостного понимания сложных систем, о свойствах, поведение которых определяется характером связей между их компонентами и представлениями вовлеченных в них людей. Авторам удалось достичь необычного сочетания образности и глубины благодаря описанию проблемных ситуаций при помощи причинно-следственных циклов - цепочек усиливающих и балансирующих обратных связей. Такой подход дает уникальную возможность одновременно использовать свои способности к образному восприятию и логическому мышлению, чтобы найти неординарные творческие решения. Люди и события не подчиняются законам логики, они куда менее предсказуемы и управляемы, чем математические уравнения. Для них неприменимы быстрые, методичные, логические решения. Зачем читать Книга помогает понять, почему построенный нами мир оказался настолько сложным и что с этим делать. Она дает уникальный инструментарий и закладывает основу для прорывных решений в любых областях. Она учит распознавать связь между событиями и совершенствовать способность понимать их и влиять на них. Для кого Для всех, кто хочет сформировать и развить системное мировоззрение и научиться решать сложные проблемы в самых разных областях.
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Lider Publishing Ltd
2025
sidottu
О чём книга Искусство системного мышления необходимые знания о системах и творческом подходе к решению проблем О принципах и методах целостного понимания сложных систем, о свойствах, поведение которых определяется характером связей между их компонентами и представлениями вовлеченных в них людей. Авторам удалось достичь необычного сочетания образности и глубины благодаря описанию проблемных ситуаций при помощи причинно-следственных циклов - цепочек усиливающих и балансирующих обратных связей. Такой подход дает уникальную возможность одновременно использовать свои способности к образному восприятию и логическому мышлению, чтобы найти неординарные творческие решения. Люди и события не подчиняются законам логики, они куда менее предсказуемы и управляемы, чем математические уравнения. Для них неприменимы быстрые, методичные, логические решения. Зачем читать Книга помогает понять, почему построенный нами мир оказался настолько сложным и что с этим делать. Она дает уникальный инструментарий и закладывает основу для прорывных решений в любых областях. Она учит распознавать связь между событиями и совершенствовать способность понимать их и влиять на них. Для кого Для всех, кто хочет сформировать и развить системное мировоззрение и научиться решать сложные проблемы в самых разных областях.
A practical guide to using NLP in business and life coaching from bestselling NLP expert Joseph O’Connor. This book is suitable for both established coaches and for those who are being coached. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the psychology of excellence. It is based on the practical skills that are used by all good communicators to obtain excellent results. These skills are invaluable for personal and professional development. NLP provides most, if not all, of the skills necessary to become a full time coach or a manager who coaches. This book will help all those looking to have any level of involvement in coaching either as a coach or as the recipient of coaching. NLP enables the coaching process to be faster with fewer meetings, a great benefit in today’s time-pressured industries. This book is one of the first to combine business and life coaching with NLP. It provides guidelines and skills for an improved all-round performance as a coach, along with the skills necessary to look after, organize and coach yourself. It provides a comprehensive guide to coaching that will meet the needs of all, no matter what their involvement in coaching.