"You've Got This. You're Almost There."As I sat on the couch, the kids already in bed, I knew she was right. Feeling exhausted after a full day's work, my wife asked me to come to bed. I tried to pretend that everything was okay, but in my heart, I didn't know if that was true. Staring at our bank account slipping to zero, I felt like a failure-as a father, a husband, as well as a business owner. While I was considering giving up on our business dreams, her words a...

All individuals see life differently, and when it is all or nothing, it takes a heck of a lot of courage to stand up to cancer or any deadly situation and fight like heck to survive it. It is the most frightening reality you will ever experience as a human. It also takes just as much courage to accept defeat and let things run their course. Sullivan simply could not go that way. He did have to make that choice in his mind, soul, and body, silently begging for God's help through that moment...

How do you catch and kill a ghost?In the bleak Luachair valley, the woman warrior Liath Luachra’s winter seclusion is disrupted by a desperate plea for help. Raising a fian (battle group) to rescue a comrade’s abducted sister however, she quickly discovers this simple ‘Seeking’ is far more perilous than anything she could have imagined.Traversing the wilderness of ancient Ireland in pursuit of an enigmatic raiding party, the woman warrior encounter...

"To this day, I’m still gobsmacked by some of the questions I get asked with respect to the Irish Muse stories. Many of them come from so far out of left-field I’m left wondering what kind of wierd, surreal or erotic notions people must think pass through my mind." [Brian O'Sullivan - 2012]Irish author Brian O'Sullivan's underground literary hit in New Zealand is re-released in digital format. This updated version includes the classic 'The Irish Muse', 'The Ringm...

This is a stand-alone novel. You don't need to have read the previous book in the series.Osraighe: Ireland’s shadowy centre, a desolate region of forest, marshes and mountainous terrain where unwary travellers are ‘swallowed’ and never seen again.Caught up in an intra-tribal conflict when her latest mission turns sour, the woman warrior Liath Luachra finds herself coerced into a new undertaking. Dispatched to Osraighe to find a colony of mi...

Everything the Hungry People devour has the taste of ‘more’!As the harrowing pursuit of a mysterious raiding party draws to a close, the woman warrior Liath Luachra prepares her war party for one final onslaught.But out in the Great Wild, even the best laid schemes rarely go as planned.The south-eastern forests hide threats more dangerous than raiders, Liath Luachra’s alliances are foundering, and her own personal history risks upending her existenc...

In tribal warfare, trust’s a measured risk. Betrayal, a certain death.Within the tribes, some truths lie too deep to be unearthed. Fionn, the young Clann Baoiscne warrior knows this, even as he and Bodhmhall hunt the truth behind his father’s slaughter.Meanwhile, abandoned to the wilderness, the woman warrior Liath Luachra must overcome past injuries and traumas to face another encroaching enemy.As the ruthless Clann Morna tribe draw closer...

Ireland 198 A.D.The druid Bodhmhall and her nephew Demne have survived a bloody ambush but the cost has been substantial. The Ráth Bládhma allies have been decimated, the ragged survivors strung along the banks of an isolated river valley.And their pursuers are closing in.Seeking refuge at the fortress of Dún Baoiscne, Bodhmhall must confront her own turbulent history and her scheming father to finally unearth the identity of the mysterious Adversar...

A Gritty Mythological Adventure in Ancient Ireland!Ireland 1st century A.D: A land of tribal affiliations, secret alliances and treacherous rivalries.Youthful woman warrior Liath Luachra has survived two brutal years fighting with mercenary war party “The Friendly Ones” but now the winds are shifting.Dispatched on a murderous errand where nothing is as it seems, she must survive a group of treacherous comrades, the unwanted...

I scream, you scream, we all scream for...Polarnoids!That's right! Penguin and Polar Bear are still texting up a storm. (Who pays their phone bills? Do you think they're on a family plan?) Invariably, their visual verbal volleys remain replete with astonishing achievements in articulate acrobatics. That is to say, there are lots more puns for you to read!Don't worry if 100 full-color comic strips isn't enough for you. This new volu...

A ‘Gaelic Noir’ mystery with Ireland’s Greatest Mythological Detective.’In the rugged 1960’s Beara peninsula, a terrifying Púca is haunting the Slieve Miskish Mountains. Retired farmer, Diarmuid O’Súilleabháin however, has issues of his own to contend with, mostly involving the behaviour of his strange, Gaelic speaking nephew.Or dark revelations from his brother’s death that might best be kept concealed.Meanwhile, Muiris (Mos) O’Súilleabhái...

Education at all levels will continue to be dominated by technology for the foreseeable future. The rush to respond to the health concerns of the pandemic led to a mass adoption of online learning tools without careful consideration and placement within a conceptual framework that would have occurred prior to adoption in best practice scenarios. Cases on Innovative and Successful Uses of Digital Resources for Online Learning evaluates and describes successful initiatives in remote and hybr...