For the first time in history, the navies of every superpower on the planet have united against a common enemy – a couple of thousand rag tag underfed men and boys. Crammed together in tiny open boats,they range up to a thousand miles from their home shores. Armed with ancient AK47s and rocket propelled grenades, they scour the western Indian Ocean. No-one knows how many simply die at sea. But occasionally these modern-day pirates hit the jackpot, seizing vessels and crews that will be ran...

"The Battle-Fields of Ireland, from 1688 to 1691" by John Boyle is a detailed historical account that explores the significant military conflicts in Ireland during a tumultuous period. The book delves into the events surrounding the Williamite War, highlighting key battles, strategies, and the socio-political landscape of the time. Boyle's narrative is rich with descriptions of the battlefields, the soldiers' experiences, and the impact of these conflicts on Irish history. His thorough res...

You are not crazy. You are not weak. You are not broken. You are injured. And injuries can heal.For decades, John Boyle looked successful on the outside—Harvard graduate, business leader, husband, father—but inside, he was unraveling. Panic attacks, emotional spirals, chronic tension, and a body that never felt safe followed him everywhere. What he never knew was that the source of his suffering wasn't weakness. It was Complex PTSD, the invisible wound formed in a ...

John Boyle provides an in-depth account of the neglected contributions made by Western esotericism in the formation of an occluded ‘psychoanalytic parapsychology’ active within psychoanalysis since its inception, the distinguishing features of which he argues have continued to persist within psychoanalysis to this day.The book provides a conceptual framework for understanding how the debates between Sigmund Freud, Sándor Ferenczi and Carl Gustav Jung on the role of the "occult" in ...

The intoxicating smell of a cube of Walnut pipe tobacco. The watery taste of the cream on the offered sweet. The 'Hello, little boy' as the man steps out of a copse of trees.These, the boy’s addiction to the smell of gas, deep poverty, alienation and the 11+ exam build the terrain that explodes into a quarter of a century of political violence.This is life seen through the inquisitive eye of a young boy, his older seven sisters and his band of brothers – who are drawn ever ...

John Boyle was born and raised in Scotland but he could never feel Scottish. His parents were poor immigrants from the West of Ireland who came to Scotland to find work and eventually settled in Paisley, where John was the first of six children.Galloway Street beautifully captures the poverty and the rough humour of the family's life in the Paisley tenements, the songs and stories of their Irish Catholic relatives and the often uneasy relationships with their Scottish Prot...

You are not crazy. You are not weak. You are not broken. You are injured. And injuries can heal.For decades, John Boyle looked successful on the outside—Harvard graduate, business leader, husband, father—but inside, he was unraveling. Panic attacks, emotional spirals, chronic tension, and a body that never felt safe followed him everywhere. What he never knew was that the source of his suffering wasn’t weakness. It was Complex PTSD, the invisible wound formed in a ...

John Boyle O'Reilly's Moondyne is a vivid romance of transportation, prison life, and moral regeneration set chiefly in the penal world of Western Australia. Drawing on the legend of the bushranger Moondyne Joe, the novel blends adventure narrative, social protest, and Victorian melodrama, while its descriptive passages give the Australian landscape a symbolic force. Beneath its plot of crime, escape, and mistaken justice lies a sustained indictment of systems that confuse punishment with ...

This book traces the history and culture of Persia, one of the world’s oldest civilisations, from pre-history down to the present time.

The story is a celebration that sheds a new light onto the biblical figures of Christ’s story in human terms—ordinary people with hopes, dreams, and fears, uncertain of what lies ahead.This participant guide to the film will lead you through viewing Easter Mysteries, a musical production by Tony Award–winning Broadway producer, John O’Boyle, with additional information, insightful questions, lyrics, and notes from the producer. Brought to life by a cast of Broadway veterans, the pr...

Science for Geography and Environment introduces students (and academics who need to brush up their knowledge!) to scientific principles in a lively and accessible way, allowing them to proceed through the text at their own pace. The book is structured thematically with a logical development of key topics, all linked by a comprehensive cross-referencing system. Concepts and principles will be grounded in everyday experience and exemplified by reference to geographical/environmental process...

The Kings Men: A Tale of ToMorrow is a late nineteenth century speculative political novel by Robert Grant that imagines a transformed England after the fall of monarchy. It stands as a significant literary work in cultural and political storytelling, exploring how power, identity, and tradition evolve in a radically altered society. This literary work gains importance through The King’s Men A Tale of Tomorrow, presenting a narrative grounded in alternate history England republic after mon...