“Daughter of Laharna” provides a glimpse of family life in Laharna Hotel, Larne, which was Patricia’s home for 24 years, and also details its history from 1833 - becoming the largest tour hotel in Ireland. Her father George A. Beattie was Resident Manager of Laharna Hotel, Larne from 1935 and in the Second World War, as part of essential services, looked after troop feeding at Larne Harbour and later the American Officer’s Club in the former Midland Hotel, Belfast. These were formerly rail...

Testifying that the foundation of modern Western thought, theory, and practice can be traced back to ancient African thought, theory, and practice, this book exposes the African influence on Greek and Roman thought and its influence on the development of modern Western society. It then establishes the urgency to defend and honor the role of Ancient African civilizations on this major event. Exposing fallacies and reestablishing new and undistorted ways of viewing the formation of Western s...

This is a journey through the turbulent history of Uganda: a walk through military coups, rebel insurgency and social violence. Through a narration of the lives of two men the story unfolds: In the first instance it is the story of Robert, who struggles to come to terms with bereavement and poverty. Yet the road of pain, that is his primary experience in life, leads him to a life of fulfillment as a minister in the church. it is also the story of John Ogwang a school dropout who joins the ...

Léon Noël (1878–1953) stands as a pivotal yet underappreciated figure in the history of Thomist epistemology. He played a defining role in shaping the Louvain School and its engagement with the problem of knowledge and the relation of faith and reason in the twentieth century. Noël coordinated intellectual initiatives, fostered networks among Catholic philosophers, and helped institutionalize Thomistic thought across Europe and beyond. His rigorous analyses of Aquinas and Kant and other co...

Two very different childrenunite in their urgent. desire to live freely. They rebel against the prejudices of a regimented society that shouts, "Fear! Fear! Fear!"