Adult Irish Humor.Come in. Sit down and take your ease. Have a drink. A pint of plain is your only man.Listen to the conversation as you sit in the corner of the snug in Mulligan's pub.The Teacher, The Sergeant, and the Parish Priest, aided by the Barman, are in session and little of what happens in this Dublin inner city parish will escape their attention.Hear of Fitzer the pervert, Kathy the Dominatrix, the Yank, the Green Man and of course the Burglar and his...

Recognising that Leprechauns are an endangered species, plans are put in place to restock the population.In doing so two twins, a brother and a sister, are accidently recruited and due to technical magic difficulties they have to be returned to modern San Francisco. But they need new bodies. This is arranged by Venus, the strategic planner and former cat of the Druid Lochlain. However all does not go smoothly.In modern Sann Francisco Druid Lochlain arrives as does the mythi...

The God of death is allowed to take a holiday, conditional on completing a task.Eamon the Handsome Ghoul deputises but grows to like the job.Mason, a violent misogynist detective agrees to let the God of Death assume his identity.As Mason he must deal with his feelings for Pauline, Mason's submissive wife. And as a detective he is sucked into the machinations of a Chicago gangster who is looking to expand into New Orleans and Las Vegas.He meets the Grey man and ...

The Chicago Princess is a story that moves from a time of Irish folklore to modern-day Chicago.The mix of this mythological Irish background with contemporary American life is one of the novel's strengths and provides many instances of humour and contrast.It follows the adventures of Fionnuala, a beautiful princess transformed into the ugliest women imaginable by the druid Lochlain, before being sent into the future.In modern Chicago, she encounters madcap characters,...

Stark, moving but with glimmers of humour amongst the wreckage, "The Hardest Part" asks perhaps the hardest question of all when faced with the horrors of the 1st World War - where was God to be found in the carnage of the western front? Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy's answer, that through the cross God shares in human suffering rather than being a ‘passionate potentate’ looking down unmoved by death, injury and destruction on an immense scale, was, and still is, revolutionary. Marking the cen...

This book explores the changes that are leading to a new century of natural resources management. It places the current situation in historical perspective, analyzes the forces that are propelling change, and describes and examines the specific changes in goals, policy, and practice that are transforming all aspects of natural resources management.The book is an important overview for wildlife biologists, foresters, and others working for public land agencies; professors and students of na...

Just after sunrise on a sunny day, Jill is found murdered on the centre lawn of a luxury apartment development. Jack, her boy-friend is arrested. He's had a big row with her on the morning of the murder. But there are undercurrents that emerge during the investigation….The action takes place over two days. A modern 'Who done it,' in a time of CovidLocation: Small seaside Irish village of Kilvic. Murder takes place in The Seapoint, a luxury apartment development on the outskir...

The god of Death needs a holiday. He nominates Eamon the Handsome Ghoul to act in his absence.He is granted permission on condition that he goes in disguise and undertakes to locate and recover Oengus, the God of Love, who has gone off the grid.Disguised in a body swap with a misogynist New Orleans detective, he begins to live in his new role.He must deal with feelings for Pauline his now wife and also investigate the underworld city of New Orleans with its mixture of ...

The doorbell went at dawn. The police were there to arrest Edward. When the case is dropped due to insufficient evidence, policewoman Kelly is outraged. She decides Edward will not get away with it.Janet has decided to leave this household and comes up with a surprising solution.

"The Chicago Druid and the Ugly Princess" is a story that moves from a time of Irish folklore to modern-day Chicago.It follows the adventures of Fionnuala, a beautiful princess transformed into the ugliest women imaginable by the druid Lochlain, before being sent into the future.In modern Chicago, she encounters madcap characters, such as the crafty Patience, who uses Fionnuala’s powers to make money gambling, and implicates them in gang warfare. She is hunted down by the mag...

Basic Principles of Forensic Chemistry is designed to provide a clear and concise understanding of forensic chemistry. The text begins with an introduction to the basic principles of chemistry and expands through organic chemistry into forensic investigation. The detailed chapters focus on both the theoretical and practical aspects of forensic chemistry with emphasis on controlled substance testing and identification. Leading experts in the field contribute general examination tec...

Arthur Miller’s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, has become a key text in Western literature. This unusually powerful recording, made for radio in 1953, was directed by Elia Kazan who premiered the play. It features Thomas Mitchell and Arthur Kennedy as father and son. Willy, a travelling salesman, based in New York, relentlessly chases material success. As the disappointing nature of his reality crowds in upon him, Willy and his family suffer the tragic cost of his delusions of grea...