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Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, offers a personal, intimate history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, his own, part of both the Linen Triangle–heartland of the North's defining industry–and the Murder Triangle–the Badlands roamed by the Glenanne gang of security forces colluding with loyalist paramilarites. He lifts the veil of silence drawn over the horrors of the past, recording in heartrending detail the terrible toll the conflict took–more than 20 violent deaths in a few square miles–and the long tail of trauma it has left behind.

Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in "The American's Tale" to the bloodsucking wife in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women.

 UnClobber reexamines what the Bible says (and does not say) about homosexuality in such a way that breathes fresh life into outdated and inaccurate assumptions and interpretations. 

In this fresh and powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle explores how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the heart of the American experiment - over federalism, taxation, regulation, conservation, and development. Doyle tells the epic story of America and its rivers, from the US Constitution's roots in interstate river navigation, the origins of the Army Corps of Engineers, the discovery of gold in 1848, and the construction of the Hoover Dam and the TVA during the New Deal, to the failure of the levees in Hurricane Katrina.

Conan Doyle não foi apenas o criador do genial detetive Sherlock Holmes. Em Contos de piratas , ele deixa o cenário das ruas de Londres para embarcar na vida em alto-mar, povoada de piratas sanguinários e reais, e de capitães corajosos o suficiente para enfrentá-los. Contos de piratas foi lançado originalmente em 1922, e a coletânea reúne histórias editadas para as revistas de ficção e entretenimento da época. As histórias, narradas com um realismo quase jornalístico, são inspiradas em piratas de verdade e desmistificam o romantismo associado à pirataria pela arte e cultura ocidentais.

Late one night, Sir Charles Baskerville is attacked. Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective, is on the case.

Welche Verbindung besteht zwischen einem mittelalterlichen holländischen Maler wie Hieronymus Bosch und einer unheimlichen Mordserie im London des Jahres 1895? Keine, meint Inspektor Lestrade von Scotland Yard. Doch Sherlock Holmes ist anderer Ansicht. Gemeinsam mit Dr. John Watson ermittelt er in finsteren Opiumhöhlen und einem geheimnisvollen Wasserschloss. Dabei lernt er eine zwielichtige Opernsängerin, einen rätselhaften Gnom und einen heruntergekommenen Engelmacher kennen.

Welche Verbindung besteht zwischen einem mittelalterlichen holländischen Maler wie Hieronymus Bosch und einer unheimlichen Mordserie im London des Jahres 1895? Keine, meint Inspektor Lestrade von Scotland Yard. Doch Sherlock Holmes ist anderer Ansicht. Gemeinsam mit Dr. John Watson ermittelt er in finsteren Opiumhöhlen und einem geheimnisvollen Wasserschloss. Dabei lernt er eine zwielichtige Opernsängerin, einen rätselhaften Gnom und einen heruntergekommenen Engelmacher kennen.