Firewater Blues

Author: Caimh McDonnell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912897353
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
It's the year 2000 and while Bunny McGarry is theoretically on sabbatical from the police, he just can't help sticking his nose in where it doesn't belong. Rosie Flint is an old acquaintance of Bunny's whose boyfriend mysteriously disappears off the face of the Earth. What starts out as a simple missing person's case soon gets a whole lot more complicated when it emerges that the boyfriend is not who he claimed to be and there are some rather sinister people showing an unhealthy interest in Rosie. Bunny is only trying to help a friend but it's just a matter of time before he finds himself at loggerheads with his colleagues on the force, having to reassess some events from his past and unwittingly involved in a major political coup. He won't be able to do this alone, so it is a good job he can call upon a certain band of kick-ass nuns to do what they do best. And he might even find a use for a twelve-year-old boy who is desperate to escape from an Irish language summer school. Firewater Blues is the sixth book in McDonnell's critically acclaimed bestselling and increasing inaccurately titled Dublin Trilogy. It mixes high-octane thrills with distinct Irish wit.

A Man With One of Those Faces

Author: Caimh Mcdonnell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912897292
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
A crime thriller set in modern-day Dublin.

Firewater

Author: Harold Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780889774377
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
A passionate call to action from a veteran prosecutor, Firewater examines alcohol--its history, its myths, and its devastating impact on Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.

Sky-Water Blue

Author: Keith Jones
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467821055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474

Book Description
When the queen is murdered in her own palace at Tarangar, by those who believe they can govern the land to a better future, they initiate albeit unwittingly the destruction of their world. Evil workings, begun by the arcane weavings of one twisted mage, quickly spread across the land in the form of dragon fire and a mercenary army, operating from a huge fortress, built by the sweat and blood of countless slaves. Only the Sky-Water Dragons can save mankind, but they, too, have been caught up in the mages workings, their Caller murdered, leaving his apprentice of seven months to unlock the secrets and break the spell a task for which he his woefully unprepared. A huge army, formed at Tarangar by the High Council, is intercepted by the Fire-Water Dragons only a few days march from the palace. For the survivors of this mindless slaughter life soon becomes a series of nightmares from which they cannot awake. While most hide in fear of their lives a brother and sister search for a way to bring the Sky-Water Dragons to their aid. If they fail the land will be lost and mankind become extinct.

Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

Author: George Lakoff
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226471012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 633

Book Description
"Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science. . . . Lakoff asks: What do categories of language and thought reveal about the human mind? Offering both general theory and minute details, Lakoff shows that categories reveal a great deal."—David E. Leary, American Scientist

Dead Man's Sins

Author: Caimh Mcdonnell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912897254
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
How far would you go to protect a dead man? It's the year 2000 in Dublin and, following some traumatic events, Detective Bunny McGarry is taking a well-earned break from the force. However, just because you're not looking for trouble doesn't mean trouble isn't looking for you. Bunny's former partner died in the line of duty under dubious circumstances but his murky background has suddenly resurfaced, threatening Bunny's reputation as well. As if that isn't enough, a young boy is in danger and a woman from the big fella's past is trapped in a loveless marriage to a monster. They both need Bunny's help, but he must get to work fast - it seems someone is trying to frame him for murder ... Dead Man's Sins is a continuation of Caimh McDonnell's critically acclaimed bestselling Dublin Trilogy and mixes high-octane thrills with a distinctly Irish wit.

Ellingtonia

Author: W. E. Timner
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0585040842
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 684

Book Description
More than a discography, this book compiles the complete recorded music of Duke Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, movie soundtracks, concerts, dance dates, radio broadcasts, telecasts, and private recordings, creating an easy to use reference source for Jazz collectors and scholars.

Last Orders

Author: CAIMH. MCDONNELL
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995507562
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Book Description
As a wise man once said, just because you're done with the past, doesn't mean the past is done with you. Paul can't let an incident from his past go. When he finds out a rival detective agency played a key role in it, he drags MCM Investigations into a blood feud that they can't hope to win. Soon they're faced with the prospect of the company going out of business and Brigit going out of her damn mind. When long-buried bodies are discovered in the Wicklow Mountains, Bunny's past starts closing in on him too. Who can he trust when he can't even trust himself? When he finds himself with nowhere left to run and nobody he can turn to, will the big fella make the ultimate sacrifice to protect the ones he loves? When all that's left is the fall, the fall is everything. And even the mighty fall. Last Orders is the thrilling conclusion of the critically acclaimed Dublin Trilogy, which melds fast-paced action with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit. It's best enjoyed having read the other books in the series, particularly the prequel Angels in the Moonlight.

The Final Game

Author: Caimh McDonnell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912897100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
A standalone comedic thriller that is in the same world as Caimh McDonnell's internationally best-selling Dublin Trilogy.

Fire Water Blues

Author: Alexander James Papoulias
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Addicts
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
From A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, to Lit by Mary Karr, and Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the harrowing, but ultimately redemptive addiction and recovery memoir has become one of the most popular genres in present-day nonfiction. Entitled Fire Water Blues, my graduate thesis is a poignant and funny coming-of-age story, about my own painful, confused, hilariously delayed transition into adulthood and sobriety. The book is a collection of five autobiographical essays, which are presented in chronological order, giving the reader a candid look into five stages during the course of my life. While not intended to be a complete autobiography or memoir, the collected pieces are written and arranged to be read together, and together they have a distinct narrative arc. The overreaching theme of the book is a rejection of the commonly held belief that great wisdom is the natural and automatic outcome of addiction recovery. Fire Water Blues is a counterpoint to all of the self-congratulatory recovery memoirs by addicts turned self-help gurus and sages, who think that getting clean is a reason, in and of itself, to write a memoir. Fire Water Blues is a document of change and survival, and, hopefully, a statement of affirmation for all of the other survivors who feel as confused in sobriety as they were in addiction.