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One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and...

Culture is like a language. Art, architecture, history and philosophy are its grammar. And, like a language, anyone can learn it. In 2022, Sheehan Quirke took to Twitter (now X) as The Cultural Tutor with the aim of making culture accessible for everyone. He wrote about poetry, paintings, building design, and counter-intuitive but fascinating facts about history and geography. It wasn’t the sort of content you usually find on a newsfeed. Taught in forty-nine short lessons, Sheehan takes listeners on a delightful and fascinating journey through culture.

DI Drew Haskell is a no-nonsense detective recovering from a devastating personal loss. When a number of young people are found dead in a sleepy Yorkshire village, Haskell believes a murderer is on the loose. But his boss isn't so sure and won't authorize an investigation. Breaking the rules is Haskell's only chance at solving this case.

The Solopreneur CEO Podcast is for established solopreneurs who have built something real but are tired of carrying the entire load alone. Hosted by Carin Kilby Clark and Marcia Sheehan, the show explores mindset, systems, structure, and support to help you step out of reactive solopreneur mode and into CEO-level leadership. No hustle culture. No burnout glorification. Just honest conversations and practical insights for building a business that supports your life instead of consuming it.

Hello and welcome to our podcast! Each week, we deep dive into the world of movies, music, books and everything in-between. We give you an insight into what our conversations usually entail... all while having fun and learning more about the things we love. Hope you enjoy the Geek Yoghurt Podcast!- Clodagh, Sophie & Deirdre

Seit das Land seine Magie verloren hat, trennen nur die finsteren Schattenhügel die Menschenwelt von den glamourösen Höfen der Fae. Wie jedes Jahr beginnen zur Wintersonnenwende die berüchtigten Jagdspiele der Feenwesen, bei denen es Fayleen bisher gelang, sich vor ihnen zu verstecken. Als ihre Schwester jedoch in die Fänge des Fae-Prinzen Keir gerät, der die Einlösung eines uralten Vertrags fordert, begibt sich Fayleen auf eine gefährliche Reise, um sie zu befreien. Am Gleamy Court angekommen taucht sie in eine Welt der Magie, Intrigen und Verführung ein.

From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize—winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history–and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever, who led the...

In a post-apocalyptic America that has shattered into a hundred perpetually warring fiefdoms, anyone with a loud voice and a doomsday weapon can be king (and probably has been). Duncan Archer - con man, carpetbagger, survivor - has found a way to somehow successfully navigate the end of the world, with its giant killer robots, radioactive mutants, mad scientists, rampant nanotechnology, armed gangs, sea monsters, and 101 unpleasant ways to die.

Der jungen Halbfae Fayleen steht eine glorreiche Zukunft an der Seite des Fae-Prinzen Keir bevor. In ihr schlummert eine Magie, die der Schlüssel zum Sieg des Gleamy Hofs sein könnte, doch sie will nicht als Waffe für das Königreich eingesetzt werden. Als Fayleen schließlich einen waghalsigen Fluchtplan schmiedet und dem Gleamy Court zusammen mit ihrem Leibwächter den Rücken kehrt, erfährt sie, dass Daemon ihr nicht die ganze Wahrheit darüber gesagt hat, wer er wirklich ist: der verschollene Prinz des Glory Court.

At least three-quarters of a million lives were lost during the American Civil War. Given its seemingly indiscriminate mass destruction, this conflict is often thought of as the first "total war." But Aaron Sheehan-Dean argues for another interpretation. The Calculus of Violence demonstrates that this notoriously bloody war could have been much worse. Military forces on both sides sought to contain casualties inflicted on soldiers and civilians.

This renowned journalist's classic Pulitzer Prize winning investigation of schizophrenia - now reissued with a new postscript - follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness. "Sylvia Frumkin" was born in 1948 and began showing signs of schizophrenia in her teens. She spent the next seventeen years in and out of mental institutions. In 1978, reporter Susan Sheehan took an interest in her and, for more than two years, became immersed in her life.

Danielle 'Danny' West is the daughter of Deuce West, president of the Hell's Horsemen Motorcycle Club. A sweet and beautiful girl, she loses her way, searching for things that are always out of her reach. Erik 'Ripper' Jacobs is the Sergeant of Arms in the Hell's Horsemen. Once a man who always had a smile on his face, his life takes a turn for the worst when a tragedy befalls him, leaving him scarred and broken. During a midsummer night, Danny and Ripper's paths cross, forever changing their lives.

Jason "Jase" Brady sweeps Dorothy off her feet. As Dorothy patiently waits for Jase to give her the happily-ever-after she's been dreaming about, James "Hawk" Young, a member of the Hell's Horsemen with secrets of his own, sees an opening into Dorothy's life and takes it. What follows is a long and painful journey of self-discovery and forgiveness, as Dorothy comes to realize that home was exactly where she'd left it and the love she'd forever craved had always been within her reach.

Das Leben in den sturmbedrohten Städten war für die hübsche Drachentänzerin Alizeé nie leicht. Auf der Flucht vor einem Schneesturm rettet sie einem Drachen das Leben und landet schließlich in Crystal Wings Palace. Um ihr Überleben zu sichern, muss Alizeé ein Bündnis mit Lord Diamond eingehen, der über die wunderschönen Kristalldrachen gebietet. Doch nicht die gefährlichen seelenlosen Drachen oder die magischen Stürme machen ihr Angst, sondern dass sie sich auf seltsame Weise zu Lord Diamond, der wild, verführerisch und zugleich täuschend sanft ist, hingezogen fühlt.

Lavea ist intelligent, mutig und hasst Drachen, denn einer vernichtete mit seinen mörderischen Flammen ihre Heimatstadt. Doch mit jedem Tag toben die magischen Stürme heftiger und nur die Lords mit ihren gefürchteten Drachen sind in der Lage, die Naturgewalten zu bändigen. Als Lavea von den Schulden ihres Bruders bei Lord Zander erfährt, will sie diese begleichen, bevor ihm Konsequenzen drohen.

Many of us often feel challenged by the question of what gives our lives true meaning. What are we searching for? How do we know we are on the right path? In Playing Dead, Robert Sheehan shares intimate reflections on his own search for purpose, looking back at this journey so far and sharing the lessons he has learnt along the way. Meditation is at the heart of Robert's route to awakening and here he reveals how we can welcome practice into our daily lives to nurture a quiet mind and content heart.

When a hot and hunky werewolf turns up on Darcey's doorstep seeking help, she firmly reminds him that banshees and werewolves don't mix. But with a sickness affecting all the werewolves in the city, threatening to turn them all into blood-thirsty monsters by the Huntress Moon, she is forced to take the case. With the clock ticking down to the Huntress Moon and the sickness growing stronger with every second, Darcey must find a way to prevent everyone, including herself, from becoming werewolf kibble.

Jenna Faith teaches self-defense to vulnerable women. She knows only too well what it's like to be on the run from someone and fleeing a past you'd rather forget. But her own past is about to catch up with her, in the form of know-it-all, hot druid Grey. He blackmails Jenna into taking on a case that her old magical task force can't solve, and she finds herself on the trail of a monster, an ancient evil that snatches children from their families and disappears with them into the night. When a young girl is stolen from under Jenna's nose, the race to save her life begins.

To runners around the world, Dr. George Sheehan, author of the landmark New York Times best seller Running and Being, was nothing short of a guru - the country’s “greatest philosopher of sport”. But to his son Andrew, who had spent his entire boyhood longing for the attention and approval of an emotionally distant father, he was an incomprehensible paradox: a lifelong loner, who was now sunning himself in the spotlight of the nation’s press; a hero to millions, who seemed to have no time for his own son.

Jack Tobin, a Florida trial lawyer, is dedicated to ending capital punishment one prisoner at a time. Jack is convinced that doomed convict Henry Wilson is innocent, but can he delay execution and get Henry a new trial in time?