Joseph O'Connor

'A hugely entertaining book about the grand scope of friendship and love, it is also, movingly - at times, astonishingly - a story of transience, loss and true loyalty' Guardian 1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration. But the Chief is determined that nothing will get in the way of his manager's devotion to the Lyceum and to himself. And both men are enchanted by the beauty and boldness of the elusive Ellen. This exceptional novel explores the complexities of love that stands dangerously outside social convention, the restlessness of creativity, and the experiences that led to Dracula, the most iconic supernatural tale of all time.

Shadowplay

John Seymour

Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) is one of the fastest growing developments in applied psychology. This handbook describes in simple terms what gifted people do differently, and enables the reader to learn these patterns of excellence. This approach gives the practical skills used by outstanding communicators. Excellent communication is the basis of creating excellent results.

Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People

Introducing Neuro-linguistic Programming

At college in 1980s' Luton, Robbie Goulding, an Irish-born teenager, meets elusive Fran Mulvey, an orphaned Vietnamese refugee. Together they form a band. Joined by cellist Sarah-Thérèse Sherlock and her twin brother Seán on drums, The Ships in the Night set out to chase fame. But the story of this makeshift family is haunted by ghosts from the past. Spanning 25 years, The Thrill of it All rewinds and fast-forwards through an evocative soundtrack of struggle and laughter. Infused with blues, ska, classic showtunes, New Wave and punk, using interviews, lyrics, memoirs and diaries, the tale stretches from suburban England to Manhattan's East Village, from Thatcher-era London to the Hollywood Bowl, from the meadows of the Glastonbury festival to a wintry Long Island, culminating in a Dublin evening in July 2012, a night that changes everything. A story of loyalties, friendship, the call of the muse, and the beguiling shimmer of teenage dreams, this is a warm-hearted, funny and deeply moving novel for anyone that's ever loved a song.

The Thrill of It All

Book 1 of the Rome Escape Line Trilogy

My Father's House

This book offers the practical skills used by outstanding communicators. Excellent communication is the basis of creating excellent results. NLP skills are proving invaluable for personal development and professional excellence in counseling, education and business.

Introducing NLP

A telephone call shatters the calm of a Dublin summer morning bringing terrible news from war-torn Nicaragua: Johnny Little has been caught up in a mysterious skirmish and killed. Grief-stricken his estranged parents Frank and Eleanor set out on the arduous journey to bring their wayward son home. It's a quest that will have profound consequences: in this hauntingly beautiful land of poetry, guns and frantic salsa music, nothing is quite what it seems . . .

Desperadoes

Dublin 1907, a city of whispered rumours. A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Rebellious and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a girl of the inner city tenements, dreaming of stardom in America. She has dozens of admirers but in the backstage of her life there is a secret. Her lover, John Synge, is a troubled genius, the son of a once prosperous landowning family, a poet of fiery language and tempestuous passions. Yet his life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives. Scarred by a childhood of loneliness and severity he has long been ill, but he loves to walk the wild places of Ireland. The affair, sternly opposed by friends and family, is turbulent, sometimes cruel, often tender. Many years later, an old woman makes her way across London on the morning after a hurricane. Christmas is coming. As she wanders past bombsites and through the city's forlorn beauty, a snowdrift of memories and lost desires seems to swirl. She has twice been married: once widowed, once divorced, but an unquenchable passion for life has kept her afloat as her dazzling career has faded. A story of love's commitment, of partings and reconciliations, of the courage involved in living on nobody else's terms, Ghost Light is a profoundly moving and ultimately uplifting novel.

Ghost Light

Ian McDermott

What is Systems Thinking? Systems thinking goes beyond logic, because people are not always logical. Systems thinking sees beyond isolated events to the deeper patterns and connections. This book explains the principles of systems thinking in a straightforward way with practical applications, exercises and examples that will help you become more influential and successful in managing your health, work, finances and relationships. This book will show you how: you can get a huge result for a small effort, obvious solutions can often do more harm than good, to avoid recurrent misfortunes that seem to happen automatically, to know the best time to change strategy, your attempted solution can cause the problem you are trying to solve, and you can never do just one thing because there are always side effects.

Essential Skills for Creativity and Problem Solving

The Art of Systems Thinking

Completo manual sobre essa nova modalidade em psicologia aplicada que tanto tem atraído os profissionais e o público em geral. Por que algumas pessoas são mais bem-sucedidas do que outras? A PNL descreve e analisa as razões e as formas que poderão conduzi-lo até o sucesso.

como entender e influenciar as pessoas

Introdução à programação neurolingüística

EDIZIONE SPECIALE DIGITALE, CONTIENE I LINK ALL’ESCLUSIVA PLAYLIST SU SPOTIFY PER ASCOLTARE LE CANZONI ALL’INTERNO DEL TESTO. LA STORIA SENTIMENTALE DI UNA STREPITOSA ROCK BAND, DAL TRAVOLGENTE RACCONTO DELL’ASCESA FINO ALLA NOTTE CHE CAMBIERA’ TUTTO. «O’Connor scrive con una passione e una familiarità con il mondo di cui parla, che possono nascere solo da un grande fan del Rock. Questa è la storia di uno Ziggy Stardust irlandese e della sua band, nell’epoca in cui la cultura rock ha perso la sua centralità... O’ Connor scrive per ricordare alle generazioni più giovani cosa hanno rappresentato quegli anni furenti di musica e creatività.» Bob Geldof A Luton, cittadina industriale a cinquanta chilometri da Londra, Robbie Goulding e Fran Mulvey si conoscono al college e tra loro nasce una di quelle amicizie totalizzanti che segnano la vita. Robbie, di origine irlandese, viene da una famiglia lacerata da un terribile dolore; Fran, orfano vietnamita dall’infanzia travagliata, è un ragazzo ombroso e carismatico che gioca con la sua ambiguità anche sessuale. Quello che li accomuna è soprattutto la passione per la chitarra e la tendenza a vedere il mondo come un oceano di canzoni. È l’inizio degli anni Ottanta, e i modelli di riferimento sono David Bowie, Morrissey, i Velvet Underground. Insieme Robbie e Fran fondano un gruppo a cui si uniscono due gemelli di grande talento: la bella violoncellista Trez – l’amore segreto e irraggiungibile di Robbie – e suo fratello Seán, divertente e solare, alla batteria. Si chiameranno The Ships. In una vicenda che copre venticinque anni di musica e amicizia, allontanamenti e successi, il loro percorso è quello tipico delle rock band: droghe, trasgressioni e vita da strada, incontri con star del calibro di Patti Smith o Elvis Costello, le desolate periferie inglesi, la bohème dell’East Village newyorkese, i concerti all’Hollywood Bowl, fino a un’ultima magica notte a Dublino. Un romanzo profondo e appassionato, che resta nella testa e nel cuore, come una canzone che non si lascia dimenticare.

Il gruppo

Die wilde Ballade vom lauten Leben

Yeats Is Dead! A Mystery by 15 Irish Writers

Principles of Nlp

In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. The twenty-six day journey will see many lives end, others begin afresh. In a spellbinding story of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the further the ship sails towards the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go.

Farewell to Old Ireland

Star of the Sea

Inishowen intertwines the lives of three very different people who are looking for different things in their lives, but who come together in this story of love found late, of hidden connections, and of a journey that changes three lives.

Inishowen

ghid practic pentru obţinerea rezultatelor pe care le doreşti

Manual de programare neuro-lingvistică

Árnyjáték

A serial novel by 15 of the brightest talents in Irish writing (including Marian Keyes, Pauline McLynn, Gina Moxley and Frank McCourt), telling an elaborate tale of murder, mayhem and literary shenanigans in present-day Dublin. Approximately £1 from every copy sold will go to Amnesty International.

Joseph O'Connor

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