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DK Eyewitness Back Roads Ireland" driving holiday guide will take you via scenic routes to discover charming villages local restaurants & intimate places to stay. Unearth the real soul of this magical region with all the practical information you could need from road conditions & length of drive to parking information & opening hours. Twenty-five themed drives each lasting one to seven days reveal breathtaking views hidden gems & authentic local experiences that can only be discovered by road. Each tour is bursting with insider knowledge & loaded with ideas for varied activities from walks to days on the beach & children's attractions to wine & cycling trips. Meanwhile the most friendly best-value hotels & guest houses & charming restaurants specialising in regional produce have been selected by expert authors. The guide is full-colour throughout with a pull-out map for easy navigation between tours & even postcode information for use with ' Sat Nav'. Discover the unexpected on your driving holiday with "DK Eyewitness Back Roads Ireland"." ...

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The boy was born & raised on the Main Line. But he vanished on Philadelphias mean streets
- last seen in a down-town cheaters hotel.
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In 1974 a revolutionary group calling itself The Dread Scott Brigade held up a bank in Boston killing a woman named Emily Gordon in the process. But the perpetrators were never brought to justice. Three decades on & Emily's daughter Daryl Gordon has decided she needs some closure. Spencer is on the case but the lack of clues & a missing FBI intelligence report force Spencer to reach out in every direction
- from Daryl's estranged hippie father to Vinnie Morris & the mob to the mysterious Ives
- testing his resourcefulness & his courage.

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Cosmo's brother Brian died when he was ten years old. His mum hides her grief by working all the hours God sends & Cosmo lives with his grandparents. They've been carefree days as Granddad buys him a horse called John & teaches him all he knows about horses. But the good times have to come to an end & although he doesn't want to admit it Cosmo knows his Granddad is losing his mind. So on one of the rare occasions when Granddad seems to recognise him Cosmo is bemused that he gives him a key to Blackbrick Abbey & urges him to go there. Cosmo shrugs it off but gradually Blackbrick draws him in... Cosmo arrives there scared & lonely & is dropped off at the crumbling gates of a huge house. As he goes in the gates close & when he turns to look they're rusty & padlocked as if they haven't been opened in years. Cosmo finds himself face to face with his grandfather as a young man & questions begin to form in his mind: can Cosmo change the course of his family's future? ...

When the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot & stabbed with a Parmesan knife Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation. Recovering slowly from surgery & fleeing an equally painful crisis in his personal life Zen is only too happy to take on what at first appears to be a routine & relatively undemanding assignment. But soon a world-famous university professor is shot with the same gun immediately after publicly humiliating Italys leading celebrity television chef & the case
- intertwined with the fates of an earnest student of semiotics & a mysterious young immigrant who claims to be from Ruritania
- spins out of control & Zen is in no condition to rise to the challenge. Theres also a wild card in the pack Tony Speranza Bolognas most flamboyant private detective. Back to Bologna" is dazzlingly plotted features a cast of vivid & idiosyncratic characters & along the way delivers both comic & serious insights into the realities of todays Italy."

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When the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot & stabbed with a Parmesan knife Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation. Recovering slowly from surgery & fleeing an equally painful crisis in his personal life Zen is only too happy to take on what at first appears to be a routine & relatively undemanding assignment. But soon a world-famous university professor is shot with the same gun immediately after publicly humiliating Italys leading celebrity television chef & the case
- intertwined with the fates of an earnest student of semiotics & a mysterious young immigrant who claims to be from Ruritania
- spins out of control & Zen is in no condition to rise to the challenge. Theres also a wild card in the pack Tony Speranza Bolognas most flamboyant private detective. Back to Bologna is dazzlingly plotted features a cast of vivid & idiosyncratic characters & along the way delivers both comic & serious insights into the realities of modern Italy.

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Have you ever thought that there might be something wrong with human beings even that we might be slightly insane? Why is it that so many human beings are filled with a restless discontent & an insatiable desire for material goods status & power? Why is it that human history has been filled with endless conflict oppression & inequality? In this ground-breaking & inspiring book Steve Taylor shows that we do suffer from a psychological disorder which he refers to as humania or ego-madness. This disorder is so close to us that we dont realize its there but its the root cause of all our dysfunctional behaviour both as individuals & as a species. This book explains the characteristics of humania where it stems from & how it leads to the madness of materialism status-seeking warfare inequality & other symptoms of our insanity. But equally importantly Back to Sanity" shows how we can heal this mental disorder & allow the fleeting moments of harmony that we all experience from time to time to become our permanent state of being." ...