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Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa First Novel Award. Winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. Forty years in the future. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are the posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the Northside Rises and the eerie bogs of Big Nothin' that the city really lives.

It's late one night at the Spanish port of Algeciras, and two fading Irish gangsters are waiting on the boat from Tangier. A lover has been lost, a daughter has gone missing, their world has come asunder - can it be put together again? Night Boat to Tangier is a novel drenched in sex and death and narcotics, in sudden violence and old magic, but it is obsessed, above all, with the mysteries of love. A tragicomic masterwork from a multi-award-winning writer, Night Boat to Tangier is both mordant and hilarious, lyrical yet laden with menace.

Diverse and moving, these six outstanding stories are meditations on grief and loss, love, communication and loneliness. Each one will take the reader on a brief yet unforgettable journey into private worlds and unexpected corners of the human heart.

Are you tired of the rat race and want to get away from it all? Are you tired of giving so much of your paycheck to utility companies? Tired of the local government telling you what you can and can’t do with your own property? Maybe you just want to live a minimalist lifestyle and leave a smaller footprint. For a lot of people, getting off the grid is the answer. In How to Get off The Grid and Survive, I show you what you need to do to prepare for life off the grid. This is a beginner’s guide and will help you answer the big question....

Es ist später Abend im Hafen von Algeciras. Im dunklen Warteraum des Fährterminals sitzen zwei alternde Iren, langjährige Partner im lukrativen, aber gefährlichen Geschäft des Drogenschmuggels, und erwarten Dilly, die verschollene Tochter des einen. Sie haben gehört, dass sie in dieser Oktobernacht entweder auf einem Boot aus Tanger ankommt oder auf einem Boot in Richtung Tanger abfährt. Diese Nachtwache ist der Auftakt zu einer außergewöhnlichen Reise in die Vergangenheit, ihre gemeinsame Geschichte. Eine Geliebte ist verloren, eine Tochter verschwunden, eine Welt zerbrochen − kann sie wieder zusammengefügt werden?

Custody! Divorce! Parenting time! Money! Disagreements over children! Custody and Divorce Lawyers Marjie Nielsen, Barry C. Boykin and Kevin R. Johnson have more than 70 combined years of experience. They know first-hand the court battles, psychological warfare, pain and frustration that parents, spouses, partners and children endure as disputes are resolved in the family-court system. From their perspective as Chicago attorneys, Barry, Marjie and Kevin attempt to bring hope and clarity to a troubled world, where lawyers, judges and other professionals see the best and worst of human behavior ...

Logan Hartnett y su banda han dominado la ciudad de Bohane durante años, pero su viejo rival, Gant Broderick, está de vuelta y quiere reconquistar la ciudad y el corazón de Macu, esposa de Hartnett. A la guerra de bandas se unirán también los Cusack de Las Lomas, la adolescente fatal Jenni Ching, su novio Lobato Stanners o la nonagenaria Nena. Estos personajes lucharán para decidir el destino de la ciudad, ignorando que es ciudad Bohane quien decide el destino de todos ellos.

Continue the journey of Jack and Diane as they navigate the new reality. With more attacks, the duo and Jack's group decide this is not a one-off attack. It's time to dig in and prepare for what's coming next. Meet new characters and find out what the terrorists planned next.

The day started out like any other; Diane and Jack started their morning routines and equipped their everyday carry items. Survival is for the prepared. But when disaster strikes the US, Jack's lifetime of preparing will be put to the test. Grabbing their two dogs and their bug-out bags, the duo must escape their hometowns and find a safe place to seek shelter. What really happened, and will Jack's years of prepping be enough to keep them all safe?