The Yet Unknown Little Brown Book

Born in Derry/Londonderry in 1971, Fergal is the proud father of three children, Michaela, Laya and Josh and has been involved in Youth Work full-time since leaving school in May 1987. In that time he has worked for a vast array of organisations across both statutory and voluntary sectors in diverse areas such as Youth Information, Education Welfare, Volunteering, Peace & Reconciliation, Conflict Management & Resolution, Community Relations, Mentoring, Street Work, Research, Participation and Rural Work. He was also a member of the Youth Council for Northern Ireland between 2000 and 2003. Fergal is also a freelance trainer and has worked freelance for a number of organisations including Co-Operation North/ Ireland, The Warrington Project, NUS/USI, Leargas, Anna Lindh Foundation, Viennese Association of Youth Clubs and ELT in Austria, Klick e.V. in Germany and YouthArt in Turkey. He has co-ordinated, hosted, facilitated, and/or participated in more than 80 international programmes since 1998 working with partner organisations in more than 30 countries. He is a registered trainer with SALTO - www.salto.org/fergalbarr Educated at St. Patricks Boys Primary School and St. Brigid's College in Derry Fergal also attended the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and Coleraine where he gained Diplomas in Youth Work and Management and a Masters in Education. In his spare time Fergal is a (sometimes suffering) life-long Liverpool supporter and interests include football, music, travel, video-production and sarcasm! His claims to fame include undertaking a solo-fundraising walk (almost) the length of Ireland in 1988, making legal history in Northern Ireland in 2001 by single-handedly changing Employment Law at an Industrial Tribunal and looking like comedian Harry Hill! Fergal's first book, The Things People Say, Political Quotations from the Northern Ireland Peace Process (published in 2008) is available from http://www.trafford.com/07-2815. ISBN 1-4251-6179-0

The Yet Unknown Little Brown Book

Most bookshops sell titles aimed at how to fix you. Whether it's leadership, management, self-help or therapy, fitness or food, alternative lifestyle or mindfulness, so much of what's offered is geared towards reinforcing the message that you need to change, that you're living your life the wrong way, or that you're not fulfilling your potential. This book is different. It doesn't tell anyone to change. Its purpose is to encourage reflection, nurture curiosity, and challenge assumptions. Inside these pages, Author Fergal Barr has outlined 50 lessons, each of which is underpinned by a set of values and beliefs gained directly from the author's lived experiences. Aimed at provoking one's thoughts about a wide range of contemporary issues, these lessons also ask its readers to reflect on their own values and beliefs, and, in doing so, to contemplate their future approaches to different issues.

They needed the perfect assassin. Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about. He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a new name, makes a few friends, and doesn't stay long. Just long enough for someone in his new friend's family to die-of "natural causes." Mission accomplished, Boy Nobody disappears, moving on to the next target. But when he's assigned to the mayor of New York City, things change. The daughter is unlike anyone he has encountered before; the mayor reminds him of his father. And when memories and questions surface, his handlers at The Program are watching. Because somewhere deep inside, Boy Nobody is somebody: the kid he once was; the teen who wants normal things, like a real home and parents; a young man who wants out. And who just might want those things badly enough to sabotage The Program's mission. In this action-packed series debut, author Allen Zadoff pens a page-turning thriller that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping, introducing an utterly original and unforgettable antihero.

A stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American and "illuminates the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration" (The New York Times Book Review). When fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved. Here Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.

Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Keystone State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson shine a light in the dark corners of Pennsylvania and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions of fires and soldiers struggling in the cold at Valley Forge, to ghostly children stalking dormitories at Gettysburg College, these stories of strange occurrences are sure to send a chill up your spine. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.

The church's cycle of scriptural readings for the liturgy offers believers an opportunity to immerse themselves in the word of God. It is a very real and tangible way of responding to the call of Jesus: Remain in me, as I remain in you." In Abiding Word, Barbara Reid, OP, takes the Sunday experience to every day with accessible weekly meditations on the Lectionary readings of the year. This collection of articles, which includes Scripture readings for Sundays and solemnities followed by reflections, allows readers to meditate on the connection between the sacred text and their daily lives. Living with the word day by day invites us into a closer relationship with Christ, the God who became flesh. Barbara Reid is known for her contributions to The Word, a widely read column in America magazine. Abiding Word showcases some of her finest entries.