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One stormy night, a ghostly encounter on a lonely road leads Inspector de Silva into a case of murder and a mystery that stretches back to Ceylon’s distant past. To uncover the truth, he will have to face death and his inner demons. If you love entertaining and absorbing mysteries, spiced with colorful characters and a dash of humor, don’t miss the Inspector de Silva Mysteries.

When Inspector Shanti de Silva moves with his English wife, Jane, to his new post in the sleepy hill town of Nuala, he anticipates a more restful life than police work in the big city entails. However an arrogant plantation owner with a lonely wife, a crusading lawyer, and a death in suspicious circumstances present him with a riddle that he will need all his experience to solve. Set on the exotic island of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) in the 1930s, Trouble in Nuala is an entertaining and absorbing mystery spiced with humor and a colorful cast of characters.

When the Second World War began, there were 10 million children living in Britain. Many were evacuated to the countryside, but others stayed behind and witnessed the Blitz close-up in cities around the UK. Blitz Kids tells the remarkable true stories of children who spent their nights in cold, cramped air-raid shelters, hearing the rumble of planes and the crash of bombs overhead.

Dale was still a baby when his parents realised that something wasn't right. Worried, his mother Nuala took him to see several doctors, before finally hearing the word 'autism' for the first time. Dale's autism was severe and violent and family life was a daily battleground. But the Gardner's lives were transformed when they welcomed a gorgeous golden retriever into the family.

Inspector de Silva is caught up in the excitement when a professional theatre company comes to Nuala, but matters take a dark turn when the company's actor manager is murdered. Our inspector has a new case to solve, and he has to consider some very unpalatable motives for the crime. He will need all his persistence, coupled with his wife, Jane's, invaluable help to unmask the villain of the piece.

On the planet Nuala, the scam that beguiling free-trader Silver has come to join has just been blown to the skies, along with the throne lines of three sovereign nations. The last male heir of one throne line, Sheel Atare, is unprepared to rule, but he's quick to seize allies wherever he can - like the beautiful and dangerous Silver.

In this refreshingly original book Paul & Nuala O'Higgins present the teachings of Jesus in The Beatitudes not as legal precepts but as gateways to the Kingdom of God. - the realm of God's love, joy, peace and blessing here on earth. They show that the Beatitudes are ways revealed by Jesus that can connect us with the life of the Spirit and take the believer beyond mere law and ethical performance into the realm of the Spirit. Those who live the way of The Beatitudes connect with the life, ministry and ways of Jesus and become receivers and transmitters of God's life and nature. This book ...

In the vein of Fiona Barton's The Widow and Renée Knight's Disclaimer, a psychological thriller about a war reporter who returns to her childhood home after her mother's death but becomes convinced that all is not well in the house next door—but is what she’s seeing real or a symptom of the...

Winner of the 2025 Independent Press Award (Business Motivation) Winner of the 2024 International Book Award (Self Help) Winner of the American Festival Award (Best New Non-Fiction) "Sensational.. turn off your mobile phones and read this instead..." - Rory Sutherland, ViceChair, Ogilvy "A...

In Tune In, award-winning Nuala Walsh champions understanding behavior as an insurance policy against mishearing, misinformation, and misjudgment. This timely masterclass stands apart in its original treatment of 'deaf spots,' the hidden judgement killers that stop us from hearing what really matters. It not only explains your worst mistakes but equips you to prevent future error and the sting of regret.

In 1996, a small Irish press approached Nuala O'Faolain to publish a collection of her opinion columns from the Irish Times. She offered to write an introduction to explain the life experience that had shaped this Irish woman's views. Convinced that none but a few diehard fans of the columns...

Acclaimed Irish novelist Nuala O’Connor’s bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce’s wife, muse, and the model for Molly Bloom in Ulysses is a “lively and loving paean to the indomitable Nora Barnacle” (Edna O’Brien). Dublin, 1904. Nora Joseph Barnacle is a twenty-year-old from...

The sea has always been a part of Nuala Moore’s life – her earliest memory is of jumping off her father’s trawler in Dingle harbour and swimming back to shore. She’s swam in some of the most dangerous and remote waters in the world. But her burgeoning career stalled when she became the sole carer of her ailing father; she couldn’t commit to training, and she struggled with a lack of direction. That’s when she found ice swimming – swims that take up less time, but which are far more demanding, physically and mentally. Nuala’s philosophy is that we are all capable of greatness.

A beautiful, dangerous world of subtle radiation, its people still human...by most standards. A place where genetics may determine your present, but skill and luck will determine your future. A planet where there is enough love...and hate...for everyone.

Despite popular opinion, the most underestimated risk isn't economic, political or even climate risk - it's human decision risk, and the failure to hear who or what really matters. The result? A catalogue of error that not only destroys lives and polarises communities but damages reputation and...

"The Four Great Covenants " shows the Biblical basis of the close connection between Christianity and Israel, and how the work of Jesus is rooted in the promises to Israel.This book is one of the clearest explanations of the roots of Christianity in the Covenants God made with Israel.Christianity is shown as the flowering of God's promises to Israel rather than a replacement of them.'The Tabernacle of David" is a remarkable explanation of how the restoration of Israel today and the flowering of Christianity world-wide are dynamically intertwined. The connection between the presnt-day ...

Inspector de Silva's back with a new case to solve when the arrival in the hill town of Nuala of the heir to an English earldom leads to a mysterious death. Throw in a mega-rich Romanian count, his glamorous countess and an enigmatic British army officer and the scene is set for another colourful and entertaining mystery. 

Award-winning memoirist and New York Times best-selling author Nuala O'Faolain branches into new territory with her biography of the infamous Irish-American prostitute and thief Chicago May. O'Faolain uses May's autobiography, primary sources from the turn of the 19th century, and her own experience as an Irishwoman to bring May and all her heartache, deception, and violence to life.

The podcast that dives deep into power, leadership and the dynamics of being a woman at work. If you've ever felt like the way forward is anything but clear cut, Wonder Women is here to ask interesting questions and canvas multiple perspectives. Together, we'll challenge the norms, reframe the narrative, and discover what it might look like for women to lead with power and integrity

Rediscover the real Mary of the Gospels and the Book of Acts.Be inspired by lessons from the life of Mary and discover how powerfully relevant they are for believers of the 21st century.This book separates the 'REAL MARY' from the superstitious practices and false traditions associated with her name so that the true message of her life can be received.