Paul Lynch
1) Prophet song
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"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new,...
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Based partly on true events, Paul Lynch's haunting and sublime novel Beyond the Sea tells the story of two South American fishermen, Bolivar and Hector, who go to sea before a catastrophic storm. Needing cash, Bolivar convinces his boss to let him fish despite the weather. His fishing partner is nowhere to be found, so he brings Hector, a sullen and inexperienced teenager. The storm arrives, and though the two men survive, they've been blown hundreds...
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"A tense, thrilling debut novel that spans two continents, from "a writer to watch out for" (Colum McCann). It's 1832 and Coll Coyle has killed the wrong man. The dead man's father is an expert tracker and ruthless killer with a single-minded focus on vengeance. The hunt leads from the windswept bogs of County Donegal, across the Atlantic to the choleric work camps of the Pennsylvania Railroad, where both men will find their fates in the hardship...
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"He is not here. He has risen." "Come see the place where the Lord lay." These are the words of the angel to Mary and the other women who visited Jesus' tomb early on the first day of the week. They expected to find a tomb with the body of Jesus based on their questions to the two young men in white. However, they found it empty. They thought His body was stolen. They then realized he rose from the dead just as He had said. This book is about the...
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This is a collection of short stories and poems written for children. Some stories included are: The Miserable Pirate, The Fox and the Hare, The Boy Who Loved Music, Noah and the Dinosaurs, Into the Light, and Jesus Is Born. Poems included are: The Wind in Time, Wisdom Looks at Me, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? A Beautiful World, and From Glory to Glory. In The Miserable Pirate, "Captain Jack a miserable and mean pirate and his crew, which includes...
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Born on September 10, 1974, in Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.A. Elijah Silver Knight Hamilton must make the right choices as he wrestles in the Conflicts Within. Growing up without knowing who his father was and having only a single mother who sold drugs along with nine siblings he's faced with a lot of troubles and trials. After the death of his mother at age twelve Don Kong New York's drug kingpin takes him as a mentor. However, due to circumstances,...
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Animals are everywhere on earth. This means if we were to travel to every country and continent we would find an animal living there. Some animals live in a hot climate and some in a cold climate. Animals have been around for eons. Some animals like lizards, turtles, and fish have been around longer than dinosaurs have existed. Read this short non-fiction book and learn all you can about our most beloved animals.
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A young boy named Jack is told to go to the market and sell the cow on his farm, but he instead trades it for seven so-called magic beans from a mysterious wizard he meets on the way. Will he regret the bargin or will it change his life forever? Gilgamesh the Warrior-King from Sumer travels the entire world in search of an old man named Utnapashtim who has the secret to immortality. He goes to the beautiful Euphrates River where he meets Utnapashtim...
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What does it mean to teach after pedagogy? For a long time, composition's pedagogical conversation has been defined by its theoretical disagreements.
Is learning a cognitive process or a social one? Is the self-expressed or distributed? Can writing be understood as a process, or is any process too messy to be understood? These debates have finally run out of steam, argues Paul Lynch, leaving composition in a "postpedagogical" moment, a moment when...
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Blindfolded in a pajama type attire with a noose hung around his neck, his wedding ring has been removed. Having been 'properly prepared' his conductor leads him to the inner lodge door where with a knock the Worshipful Master calls out, "Who goes there?" His conductor responds, "-----------, who has long been in darkness now seeks the light that our ancient fraternal order can bestow upon him." With a simple acknowledgment to these words the Christian...
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A Home For Christmas written by Paul A. Lynch tells the story of a man thirty-five years of age Jimmy Hendricks who lives with his wife Kathrine and eleven-year-old daughter Jessica in the fictional town of Hopeville. However, this town isn't what the name suggests. In truth, Hopeville isn't filled with hope, but just despair, trouble, and disappointment. Jimmy's dream is to get a home for Christmas, however, he fears within himself that his dream...
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On a still and quiet night, Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea. This Bethlehem today is located in modern Israel. This event happened over 2,000 years ago. Although Jesus is described as God's Son in the Gospels and New Testament Scripture, the Book of Luke shows us that there was no room in the inn for Him. There was room for everyone else during that time, but none for him the Kings of Kings and Lords of Lords.
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The angel Raphael tells the story of the First Noel. Three wise kings from China, Greece, and Persia ends up far away from home on a strange adventure. None of the kings know each other, however, all of them received the same dream one night and ended up at the same place. All see the bright star in their respective countries and all know within themselves that a great king is born. The star leads them to the country of Israel and there they see the...