The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was created in 1948 as a direct response to the inhumanity suffered worldwide throughout, and following, World War Two. In 2008, to celebrate the UDHR's 60th anniversary, Seán Love who was executive director of Amnesty International (Ireland) at the time, and author Roddy Doyle decided to celebrate this magnificent declaration, whilst also publicizing the document itself. Dealing with topics as outlined in the UDHR, the articles tackle the varied subjects of fair trials, prison, torture, war, refugees, but also, education, poverty, health, leisure, employment, and housing. Containing 30 articles with an introduction by Poet Laureate Seamus Heaney, this book is a special commemoration to the work of the UDHR and Amnesty International. In a modern twist, it also features a special 'My article' by popular fictional wealthy former schoolboy rugby player Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (created by journalist Paul Howard) adding to the contemporary worth of this collection. Contributors: Robert Ballagh Kevin Barry Maeve Binchy Mary Rose Binchy Dermot Bolger John Boyne Alan Clarke Eoin Colfer John Connolly Barrie Cooke Roddy Doyle Anne Enright Zlata Filipovic Jim Fitzpatrick Carlo Gébler Hugo Hamilton Seamus Heaney Dermot Healy Ann Marie Hourihane Tom Humphries Jennifer Johnston Neil Jordan Claire Kilroy Louis le Brocquy Brian Maguire Alice Maher Lara Marlowe Nick Miller Lia Mills Eugene McCabe Colum McCann Frank McCourt Gary Mitchell Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Joseph O'Connor Mick O'Dea Mark O'Halloran Glenn Patterson Vivienne Roche Amelia Stein Gerard Stembridge Colm Tóibín Irvine Welsh

The circus and fairground have long been associated as much with menace as they have with fun. Now, gathered together in one impressive volume from PS are some of the best examples of weird and horrific fiction from the big top. Introduction: Horror of the Carnivàle by Marie O Regan & Paul Kane Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury A Flat Patch of Grass - Muriel Gray Some Children Wander By Mistake - John Connolly Spurs (AKA Freaks) - Tod Robbins Tiger, Tiger - Rio Youers Blind Voices - Tom Reamy Mister Magister - Thomas F. Monteleone Twittering From The Circus of The Dead - Joe Hill The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliott Face of The Circus - Lou Morgan Escardy Gap - Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove The Circus of Dr Lao - Charles Finney In The Forest of The Night - Paul Finch All The Clowns in Clowntown - Andrew McKiernan Nine Letters About Spit - Robert Shearman To Run Away and Join The Circus - Alison Littlewood

"Hugely entertaining" - John Connolly, author of the Charlie Parker thrillers "Utterly gripping" - Edmund de Waal, author of "The Hare with Amber Eyes" More complex than Dan Brown. More thrilling than John Le Carré. Closer to the truth than either. Counter-terrorism expert Helen Gale has one job: to protect world leaders at a summit in the Berlin Reichstag. But terrorists take hostage presidents, prime ministers, one hundred innocent children - and Helen's journalist husband. Then the executions start. Helen's life implodes. Yet she alone can see the truth. As special forces plan a deadly assault, she must enter the shattered hulk of the Reichstag to stop a bloodbath. "Blood Summit is a cracker. Pimm has hit the ground running" - Matthew Parris" A rip-roaring romp of a thriller" - Sir Christopher Mallaby, former British Ambassador in Germany and France "Can't recommend it highly enough. Pacy, sharp, informed and with a terrifically realised heroine" - Barbara Nadel, author of the "Inspector Ikmen" novels.

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and the most shockingly fatal of femmes fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today's finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "Third Party," Jay McInerney takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night with a party girl built for speed and sin..."Rendezvous," Nelson DeMille's first short story in twenty-five years, plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the bloodiest scourge of this man's army is no man at all...back in the U.S.A. of "Louly and Pretty Boy," Elmore Leonard introduces a Depression-era teenage gun moll who loves Pretty Boy Floyd more than she likes knocking off filling stations...and Michael Connelly's colorful and ironic "Cielo Azul" shows how a nameless woman left dead on a Los Angeles hillside can be the most lethal prey of all. These and a bevy of other very bad girls cast their criminal spells through the powerful voices of Lorenzo Carcaterra, Joyce Carol Oates, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffery Deaver, J. A. Jance, Andrew Klavan, Laura Lippman, Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, and S. J. Rozan in stories as irresistible as the antiheroines that blaze through their pages.

Featuring new stories by: Anne Perry, Val McDermid, Marilyn Todd, Christopher Fowler, Keith Miles, John Mortimer, Judith Cutler, Peter Lovesey, Barbara Cleverly, John Connolly, Peter Tremayne, Ken Bruen, H.R.F. Keating, John Harvey, Kim Newman, Adrian Magson, Amy Myers, Peter Turnbull, Alanna Knight, Robert Barnard, Ian Morson, Michael Z. Lewin, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Margaret Murphy, Gillian Linscott, Mark Billingham, Jake Arnott, Martin Edwards, Peter Robinson.

The follow-up to 2007's Expletive Deleted. New stories from Scott Phillips, Allan Guthrie, Christa Faust, Victor Gischler, J.A. Konrath, J.D. Rhoades, Declan Burke, Brian Azzarello, Steven Torres, Stewart Macbride, Simon Kernick, Patrick Bagley, Greg Bardsley, Stephen Blackmore, Tim Maleeny, Nick Stone, Martyn Waites, Talia Berliner, Maxim Jakubowski, Gregg Hurwitz, Blake Crouch, and more! As if all of that wasn't enough, there's an introduction by New York Times best selling author John Connolly.

A great recurring character in a series you love becomes an old friend. You learn about their strange quirks and their haunted pasts and root for them every time they face danger. But where do some of the most fascinating sleuths in the mystery and thriller world really come from?What was the real-life location that inspired Michael Connelly to make Harry Bosch a Vietnam vet tunnel rat? Why is Jack Reacher a drifter? How did a brief encounter in Botswana inspire Alexander McCall Smith to create Precious Ramotswe? In THE LINEUP, some of the top mystery writers in the world tell about the genesis of their most beloved characters--or, in some cases, let their creations do the talking.

Introduction by Ian Rankin. Stories by Jeffery Deaver, C.J. Box, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Blauner, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estleman, William Link, Laura Lippman, Anne Perry, Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Andrew Taylor, David Bell, John Connolly, Nelson Demille.

A stunning new ghost story anthology featuring stories from bestselling authors Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay and M.R. CareyThe brightest names in horror showcase a ghastly collection of eighteen ghost stories that will have you watching over your shoulder, heart racing at every bump in the night. In "My Life in Politics" by M.R. Carey the spirits of those without a voice refuse to let a politician keep them silent. In "The Adjoining Room" by A.K. Benedict a woman finds her hotel neighbour trapped and screaming behind a door that doesn't exist. George Mann's "The Restoration" sees a young artist become obsessed with returning a forgotten painting to its former glory, even if it kills her. And Laura Purcell's "Cameo" shows that the parting gift of a loved one can have far darker consequences than ever imagined... These unsettling tales from the some of the best modern horror writers will send a chill down your spine like someone has walked over your grave... or perhaps just woken up in their own.

Describes the brutal fate of Anastasia Solovieva, a young Soviet woman, who fell prey to the machinations of Indle King, when she accepted his marriage proposal, only to be found less than two years after her marriage, strangled and dumped in a shallow grave.

Review\\nAs a work of scholarship, Shadow Voices . . . assembled by crime-writing superstar John Connolly - is impeccable. As an act of artistic curation, it's comprehensive to the point of monumental. As a reading experience, pure and simple, it's terrific fun . . . [the biographies] are a fascinating history of Irish life and culture; as accompaniment to the stories, they're icing on the cake . . . full of fabulous stories . . . a treasure-trove, a literary odyssey - and a magnificent achievement by Connolly. He has done the state, and Irish writing, one hell of a service―Darragh McManus, Irish Independent\\nConnolly deserves praise for considering all of Ireland's literature . . . He also has a great nose for women writers that more readers deserve to encounter . . . His core advocacy of genre fiction is stellar ―Irish Times\\nA history in stories that makes Connolly's case for genre fiction in cast iron―RTE Guide\\nThe story of genre fiction - horror, romantic fiction, science fiction, crime writing, and more - is also the story of Irish fiction. Irish writers have given the world Lemuel Gulliver, Dracula, and the world of Narnia. They have produced pioneering tales of detection, terrifying ghost stories and ground-breaking women's popular fiction. Now, for the first time, John Connolly's one volume presents the history of Irish genre writing and uses it to explore how we think about fiction itself.\\nDeeply researched, and passionately argued, SHADOW VOICES takes the lives of more than sixty writers - by turns tragic, amusing, and adventurous, but always extraordinary - and sets them alongside the stories they have written, to create a new way of looking at genre and literature, both Irish and beyond. Here are vampires and monsters, murderers and cannibals. Here are female criminal masterminds and dogged detectives, star-crossed lovers and vengeful spouses.\\nHere are the SHADOW VOICES.

John Connolly conjures the Golden Age of Hollywood in this moving, literary portrait of Laurel & Hardy--two men who found their true selves in a comedic partnership. "AMBITIOUS . . . EVOKES THE STYLE OF SAMUEL BECKETT." --NEW YORK TIMES"BRILLIANT." --SEATTLE BOOK REVIEW"EXTRAORDINARY." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW)An unforgettable testament to the redemptive power of love, as experienced by one of the twentieth century's greatest performers.When Stan Laurel is paired with Oliver Hardy, affectionately known as Babe, the history of comedy--not to mention their personal and professional lives--is altered forever. Yet Laurel's simple screen persona masks a complex human being, one who endures rejection and intense loss; who struggles to build a character from the dying stages of vaudeville to the seedy and often volatile movie studios of Los Angeles in the early years of cinema; and who is haunted by the figure of another comic genius, the brilliant, driven, and cruel Charlie Chaplin.Eventually, Laurel becomes one of the greatest screen comedians the world has ever known: a man who enjoys both adoration and humiliation; who loves, and is loved in turn; who betrays, and is betrayed; who never seeks to cause pain to anyone else, yet leaves a trail of affairs and broken marriages in his wake. But Laurel's life is ultimately defined by one relationship of such astonishing tenderness and devotion that only death could sever this profound connection: his love for Babe.

ABOUT THIS BOOK Remember watching Horror movies late at night, alone, in secret, when you you were just a child? The special thrill of forbidden fruit, the delightful dread that this one might cause nightmares . . . Is there one film that stands out for you? One film in particular that defines that experience? For author John Connolly, it's HORROR EXPRESS. But why? Why this one? What was it about this slightly ramshackle, British/Spanish co-production that, despite obvious flaws, made it such an effective, entertaining, and memorable Horror movie? A British producer, a Spanish director; a star in mourning, another in debt; a script written around leftover sets from a previous film . . . it could have been forgettable trash, but it wasn't. And, during a late night screening on Irish television, it would make an indelible impression on the young boy who would grow up to become best selling crime author, John Connolly. 30 years after that first viewing John Connolly goes back to the source to find out why it stayed with him, and if it still works...

Desire leaves a man destroyed . . . A young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden . . . Jealousy drives a woman mad . . . An obsession with numbers precipitates a deadly revenge . . . Ambition leads to a curious exchange . . . An uncanny likeness changes two lives forever . . . The hand of fate lies buried in the past . . . An unforgettable novel in seventeen parts by some of the most prestigious crime writers working today. One bracelet, seventeen charms . . . From nineteenth-century Georgia, where the bracelet is forged in fire, to wartime Leeds, the seedy underside of London's Soho, a Manhattan taxi, the frozen cliffs of Nova Scotia, and back to Georgia, each writer weaves a gripping story of murder, betrayal, and intrigue.

Edited By Ciara Considine.

Metropolis / Stan Nicholls -- Frau Im Mond / Christopher Burns -- The Man In The White Suit / Brian Stableford -- When Worlds Collide / Paul Meloy -- Invader From Mars / Joe R. Lansdale -- The Incredible Shrinking Man / James A. Moore -- Quartermass 2 / David Pirie -- I Married A Monster From Outer Space / Steven Utley -- The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad / John Connolly -- The Wasp Woman / Paul Magrs -- Village Of The Damned / Bill Hussey -- The Day Of The Triffids / Christopher Golden -- La Jetée / Christopher Priest -- Alphaville / Lucius Shepard -- Dr. Who And The Daleks / Simon Guerrier -- 2001 : A Space Odyssey / James Moran -- Planet Of The Apes / Gary Mcmahon -- The Andromeda Strain / David J. Schow -- A Clockwork Orange / Ian R. Macleod -- Silent Running / Alastair Reynolds -- (cont.) Solaris / Trevor Hoyle -- Sleeper / Michael Bishop -- Westworld / Stephen Volk -- Logan's Run / Sarah Pinborough -- The Man Who Fell To Earth / Tony Richards -- Star Wars / Nate Kenyon -- Quintet / Gary A. Braunbeck -- Stalker / Adam Roberts -- Mad Max2 : The Road Warrior / Brian Keene -- Time Bandits / Joolz Denby -- Blade Runner / Guy Adams -- 2010 / Paul Cornell -- The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension / Chris Roberson -- Repo Man / John Skipp -- The Terminator / James Barclay -- Brazil / Steve Rasnic Tem -- The Purple Rose Of Cairo / Robert Shearman -- Aliens / Peter F. Hamilton -- The Fly / Stephen Gregory -- Robocop / Jeff Strand -- Delicatessen / Philip Palmer -- Twelve Monkeys / Michael Cobley -- Independence Day / Joseph Lidster -- Gattaca / Ken Macleod -- Pi / Pat Cadigan -- The Wonderful Ice-cream Suit / Mike Resnick -- The Matrix / Juliet E. Mckenna -- Donnie Darko / Sarah Langan -- The Lord Of The Rings / Amanda Hemingway -- (cont.) The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra / Elizabeth Massie -- Lilo And Stitch / Tony Ballantyne -- Minority Report / Steve Mosby -- Code 46 / Garry Kilworth -- Serenity / Anne Gay -- V For Vendetta / Ian Irvine -- Children Of Men / James Miller -- The Fountain / Steven Hall -- The Mist / Steven Erikson -- Star Trek / Toby Litt -- Avatar / Ian Whates. Edited By Mark Morris.