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In this captivating memoir, Stanley O'Shea unflinchingly shares his tumultuous experience as an international graduate student in the American Midwest. His narrative weaved through a labyrinth of unexpected trials, crises, and cultural clashes as he grappled with the perplexing healthcare system, the haunting justice system, the intimidating immigration maze, and the bureaucratic intricacies of academia.Through his triangular interactions with...

A breathtaking new, medieval thriller in the tradition of The Name of the Rose and Game of Thrones by acclaimed historian Stephen O'Shea. The year is 1242. Dominican inquisitors are traveling in France, persecuting and torturing suspected heretics. But then someone starts killing the Inquisitors . . . and whoever it is must be stopped before the fanatical Dominicans wreak their brutal revenge, provoking the people to rise in revolt against the...

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From the Land of Genesis is literature at it's best. Crafted in short story form to achieve a number of vivid slices of life, this collection accurately illustrates the hardships of normal life after living wartime experiences. O'Shea travelled the globe interviewing veterans and taking special care to authentically portray the veteran experience at home. The result is a literary fiction / narrative non-fiction hybrid, with fictional character...

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Pionieri dell'alpinismo, mercanti, imperatori, malfattori, eserciti in marcia, pellegrini, crociati diretti alla Terra Santa: nei secoli, attraverso i loro valichi, le Alpi hanno visto passare la Storia. Un muro lungo 1.200 chilometri, che ha creato divisioni e scissioni, ma anche una varietà culturale, gastronomica e umana ricchissima. In questo viaggio mozzafiato tra un versante e l'altro, tra una gola e l'altra della grande catena, da Ginev...

Die Geschichte des größten Gebirges Europas, von Hannibal bis Heidi und darüber hinaus.Ganze Armeen sind über ihre Pässe marschiert, Herden von Pilgern mussten sie auf dem Weg nach Rom überqueren, Schmuggler und Räuberbanden nutzten ihre vielen Täler als Unterschlupf und nicht wenige Bergbauingenieure und alpine Pioniere ließen ihr Leben bei dem Versuch, ihnen einen menschlichen Stempel aufzudrücken. Heute leben etwa 14 Millionen Menschen zwis...

The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers-and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O'Shea takes readers up and down these majestic mountains, journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. He explores the reality behind Hannibal's crossing, he reveal...

An examination of the life in Languedoc around the year 1300, when the Inquisition faced opposition from a Franciscan friar, Bernard Delicieaux. From the author of "A Perfect Heresy" and "Sea Of Faith".

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A historical retrospective on the medieval Cathars, a group of heretical Christians who flourished in the Languedoc, Southern France. Their subversive beliefs provoked the ire of Popes and monarchs, and led to a brutal crusade against them.

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Secret tribunals, illegal rendition, torture, trumped up charges ... all in a society controlled by fear. Such was the tenor of life in Languedoc around 1300. The dungeons housed hundreds of despairing innocents. The charge - heresy. This magnificent book, which forms a kind of sequel to Stephen O'Shea's best-selling THE PERFECT HERESY, tells the inspiring and tragic story of a Franciscan friar, Bernard Délicieux.