Bøker av Paul Williams

Contemporary interest in memory projects has much to do with a profound change of our sense of time and space, motivated and caused by factors such as technological change, the information revolution and new global trends in consumption and mobility. With information about all kinds of historical events now freely available, what can geographical sites communicate that is substantially different to that available in other forms (such as books, video, and internet)? As three-dimensional places upon which a certain kind of cultural ritual is enacted, historical sites are more complex than a written or visual source, and less easy to read. The genius loci - the spirit of the site - is often hard to describe, but doubtlessly felt to be perceptible. This essence makes people feel that they share past experiences; as if being in the same space once inhabited by others can, to an extent, collapse time and provide direct access to history. To explore these themes, Paul Williams uses insights from his professional work over the past decade in planning and interpreting heritage sites worldwide located on site-specific places. Each chapter analyses a separate project relating to slavery, the Cold War, political persecution, and terrorism to form a base for an interwoven comparative study and broader discussion. Taken together, they show how concepts of Les Lieux de Mémoire, to use Pierre Nora’s now 30-year old founding concept, have evolved in the twenty-first century.

Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both conventional military outposts of the North American frontier - wooden stockades with sentry towers and blockhouses. Both lasted but briefly - about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed "massacres" of Indians outside their wall. This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts.

The 1813 storming of Fort Mims by Creek Indians brought to light the careers of Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston. All three fought the Creeks and each would have his part to play two decades later when the Alamo was stormed. This book tells the stories of the two landmark battles - Fort Mims and the Alamo - and the interwoven lives of Jackson, Crockett and Houston.

This book approaches special interest tourism from the perspective of both supply and demand, and has a clear, user-friendly structure. Covering the practical applications of research and the key emerging issues for royal, dark, festival, slow and pro-poor tourism among others, it includes case studies by international academics and practitioners.

In June 1876 General George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry was savagely defeated in the Montana wilderness. Three years later Queen Victoria's redcoat troops, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Anthony W. Durnford suffered an equally humiliating destruction at Isandlwana. This book interweaves the stories of the two soldiers and their final battles, revealing how similar personalities, aims, tactics and weapons led to calamitous defeat.

For over a year everyone assumed missing Dublin woman Elaine O'Hara had ended her own life. But after her remains were found gardai discovered that Elaine was in thrall to a man who had spent years grooming her to let him kill her. That man was Graham Dwyer, a married father of three and partner in a Dublin architecture practice.

This book provides an understanding of the concepts and objectives of expert systems. It is a practical guide, intended to help the practitioner in identifying potential application in his/her own practice, and to understand the limitations of the technology.

Part of the Transforming Social Work Practice series, this title intends to support students on the social work degree. It seeks to confirm and strenghten social work values and principles so that the progress and successes achieved by 'Valuing People' can continue.

In this paper, Williams seeks to engage in a critical way with some central issues of Buddhist thought relating to the coherence of a reductionist model of the person. He argues for an irreducible subject-involvement of pain-statements.

Explore one of the finest regions of Wales with this illustrated guide. Eighteen walks and twenty-seven pubs are featured that offer a full exploration of this magical region.

This work traces Mi pham's position in his commentary on the Bodhicaryavatara, the attack of one of his opponents, and his response. It also indicates ways in which the controversy over the nature of awareness may be important within the context of rDzogs chen thought and practice.

This is the first book promoting the use of stochastic, or random, processes to understand, model and predict our climate system. It shows how such methods improve climate simulation and prediction, compared with more conventional bulk-formula parameterization procedures, and is invaluable to graduates and researchers working on climate models.

Badfellas is the definitive account by Ireland's most respected crime writer and journalist, Paul Williams, of how organized crime evolved in Ireland over the past four decades.Drawing on his vast inside knowledge of the criminal underworld, an unparalleled range of contacts and eye witness interviews, Williams provides a chilling insight into the godfathers and events - that have dominated gangland since the late 1960s.Until the explosion of paramilitary violence in the 1970s, Ireland was a criminal backwater. However, petty criminals with dreams of the big time were quick to emulate the ruthless actions of the subversives. Organized crime took hold in Ireland and soon armed robberies, kidnappings and murder became commonplace.After the introduction of heroin to Ireland by Dublin's Dunne family in the late 1970s, there was no going back. Badfellas traces how the hugely lucrative drug trade that then emerged led to the gang wars that have corroded communities and devastated countless lives. Badfellas describes in gripping detail the shocking depths to which the mobsters have sunk. Badfellas is essential reading for anyone who cares about keeping communities safe

Memorial museums seek to research, represent, commemorate and teach on the subject of dreadful, violent histories. This book analyzes the tactics of these institutions and gauges their public significance.

Number 1 BestsellerGangland! investigates who is pulling the strings behind the scenes - the families that form the Irish mafia - and examines the way in which their net has spread across Ireland and beyond.

There are Christians who in mid-life decide to abandon their faith and become Buddhists. Paul Williams did the opposite. After 20 years practising and teaching Tibetan Buddhism, he astonished his family and friends in 1999 by converting to Roman Catholicism. In this book he explains why.

The extraordinary life and crimes of Martin Cahill, gangster, criminal mastermind, MOST WANTED MAN. Now a major film from John Boorman