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Subcultures and generations collide in this New York comedy.

On their stoop in Queens, New York, Lamont, a legendary emcee and Mr Bugz, a hall-of-fame DJ, have been winding up Gerry, a musical lover, for as long as they can remember.

But when two young women, Nancy and Val, put their rap battling skills to the test, they are forced to confront their convictions on race, sexuality and music. Struggling with secrets and their fears for the future, they realise they have more in common than they thought.

As this critically acclaimed show makes its...

Herbert McCabe, who died in 2001, was one of the most intelligent Roman Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century. An influence on philosophers such as Anthony Kenny and Alasdair MacIntyre he was also befriended by poets and literary critics such as Seamus Heaney and Terry Eagleton. Equally at home in philosophy and theology, he despised jargon and intellectual posturing as a substitute for reason and argument. At the time of his death, he left a wealth of unpublished material- so outstanding in its quality and originality that it is surprising that it was never published in book form....

Thus begins Patrick McCabe's shattering novel The Butcher Boy, a powerful and unrelenting journey into the heart of darkness. The bleak, eerie voice belongs to Francie Brady, the "pig boy," the only child of and alcoholic father and a mother driven mad by despair. Growing up in a soul-stifling Irish town, Francie is bright, love-starved, and unhinged, his speech filled with street talk, his heart filled with pain...his actions...

Wenn dein Gehirn anders tickt, hilft es dir nicht, dich einfach noch mehr anzustrengen. Du brauchst Strategien, die wirklich zu dir passen. Jessica McCabe, Gründerin des preisgekrönten YouTube-Kanals How to ADHD und selbst von ADHS betroffen, zeigt in diesem ehrlichen und humorvollen Ratgeber, wie man mit ADHS nicht nur überlebt, sondern sogar aufblüht - in einer Welt, die nicht für neurodivergente Menschen gemacht ist.

Jessica verlor ständig Dinge, brachte kaum ein Projekt zu Ende und hatte das Gefühl, sich mehr anzustrengen als alle anderen und trotzdem immer weiter...

Breakfast on Pluto, Patrick McCabe's lyrical and haunting new novel, became a #1 bestseller in Ireland, stayed on the bestseller list for months, and was nominated for the Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. With wonderful delicacy and subtle insight and intimation, McCabe creates Mr. Patrick "Pussy" Braden, the enduringly and endearingly hopeful hero(ine) whose gutsy survival and yearning quest for love resonate in and drive the glimmering, agonizing narrative in which the troubles are a distant and immediate echo and refrain. Twenty years ago, her...