Books by Paul Williams

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