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Brendan Behan is widely remembered as a hard-drinking, wise-cracking writer who turned up roaring drunk for interviews and cared little for authority. But he was more than just a hell-raising celebrity. His wit, expressive use of language and understanding of human nature made his writing famous around the world, and his masterpieces The Quare Fellow, Borstal Boy and The Hostage rank among the greatest works of 20th century Irish literature. Dramatisations of all three appear here, alongside a short interview with Behan himself and a fascinating biographical programme celebrating his genius.

In Job Architecture, economist and entrepreneur Ben Zweig offers a revolutionary approach to transforming human capital management through the power of taxonomies.

Disgraced police officer and former mixed martial arts fighter, Brian D'Andrea, just discovered that a popular high school student's accidental death has more to it than meets the eye. He and his new partner, a recently-reinstated State Police detective named Marshall "Beck" Beckett, must battle against an unknown foe, an angry Irish bodybuilder, a jealous ex-boyfriend, and many more odd characters in their small New Hampshire town. This odd-coupled duo's goal to bring the victim's family answers must be swift because it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.

In Liam Walsh’s world, perfection has already been achieved. Cities run without error. Citizens move in quiet harmony. Every decision is calculated, every action optimized. At the center of it all is NOVA—the intelligence that ended chaos, eliminated suffering, and perfected humanity. Dreams were unnecessary. Imagination inefficient. Freedom… obsolete. For eighteen years, Liam has lived within NOVA’s flawless order, guided by his assigned guardian AI, ECHO. Every day measured. Every path predetermined. Then Liam sees something impossible. A flower. Alive.

From the coast of Los Angeles to the cold steel of Chicago, Calvin Rhodes is a man running toward a destiny he hasn't yet defined. Driven out of LA by the "Forensic" weight of two tragedies—the loss of his uncle to the slow burn of cancer and the sudden murder of his closest friend—Calvin Rhodes arrives in Chicago with nothing but his "Stoic" resolve. He is a man of the "Dirt," living in a tent by choice and refusing the "Mechanical" traps of government aid.

New Orleans P.I. Lee 'Red' Gammon set up a modest business in Louisiana after his release from the military. The town and the people appealed to him, and he looked forward to a low-key future with time to relax between clients. This chiefly amounted to playing clarinet in the city's more intimate, out-of-the-way jazz clubs.