David O Hara: 11 books
From Homer to Harry Potter
A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
The allure of fantasy continues to grow with film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. But how should Christians approach modern works of fantasy, especially debated points such as magic and witches?
From Homer to Harry Potter provides the historical...
William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
The Cries of the Wounded
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
Narnia and the Fields of Arbol
The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The remarkable breadth of C. S. Lewis's (1898--1963) work is nearly as legendary as the fantastical tales he so inventively crafted. A variety of themes emerge in his literary output, which spans the genres of nonfiction, fantasy, science fiction, and children's literature, but much of the scholarship...
To Crown the Waves
The Great Navies of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German Kaiserliche Marine, the United States Navy, the French Marine Nationale, the Italian Regia Marina, the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine,...
Downstream
Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia is a mosaic combining nature writing, fly-fishing narrative, memoir, and philosophical and spiritual inquiry. Fly-fishing narratives and fragments of memoir provide the narrative arc for exploring relationships between...
by Nigel Shadbolt, Kieron O’Hara, David De Roure
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
Social machines are a type of network connected by interactive digital devices made possible by the ubiquitous adoption of technologies such as the Internet, the smartphone, social media and the read/write World Wide Web, connecting people at scale to document situations, cooperate on tasks, exchange...
by David O'Hara
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Written for younger men, this tale is thrilling for all members of the family.
Understanding the Emotional Disorders
A Symptom-Level Approach Based on the IDAS-II
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Improving the measurement of symptoms of emotional disorders has been an important goal of mental health research. In direct response to this need, the Expanded Version of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS-II) was developed to assess symptom dimensions underlying psychological...
The Devil's Long Tail
Religious and Other Radicals in the Internet Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
The internet may be a utopia for free expression, but it also harbours nihilistic groups and individuals spreading bizarre creeds, unhindered by the risk-averse gatekeepers of the mass media -- and not all are as harmless as the Virtual Church of the Blind Chihuahua or Sexastrianism. With few entry...
by Phillip J. Nickel, Philip Tallon, Jeremy Morris
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or...
Occupational Health Services
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Workers and their families, employers, and society as a whole benefit when providers deliver the best quality of care to injured workers and when they know how to provide effective services for both prevention and fitness for duty and understand why, instead of just following regulations.
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