Gorman: 347 books
How to Build a Dinosaur
The New Science of Reverse Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
A world-renowned paleontologist reveals groundbreaking science that trumps science fiction: how to grow a living dinosaur
Over a decade after Jurassic Park, Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are in the process of building the technology to create a real dinosaur.
Based...
The Long Eighteenth Century
British Political and Social History 1688-1832
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
This long-awaited second edition sees this classic text by a leading scholar given a new lease of life. It comes complete with a wealth of original material on a range of topics and takes into account the vital research that has been undertaken in the field in the last two decades.
The book...
by Frank O'Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
First published in 1973, this title offers a concise and readable account of Burke's political philosophy. As well as examining the foundation for Burke's thought, the book also provides much needed connections between the fields of history and political theory. Critical comment and analysis of Burke's attitudes to the problems of the second half of the eighteenth century are also included.
Friends Like Us
An emotional page-turner about love and friendship
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Life in Dublin hasn't worked out quite as planned for school friends Melissa, Steph and Eilis. Melissa has a successful career, but inside she's a mess of insecurities. Steph is lonely and lost, walking on eggshells around her philandering husband and angry teenage daughter. And Eilis, a hardworking...
Redefining Efficiency
Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Today, pollution control regulations define how complex technological systems interact with natural ecosystems and competing human uses of the environment. Redefining Efficiency examines the evolution of this industrial ecology in the United States by tracing numerous pollution concerns associated...
Yesterday and The Day Before
A Halloween Short Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Elly and David Ward lost their daughter three-and-a-half years ago, and nothing reminds them more of this than seeing the children trick-or-treating on their street during Halloween night. She was twelve. Neither parent has dealt very well with the loss of their child. David has...
Flood Country
An Environmental History of the Murray-Darling Basin
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Floods in the Murray-Darling Basin are crucial sources of water for people, animals and plants in this often dry region of inland eastern Australia. Even so, floods have often been experienced as natural disasters, which have led to major engineering schemes. Flood Country explores the contested and...
by Patrick T Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
A complete recipe from the Bible for those who want their home to be a place of joy and contentment. It will help lead you past generational failures that destroy our homes from the inside. Many families are enjoying a wonderful new world, thanks to this recipe. No matter how badly your home is broken, it can be changed with this book.
Execution
Create the Vision. Implement the Plan. Get the Job Done.
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Productivity, Results, Accomplishments - These are the outcome of good, solid management. Management is the art and science of getting things accomplished via other people and executing results. Execution is about getting things done. Execution shows readers how to manage money, people, equipment,...
Persuasion
Command Attention / Hold Their Interest / Get What You Want
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
Win over colleagues, customers, and clients!
To get what you want--be it in business or life--you've got to get people to give it to you. While you can use intimidation, manipulation, and seduction to achieve your objectives, such tactics won't win allies for the long haul. Persuasion outlines...
by Ray Collis, John O'Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
QUICK WIN B2B SALES is aimed at sales professionals who are interested in new ways of boosting their sales success. It contains the answers to the questions most commonly asked by sales people selling business-to-business solutions – questions that relate to the principal sales opportunities and challenges faced everyday.
The Case for the Chief Data Officer
Recasting the C-Suite to Leverage Your Most Valuable Asset
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Data are an organization's sole, non-depletable, non-degrading, durable asset. Engineered right, data's value increases over time because the added dimensions of time, geography, and precision. To achieve data's full organizational value, there must be dedicated individual to leverage data as assets...
Learning Leader, The
Reflecting, Modeling, and Sharing
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
With this book, principals, principals-in-training, and other school leaders get practical, easy-to-implement strategies for professional growth, strengthening relationships with faculty and staff, and making the necessary changes to improve K-12 learning environments.
Grounded in specific,...
by Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Hahn on Methodology: The Quest for Understanding addresses two fundamental questions: (i) what is distinctive about economic theorising?; (ii) what is the cognitive value of the outcome of this activity of economic theorising, i.e. economic theory. We will argue that for Hahn, economic theorising...