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Smell the Gum Leaves
The journey of a boy from the bush
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
In "Smell the Gum Leaves", Vince O’Rourke—born in 1940 in the iconic Australian central western town of Longreach, Queensland— presents an evocative and humorous reflection on a Catholic boy’s upbringing in the 1950s. O’Rourke takes a nostalgic trip through Catholic convent schools as a boarder...
What I Am Living For
Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for."—Thomas Merton
Some of today's most popular spiritual...
To Bless the Space Between Us
A Book of Blessings
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
From the author of the bestselling Anam Cara comes a beautiful collection of blessings to help readers through both the everyday and the extraordinary events of their lives.
John O’Donohue, Irish teacher and poet, has been widely praised for his gift of drawing on Celtic spiritual traditions...
ORIENTAÇÃO DE LEITURA: SÃO BERNARDO
VESTIBULARES – ENEM – CONCURSOS
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Este estudo foi realizado para orientar a leitura da obra de Graciliano Ramos – São Bernardo – de suma importância no panorama da Literatura Brasileira e bastante explorada em provas de vestibulares e concursos em geral.
ORIENTAÇÃO DE LEITURA
O TRISTE FIM DE POLICARPO QUARESMA
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Este estudo foi realizado para orientar a leitura da obra de Lima Barreto – O Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma – de suma importância no panorama da Literatura Brasileira e bastante explorada em provas de vestibulares e concursos em geral.
Last Man Standing
Hurling Goalkeepers
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
'Goalkeepers walk a tightrope between triumph and disaster...'
The hurling goalkeeper must surely occupy the most precarious position on the pitch -- glorified as a saviour if their team succeeds and damned if they fail. For this book Christy O'Connor has had unique and continuous access to...
Las Maravillas del Santo Nombre
Spanish Edition of the Wonders of the Holy Name
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Las Maravillas del Santo Nombre. Escrita por el Padre Paul O Sullivan. Hoy en dea muy pocos Catolicos saben el asombroso poder que el Santo nombre de Jesus tiene. Nos exhorta a invocar el nombre de Jesus a menudo. Por medio del uso reverente del Santo Nombre, podemos glorificar a Dios, pedir su ayuda,...
Celtic Soccer Crew
What the Hell Do We Care?
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
John O'Kane delivers a gripping tale of a life dedicated to football violence and gives an unparalled insight into the reality of being a career hooligan. With 33 criminal convictions against him, plus a further 33 cases either dropped or with a not guilty verdict, O'Kane has been remanded nine times...
by Matthew Galgani, Amy Smith, William J. O'Neil
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
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by Tim O'Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
The concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having "crashed", the web was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites popping up with surprising...
by Kieron O’Hara
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
The term "conservative," when employed today in reference to politicians and beliefs, can denote groups as diverse and incompatible as the religious right, libertarians, and opponents of large, centralized government. Yet the original conservative philosophy, first developed in...
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...
by Amalia Mas Bleda, Isidro F. Aguillo Caño
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Este libro presenta una visión general de cómo la web, y especialmente la web social, ha transformado los sistemas de comunicación y evaluación científica. Se destacan dos elementos clave en esta transformación: las plataformas web sociales, como nuevos medios de promoción y difusión de la...
Healing the Wounded Giant
Maintaining Military Preeminence while Cutting the Defense Budget
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
President Barack Obama survived a tenuous economy and a toxic political environment to win re-election in 2012, but the bitter partisan divide in Washington survived as well. So did the country's huge fiscal deficit. in this, the latest in a long line of Brookings Institution analyses of the defense...