Sheehan: 272 books
How Hard Could It Be?
A Caregiver’S Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Its an issue facing many grown children: providing care for their aging parents. Its not always as easy as it seems. In How Hard Could It Be?, author Margaret Sheehan provides a firsthand look at the world of caregiving as she discusses the details of serving in that role for her parents.
Insightful,...
The Pentagon Papers
The Secret History of the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
“The WikiLeaks of its day” (Time) is as relevant as ever to present-day American politics.
“The most significant leaks of classified material in American history.” –The Washington Post
Not Fake News! The basis for the 2018 film The Post by Academy Award-winning director Steven...
Syriza Wave
Surging and Crashing with the Greek Left
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Utterly corrupt corporate and government elites bankrupted Greece twice over. First, by profligate deficit spending benefitting only themselves; second, by agreeing to an IMF “bailout” of the Greek economy, devastating ordinary Greek citizens who were already enduring government-induced poverty,...
Optimising Distressed Loan Books
Practical solutions for dealing with non-performing loans
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Dealing with distressed loans is different to other banking activities. Normal bank processes, decision-making structures, management techniques and investment philosophies are geared to making money in buoyant markets. However, these same characteristics mean that in a downturn banks are poorly equipped...
by Jacqueline Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
“An epic story of war and peace, love and fear, family and friendship.”—Lori Nelson Spielman
In New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Sheehan’s evocative and emotionally compelling novel, a mother and her adopted daughter each embark on a journey of self-discovery in the wake...
by Jacqueline Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Born a slave, survived a free bondswoman, reborn an outspoken abolitionist, Sojourner Truth died a heroine of graceful proportions. But the story of her inner struggles is as powerful and provocative as her accomplishments and could be captured only in fiction. This emotionally searing novel beautifully...
by Dr Paul Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
The notion that violence can give rise to art - and that art can serve as an agent of violence - is a dominant feature of modernist literature. In this study Paul Sheehan traces the modernist fascination with violence to the middle decades of the nineteenth century, when certain French and English...
A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel...
by Susan Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This renowned journalist's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of schizophrenia—now reissued with a new postscript—follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness.
“Sylvia Frumkin” was born in 1948 and began showing...
by Kim B. Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Presenting a range of perspectives on advertising in a global society, this Second Edition of Controversies in Contemporary Advertising, by Kim Bartel Sheehan, examines economic, political, social, and ethical perspectives and covers a number of topics including stereotyping, controversial products,...
Skin City
Uncovering the Las Vegas Sex Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Part exposé, part x-rated travel guide -- the ultimate insider's look at America's adult playground
Vegas. It's a place where Midwestern couples become uninhibited swingers, where shy schoolgirls morph into sexy strippers pulling in $1,000 a night, and where randy tourists come to score at...
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize—winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history–and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever, who led the high-stakes...
Marxism and the Philosophy of Science
A Critical History
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
A masterful survey of the history of Marxist philosophy of science
Sheehan retraces the development of a Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly readable accounts of the debates that shaped it. Skilfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan shows how Marx and Engel’s...
Healing Prayer on Holy Ground
A Cardiologist Discovers God's Presence in the Lives of his Patients
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
A simple prayer can be an act of physical, spiritual, and emotional healing for everyone involved. Healing Prayer on Holy Ground conveys a message of hope in the presence of a loving God who longs to hear from us. Readers will be encouraged as you read Dr. Sheehan’s transformative story and the...