Gallagher: 549 books

Book cover of Ethics in Professional Life

Ethics in Professional Life

Virtues for Health and Social Care

by Ann Gallagher, Sarah Banks
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2008

What does it mean to be a good professional? What is the role of courage in professional life? How do we develop the moral qualities of respectfulness, justice and care? Firmly rooted in practice, this book is a timely exploration of the nature and value of a virtue-based approach to ethics...
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Readicide

How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

by Kelly Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009

Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.
Book cover of A Neurophenomenology of Awe and Wonder

A Neurophenomenology of Awe and Wonder

Towards a Non-Reductionist Cognitive Science

by Shaun Gallagher, Bruce Janz, Lauren Reinerman
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015

This book presents a study of the various feelings of awe and wonder experienced by astronauts during space flight. It summarizes the results of two experimental, interdisciplinary studies that employ methods from neuroscience, psychology, phenomenology and simulation technology, and it argues for a non-reductionist approach to cognitive science.
Book cover of Octopus
by Michael Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Gooseberry, the fourteen-year-old Victorian boy detective, is having his fair share of problems. Not only must he juggle the task of being Mr Bruff’s newly-appointed chief investigator with the unwanted responsibility of managing London’s entire criminal underclass, he also has to decide whether...
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The Irish Vampire

From Folklore to the Imaginations of Charles Robert Maturin, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker

by Sharon M. Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017

The origins of the vampire can be traced through oral traditions, ancient texts and archaeological discoveries, its nature varying from one culture to the next up until the 20th century. Three 19th century Irish writers--Charles Robert Maturin, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker--used the obscure...
Book cover of Moll Flanders (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
by Susan Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012

REA's MAXnotes for Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed...
Book cover of The Energy–Water–Food Nexus at Decentralized Scales eBook
by Lucy Stevens, Mary Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015

The Energy–Water–Food Nexus at Decentralized Scales uses Practical Action’s experiences with micro-hydro schemes to connect global nexus debates to the experiences of and solutions for remote off-grid communities and smallholder farmers. Through examples in Peru, Nepal, and Zimbabwe it exemplifies...
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Britain and Africa Under Blair

In pursuit of the good state

by Julia Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013

Critically explores Britain's fascination with 'doing good' in Africa under New Labour, and in particular under the premiership of Tony Blair, and, in so doing, sets out to explain the role of idealisation in international relations.
Book cover of European Institutions, Democratization, and Human Rights Protection in the European Periphery
by Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat, Kathleen Barrett, Henry F. Carey
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014

The European Union (E.U.), along with the Council of Europe, NATO, and the Office of Security and Cooperation in Europe are regional organizations which, despite their different missions, all are designed to support democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. The E.U. has required that all of its...
Book cover of The Flawed Foundations of General Equilibrium Theory

The Flawed Foundations of General Equilibrium Theory

Critical Essays on Economic Theory

by Frank Ackerman, Alejandro Nadal, Kevin P. Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2004

This book, as the title suggests, explains how General equilibrium, the dominant conceptual framework in mainstream economics, describes a perfectly impossible world. Even with its counterfactual assumptions taken for granted, it fails on many levels. Under the impressive editorship of Ackerman and Nadal, this book will appeal to students and resea
Book cover of Anesthesia Unplugged, Second Edition
by Steven Ginsberg, Michael Lewis, Christine Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012

An engaging and effective way to learn all the essential anesthesia procedures More than any other text, Anesthesia Unplugged, 2e disarmingly demystifies anesthesiology. Featuring an easy-to-navigate atlas-style design, this skill-sharpening book delivers step-by-step instruction on the entire...
Book cover of Re-presenting the Past

Re-presenting the Past

Women and History

by Ann-Marie Gallagher, Cathy Lubelska, Louise Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014

 Feminist history continues to change the way history is written, and in doing so changes our view of the past. The authors of this collection explore how issues of sexuality, class, nationalism and colonialism informed the ways in which women were represented and continue to be represented in history....
Book cover of Philosophy, Theology and the Jesuit Tradition
by Dr Anna Abram, Revd Michael Kirwan, Dr Peter Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017

What does it mean to do theology and philosophy in our contemporary academia? What is the notion of good life in the 21st century university? One distinctive tradition of philosophical and theological investigation has been working since early modernity to offer answers to these questions, the Society...
Book cover of HellFire

HellFire

A Novel

by Mia Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2007

On a midsummer’s evening a young Dublin woman, Lucy Dolan, prepares for a showdown that will help make sense of a heart-breaking and brutal atrocity that happened thirteen years earlier, changing her life forever. As she waits for the arrival of the charismatic figure who is the key to the mystery,...
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