John O O Brien: 67 books

Book cover of Earth Materials
by Kevin Hefferan, John O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010

Minerals and rocks form the foundation of geologic studies. This new textbook has been written to address the needs of students at the increasing number of universities that have compressed separate mineralogy and petrology courses into a one- or two-semester Earth materials course. Key features...
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States of Intoxication

The Place of Alcohol in Civilisation

by John O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018

This book provides an illuminating perspective on alcohol use, drawing on approaches from both anthropological research and historical sociology to examine our ambivalent attitudes to alcohol in the modern West. From anthropological research on non-Western, non-modern cultures, the author demonstrates...
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Adult Emergency Medicine

Self-Assessment Color Review

by John O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012

This new volume in the established and well-respected series of Self-Assessment Color Reviews covers all aspects of adult emergency medicine. Some 250 cases are presented randomly to reflect real-life practice. Each case consists of one or more questions, illustrated by stimulating visual material including clinical photographs, imaging and electro
Book cover of Around the Boree Log and Other Verses
by John O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011

“Around the Boree Log and Other Verses” is a wonderful collection of poems by Australian Poet Patrick Hartigan. This work celebrates the lives and mores of the outback pastoral folk that the author ministered when he was a peripatetic curate to the southern New South Wales and Riverina towns of...
Book cover of The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
by Alastair Gunn, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Washington Irving
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories...
Book cover of HALLOWEEN Ultimate Collection: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

HALLOWEEN Ultimate Collection: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

The Dunwich Horror, Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Black Magic, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Dracula, The Monk, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Northanger Abbey, Wuthering Heights, The Beetle…

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018

e-artnow presents to you this unique Halloween collection of the greatest horror classics, the darkest mysteries and supernatural tales: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom James Malcolm Rymer &...
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Tough Crimes

True Cases by Top Criminal Lawyers

by Edward L. Greenspan, Richard Wolson, Marilyn Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014

Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty of Canada’s most prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We’ve all heard the media’s take on notorious criminals, but...
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Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care

An Interdisciplinary Reader

by Charles E Rosenberg, Ralph B Little, Edward A Strecker
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013

Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries. This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...
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USA Noir

Best of the Akashic Noir Series

by Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Tim Broderick
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013

"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple." --New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014 Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog Included...
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George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice

The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America

by John J. O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2004

George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America is a comprehensive and fascinating examination of the Catholic Church's involvement in social issues from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century through the lens of the life, career, writings,...
Book cover of Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales

Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales

The Phantom of the Opera, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Turn of the Screw, The Dunwich Horror, Frankenstein, The Vampire, Dracula, A Haunted Island, Black Magic, The Beetle, The Picture of Dorian Gray…

by Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Algernon Blackwood
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat… Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental…...
Book cover of THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics

THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics

Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre, Dracula, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Haunted Island, Northanger Abbey, The Horla, The Willows…

by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018

This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal… John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars… Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie...
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HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...
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Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

by Bernie Lucht, Eugen Weber, George Woodcock
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures...
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