Joseph Foley: 8 books

These startling narratives investigate with stunning insight the impact of death on the lives of ordinary people. In Remembrance an accidental couple copes with the suicide of their brilliant son; in The Visitation, two young brothers confront the mystery of a grandfather who has suddenly left their...

This story follows the life of a bright young man from small town USA as he builds his skill at manipulating people. With a combination of today's technology and the ruthless methods of Hitler and Stalin he uses peoples fear and hatred to build his vision of a new world order. His rapid rise...

World War Last is a story of a loyal, dedicated military man and a rich philanthropist who take a strange path to solving the problems of oppression and poverty. Using newly developed bio weapons, they destroy the entire population of the word, preserving only a small selected elite group.With the...

In The Consequences of Playing God: Tales from Lingor High, Robert Joseph Foley takes the reader on a wicked journey through four decades of school life in the fictional town of Van der Donck, NY. Here is a mordant satire exploring a world filled with impossible to forget characters and incidents:...

A brilliant but disturbed young man studying archeology discovers knowledge of the “Ancients” and attempts to put them to good use. But when problems arise he quickly loses all restraint and becomes a demon on earth. His student and assistant is the only person who can possibly restrain his actions...

Language Learning provides an introduction to language development that differs from existing books in that it traces language and cognitive development (together with the associated debates) from babyhood, through the school years of middle childhood and adolescence, into adulthood and the world...

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...

A Language of Freedom and Teacher’s Authority: Case Comparisons from Turkey and the United States explores dimensions of authority that are deeply embedded in the profession of teaching. It examines critical dimensions of the foundations of Turkish and U.S. public education, both of which are under...