Mahon: 79 books
My Father's Shadow
A Portrait Of Justice Peter Mahon
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
An intimate portrait of Justice Peter Mahon, who headed the Erebus plane crash inquiry, written by his son. Described often as 'a man for all seasons', Justice Peter Mahon is perhaps best remembered for his role in the Erebus Inquiry: an inquiry into the worst air disaster in New Zealand's history....
by Dr Peter Mahon
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
In Posthumanism: A Guide for the Perplexed, Peter Mahon goes beyond recent theoretical approaches to 'the posthuman' to argue for a concrete posthumanism, which arises as humans, animals and technology become entangled, in science, society and culture. Concrete posthumanism is rooted in cutting-edge...
Things I Did When I Was Hangry
Navigating a Peaceful Relationship with Food
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
After years of struggling with eating disorders and anxiety around food and eating, Annie Mahon figured that having a path, any path, would be helpful. When she read The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh, she found a path that not only changed her (and her family’s) relationship with food,...
28 Minutes to Midnight
More Than Two-Dozen Social Issues Threatening to Drive Us Over the Moral Cliff
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
The moral cliff is fast-approaching. We're well-aware of the dangerous moral cancers exposed in Thomas E. Mahon's previous work, "Radical Chemo": Moral Justifications, Individualism, Relativism, Secularism, Fundamentalism and Moral Compartmentalization. So what is it that we're doing? We're hitting the...
by Emmet Mc Mahon
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
This comprehensive book is aimed at readers who like walking, not just as a form of exercise, but also because of the places and people of interest to be encountered along the way. While not widely known for its walking potential, Malta provides a wide range of very enjoyable walks incorporating impressive...
History of England (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles (1713-1783), Volume 7
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Kings, politicians, accomplishments, and failures are detailed in this engrossing seven-volume history of England between 1713 and 1783. What emerges is a colorful portrait of an era, dominated not by dates and facts but by people and momentous events. In the final volume, Mahon closes his history with...
by Thomas Mahon
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
THE LAST DAUGHTER is a fast-paced suspense/thriller centered around the first daughter, Caitlin Prescott. A curious email invitation tempts Caitlin to track down and find her biological father. A man who is the nation's most wanted assassin. A man who wants something from his daughter after all these...
Radical Chemo
Six psychological and moral cancers (you may not know you have) and what to do about them
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
We must expand our fight against cancer-- mental and moral cancer. Radical Chemo explores six psychological cancers that have been lurking among and spreading through the population for quite some time now. The text uses many personal examples, as well as examples of sports figures, politicians and celebrities....
by Nik Mahon
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Art Direction examines the key techniques, approaches and 'secrets' involved in the development of creative advertising concepts. Mahon provides tips on how to use surprise, simplicity, provocation and visual drama to communicate the advertising message.
The book examines the process of visualizing...
A Handful of Mischief
New Essays on Evelyn Waugh
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom,...
Heidegger and Authenticity
From Resoluteness to Releasement
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
Heidegger's thinking in the decades following the publication of Being and Time is often deemed irreconcilable with that work. Critics contrast the notion of "resoluteness" in Being and Time with Heidegger's post-war account of "releasement" in an attempt to establish a discrepancy...
The Jamaican Affair of 1805
A new Horatio Hornblower adventure
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Here we meet again Horatio Hornblower by the new author, John Mahon, in a new adventure approved by the sons of CSForester. The stirring action begins where the unfinished last Hornblower adventure (Hornblower During the Crisis) written by C.S.Forester ends. Hornblower travels as a spy disguised as...
by Nora Mahon Olivares
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Noras poetry is a glimpse into life . She provides us with insights into realities we sometimes miss. Her poetry reflects the beautiful, terrible, and transcendent moments. She invites us to look deeply and enjoy.
Teresa Logan, Ph.D, Executive Coach, Cincinnati, Ohio
Whether she is describing...
Right to Rock
The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2004
The original architects of rock ’n’ roll were black musicians including Little Richard, Etta James, and Chuck Berry. Jimi Hendrix electrified rock with his explosive guitar in the late 1960s. Yet by the 1980s, rock music produced by African Americans no longer seemed to be “authentically black.”...