Mark O Connell: 11 books
by Mark O’Connell
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
When Jimmy O'Connell took a job as chauffeur for 007 producers Eon Productions, it would not just be Cubby Broccoli, Roger Moore and Sean Connery he would drive to James Bond his grandson Mark swiftly hitched a metaphorical ride too. In Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan, Mark O'Connell takes...
The Good Father
On Men, Masculinity, and Life in the Family
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Fathering is one of the most basic and profound human activities. Yet in addition to its many joys, fatherhood is often freighted with longing, sadness, anger, and misunderstanding. Most of us, men and women alike, are acutely aware of how difficult it is to father well, year after year, until, and...
The Close Encounters Man
How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The wildly entertaining and eye-opening biography of J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who invented the concept of "Close Encounters" with alien life, inspired Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster classic science fiction epic film and is the subject of History Channel's Project Blue Book, and made...
To Be a Machine
Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
“This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians’ pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters.” —New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our bodies—our capabilities, intelligence,...
Watching Skies
Star Wars, Spielberg and Us
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
As Ready Player One and Stranger Things prove the retro might of VHS era cinema, Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us is a universal and affectionate tale about the pop cultural remembrances stuck in all our R2 unit's memory systems.
Like many a British kid in an ‘80s world of VCRs,...
Modern Brides & Modern Grooms
A Guide to Planning Straight, Gay, and Other Nontraditional Twenty-First-Century Weddings
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
This book is for any couple-same or opposite sex-seeking a personalized wedding that dignifies the relationship and the individual self. No new normal” here-this guide emboldens you to harness your unique, brazen, queer truth; to be creative; and to plan your wedding your way.
Every fiancé...
by Mark O'Connell
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
Baby boomers' expectations for their marriages are often unrealistic. When their relationship comes up short on romance and sex, but seems long on disagreements and strife, many boomers choose to leave.
THE MARRIAGE BENEFIT is less a book about how to make our relationships better than it is...
Shadows & Reflections
A Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Shadows and Reflections is the Roger Zelazny tribute anthology you’ve been waiting for. Here are stories that are not just inspired by Roger Zelazny, but stories set in universes created by Roger Zelazny. Finding Shadows and Reflections is like discovering a new Zelazny collection full of old friends...
The Performing Art of Therapy
Acting Insights and Techniques for Clinicians
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
The Performing Art of Therapy explores the myriad ways in which acting techniques can enhance the craft of psychotherapy. The book shows how, by understanding therapy as a performing art, clinicians can supplement their theoretical approach with techniques that fine-tune the ways their bodies, voices,...
The Team the Titans Remember
The 1971 Andrew Lewis High School Football Team: The Final Link to a Lasting Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
In 2000, Walt Disney Pictures released the film Remember the Titans which stirred the hearts of many but falsely depicted the Titans of T.C. Williams playing their arch-rival, George C. Marshall, in a nail-biter of a championship football game decided on the last play in a place called Roanoke Stadium.
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by Cynthia Asquith, Leonid Andreyev, E. F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...