Michael J O Brien: 11 books
Love Is Stronger Than Pain
Based on the Inspirational True Story of Irene Corcoran O’Brien as Remembered by Her Son Michael J. O’Brien
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
In Love is Stronger than Pain, author Michael J. OBrien, Irenes son, offers a true account of a wife and mother whose faith and perseverance were heroic. She raised eight children, two of whom were invalids born with a rare skin disease needing her constant care. She coped with the tragic accidental...
The Acceleration of Cultural Change
From Ancestors to Algorithms
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
How culture evolves through algorithms rather than knowledge inherited from ancestors.
From our hunter-gatherer days, we humans evolved to be excellent throwers, chewers, and long-distance runners. We are highly social, crave Paleolithic snacks, and display some gendered difference resulting...
by Patty Jo Watson, Janet Rafferty, Joseph M. Herbert
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States.
The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research...
I Want More!
Thirsting for the Person of the Holy Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Are you experiencing a void in your life? Are you a nominal Christian and lack zeal for the Church? Have you become complacent, content, and satisfied with your nominal commitment to an organized religion? Or are you a zealous Christian and do not feel a thirst for more? In IWANT MORE!, author Michael...
I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior
Mapping Social Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
How we learn from those around us: an essential guide to understanding how people behave.
Mississippian Community Organization
The Powers Phase in Southeastern Missouri
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
The Powers Phase Project was a multiyear archaeological program undertaken in southeastern Missouri by the University of Michigan in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The project focused on the occupation of a large Pleistocene-age terrace in the Little Black River Lowland—a large expanse of lowlying...
by R. Lee Lyman, Robert C. Dunnell, Michael J. O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2007
Applying Evolutionary Archaeology
A Systematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Anthropology, and by extension archaeology, has had a long-standing interest in evolution in one or several of its various guises. Pick up any lengthy treatise on humankind written in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the chances are good that the word evolution will appear somewhere...
USA Noir
Best of the Akashic Noir Series
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...
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
A Vision for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities...