O Donnell: 351 books
In the City of Neighborhoods
Seattle's History of Community Activism <Br>And Non-Profit Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2004
"It's like being in a small town right in the middle of a big city. People belong to their neighborhood first, and that neighborhood belongs to the city."-Karen Boyle, Seattle neighborhood activist.
Seattle, Washington, has earned a national reputation as a "City of Neighborhoods"...
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Political science scholars consider the four-volume work Transitions from Authoritarian Rule to be a foundational text for studying the process of democratization, specifically in those cases where an authoritarian regime is giving way to some form of democratic government. The most important of the...
The J, E, D & P Murders
A Tucker Tolliver Murder Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2008
First, Tucker's ex-wife turns up murdered on the very same day that he comes out of a four-year coma. For no apparent reason, she is found lying on the floor of her apartment strangled to death. No note, no nothing. Three months later a high society "escort" meets a similar fate. A cryptic...
by Fernando M. Reimers, E. B. O’Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
When a group of educators from Massachusetts traveled to Singapore to visit schools and talk to teachers, teacher educators, and school and system-level leaders in the fall of 2015, they were determined to learn how Singapore had built a high-performing education system. Singapore has transitioned...
Channel Surfing the Bible
Parables from Tv-Land
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Two thousand years ago, a simple man walked this planet with a simple message. They called him Jesus. His was a message of radical exclusion in a world he called the Kingdom of God. He spoke in parables grounded in common, everyday experiences, parables about yeast and leavened bread, weeds and mustard...
Fatal Gamble
A Gallagher Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Twenty years ago, a group of doctors formed a partnership to build a medical office plaza in Massachusetts. While it wasn’t the most above-board deal ever made, the doctors have found continued profit and success—until now. Someone wants the doctors dead, and he or she has already succeeded in...
by Antero Garcia, Christina Cantrill, Danielle Filipiak
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
In common attempts to standardize what and how teaching is conducted, we often fail to recognize the tremendous amount of innovation that educators bring to solving an array of challenges in today’s classrooms. This volume highlights compelling firsthand counter-narratives from educators engaged in...
Where to Now Saint Paul?
Why We’Re Quitting Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
The Church is Dying.  Is Christianity Dying?
Absolutely Not!
The Baptists expect to lose half their churches in the next 20 years. They revamp their message, but nothing works because they cant face the real problem that plagues all churches.
According...
Philosophy Imprisoned
The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Western philosophy’s relationship with prisons stretches from Plato’s own incarceration to the modern era of mass incarceration. Philosophy Imprisoned: The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration draws together a broad range of philosophical thinkers, from both inside and outside prison...
by Jeff O’Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
My name is Bill. I live by myself and have a story to tell. It started on a drizzly and cold morning. Im just settling down in my easy chair, ready to enjoy that first sip of morning coffee, when my front door starts being banged on. It was so loud it reminded me of a scene from a movie when the SS...
Bytelines
A Life Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Having grandchildren late in life means that they will never really get to know you. This was the case for me and for my children. I never knew my grandparents as they lived and died in Ireland before I had a chance to go there. I might have gone over in 1950 and seen my maternal grandfather Patrick...
Challenging Child Protection
New Directions in Safeguarding Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Challenging Child Protection offers a ground-breaking new perspective which will illuminate and improve the professional understanding and practice of social workers and child protection workers.
Taking a fresh look at the principles underlying child protection, this book provides a thought-provoking...
by David I. Backer, Chris Balaschak, Makeda Best
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics, journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international group...
by Tom O’Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Fourteen chapters will touch on the decline and fall of the American Spirit. From the defeat of our war on drugs to the greatest military defeat ever visited upon American soil 9-1-1
While politicians danced on their party platform shouting we are the strongest nation on the face of the earth....