P Burke: 19 books
Presidential Power
Theories and Dilemmas
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Presidential power is perhaps one of the most central issues in the study of the American presidency. Since Richard E. Neustadt's classic study, first published in 1960, there has not been a book that thoroughly examines the issue of presidential power. Presidential Power: Theories and Dilemmas by...
by John Hunter, Simon P. Burke, Alessandra Canepa
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
This book examines conventional time series in the context of stationary data prior to a discussion of cointegration, with a focus on multivariate models. The authors provide a detailed and extensive study of impulse responses and forecasting in the stationary and non-stationary context, considering...
A Flash of Light
The Science of Light and Colour
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
A Flash of Light is an intriguing book that starts at the beginning of time itself and then winds its way through a host of fascinating light related topics including the hues of aliens sunsets, the psychology of colour, and the chemistry of LCD screens. Written as part of a novel experiment, editors...
by William P. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This scarce book was originally published in 1907 and comprises a comprehensive and informative look at the history of the country town of South Tipperary in Ireland. Containing a wealth of information and anecdote which is still useful today. The district of Clonmel in the beginning of documentary...
by D. Scott, G. Hughes, P. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book draws on a study of student transitions in higher education institutions to both unpack the concept of a learning transition and develop pedagogic strategies to enable learners to develop their learning careers. This book provides an original perspective on teaching and learning in higher education.
Practical Thoracic Pathology
Diseases of the Lung, Heart, and Thymus
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Extensively revised and expanded, Practical Thoracic Pathology: Diseases of the Lung, Heart, and Thymus (formerly Practical Cardiovascular Pathology) is a superbly illustrated, one-volume reference to pathology of the thorax. More than 1,000 full-color illustrations, tables, and “practical points”...
by J.P. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2018
When the youngest daughter of the Vice-President of the United States comes to Ireland for a summer course at the Kilkenny College of Art and Design, her visit interests a lot of people.
Asad Bin Shalwah, a Syrian refugee working in Dublin, whose daughter was killed in Syria, wants to deliver a message...
by J.P. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
THE SCHIAPELLO CROSS…Santini watched in awe as his father took the Christ figure and laid it on the cross. With delicate manipulation of the plunger, he soldered the figure to the stem without allowing any excess molten gold to drip from the joint.Leaving the cross aside, he picked...
by J.P. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
RANDOM NUMBER…This was the chance they had gambled on…The bomb was hidden deep in the hotel’s basement two years earlier on spec. Now the Washington hotel is to host a US government sponsored Middle East peace conference.Ten year-old Hussein Shaffeed’s father and his stepmother...
by E. P. Ned Burke
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Searching For Eldorado is like mixing "Catcher in The Rye" with "American Graffiti." It is a fictional memoir centered around Jerry Killian,a mixed-up, seventeen-year-old Pennsylvania prep student in 1959 whose self-image is low but his testosterone level is confusingly high. Thus,...
Paws, Claws, and Magic Tales
Fellowship of Fantasy, #5
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
There's just something magical about cats.
Fierce hunters content to rest upon our sofas. Sweet friends but stubbornly independent. Fluffy little murder balls with jellybean toes and razor-sharp claws. It's easier to answer what cats aren't than what they are.
In this purr-fect collection,...
Food, Science and Society
Exploring the Gap Between Expert Advice and Individual Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
There is widespread concern amongst consumers about the safety and acceptability of food, and there are clearly communication gaps between consumers, many food professionals and food industry. This book offers accounts of the two-way nature of this difficult communication process and steps that can...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
South Carolina Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a transformative era that included depression, world...
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