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Michael O'Brien was a victim of a miscarriage of justice over a
murder in Cardiff. He was driven to discover more about the many
notorious and dubious convictions made in south Wales over a period
of thirty years. This is the shocking result of his research into
eleven cases, and the Miscarriage of Justice Unit in the South
Wales Police Force.
For more than 80 years this unique short atlas has been the go-to
guide to the examination of patients with lesions of the peripheral
nerves and nerve roots - appreciated by generations of students and
experienced practitioners alike. First published in its original
form in 1943 and updated in its sixth edition by highly respected
author Michael O'Brien, this book is the perfect companion for all
those involved or caring for patients with peripheral nerve
injuries and other neuromuscular disorders. It covers
mononeuropathies, peripheral nerve lesions, examination techniques
and anatomy of the peripheral nervous system, all illustrated with
excellent diagrams and high-quality photographs. Aids to the
Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System now comes with the
complete electronic version for the first time, for easy anytime,
anywhere access. Illustrated with exceptionally clear photographs,
accompanied by simple anatomical diagrams to aid comprehension
Useful tables of the innervation of muscles and the muscle and
cutaneous distribution of peripheral nerves Updated to reflect
latest changes in nomenclature New diagrams and illustrations,
including of the spine and spinal nerve roots, male inguinal region
and female perineum Summary table of the common compression and
entrapment mononeuropathies, with sites now indicated on the nerve
diagrams Access to the complete, enhanced eBook version - makes
quick reference easier than ever for busy students and
practitioners
Author Michael O'Brien authoritatively paints the consummate
Paterno portrait, the result of more than ten years of work that
included 137 interviews and study of 150 previously published
works. Paperback includes an epilogue that reviews the 1998 season
in which Paterno won his landmark 300th career victory.
Spinal Injuries and Conditions in Young Athletes provides a
comprehensive, in-depth review of the mechanisms and management of
back injuries and problems occurring in this ever-growing and
active population. Led by Dr. Lyle Micheli and his co-editors, an
award-winning group of orthopedists discusses and explores common
adolescent spine injuries and procedures, in addition to
breakthroughs in gene therapy, tissue engineering, and complex
operations. As spine surgery is among the most complex and
challenging procedures performed in orthopedics, special
considerations and procedures are required in pediatric
populations. Since many corrective surgeries run the risk of
arthritis later in life, particular efforts must be made in young
populations to prevent future injury in a child's adolescence and
young adulthood while maximizing return-to-play potential. Chapters
cover acute spinal injuries, concussions, overuse injuries, spinal
malformations, tumors, infections and inflammatory diseases across
the range of athletics, including swimming and combat sports.
Spinal Injuries and Conditions in Young Athletes provides an
immeasurable guide for back surgery in pediatric populations and
will be a go-to resource for practitioners and residents in
pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine.
Spinal Injuries and Conditions in Young Athletes provides a
comprehensive, in-depth review of the mechanisms and management of
back injuries and problems occurring in this ever-growing and
active population. Led by Dr. Lyle Micheli and his co-editors, an
award-winning group of orthopedists discusses and explores common
adolescent spine injuries and procedures, in addition to
breakthroughs in gene therapy, tissue engineering, and complex
operations. As spine surgery is among the most complex and
challenging procedures performed in orthopedics, special
considerations and procedures are required in pediatric
populations. Since many corrective surgeries run the risk of
arthritis later in life, particular efforts must be made in young
populations to prevent future injury in a child's adolescence and
young adulthood while maximizing return-to-play potential. Chapters
cover acute spinal injuries, concussions, overuse injuries, spinal
malformations, tumors, infections and inflammatory diseases across
the range of athletics, including swimming and combat sports.
Spinal Injuries and Conditions in Young Athletes provides an
immeasurable guide for back surgery in pediatric populations and
will be a go-to resource for practitioners and residents in
pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine.
In this fast-paced, reflective novel, (the second in a trilogy
following "Strangers and Sojourners") Michael O'Brien presents the
dramatic tale of a family that finds itself in the path of a
totalitarian government. Set in the near future, the story
describes the rise of a police state in North America in which
every level of society is infected with propaganda, confusion and
disinformation. Few people are equipped to recognize what is
happening because the culture of the Western world has been
deformed by a widespread undermining of moral absolutes.
Against this background, the Delaney family of Swiftcreek,
British Columbia, is struck a severe blow when the father of the
family, the editor of a small newspaper which dares to speak the
truth, is arrested by the dreaded Office of Internal Security. His
older children flee into the forest of the northern interior,
accompanied by their great-grandfather and an elderly priest,
Father Andrei. Their little brother Arrow also becomes a fugitive
as the government seeks to remove any witnesses, and eradicate all
evidence of its ultimate goals.
As O'Brien draws together the several strands of the story into
a frightening yet moving climax, he explores the heart of growing
darkness in North America, examining events which have already
occurred. The reader will take away from this disturbing book a
number of urgent questions: Are we living in the decisive moment of
history? How dire is our situation? Do we live in pessimistic
dread, or a Christian realism founded on hope? This is a tale about
the victory of the weak over the powerful, courage over terror,
good over evil, and, above all, the triumph of love.
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The Shorebird Guide (Paperback)
Michael O'Brien, Richard Crossley, Kevin T Karlson
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Birding by impression: an all-new, holistic approach to identifying
shorebirds.
Join the experts in this revolutionary approach to bird
identification. Experienced birders use the most easily observed
characteristics -- size, structure, behavior, and general color
patterns -- to identify birds even before looking carefully at
plumage details. Now birders at all levels can learn how to
identify shorebirds quickly and simply. This guide includes more
than 870 stunning color photographs, starting with a general
impression of the species and progressing to more detailed images
of the bird throughout its life cycle. Quiz questions in the
captions will engage and challenge all birders and help them
benefit from this simplified, commonsense approach to
identification.
A fascinating history of an ancient place, now utterly transformed
by progress and modernity, a place unrecognisable even to those who
lived there in the 1950s. From the first mention of Tallaght in
legend in the Book of Invasions, through early Christian monastic
settlements, castles and grand residences, Fenian raids and the
Battle of Tallaght, car and motorcycle racing and an aerodrome, the
rise and fall of a chocolate factory and a pioneering
telecommunications firm, Albert Perris tells the often-surprising
story of Tallaght. The once-tiny village in Dublin’s foothills
changed utterly towards the end of the twentieth century, with a
massive population explosion and huge modernisation. This
accessible, entertaining and occasionally humorous book is
beautifully presented with carefully selected and arranged images,
photographs and original illustrations by the acclaimed illustrator
Michael O’Brien.
Originally published in 1979. The idea of the "South" has its roots
in Romanticism and American culture of the nineteenth century. This
study by Michael O'Brien analyzes how the idea of a unique Southern
consciousness endured into the twentieth century and how it
affected the lives of prominent white Southern intellectuals.
Individual chapters treat Howard Odum, John Donald Wade, John Crowe
Ransom, Allen Tate, Frank Owsley, and Donald Davidson. The chapters
trace each man's growing need for the idea of the South-how each
defined it and how far each was able to sustain the idea as an
element of social analysis. The Idea of the American South moves
the debate over Southern identity from speculative essays about the
"central theme" of Southern history and, by implication, past the
restricted perception that race relations are a sufficient key to
understanding the history of Southern identity.
Providing the most current information on injuries to the head and
neck sustained by young athletes, this practical text presents a
thorough review of the complex and emerging issues for youths and
adolescents involved in contact/collision sports. While concussions
are among the most common injuries, fractures of the skull and
facial bones and structural brain injuries can be serious and are
discussed in chapters of their own, as are stingers and other
cervical spine and cord issues and disease. Injuries to the eyes,
ears and jaw are likewise examined. Prevention is a major theme
throughout the book, as seen in chapters on protective head- and
neckwear, transportation of injured players, and sideline response
and return-to-play. Head and Neck Injuries in Young Athletes will
be an excellent resource not only for orthopedists and sports
medicine specialists treating growing athletes, but also
specialists and team physicians who are on the scene at sporting
events where these injuries may occur.
Providing the most current information on injuries to the head and
neck sustained by young athletes, this practical text presents a
thorough review of the complex and emerging issues for youths and
adolescents involved in contact/collision sports. While concussions
are among the most common injuries, fractures of the skull and
facial bones and structural brain injuries can be serious and are
discussed in chapters of their own, as are stingers and other
cervical spine and cord issues and disease. Injuries to the eyes,
ears and jaw are likewise examined. Prevention is a major theme
throughout the book, as seen in chapters on protective head- and
neckwear, transportation of injured players, and sideline response
and return-to-play. Head and Neck Injuries in Young Athletes will
be an excellent resource not only for orthopedists and sports
medicine specialists treating growing athletes, but also
specialists and team physicians who are on the scene at sporting
events where these injuries may occur.
Earth science comes alive for children 6 to 9 through 60 engrossing
games, activities, and experiments. Kids "core sample" a filled
cupcake and discover plate tectonics by floating graham cracker
continents on a molten mantle of molasses. They learn how heat
changes rocks by seeing how separate ingredients disappear when
they bake Rice Krispie Treats. More activities show what causes
earthquakes and what kinds of buildings resist their force. Growing
sugar and salt crystals, "fossilizing" plastic insects, and
modeling a variety of volcanoes add to the learning and the fun.
Eight of the activities are tasty as well as informative. Silly
songs help children remember new words and concepts, and a resource
section gives inexpensive sources for rocks, minerals, and fossils.
All the projects have been tested in homes and schools to make sure
they are safe, effective, and fun.
An Evening When Alone will greatly enhance awareness of the
situation of single women in the nineteenth-century South. "It has
been natural that the study of antebellum Southern women has
concentrated upon the married", writes Michael O'Brien in his
substantive and moving introduction. "In this, Southern scholarship
has not distinguished itself from the main currents of women's
history. At the center of our understanding has grown to be the
plantation mistress. We have been offered varying versions of her -
as victim, as heroine, as exploiter, as quasi-abolitionist, as
proslavery ideologue - but her centrality has been assumed. Yet the
unmarried woman was not a rare phenomenon". Single women, with
widows and young unmarried women, made up almost half of the adult
female population. By looking at single women, An Evening When
Alone restores some balance and brings to light single women's
private journals, to which they habitually devoted much time and
care. This first volume to come from the Southern Texts Society
presents the journals of four very different women who, although
their lives were worlds apart, lived and wrote in the South during
the years 1827-67. The first is Elizabeth Ruffin of Evergreen
plantation in Virginia, whose two short journals convey a sharp,
ironic sensibility reminiscent of Jane Austen. Then there is a
governess (whose identity is a matter of interesting dispute) in
her early thirties, beginning an independent career and living in
some discomfort on a Mississippi plantation near Natchez between
1835 and 1837. The third, Janet Caroline North of South Carolina,
shows in her 1851-52 journals the high-society belle on alert and
gossipy patrol at the Virginia andNew York springs. Finally, there
is Ann Lewis Hardeman, growing old in the midst of an extended
family near Jackson, Mississippi, struggling to bring up her dead
sister's children and endure the Civil War and illness with bleak
fortitude and religious intensity. These journals will appeal to
anyone who takes pleasure in the diarists' human resonance, their
explication and observation of ordinary joys and travails;
courtship, disappointed love, illness, the gratifications and pain
of female friendship, the ambivalences of family life, the grief
caused by the Civil War, the troubles occasioned by men, and the
difficulty and consolation of religion.
The first football team at the University of Michigan was
established in 1879. From winning the first ever Tournament of
Roses game, to back-to-back national championships, Michigan
football created an unparalleled tradition during its first
century. With a selection of fine historic images from her
best-selling book Historic Photos of University of Michigan
Football, Michelle O'Brien provides a valuable and revealing
historical retrospective on the growth and development of this
champion team. Selected from the extensive collection at the
University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library, the dramatic
photos in this volume include rarities from games in the early
1900s, classic showdowns between Michigan and Ohio State, and
All-American athletes such as the first Michigan Wolverine to win
the Heisman Trophy. In vivid black-and-white, the first hundred
years of Michigan football unfold in these remarkable images of
gridiron action, and the players, coaches, and fans who made it all
possible.
This instructional guide has one aim: to teach inexperienced
astrophotographers how to take high quality images. Often, basic
information about astrophotography is lacking, or is dealt with too
briefly in books on the subject. This book is a distillation of the
author’s own experiences, bringing together everything you will
need to make the fastest possible progress in deep-sky
imaging. The book will teach you how to set up and use your
astrophotography equipment in a systematic, easy-to-follow manner,
helping you get started while avoiding common mistakes. With a
step-by-step walk-through course and a unique observational guide
to each object, the book contains a plethora of valuable,
beginner-friendly information. Particularly useful is the chapter
on troubleshooting, which will help newcomers avoid further
frustration when things just don’t seem to go right! The book
also contains a number of easy to advanced DIY projects for imagers
working on a budget.
The images in this book, Historic Photos of University of
Michigan Football, depict 100 years of gridiron action and
the players and coaches who competed on three historic fields. The
first football team at the University of Michigan was established
in 1879. From winning the first-ever Tournament of Roses game, to
back-to-back national championships, Michigan football created an
unparalleled tradition during its first century. Selected from the
extensive collection at the University of Michigan’s Bentley
Historical Library, the dramatic photos in this volume include
rarities from games in the early 1900s, classic showdowns between
Michigan and Ohio State, and All-American athletes such as the
first Michigan Wolverine to win the Heisman Trophy. In vivid black
and white, the first hundred years of Michigan football unfold in
these remarkable images of the players, coaches, and fans.
Much has been said and written about trans people by theologians
and Church leaders, while little has been heard from trans
Christians themselves. As a step towards redressing the balance,
This Is My Body offers a grounded reflection on people’s
experience of gender dissonance that involves negotiating the
boundaries between one’s identity and religious faith, as well as
a review of the most up-to-date theological, cultural and
scientific literature. The book includes contributions from many
people associated with the Sibyls, the UK-based confidential
spirituality group for transgender people and their allies.
People’s stories span many decades and most recount how they have
come to reconcile their gender variance with their Christian
convictions. These honest narratives follow a series of informative
chapters, including ‘Gender Incongruence in the changing social
and medical environment’ by Terry Reed.
Father Elijah, a Holocaust survivor and convert to Catholicism from
Judaism, travels through Europe and the Middle East on a papal
mission to find a man who may be the Antichrist and induce him to
repent.
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Hesburgh - A Biography (Hardcover)
Michael O'Brien (Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Menasha, Wisconsin, USA)
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Father Theodore Hesburgh is known for his rare energy and ability
to carry out a staggering variety of assignments with distinction.
During his career, he combined an exceptional blend and balance of
qualities - intellect, character, personality, spirituality, and
management skill. A man of enormous good will, he tried to embody
the compassion of Christ. Father Hesburgh served as president of
the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. This book examines
Father Hesburgh's personality, leadership qualities, management
strategies, and central role as a priest. It chronicles his
prominent position in advancing civil rights and explores his
relationship with famous people, among them John and Robert
Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Pope Paul VI. Finally,
the biography investigates unfamiliar aspects of his life: his
relationship with women and his six "adopted" children, his
attitude toward Notre Dame's high profile football program, and his
sometimes controversial views on the Vatican, celibacy, birth
control, abortion, and homosexuality.
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