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  • Blood on the Risers

    A Novel of Conflict and Survival in Special Forces During the Vietnam War

    by Michael O’Shea ...
    This artfully crafted saga depicts in vivid detail, the arduous journey of a young, impressionable patriot yearning to fulfill his destiny in the turmoil of the 1960's. The author draws you close to him as he encounters stiff challenges to his basic values, his character, as well as his faith in his fellow man. You'll taste the bitter prop blast as you stand in the open door beside him, holding ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Extremely Preterm Birth and its Consequences: The ELGAN Study

    Edited by Olaf Dammann, Alan Leviton, Thomas Michael O’Shea ...
    Series series Clinics in Developmental Medicine
    This book reviews important findings from the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn Study (ELGAN), the largest cohort study ever completed involving individuals born extremely prematurely. With a focus on pre-, peri-, and post-natal inflammation, this study identified potentially modifiable risk factors and pathways antecedent to a broad range of neurodevelopmental impairments, as well as asthma ... Read more

    $102.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Brain

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael O'Shea ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Chapters tackle subjects ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in Construction

    An International Perspective

    Edited by Edward Davies, Peter Fenn, Michael O'Shea ...
    Series series CIB
    Many construction conflicts and disputes are not limited to particular jurisdictions or cultures, but are increasingly becoming common across the industry worldwide. This book is an invaluable guide to international construction law, written by a team of experts and focusing on the following national systems: Australia, Canada, China, England and Wales, Estonia, Hong Kong, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    The Brain

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael O’Shea ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 40 min

    How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving?In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Chapters tackle subjects such ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Memory

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jonathan K. Foster ...
    Narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 32 min

    Memories are an integral part of being human. They haunt us, we cherish them, and in our lives we collect more of them with each new experience. Without memory, you would not be able to maintain a relationship, drive your car, talk to your children, read a poem, watch television, or do much of anything at all.Memory: A Very Short Introduction explores the fascinating intricacies of human memory. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    The History of Life

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    Narrated by Peter Larkin ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 12 min

    Here is the extraordinary story of the unfolding of life on Earth, told by Michael J. Benton, a world-renowned authority on biodiversity. Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight the great leaps that enabled life to evolve from microbe to human—big breakthroughs that made whole ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Autism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Uta Frith ...
    Narrated by Leslie Bellair ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 16 min

    What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome?Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public imagination through films and novels portraying individuals with baffling combinations of disability ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Dreaming

    A Very Short Introduction

    by J. Allan Hobson ...
    Narrated by Sean Crisden ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 22 min

    What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Replacing dream mystique with modern dream science, J. Allan Hobson provides a new and increasingly complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanisms of sleep, this book explores how the new science of dreaming is affecting theories in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Stoicism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Brad Inwood ...
    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 51 min

    Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to rethink and reorganize their lives in order to achieve personal satisfaction. What is the connection between them?This Very Short Introduction provides an introductory account of Stoic philosophy, and tells the story ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Chaos

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Leonard Smith ...
    Narrated by Michael Page ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 6 min

    Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behavior, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating applications in the real world—from technology to global warming, politics, human behavior, and even ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Wittgenstein

    A Very Short Introduction

    by A. C. Grayling ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 44 min

    Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A. C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general listener by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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