Now available in paperback, Kevin O’Neill’s highly praised study of rural Ireland in the years leading up to the "Great Hunger" of the 1840s explicates the social, economic, and demographic conditions of the era. He argues that overpopulation and deprivation were inextricably linked to a third variableâthe rapid economic development of rural Ireland that was shaped by British interests.

Family and Farm in Pre-Famine Ireland: The Parish of Killashandra

History

O'Neill, Kevin

Europe

Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Now available in paperback, Kevin O’Neill’s highly praised study of rural Ireland in the years leading up to the "Great Hunger" of the 1840s explicates the social, economic, and demographic conditions of the era. He argues that overpopulation and deprivation were inextricably linked to a third variable—the rapid economic development of rural Ireland that was shaped by British interests.

University of Wisconsin Press

This report examines how changes to the current military-civilian faculty composition at the United States Air Force Academy might affect cadets’ officership and academic development, cost, staffing challenges, and officer career development. Based on the study’s findings, the report makes recommendations for a faculty composition that best balances these key factors and is sustainable into the future.

The Mix of Military and Civilian Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy: Finding a Sustainable Balance for Enduring Success (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Business & Money

Harrington, Lisa M.

Keller, Kirsten M.

Haddad, Abigail

Lim Executive Director Fels, Nelson

Job Hunting & Careers

RAND Corporation

After an epic twenty-year journey through the entirety of human culture - the biggest cross-continuity 'universe' that is conceivable - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill conclude both their legendary League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and their equally legendary comic-book careers with the series' spectacular fourth and final volume, The Tempest. Tying up the slenderest of plot threads and allusions from the three preceding volumes, The Black Dossier, and the Nemo trilogy into a dazzling and ingenious bow, the world's most accomplished and bad-tempered artist-writer team use their most stylistically adventurous outing yet to display the glories of the medium they are leaving; to demonstrate the excitement that attracted them to the field in the first place; and to analyse, critically and entertainingly, the reasons for their departure. Opening simultaneously in the panic-stricken headquarters of British Military Intelligence, the fabled Ayesha's lost African city of Kor and the domed citadel of 'We' on the devastated Earth of the year 2,996, the dense and yet furiously-paced narrative hurtles like an express locomotive across the fictional globe from Lincoln Island to modern America to the Blazing World; from the Jacobean antiquity of Prospero's Men to the superhero-inundated pastures of the present to the unimaginable reaches of a shimmering science-fiction future. With a cast-list that includes many of the most iconic figures from literature and pop culture, and a tempo that conveys the terrible momentum of inevitable events, this is literally and literarily the story to end all stories. Originally published as a six-issue run of unfashionable, outmoded and flimsy childrens comics that would make you appear emotionally backward if you read them on the bus, this climactic magnum opus also reprints classic English super-team publication The Seven Stars from the murky black-and-white reaches of 1964. A magnificent celebration of everything comics were, are and could be, any appreciator or student of the medium would be unwise to miss The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: THE TEMPEST.

League of Extraordinary Gentleman Volume 4: The Tempest, The

Comics & Graphic Novels

MOORE, Alan

Manga

Knockabout

Book by Albright, David, O'Neill, Kevin

Solving the North Korean Nuclear Puzzle

Politics & Social Sciences

Albright, David

Politics & Government

ISIS Press

Meet Dave. Comic book editor. Avenger of children. Candy addict. Fur-loving freak. Serial killer. Your new favorite person.It's 1970s London and Dave Maudling, the world's unlikeliest hero, has got punk rock spitting in his face before he's even accepted flares and long hair.Bullied as a child, he's full of loathing for his young readers; full of resentment for his handsome assistant Greg; and full of lust for girls' comic editor Joy. Dave consoles himself by sneakily adding lethal information to his comic strips - like bomb-making, and untraceable poison - in the hope that his readers will accidentally top themselves.But mysterious forces are at work.Instead of the kids meeting their untimely end, they use the info to take revenge on the abusive adults that make their lives a misery.And Dave, much to his dismay, becomes their champion.But then his glamorous dead mum turns up, and wants him to solve her murder. He's probably just imagining her, but she's damn insistent. Besides, he's got a pretty good idea who did it...Pacey, quick-witted, gleeful and dark, Serial Killer grabs you by the scruff of the neck and throws you into a world where journalists imbibe long liquid lunches, corporal punishment is enjoyed in all schools, and women aren't allowed to wear trousers to work.From the creators of the seminal 2000AD and cult, rule-breaking Marshal Law comes Serial Killer, the first in the Read Em And Weep four-volume series: a savagely funny novel that fans of Martha Grimes, Carl Hiassen and Irvine Welsh will love.

Serial Killer (Read Em and Weep)

Humor & Entertainment

Mills, Pat

Humor

Millsverse Books

Join your friendly guides Fulton and Cynthia on a biblical adventure as they journey from creation to salvation and discover the importance of God's sanctifying grace. Set in a vivid comic-book format with stunning photographs, this book makes profound theological concepts accessible to both the Catholic and the curious, the child and the adult. Following Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's teachings on Covenant Theology, this book sheds light on the parallels between the Old Testament and the New Testament and the sacraments instituted by Christ that we experience today. Readers will develop a deeper understanding of salvation history, discover how to participate in God's covenant, and learn how to obtain grace through the sacraments, which are essential on our lifelong journey to the Eternal Promised Land.

Catechism of the Seven Sacraments: Building Blocks of Faith Series

Children's Books

StoryTel Press

In mid-1950s England, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen have been disbanded and disavowed, and when the youthful Mina Murray and a rejuvenated Allan Quatermain return in search of some answers in a book buried deep in the vaults of their old headquarters, they must elude their dangerous pursuers who are recklessly determined to retrieve the lost manuscript and end the League for good.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier

Graphic Novels

Wildstorm

Can you imagine swapping your body for a virtual version? This technology-based look at the afterlife chronicles America's fascination with death and reveals how digital immortality may become a reality.
The Internet has reinvented the paradigm of life and death: social media enables a discourse with loved ones long after their deaths, while gaming sites provide opportunities for multiple lives and life forms. In this thought-provoking work, author Kevin O'Neill examines America's concept of afterlife―as imagined in cyberspace―and considers how technologies designed to emulate immortality present serious challenges to our ideas about human identity and to our religious beliefs about heaven and hell.
The first part of the work―covering the period between 1840 and 1860―addresses post-mortem photography, cemetery design, and spiritualism. The second section discusses Internet afterlife, including online memorials and cemeteries; social media legacy pages; and sites that curate passwords, bequests, and final requests. The work concludes with chapters on the transhumanist movement, the philosophical and religious debates about Internet immortality, and the study of technologies attempting to extend life long after the human form ceases.
 • Reveals the period in American history that established cultural views about the afterlife
• Discusses how technology aids in achieving and designing perspectives on heaven and immortality
• Reviews technologies surrounding digital mortality, including Dmitry Itskov's 2045 Initiative and Martine Rothblatt's Terasem Foundation
• Illustrates how the Internet helps those who have lost loved ones to grieve and cope in new ways
• Links perceptions about death and the hereafter to typical American attitudes, including optimism, confidence, self-reliance, and innovation
• Examines the use of virtual memorials, online obituaries, Facebook pages of deceased users, and avatars

Internet Afterlife: Virtual Salvation in the 21st Century

Parenting & Relationships

Praeger

The Afterlife in Popular Culture: Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination gives students a fresh look at how Americans view the afterlife, helping readers understand how it's depicted in popular culture. What happens to us when we die? The book seeks to explore how that question has been answered in American popular culture. It begins with five framing essays that provide historical and intellectual background on ideas about the afterlife in Western culture. These essays are followed by more than 100 entries, each focusing on specific cultural products or authors that feature the afterlife front and center. Entry topics include novels, film, television shows, plays, works of nonfiction, graphic novels, and more, all of which address some aspect of what may await us after our passing. This book is unique in marrying a historical overview of the afterlife with detailed analyses of particular cultural products, such as films and novels. In addition, it covers these topics in nonspecialist language, written with a student audience in mind. The book provides historical context for contemporary depictions of the afterlife addressed in the entries, which deal specifically with work produced in the 20th and 21st centuries. <ul> <li>Provides readers with an encyclopedic treatment of the afterlife in American popular culture, without any religious or moral biases</li> <li>Connects depictions of the afterlife with general social trends</li> <li>Contests the idea that Americans fear death by showing the plethora of examples of the afterlife shown in film, television, and more</li> <li>Presents a serious analysis of vampires, zombies, and other fictional archetypes without becoming hyper-academic or humorous</li> </ul>

The Afterlife in Popular Culture: Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination

Social Sciences

Greenwood

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