After ten years of a boom and on the eve of a downturn, Irish society has been turned on its head by a Generation War. The clear winners have been the middle-aged Jagger Generation, enormously enriched by the property boom, while the younger generation – the cash-stripped Jugglers – will be badly exposed as the credit wave recedes.Then there are the Bono Boomers, wedged between the winners and losers, who are not about to grow up just because the economy is doing badly, preferring ...

In Early American Hurricanes, 1492–1870, meteorologist and historian David McWilliams Ludlum chronicles the tempestuous history of the Western Hemisphere's most destructive natural phenomenon. With scholarly precision and narrative vigor, Ludlum traces nearly four centuries of storms that battered the coasts of the Americas — from the earliest Spanish explorers' fearful reports to the dawn of modern meteorological science. Drawing on ship logs, colonial records, newspapers, and ey...

A look at the news suggests world affairs are out of control. We get discouraged because it seems that the gospel is not advancing as quickly as doctrinal error is. And in our personal life, we wonder how we will endure the trials that engulf us.In this booklet, David B. McWilliams addresses these discouraging aspects of life in a fallen world and reminds us of the strength we find when we confess the wonder of the sovereign, incomprehensible God.

The second edition builds upon the previous content, exploring new and emerging evidence to enhance the structure and content of rehabilitation provided. It considers the additional impact of COVID-19 throughout each chapter. In addition, sadly not every patient survives their critical illness but good, multidisciplinary and holistic care is just as essential for these patients. The editors have added a chapter on end-of-life care, focusing on the importance of personalised care and family...

Australian Genre Film interrogates key genres at the core of Australia’s so-called new golden age of genre cinema, establishing the foundation on which more sustained research on film genre in Australian cinema can develop.The book examines what characterises Australian cinema and its output in this new golden age, as contributors ask to what extent Australian genre film draws on widely understood (and largely Hollywood-based) conventions, as compared to culturally specifi...

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As the BOTOX ECONOMY was laid bare and the financial filler of other people's money became evident, the JAGGERS, JUGGLERS and BONO BOOMERS struggled to maintain their slice of a diminished pie. However the author saw a possible solution to Ireland's quandaries. Taking a trip around the globe from Shanghai to New York, from Latin America to Central Europe, he says we can learn from history and appreciate that Ireland has a unique economic resource: OUR GLOBAL TRIBE. If we exploit the demogr...

In the latest volume of the Lectio Continua commentaries, David B. McWilliams guides us through the arguments and exhortations of Hebrews to encourage us with one essential message: Jesus is better. As a pastoral exposition, McWilliams helps us understand how Christ fulfills the inferior types and shadows of the Old Testament. As they read through Hebrews with McWilliams, weak and feeble Christians will find strength to persevere in Christ's high priestly ministry. The second edit...

This book provides a holistic and multi professional approach to maximising the chances of a successful recovery for the ICU patient surviving a period of critical illness. An admission to ICU with a critical illness has a well-recognised physical, psychological and social impact all on the individual and their loved ones of which need to remain in sharp focus from admission. Successful discharge from ICU requires significant attention to detail on all aspects of care concurrently to ensur...

From a master of the artisan bread movement comes a comprehensive guide to making incredible bread at home, featuring more than 70 delicious recipesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION“Here, finally, is the one bread book that every cook needs on their kitchen worktable.”—Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre FoodsThe Vetri Cucina Bread Program began over a deca...

This book offers a challenge to the current study of nineteenth-century British medievalism, re-examining its general perception as an elite and conservative tendency, the imposition of order from above evidenced in the work of Walter Scott, in the Eglinton Tournament, and in endless Victorian depictions of armour-clad knights. Whilst some previous scholars have warned that medievalism should not be reduced to the role of an ideologically conservative discourse which always and everywhere ...

The Pope's Children are turning 30 and in the four years since David McWilliams introduced us to the generation that could have had it all, the Pope's Children have been betrayed. This book is about real people and how good people can be broken by bad economics. But it doesn't have to be like this. There is a way out. We catch up with old friends, Breakfast Roll Man and Miss Pencil Skirt, and meet new characters like the Merchant of Ennis, Shylock and the Godfather. We have late night tea ...