Racism, Identity and Adjustment: Young People in Transition (Adolescence and Society)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

O'Connor, Rory

Heim, Stephan Derek

Howe, Christine

Cassidy, Clare

Psychology & Counseling

Routledge

This self-assessment book enables candidates to practise their technique for the new OSCEs, particularly for the OSCEs of the DRCOG. It consists of five OSCE circuits, each with 20 stations and two rest stations. The questions of each station are assembled to represent as closely as possible those of a typical DRCOG paper, in terms of content, type of station and general display. Answers and commentaries for the stations follow each circuit. As appropriate, tips and pitfalls which came to light during validation of the questions are highlighted. The book begins with the chapter What is an OSCE? and closes with two typical MCQ test papers of a similar level of difficulty to those in the DRCOG.
<li>The first known OSCE book for obstetricians/gynaecologists which is particularly suitable in DRCOG candidates.</li>Concise introduction to the OSCE.<li>Invaluable commentary to help candidates avoid common pitfalls.</li>Practical advice for preparing for the DRCOG.

OSCES & MCQs in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: A Survival Guide (MRCOG Study Guides)

Medical Books

Pitkin BSc MRCOG FRCS, Joan

Jenner, Chris

Medicine

Bailliere Tindall

This hilarious guide to the GAA covers it all: post-game hangovers; forty-way WhatsApp conversations; that lad always doing his hamstring; fair-weather Dublin supporters; dirty corner-backs; more hangovers; impenetrable Kerry accents; weight training followed by ten pints; pretending to understand tactics; lobbing it up to the big lad; prima donna corner forwards...

The Rory's Stories Guide to the Gaa

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Gill & Co.

A laugh-out-loud guide to the most important things about being Irish. Based on the hugely successful Rory's Stories Facebook page: from weddings and wakes to hangovers, pre-marriage courses, working as an apprentice on a building site, Irish summers, the Irish abroad, smart-arse barmen, more hangovers, aspiring TDs, the GAA lotto man, going on the hop from school and Irish mammies.

The Rory's Stories Guide to Being Irish

Gill Books

Nobody thought Rory O'Connor would make it - written off as 'thick' at school he struggled to find a career he felt he could succeed in. When a hot tip led to a win on the horses it was the beginning of a dangerous spiral into a gambling addiction that gnawed away at his self-esteem even further. How did the man who thought he had nothing to live for go on to become a stand-up comedian selling out venues around Ireland and reaching 800,000 people through his social media platforms? This is Rory's Story. Told with his trademark humour, this straight-talking memoir is a book for anyone who wants to be inspired by an ordinary man's mental health journey. &nbsp; 'A witty and moving look behind one of the biggest comedy success stories of recent years.' Donal Lynch, Sunday Independent &nbsp; 'Great Read' Kieran Cuddihy, The Hard Shoulder &nbsp; ''Brilliant' Dermot and Dave

Rory's Story: My Unexpected Journey to Self-Belief

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Gander at The Gate is the story of a rural Irish childhood in Knocknagoshel, Kerry, in the thirties. Through the eyes of a son of the local schoolmaster, this beautifully written memoir evokes the world of a farmhouse, the family who lived there and the community, peopled with lively characters like Tip Toe the Tinker and Coneen the Boy Bawn, which surrounded them. In vivid, highly lyrical prose, reminiscent of a young Laurie Lee, O'Connor describes the wonder and imaginings, apprehensions and fears of a growing boy - and the darker shadows cast by his father's and Ireland's past. It has the hallmark of an instant classic.

Gander at the Gate

Headline

This memoir is the story of a rural Irish childhood in Kerry in the 1930s. The book evokes the world of a farmhouse, the family who lived there and the surrounding community, peopled with such characters as Tip Toe the Tinker and Coneen the Boy Bawn.

Magna Large Print Books

There’s a revolution going on, as ever-accelerating developments in digital information technologies change nearly every aspect of how we live, work, play, do business and engage in politics. Share and share alike—the numbers say it all as billions of people worldwide flock to online media and use social networks to discover and spread news and information.
In the process, ever-growing networks of “ordinary people” are using these powerful new tools to trim the influence long held by Big Business, Big Government and Big Media. No longer just passive recipients, participants in social networks now regularly make and break news while organizing civic and political actions that bypass censors, outpace traditional media, attract massive audiences and influence the rise and fall of brands, industries, politicians and even governments.
In this insider’s look at how social media are transforming our world, Rory O’Connor explains the trends and explores what tech visionaries, media makers, political advisers and businesspeople are saying about the meteoric rise of the various social networks of friends and followers, and what they bode for our future.
"Rory O'Connor is one of the smartest media guys around. He knows who's spinning, who's pandering, and who's putting money in his own pocket at the expense of logic, reason, and the public good."—Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair media critic
"This is a timely book about a vital subject: How do we get information and is it reliable? With a 'cold eye,' author Rory O'Connor shows how traditional journalism cheapened its value by sabotaging its trust, and how the digital revolution wonderfully democratizes information yet often removes the journalistic curator, creating more noise, more ME and less WE news. If you want to understand the future of news, its opportunities and its pitfalls, read this book."—Ken Auletta, author and New Yorker media writer
Rory O’Connor, co-founder of MediaChannel.org, is the author of Shock Jocks: Hate Speech &amp; Talk Radio. He has won two Emmys and a George Orwell Award, among many other honors.

Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media

Business & Money

Industries

City Lights Publishers

The highly politicized and often factually challenged world of talk radio dominates a sizable portion of America’s airwaves. But the dirty secret of talk radio’s success is the use of hate speech masquerading as free speech. In this book, Rory O’Connor tackles the “hate talk establishment” and shows how huge media conglomerates not only make hate talk possible but make it enormously profitable. He profiles the country’s ten worst shock jocks, including Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Michael Savage, and describes how they use the guise of “not being politically correct” to ratchet up their anti-gay, anti-woman, and overtly racist language. He then shows how their celebrity leads to a climate that not only tolerates but actually perpetuates racist, sexist, homophobic, and xenophobic attitudes — making America a coarser, more dangerous place. A survey of the small but growing universe of progressive talk radio offers a respite from the verbal violence.

Shock Jocks: Hate Speech & Talk Radio

Politics & Social Sciences

Cutler, Aaron

Social Sciences

AlterNet Books

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