Tom Ward

The Cry of A Warrior is a hard hitting book that deals with the current day teachings in the church today. Are we really learning the truth about what the Bible teaches or do we accept at face value what someone says? This book will challenge what you believe, it will challenge you to open the Bible and read for yourself what the Bible teaches.

The Cry of A Warrior

DAN. WARD O'HARA (TOM. ORAM, STEPHEN.)

Stephen Oram

When tomorrow has become a question mark, can science fiction be a means of exploring the answer? Eighteen bursts of speculative fiction that explore the landscape of the near future: short stories that depict a world populated by killer voice-controlled speakers, AIs with mental health disorders, narcotic nanobots, and more.

Near-Future Fictions

Virtual Futures

Critical junctures are an enduring and important concept in the study of institutions and institutional change. Despite this, the literature on the concept prompts a certain amount of definitive ambiguity around what a critical juncture is, what it relates to, and how best we should approach describing and explaining these rare instances of significant institutional change. With a view to generating greater clarity around the concept, this paper presents and utilises a renewed critical juncture framework, which incorporates Historical Institutionalist and Discursive Institutionalist concepts. The framework helps to explore the role of context, openings, institutions, ideas, agents and discourse in these significant change events. The framework is then utilised in relation to the Irish Department of Finance (DoF), which is, and has always been, a pivotal institution at the heart of the Irish system of government and public policy. But the Department's position and influence in government has arguably been impacted to an extent by institutional tinkering over the last number of decades. One example of this relates to its Public Service Management function, which was carved away in 1973 with the establishment of the Department of the Public Service (DPS). It returned in 1987 following the disbandment of the DPS, but the function and personnel never fully re-integrated back into the DoF, leaving a less than cohesive policy actor. This, alongside other factors, led to the most recent change in 2011 with the establishment of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). Given the dearth of scholarly attention on the Department of Finance, the paper places some much needed focus on this key governing actor, these key junctures, and the changing Irish core executive.

From DPS to DPER.

Critical Junctures and the Department of Finance

London, 2054. After a devastating global pandemic and a bloody revolution, Britain’s new government imposes peace by stringently dictating the nation’s cultural intake. In the quest to create better citizens, everything from the television we watch to the clothes we wear is strictly policed. As part of the unit tasked with upholding these so-called ‘Bad Taste Laws’, H. and his partner, Bagby, have their work cut out. When former reality TV star Caleb Jennings is found murdered, some suspect it could be a simple vigilante slaying. But, as H. digs deeper into the killing, Bagby’s association with old revolutionary figureheads is called into question. With the help of Caleb’s estranged sister, the museum curator Kate Faron, H. must navigate a Britain in which paranoia and suspicion of the unknown are rife, all the while dealing with the mysterious tech behemoth Vangelis, new revolutionary murmurings, and the legacy of Kate’s biologist parents. Compelled by what he uncovers, H. begins to question his loyalty to the state at a time when national stability couldn’t be more precarious.

The Lion and The Unicorn

Michael Haynes

Sarah M. Chen

Nick Andreychuk

Mike Miner

Tom Swoffer

Kou K. Nelson

C. D. Reimer

Tekla Dennison Miller

Laird Long

Josh MacLeod

Martin Roy HIll

Gary Cahill

The first Plan B collection showcases a wide variety of plans gone sideways — private eyes getting stuck on cases they really don’t want to take, petty criminals getting in over their heads, law enforcement professionals on the wrong side of the bars, and upstanding citizens finding themselves to be not so law-abiding after all. These stories are as varied as they are excellent — there are light-hearted tales to make you smile, literary pieces that challenge the definition of crime writing, and realistic portraits of difficult and disturbing decisions. Whatever your tastes, I’m sure you’ll find something to enjoy here and maybe something to surprise you.

a mystery and crime anthology

Plan B Volume I

Based on the proven premise that "individuals are perfectly designed to get the outcomes they get", The Power of Living By Design provokes your thoughts using a framework called the Successful Life Systems Design Model to guide you in understanding choices you’ve made in your life, either consciously or unconsciously. Integrating classic success principles from over twenty resources as alternative choices, The Power of Living By Design then provides a sequenced system to assure your future choices are aligned to efficiently work together toward your desired success. As builders follow the architect’s plans to remodel an outdated house into a beautiful home, with lessons from The Power of Living By Design, you can use the framework to identify the rooms in your life that merit remodelling and the sequenced system to create a personal blueprint for reconstruction. You become your own architect and builder of the future you yearn. For individuals that seek to understand the cause and effect of their choices and are looking for a systematic approach to changing some choices in their life, The Power of Living By Design is an integration of proven strategies and techniques to make a difference in designing a life of fulfillment.

The Power of Living By Design

Tom Ward

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