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The book offers a comprehensive examination of the 2002 Irish general election, exploring the campaign's context and the effectiveness of political marketing strategies. It includes firsthand accounts from candidate campaign diaries and analyzes voting patterns through aggregate data and surveys. Additionally, it discusses the post-election negotiations that shaped the new government and reflects on the implications for the future of the Irish party system, making it a valuable resource for understanding this pivotal election.

Into Extra Time is Gallagher's final book, written in the knowledge that his death was imminent. It started as a diary for himself, trying to explore his experience of illness. But it became clear that the story of a believer going through stages of cancer could offer some spiritual light for others in such times of struggle.

The book presents a collection of reflections that capture the insights of prominent thinkers on the intersection of faith with modern life and culture. Through these translations of their voices, it explores how contemporary issues are influenced by spiritual beliefs, offering a thought-provoking examination of faith's relevance in today's society.

The book presents a thought-provoking perspective that the language of faith can obstruct genuine belief. Michael Paul Gallagher emphasizes the importance of storytelling, dialogue, and living authentically to express faith, drawing inspiration from Jesus' example. This refreshing approach encourages readers to explore how personal narratives and interactions can enhance their spiritual journey.

Learning to feel comfortable with public speaking positively impacts students' school and future career success. In this introductory text, Michael Gallagher emphasizes speaking both as a life skill and as an activity for competitive Speech and Debate events. The book is divided into four sections: Getting Started, The Basics, Competitive Speaking Events, and Honing Your Skills. In these four sections are 30 chapters that cover all the basics of public speaking, from the vocabulary of speech and debate to how to develop listening skills. Included in the book are learning games, information about group dynamics, visual aids, nonverbal communication exercises, readers theatre, and choral reading. Section Three teaches students about competitive speaking events such as original oratory, extemporaneous speaking, policy debate, and Lincoln-Douglas debate and includes activities for preparation. Two appendices add value to this comprehensive, student-friendly guide to public speaking.

This new edition provides a guide to the relationship between faith and culture. Providing an introduction to all the major figures, issues and debates, this guide is useful for students and those wishing to unlock the realities of contemporary culture

The author presents innovative approaches to integrating Christianity into secular contexts, utilizing examples from literature, film, and popular culture. By examining these diverse mediums, the book offers insightful strategies for engaging contemporary society with Christian themes and values.

The fourth edition of this text continues to unite the theoretical analysis of representative government and its application to the real world of politics--with a unique focus on the core features of representative government as they manifest themselves across the whole of modern Europe. The book identifies and examines broad themes and patterns in the politics of the whole of “modern Europe†--not, as some other books do, only with regard to a handful of often atypical countries. Europe has been transformed by the dramatic democratization of many of the former Communist states of central and eastern Europe; reflecting this change, the fourth edition has also been transformed: country coverage has been extended to include all of the eight post-communist states that are now members of the EU, and discussion of politics in these countries has been integrated into the main body of text and tables. The “modern Europe†discussed in this book is thus the Europe that came into being in May 2004, and the text reflects the ways in which thinking about representative government has changed as a result of these dramatic developments.