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Rory O'Connor
From the stand-up comedian behind the phenomenally successful Facebook page Rory’s Stories, this look back at the lighter side of lockdown is filled with Rory’s trademark banter and observational gems…
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Based on the popular Facebook page, which regularly reaches over 500,000 people, The Rory’s Stories Guide to the GAA covers it all: bleep tests; forty-way WhatsApp conversations; fair-weather Dub supporters…
A laugh-out-loud guide to the most important things about being Irish, from weddings to hangovers, to politicians and bartenders, and yes, more hangovers.
Drawing on decades of work in the field of suicide prevention and research, and having been bereaved by suicide twice, Professor O'Connor is here to help. And for those who…
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As research in and around health psychology flourishes, this new 4 volume collection is an authoritative reference work that makes sense of a growing corpus of literature. The collection gathers…
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Professor Rory O'Connor
‘One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. But sadly, for the most part, we are reluctant to talk about it. It is one of the last remaining taboos.’
Professor…
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The true story of the arduous journey of the funny man behind the social media phenomenon, Rory’s Stories. Told with his trademark humour, this straight-talking memoir is a book for…
Owen Barfield
An all-new collection of Barfield's essays and lectures, with a special introduction and notes.
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A new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare, this is a four-volume collection of cutting-edge and canonical research on suicide.
RC O'Connor
The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention, 2nd Edition, presents a series of readings that consider the individual and societal factors that lead to suicide, it addresses ways these factors may…
This volume will explore software development risk both from a technological and business perspective. Issues regarding strategies for software development are discussed and topics including risks related to technical performance…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th EuroSPI conference, held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in September 2017.The 56 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from…
These proceedings contain selected research papers for five topics: Section I: SPI Tools Section II: SPI Methods Section III: SPI in SMEs Section IV: Economic Aspects of SPI Section V…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2011, held in Dublin, Ireland, in May/June 2011.
Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th European Conference, EuroSPI 2008, Dublin, Ireland, September 2008. This book contains the papers that are organized in topical sections on organisational issues; productivity…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI conference, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in September 2019. The 18 revised…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2015, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2015. The 17 revised…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th EuroSPI conference, held in Dundalk, Ireland, in June 2013. They are organized in topical sections on SPI Safety and Regulation Issues…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th EuroSPI conference, held in Vienna, Austria, in June 2012. They are organized in topical sections on SPI and business factors; SPI…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI conference, held in Bilbao, Spain, in September 2018.
The 56 revised…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2018, held in Tessaloniki, Greece, in October 2018. The 26 full…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2014, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, in November 2014. The papers are…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd EuroSPI conference, held in Graz, Austria, in September 2016.The 15 revised full papers presented together with 14 selected key notes and…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2013, held in Bremen, Germany, in June 2013. The 21 revised…
The 18 revised papers presented together with 11 invited papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected. The volume also contains selected keynote papers from EuroSPI workshops and invited…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2016, held in Dublin, Ireland, in June 2016. The 28 full…
Focuses on clarifying theoretical foundations of balanced design methods with conceptual frameworks and empirical cases. The book highlights a broad range of topics, including business trends, IT service, and software…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2017, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in October 2017.The 34…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2012, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in May 2012. The…
This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 13th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2006, held in Joensuu, Finland in October 2006. The 18 revised full papers presented were…
This edited volume covers essential and recent development in the engineering and management of data centers. Data centers are complex systems requiring ongoing support, and their high value for keeping…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22st EuroSPI conference, held in Ankara, Turkey, in September/October 2015.The 18 revised papers presented together with 9 selected key notes and workshop…
