Bøker av Robert O'Brien

Amid the vast canvas of World War II history, inspired by "Band of Brothers" and the valor of the 101st Airborne, lies a story of love between John, a gallant soldier, and Mary, a vibrant Spanish woman from Sóller, Mallorca. Their paths cross in war-ravaged Paris, where amidst the tumult, a delicate romance flourishes.John, fighting with the 101st, is bewitched by Mary's indomitable spirit. Paris, besieged yet enduring, hosts their growing love, with the Eiffel Tower standing as a steadfast symbol of hope. Despite the city being a stage of conflict, their connection deepens, illustrating that even during strife, love endures.Their story is one of heartfelt promises and the dream of reunion as John marches to battle and Mary returns to Mallorca. Though separated by war's cruel tide, their hearts remain entwined, each beating with the rhythm of hope and the enduring power of love.

Amid the vast canvas of World War II history, inspired by "Band of Brothers" and the valor of the 101st Airborne, lies a story of love between John, a gallant soldier, and Mary, a vibrant Spanish woman from Sóller, Mallorca. Their paths cross in war-ravaged Paris, where amidst the tumult, a delicate romance flourishes.John, fighting with the 101st, is bewitched by Mary's indomitable spirit. Paris, besieged yet enduring, hosts their growing love, with the Eiffel Tower standing as a steadfast symbol of hope. Despite the city being a stage of conflict, their connection deepens, illustrating that even during strife, love endures.Their story is one of heartfelt promises and the dream of reunion as John marches to battle and Mary returns to Mallorca. Though separated by war's cruel tide, their hearts remain entwined, each beating with the rhythm of hope and the enduring power of love.

Meet Alex, a lawyer with a murky moral background who faces his reckoning in the celestial Recycling Center. Offered a unique opportunity for redemption, he navigates a cycle of reincarnation, transforming from a humble mosquito into various other animals. His adventures unfold in the iconic setting of New York's Central Park, where he becomes part of the "Alice Gang," a diverse group of animals and insects that gather around the famed Alice in Wonderland statue.As Alex undergoes uproarious misadventures and deepening friendships, he starts to grasp the true virtues of love, sacrifice, and community. Each challenge he faces earns him celestial points, drawing him closer to his ultimate goal of heavenly ascension. Both a humorous escapade and a reflective journey, the tale serves as a poignant reminder that it's never too late for personal growth and ethical transformation.

Robert O'Brien was born in the late '60s in Pasadena, Texas. Growing up as a boy in the '70s before the age of video games, VCRs and cable television, Robert and his friends used their vivid imaginations to create a fantasy world around their real-life events. We Were Boys is the retelling of these events, cast in the fantasy in which they were first imagined. Hilariously funny, and retold in great detail, we follow Robert and his friends as they parachute into enemy territory, travel down the Amazon River and make the first landing on Mars. The stories and antics of Robert and his friends remind us that imagination is how dreams begin, And that without imagination we might have never taken the journeys that expanded our minds and hearts.

"Lost Poems of My Youth" beckons the soul into a profound journey through the tapestry of the human condition. Poems written in my youth and rediscovered after three decades. This collection of poems and cantos, penned with the weight of introspection and the grace of a bygone era's quill, chronicles a pilgrimage through landscapes both desolate and lush with vivid emotion. Each poem-a reflective shard of a larger mosaic-explores the depths of existential dread, the pinnacles of ephemeral joy, and the quiet spaces in between. Here, the echoes of a village swallowed by silence, the wisdom found in the sky's form, and the battle cries against the demons of our own making resound in harmonious discord. Crafted for the contemplative spirit, these poems serve as waypoints on a path of self-discovery and universal truth, where every reader finds a piece of themselves within the verse. "Lost Poems of My Youth" is not just a book of poetry-it's an odyssey that stitches the reader into the very fabric of its timeless narrative.

This book presents an introduction to the problems and strategies for modeling age, period, and cohort (APC) effects for aggregate-level data. These strategies include constrained estimation, the use of age and/or period and/or cohort characteristics, estimable functions, variance decomposition, and a new technique called the s-constraint approa

Recent international subsidy regulation is contributing to a dual transformation of the state. Subsidy conflicts emerge as the attempts by states, firms and social forces to adapt to an increasingly global economy collide with variations of liberal development models.

This book presents an introduction to the problems and strategies for modeling age, period, and cohort (APC) effects for aggregate-level data. These strategies include constrained estimation, the use of age and/or period and/or cohort characteristics, estimable functions, variance decomposition, and a new technique called the s-constraint approach. Emphasizing both the geometry and algebra of several APC approaches, the book develops readers¿ understanding of the statistical issues of APC analysis and shows how common methods are related to each other.