Foley Books

This book had me rolling around with laughter for hours upon hours. That Omar, he has so many tricks up his fur.Tracy is smart in the way she protectes Omar.Double thumbs up to the author.If I was to be a cat I would want to be Omar because he is so cool.

Some live long and interesting lives without ever being recognized or having their biography noted. Thanks to Father Foley, the story of Bishop Healy is available in this fine volume. This priest broke many barriers in his long service to the church, the country, and the people whom he served.He rose from birth as a slave in Georgia, his father being an Irishman and his mother a slave. Sent to New England in order to get an education, he established himself and led a full life in which he contributed a number of extraordinary experiences. We are blessed that someone took the time to tell his story.

This recent book provides a fascinating account of an important World War II subject about which, until now, there has been a dearth of information among the plethora of writings on that conflict. The military chaplaincy played a significant an influential role during the war and such is reflected in this account of a Jesuit chaplain.

The story of John P. Foley is not another WW II memoir written either too soon after the conflict to provide historical perspective, or long after relying on faded memories. Rather, it is predicated on a detailed war diary of a well-educated priest and Naval officer. The author uses the diary accompanied by interviews with the subject as a basis for the book. He has however, the academic background to relate the story in relevant historical terms and offers analysis in this regard. Dr. O'Brien manages the difficult task of balancing a scholarly endeavor with an enjoyable read.

This work is a history book more so than a religious one. It is about a very important part of naval life in a combat theatre. It is not a sugar-coated version. The author pulls no punches about the realities of life at the time, including serious conflict between the chaplain and senior officers.

It seems today that subjects with any sort of religious connotation are politically incorrect however, during the war religion had a significant influence. Any study of "the greatest generation" would be left wanting without an understanding of the historical and social impact men like Father Foley had on those who fought the war.

I was blessed with a family that loved and shared poetry. This book was the most influential and best-loved of my childhood. I still read it aloud - as these verses were meant to be read. At family gatherings, we recite our favorites together. In my view, Foley is America's 'every man's' poet; his work is not only accessible, but still relevant in its honest and humorous characterizations of people and relationships. Just try to make it through Billy Peeble's Christmas without getting a bit choked up.

If you're tired of staying at Motel 6 on every trip, this book provides you with some great options throughout the Mid-Atlantic. The author really did his research, and he gives you a really detailed picture of every inn and hotel listed, from the most interesting dishes on the dinner menu to the exotic and/or amusing history behind some of the establishments.

This is a book from the old days 1909. It leads step by step through the use of entropy charts in thermodynamics. Computer programs do the same task today with more accuracy but the user does not get a feel for the underlying concept when the computer simply pops up a number.

I was so impressed by this book by Gloria Johnson-Mansfield and Ann Foley. The book tells the history of Cambridge, Maryland through pictures. Cambridge is a historic village on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The amount of work and love that must have gone into this book is obvious. They say a picture can say a thousand words, and in this book they do, but the well researched captions and explanations that accompany the vintage photographs are a treasure as well. I'm looking forward to the companion book, Dorchester, that I understand is forthcoming.

Editors Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin note in their preface to The Case Against Assisted Suicide that much of the dialogue on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) involved one side invoking religious principles against assisted suicide, while the other proponents of PAS invoked feelings compassion and talk about autonomy. This book is a welcome change to that deadlock by investigating in non-sectarian language the very problematic nature of physician-assisted suicide. Even better, the primary contributions are from physicians in end-of-life care or disability advocates and hospice workers, giving the reader an intimate view of the realities of end-of-life care.

The book is divided into four sections:

The first section has an impressive line-up. Bioethicist Dan Callahan's essay on compassion and its limits undercuts some of the strongest arguments that PAS proponents make. He is joined by Yale Kamisar's legal critique of PAS, and also an essay on the patient-doctor relationship by Leon Kass, the head of the Presidential Committee of Bioethics.

The second section is the most disturbing as it examines the reality of physician assisted suicide in Oregon, the Netherlands, and during a period of time in the Northwest Territory of Australia. Every essay is written by one or two physicians who practice medicine in the country or state affected by assisted suicide. Running as a theme through all these accounts is the silence surrounding suicides, the squelching of meaningful discussion of suicide alternatives, and the lack of any real oversight.

Upon reading the second section, a PAS proponent may retort, "oh fine, the Dutch and the Oregonians have messed it up, so we'll just improve it in the future." The third part of the book, however, has several articles that show that the problems in Oregon and elsewhere are symptomatic of inherent vulnerabilities in the disabled population. Diane Coleman, a disabled lawyer and founder of the disability organization Not Dead Yet, has a particularly good piece on the struggles of the disabled in America to obtain proper care and the threats posed to them by institutionalized suicide.

The fourth section has a brief history on the first modern hospice in London, and how its mission has involved, often from the experiences of their first patients. The last piece is by editor Kathleen Foley, who summarizes some of the current American initiatives on improving end of life care, and also how both physicians' and the public's views on death and its psychology have evolved, and where they need to improve.

The Case Against Assisted Suicide is a well-organized volume that brings together a very complicated issue and develops a powerful argument for how we need to practice medicine and care for some of society's most vulnerable members.

This will warm the hearts of all with ties to England

What has happened to this great series? They turned me on to reading a decade ago, and would do the same for kids now I'm sure. This was a great one, if you could get your hands on a copy read it.