John Maher

They say human life is the most precious thing. The Collector doesnt agree.When world renowned archaeologist Philip Carlton suddenly and unexpectedly commits suicide, the police are called to investigate. Heading up the investigation is Detective Lucy OHara, a Forensic Linguist and she immediately sees something is wrong with the suicide note. In her gut, she knows this was cold-blooded murder.Battling sceptical superiors and the Irish establishment, Lucy digs for the truth and begins to uncover a shadowy trade in ancient artifacts led by a mysterious figure known only as The Collector.As Lucy works to uncover his identity, she soon realises she is up against a ruthless mastermind who is systematically eliminating anyone who might lead her to him. But Lucy wont give up and soon The Collector turns his attention to herThe Collector the first in a gripping new series featuring Detective Lucy OHara

Carmens Legacy tells the story of a familys journey of tragedy and hope. At Age forty-two, John Maher was involved in a fatal car crash in which he was severely injured and, the eighteen-year-old driver of the other vehicle was killed. Thankfully, John was not at fault. His injuries were so severe that doctors informed him he would never work again. Married with four daughters in either secondary school or university, this was a tremendous blow to this young family.Ange (Johns wife) had to return to work while John spent much of his time at physiotherapy, specialists, counselling, etc. John had twenty-six plates and screws in his face, neck, and back injuries, and what was rapidly becoming apparent, he had short-term memory problems.However, there was more tragedy to come for the Maher family. Just 30-months after Johns horrific car crash, the youngest of their four beautiful daughters Carmen (18), was killed in a car crash when she fell asleep at the wheel of her car and hit a tree. In an even crueller twist, her eldest sister Michelle was the third car on the crash scene when on her way to work.Carmens Legacy has many lessons, and possibly the most powerful is how the love and support of family can overcome even the most devastating and tragic event. Sadly many families have faced what this family had to face. A sequence of events is set in motion after the death of a family member in a car crash. Autopsy, selecting a burial plot, providing the clothes for your loved one to be buried in, arranging the funeral, the hymns, selecting the casket, and many more. All of these steps ended up with us burying our beautiful Carmen in a cemetery and leaving her there.Two years after Carmens death, four 18-year-old students were killed in a car crash in Bendigo. John decided to educate young drivers about the dangers on our roads. He developed Carmens Road Safety presentation and presented it at secondary schools. Telling Carmens story to years 10, 11, and 12 students hoping they would never do to their family what Carmen has done to his.Carmens Road Safety Presentation would soon become an Australian and International success. Conferences at Banks, Insurance companies, Community events, Sporting Clubs, and business would follow.Nominated for Australian of the Year on five occasions, he was named Australian of the day on December 5, 2015. Won Regional Achievement & Community Award, Won Victorian Road Safety Award, Ballarat Community Road Safety Award, and many more. Carmens Road Safety story has empowered 450,000 students and hundreds of thousands of attendees at conferences, seminars, and other events.Carmens Legacy, the book, will take you on our journey of triumph over tragedy. It will empower you to be a safer road user and help you understand who you are.The Maher family didnt know that on November 18, 1995, they would lose their beautiful Carmen forever. They would never be able to cuddle her again.We would love to give Carmen just one more cuddle.

Can it be that the human brain possesses an in-built faculty for language? Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20th century, believes that it does- that there exists a universal grammar common to all languages. Around the world children learn, in very similar ways, languages that seem entirely different. This is possible, Chomsky argues, because all human languages and their grammatical structures are linked in the human brain.Chomsky is controversial and yet highly influential, both in his pioneering work in linguistics and in his unrelenting critique of international power and his commitment to freedom and justice. These two Chomskys are heirs to the Enlightenment tradition, and this book is the ideal introduction to them both.

La importancia de Noam Chomsky como lingüista y reformador social lo convierte en una de las figuras más desafiantes del siglo XX. Existen dos «Chosmkys». Uno ha introducido perspectivas nuevas sobre

Chomsky para todos explora la interpretación chomskiana de las realidades cognitivas implicadas en el uso del lenguaje y el utillaje técnico preciso para representarla. El libro describe asimismo la critica radical de Chomsky a las instituciones de poder y las formas de opresion, asi como su compromiso con la libertad y la justicia. Las teorias de Noam Chomsky marcan un antes y un despues en la historia de la linguistica. Mantienen que el cerebro humano posee una facultad linguistica innata y que parte de esta dotacion biologica es una gramatica universal, esto es, una serie de principios comunes a todas las lenguas. Como resultado, todas las lenguas humanas y las formas en que las aprenden los niños son extraordinariamente similares. El libro de Chomsky Estructuras sintacticas marco un hito en la linguistica del siglo XX, cuestionando supuestos de muchas disciplinas como la filosofia, la psicologia y la historia intelectual. Heredero de la tradicion ilustrada, Chomsky ha introducido nuevas perspectivas sobre el lenguaje, la creacion individual y la naturaleza de la libertad humana en la sociedad.