Michael J Quinlan

Little Lost Angel

This is the story of how four girls in Indiana went to a rock concert, drove around and then lured a 12-year-old girl into their car, torturing and eventually burning her to death. It explores the motives behind the killing, revealing how the girls wanted to be popular and loved - at any cost.

Colonel House: A Biography of Woodrow Wilson's Silent Partner

A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international diplomacy and had a significant hand in crafting th...

Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic

Where did the ideas come from that became the cornerstone of American democracy? Not only the erudite Thomas Jefferson, the wily and elusive Ben Franklin, and the underappreciated Thomas Paine, but also Ethan Allen, the hero of the Green Mountain Boys, and Thomas Young, the forgotten Founder who kic...

On Nuclear Deterrence: The Correspondence of Sir Michael Quinlan (Adelphi series)

This timely book, published in the lead up to the 2012-14 decision on Trident renewal, makes available for the first time the late Sir Michael Quinlan’s private correspondence on nuclear deterrence. It shows why Sir Michael, as Policy Director and then Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence ...

A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas

Audie Award, Business/Educational, 2015 In this groundbreaking book, journalist and innovation expert Warren Berger shows that one of the most powerful forces for igniting change in business and in our daily lives is a simple, underappreciated tool - one that has been available to us since childhood...

Microbe Hunters: The Classic Book on the Major Discoveries of the Microscopic World

This science classic by Paul de Kruif chronicles the pioneering bacteriological work of the first scientists to see and learn from the microscopic world. Paul de Kruif's Microbe Hunters is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered mi...

Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery

When reading through the Bible, it is impossible to ignore the troubling fact that Israel and its leaders—and even Jesus' own disciples—seem unable to fully grasp the messianic identity and climactic mission of Jesus. If his true deity, his death and resurrection and his role in the establishment of...

Retribution

"Retribution proves that the scariest story is the true story. Here's the real intelligence operation." -Brad MeltzerA shattering debut thriller in which an unstoppable force of destruction is about to strike at the heart of America.The remote and impenetrable Pakistani mountains have offered refuge...

Systematic Occupational Health and Safety Management: Perspectives on an International Development

Little Lost Angel

Managing Occupational Health and Safety: A Multidisciplinary Approach

The Osiris Numbers

Thinking about Nuclear Weapons

European Defense Cooperation: Asset or Threat to Nato?

Michael Quinlan (civil servant)

Sir Michael Quinlan, GCB (11 August 1930 26 February 2009) was a distinguished former British defence strategist and former Permanent Under-Secretary of ...