Bøger af Mac O'Shea

What is someone's character? How do you know someone else's, and how do you recognize your own? According to author Mac O'Shea, character shows itself during times of personal hardship and under nearly unbearable circumstances. Your character comes through when you are faced with an impossible choice. You can choose to continue, or you can choose to give up. In the twelve stories of this new collection, Hour of Adversity, O'Shea takes you to such moments in twelve different vignettes. His characters, from a vivacious young soldier to a Lakota medicine man, are taken to the edge of what they can bear, and he shows you exactly what they choose to do about it. Bad things can happen to good people, regardless of circumstance. It's what they decide to do when those bad moments appear that really matters. Some buckle under the pressure. Others rise to the occasion. O'Shea's stories encompass a variety of different literary genres and take you on a journey across time and space. While his work shows the worst things that can happen to a human, it also shows the strength of the human spirit and the hope that lingers in the darkest of moments.

Last Mile Home is the second book in O’Shea’s revealing Ivory Tower Trilogy. In this fast paced saga, a cast of modern fictional characters interact within the social and political context of higher education. Through their eyes, you are invited to steal a rare glimpse of the private, blemished face that generally is hidden by many public universities.

Enter the modern world of public higher education—a place where organizational politics, power, and corruption flourish. Explore the inside drama of daily life on America’s campuses. Discover why many believe the lethal maneuvers in the Pentagon truly pale in comparison to the power and politics that permeate the hallways behind the Ivory Tower’s facade. Walk through the serene veil that obscures the true nature of many universities.Behind the distinguished brick architecture and the peaceful serenity of flowers, trees, and landscaped grounds, there is a brutish private face of academia that few discern. Beyond the boundaries of classroom walls, the routine activities of teaching and learning become secondary, negligible efforts. In this story, you will encounter an organizational culture where anger, greed, arrogance, and prejudice nurture and reward corruption. Examine the intrigue behind a complex set of relationships where power brokers strike unholy deals and crush those who stand in their way. Experience the undercurrents of unabashed evil where senior faculty “eat their young” and many campus administrators believe, like Machiavelli, the end always justifies the means.