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Michael Foley

Michael Foley was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but has lived most of his adult life in London, working for twenty-three years as a Lecturer in Information Technology at the University of Westminster before retiring in 2007 to concentrate on... Read full bio

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A. Just where I am
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My life in 8 words: "Apparently conventional and uninteresting, actually an unfathomable conundrum"
Embracing the Ordinary will be released on June 06, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
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Embracing the Ordinary will be released on July 05, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
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Embracing the Ordinary is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jul 05, 2012
The Age of Absurdity will be released on February 03, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 03, 2011
The Age of Absurdity is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 03, 2011
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Life is absurd – but divinely absurd. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Homemade chicken soup with vegetables and barley. Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Shakespeare. I would like to look him in the eye and say, 'You're a cunning one, aren't you? You're one cunning boy.' Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Contempt Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Anthony in Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra Learn more about Michael Foley

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Huffington Post UK, May 8, 2013
...the best of all: 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.' Michael Foley will be speaking at this year's HowTheLightGetsIn, the world's largest philosophy and music festival held in association with the Huff Post...
Catholic World Report, January 7, 2013
...best not to expect beach reading. Confessions, by St. Augustine, trans. F.J. Sheed, edited with notes by Michael Foley: Most readers of CWR won’t need to be convinced that Augustine’s great book should be on everyone’s list. I mention this...
Guardian.co.uk, December 28, 2012
...sympathetic account of connections between war experiences and mountaineering exploits after 1918. Maria C McCarthy Teynham, Sittingbourne, Kent Michael Foley offers a kind of literary philosophy in Embracing the Ordinary (Simon & Schuster). Among the...
Times Live South Africa, December 17, 2012
...awarded the 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize for his novel, 'Lost Ground' EUSEBIUS MCKAISER Embracing the Ordinary, by Michael Foley, is my best read this year. We live in a world in which grand, enviably admirable, unattainable and extraordinary lives...
KGWN TV, September 20, 2012
...s Chemical Biology Platform and AstraZeneca will optimize, develop and commercialize potential compounds from identified, high-quality leads. Dr. Michael Foley Dr. Manos Perros, vice president and head of the AstraZeneca Infection Innovative...
PR-USA.net, September 13, 2012
...s Chemical Biology Platform and AstraZeneca will optimize, develop and commercialize potential compounds from identified, high-quality leads. Dr. Michael Foley, director of the Broad Institute's Chemical Biology Platform said: "We are thrilled to be...
Equities.com, September 10, 2012
...s Chemical Biology Platform and AstraZeneca will optimize, develop and commercialize potential compounds from identified, high-quality leads. Dr. Michael Foley, director of the Broad Institute's Chemical Biology Platform said: "We are thrilled to be...
The West Online, May 11, 2013
...over the past fortnight, the Force are still stuck in bottom spot in the Australian conference. But coach Michael Foley has seen enough upside to warm his heart, with the team showing great resolve since their embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Brumbies a...
The Sydney News, May 11, 2013
...over the past fortnight, the Force are still stuck in bottom spot in the Australian conference.But coach Michael Foley has seen enough upside to warm his heart, with the team showing great resolve since their embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Brumbies a...
AllVoices, May 11, 2013
...But coach Michael Foley has seen enough upside to warm his heart, with the team showing great resolve since their embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Brumbies a fortnight ago. "We are restless about...
Yahoo!Xtra, May 11, 2013
...over the past fortnight, the Force are still stuck in bottom spot in the Australian conference. But coach Michael Foley has seen enough upside to warm his heart, with the team showing great resolve since their embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Brumbies a...
Special Broadcasting Service, May 10, 2013
...over the past fortnight, the Force are still stuck in bottom spot in the Australian conference. But coach Michael Foley has seen enough upside to warm his heart, with the team showing great resolve since their embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Brumbies a...
Darrien News-Review, May 10, 2013
...proud of the way the guys fought back today." Warde took a 2-0 second inning lead when Michael Foley hit a run-scoring sacrifice fly to center and Tommy Luckner hit an RBI single. Trailing 3-2, Warde pulled even in the top of the sixth on an RBI...
West Australian, May 10, 2013
...over the past fortnight, the Force are still stuck in bottom spot in the Australian conference. But coach Michael Foley has seen enough upside to warm his heart, with the team showing great resolve since their embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Brumbies a...