The story of worldwide royal patronage of golf, from the Stuart kings of the 15th century to the present day king of Morocco. It deals with the most prestigious clubs in the world, detailing when and how their royal titles were granted, and recounting anecdotes about the royalty involved. Sir Peter Allen, former chairman of I.C.I., is the author of "Play the Best Courses" and "Famous Fairways".

Sunley Book of Royal Golf

Sports & Outdoors

ALLEN, PETER

Golf

Century Hutchinson*

SPSS Statistics: A Practical Guide

Heritage, Brody

Bennett, Kellie

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cengage Learning Australia

Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political class. The question of who our politicians are is front and centre. Do they represent us? Are all politicians just in it for themselves? Are they disconnected from the lives of normal people? In The Political Class, Peter Allen argues that our current political class are in many important ways unlike the British people as a whole, and this matters a lot. Our politicians are currently largely drawn from limited sections of society, reflecting patterns of wider social and economic inequality which mean that, for many people, running for political office is almost impossible. This leaves us with a political class that can justifiably be described as uniform in who they are, what they think, and how they behave. Putting the state of British democracy under the microscope, Allen argues that having a more diverse political class would not only better reflect democratic principles of equality, but would also result in more legitimate political outcomes. We need to radically reshape political institutions so that more citizens have a real chance of becoming involved in making the decisions that affect all of our lives. Only by doing this can the gap between the political class and the public be reduced, and British democracy live up to its name.

The Political Class: Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Oxford University Press

One more river: The Rhine crossings of 1945

J.M.Dent.

Lectures on Aural Catarrh: The Commonest Forms of Deafness and Their Cure

History

Wentworth Press

The Cambridge Apostles: The Early Years

For more than one hundred and fifty years the Cambridge Apostles have played an influential role in the development of the British intelligentsia. Peter Allen's concern is with the origins and early history of this long-lived coterie and in particular with those years just before the first Reform Bill when the central figures among the Apostles were F. D. Maurice, Arthur Hallam and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He explains the reasons for the club's extraordinary powers of survival and traces the stages of its early development. Using manuscript material, he describes the principal members of the Apostolic group and reveals its inner life through extensive quotation from their correspondence. The early Apostles' role in the formation of the Victorian intelligentsia is exemplified, and they are shown to have made important contributions to the rising movement of liberal intellectualism, a movement which brought about profound changes to Victorian opinion and in society itself.

Biographies & Memoirs

Cambridge University Press

For more than one hundred and fifty years the Cambridge Apostles have played an influential role in the development of the British intelligentsia. Peter Allen's concern is with the origins and early history of this long-lived coterie and in particular with those years just before the first Reform Bill when the central figures among the Apostles were F. D. Maurice, Arthur Hallam and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He explains the reasons for the club's extraordinary powers of survival and traces the stages of its early development. Using manuscript material, he describes the principal members of the Apostolic group and reveals its inner life through extensive quotation from their correspondence. The early Apostles' role in the formation of the Victorian intelligentsia is exemplified, and they are shown to have made important contributions to the rising movement of liberal intellectualism, a movement which brought about profound changes to Victorian opinion and in society itself.

Explores the political and economic factors which contributed to the outbreak of World War II. Includes quotations from contemporary documents and sources.

The Origins of World War II (Witness History)

Children's Books

Bookwright Pr

Book club edition. Dustjacket tattered and torn. Edge wear to boards.

One More River: The Rhine Crossings of 1945

Military

Scribner Book Company

In excellent shape dustcover intact

The Yom Kippur War

Middle East

Scribner

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