Mike Walker takes us on a journey from a tiny village in Cornwall, through the criminal stews of Georgian London, to the hold of a disease-ridden convict ship and on to the far end of the Earth. Then, in an isolated prison colony with only a few weeks of supplies between it and starvation we follow Mary Broad on a 3000 mile journey in a 20 foot boat from freedom to shipwreck and re-incarceration in a London prison cell where she faces the death sentence for the second time, or the possibility of starting the terrible experience all over again. Her salvation comes in the unlikely form of James Boswell, lawyer and gentleman who defends her case and wins her freedom. Mary Broad’s story is brought to life in Mike Walker’s hands with the help of original diaries, state records and newspapers describing the conditions and events of the day, and the incredible hardships and losses suffered by our heroine.

A Long Way Home: The Life and Adventures of the Convict Mary Bryant

Biographies & Memoirs

Walker, Mike

Community & Culture

wiley

When Jim Crawford, the flamboyant Chairman of Electronics company, Ayot plc, launches a hostile bid for old-fashioned Byfield plc it is at first appears just another example of market forces dictating the survival of the fittest, irrespective of the human cost. But it soon becomes apparent that Crawford has another motivation: an old score to settle with Byfield's Chairman, John Parker. When things get personal cool business sense is the first business casualty.  Takeover gives an exhilarating view of how business really works at board level and sounds a salutary warning to acquisition-hungry businesses: if you think acquisitions are an easy route to growth, think again.  Takeover is essential reading for everybody interested in business and how the financial world works. Ride the takeover roundabout and experience the excitement of success and the grim reality of the terrible financial and human cost when things go wrong  Treason doth prosper, what the reason?  For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.  Sir John Harington, Epigrams, 1618

Takeover

Business & Money

WAINE, PETER

Finance

Powder Puff Derby: Petticoat Pilots and Flying Flappers

This book follows the early years of women aviators from the end of World War I through the madcap years of the 1920s to the establishment of aviation as a serious part of defense and commercial activities during World War II. Award-winning writer Mike Walker writes about a time of immense social and technical change that radically transformed the position of women and became the golden years for the development of aviation.

History

World

Americas

Quaternary Dating Methods

This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods. 
Coverage includes: <ul>
<li>the concept of time in Quaternary Science and related fields</li> <li>the history of dating from lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy</li> <li>the development and application of radiometric methods</li> <li>different methods in dating: radiometric dating, incremental dating, relative dating and age equivalence</li> </ul>
Presented in a clear and straightforward manner with the minimum of technical detail, this text is a great introduction for both students and practitioners in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences. Praise from the reviews: "This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist." SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, September 2006 “…very well organized, clearly and straightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the wide field of Quaternary dating methods…” JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, January 2007

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

When Jim Crawford, the flamboyant Chairman of Electronics company, Ayot plc, launches a hostile bid for old-fashioned Byfield plc it is at first appears just another example of market forces dictating the survival of the fittest, irrespective of the human cost. But it soon becomes apparent that Crawford has another motivation: an old score to settle with Byfield's Chairman, John Parker. When things get personal cool business sense is the first business casualty. Takeover gives an exhilarating view of how business really works at board level and sounds a salutary warning to acquisition-hungry businesses: if you think acquisitions are an easy route to growth, think again. Takeover is essential reading for everybody interested in business and how the financial world works. Ride the takeover roundabout and experience the excitement of success and the grim reality of the terrible financial and human cost when things go wrong Treason doth prosper, what the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason. Sir John Harington, Epigrams, 1618

BADMINTON TODAY, 2nd Edition covers the basics in every area-from rules and courtesies of the game to the strokes and strategies. The book allows the player to progress from beginning, to intermediate, and to the advanced levels of play. The text also addresses proper conditioning from weight training and stretching to the mental and physical aspects of the game.

Badminton Today

Sports & Outdoors

Kim, Sunny

Racket Sports

Cengage Learning'

Take a trip to Gullah Gullah Island with the Alston family and Binyah Binyah Polliwog. These multiculturally rich and diverse books will have preschoolers learning, singing, and playing along with master storytellers Ron and Natalie Daise. Full color.

Ranger Mike'S Animal Abc'S Gullah Gullah Island Sticker Book#1: A Sticker Book From A To Almost Z

Children's Books

Daise, Natalie E.

Animals

Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon

This is a practical guide to the theoretical knowledge and skills that underpin good teaching. It is aimed particularly at teachers of life support courses, but the content is applicable to all teaching.

Pocket Guide to Teaching for Medical Instructors

Medical Books

Group, Advanced Life Support

Advanced Life-Support Group

Allied Health Professions

BMJ Books

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