Ian Brown: 38 books
by Ian Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Ian Brown spent almost thirty years in the police force, rising through the ranks to work on some of the best-known crimes of the twentieth century.
From witnessing the brutality of the Kray twins to chasing the spoils from the Brink’s-Mat gold bullion robbery, Brown was never too far away...
The Boy in the Moon
A Father's Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2011
"[A]n intimate glimpse into the life of a family that cares around the clock for a disabled child, that gets so close to the love and despair, and the complex questions the life of such a child raises...It is a beautiful book, heartfelt and profound,...
Sixty: A Diary
My Year of Aging Semi-Gracefully
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
“This is the thing, you see: I am on my way to being an old man. But at sixty, I am still the youngest of old men.”
As acclaimed journalist and author Ian Brown’s sixtieth birthday loomed, every moment seemed to present a choice: Confront, or deny, the biological fact that the end was...
by Ian Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Burma was among the most prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by the military who took power in...
The School of Oriental and African Studies
Imperial Training and the Expansion of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
The School of Oriental and African Studies, a college of the University of London, was established in 1916 principally to train the colonial administrators who ran the British Empire in the languages of Asia and Africa. It was founded, that is, with an explicitly imperial purpose. Yet the School would...
History as Theatrical Metaphor
History, Myth and National Identities in Modern Scottish Drama
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
This revelatory study explores how Scottish history plays, especially since the 1930s, raise issues of ideology, national identity, historiography, mythology, gender and especially Scottish language. Covering topics up to the end of World War Two, the book addresses the work of many key figures from...
Cisco IOS Cookbook
Field-Tested Solutions to Cisco Router Problems
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008
Never has something cried out for a cookbook quite as much as Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS). IOS is powerful and flexible, but also confusing and daunting. Most tasks can be accomplished in several different ways. And you don't want to spend precious time figuring out which way is best...
Motorcycle Messengers 2
Tales from the Road by Writers who Ride
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2019
Motorcycle Messengers 2 is another collection of stories from some of the leading writers in the motorcycle travel genre ... plus a few people you've never heard of. Consider it a sample pack of authors. Rekindle memories of your own trips, find inspiration for new rides, or learn a few lessons from...
A Colonial Economy in Crisis
Burma's Rice Cultivators and the World Depression of the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
The book challenges the orthodox argument that rural populations which abandoned self-sufficiency to become single commodity producers, and were supposedly very vulnerable to the commodity price collapse of the 1930s Depression, did not suffer as much as has been supposed. It shows how the effects...
by Kevin Dooley, Ian Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2003
While several publishers (including O'Reilly) supply excellent documentation of router features, the trick is knowing when, why, and how to use these features There are often many different ways to solve any given networking problem using Cisco devices, and some solutions are clearly more effective...
by Ian Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
This book of readings is designed to give you three meaningful statements for each of the 365 days of the year. Statements are intended to enhance your self-esteem, to help build your confidence, and to develop within you a positive feeling about yourself and your abilities. Thus providing you with reassurance and comfort.
The Psychology of Sailing for Dinghies and Keelboats
How to Develop a Winning Mindset
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
The Psychology of Racing for Dinghies and Keelboats is an inspirational practical guide to mind training for racing sailors. Aimed at aspiring dinghy sailors as well as yacht racers, the style is light, friendly and conversational - designed to inspire, guide and promote positive analytical thinking...
by Ian Brown
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
The Gateway Theatre Company between 1953 and 1965 was a major force in developing modern Scottish theatre, moving in 1965 to become the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company. The Gateway Theatre and its company were therefore highly influential in the development of theatre in Scotland. They encouraged new...
Hallowed Ground
Stories of the Yale Pioneer Cemetery
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
This book makes it easy with its compelling collection of stories about the people who are buried at the Yale Pioneer Cemetery, an antique burial ground “at a stopping point between Fort Langley and Fort Kamloops,” BC. Established in 1858, the Yale Cemetery offers final refuge to some 300 souls,...