Ian Robertson: 32 books
Opening the Mind's Eye
How Images and Language Teach Us How To See
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Ian Robertson has always been fascinated by how the mind makes images, for that awesome power directly and deeply affects our lives. All of us "visualize" the world differently, and how we do so dictates the way we feel, remember, and think--and therefore our health, memory, and creativity....
Subaltern
Chronicle of the Peninsular War
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Lieutenants, or "subalterns" as they were called, were very young in the British Army of the Napoleonic Wars, so George Gleig was not unique when he joined the 85th Light Infantry at the age of 17. Thrown into action in Spain against invading French forces in the summer of 1813, Gleig fought...
Stride for Stride
The Lions in New Zealand 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Reviewing the British Lions' tour of New Zealand in 2017, Stride for Stride covers the tour from every angle. The 2017 British and Irish Lions matched the All Blacks, stride-for-stride, point for point, until the teams could not be separated. It made for a compelling spectacle. This is the story of...
by Ian Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Press and rugby fans around the world were agreed that Richie McCaw’s All Blacks were the best team in the world and that Rugby World Cup 2015 itself had been an enormous success and the best to date. While the All Blacks paraded around the ground with the Webb Ellis Cup after a thrilling final...
The Stress Test
How Pressure Can Make You Stronger and Sharper
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
From one of the world's most respected neuroscientists, an eye-opening study of why we react to pressure in the way we do and how to be energized rather than defeated by stress.
Why is it that some people react to seemingly trivial emotional upsets--like failing an unimportant exam or tackling...
Rugby: Talking A Good Game
The Perfect Gift for Rugby Fans
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Ian Robertson joined the BBC during the golden age of radio broadcasting and was given a crash course in the art of sports commentary from some of the greatest names ever to sit behind a microphone: Cliff Morgan and Peter Bromley, Bryon Butler and John Arlott. Almost half a century after being introduced...
Larger than Life
Six Women and their Battle with Obesity as seen through the Eyes of a Dramatherapist
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Larger than Life is aimed at anyone interested in obesity and its treatment. It follows a dramatherapy group attended by six women, all struggling with their weight, using vignettes, transcriptions of the sessions attended, and commentary on the progress made by the participants. A final interview...
Before You Let the Sun In
And Other Dramatherapeutic Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
This book consists of ten case histories that cover a wide range of themes from obesity to depression. One woman is trying to come to grips with past memories, another cannot escape from a passionate love with no future, an adolescent immigrant is trying to overcome a persistent stammer, a fifty-year-old...
by Ian Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
A concise history of Portugal, from its earliest beginnings up to the politics and life of the present day. It was not until the twelfth century that Portugal became a country in its own right, having been a Roman colony and then having suffered both Barbarian and Islamic invasions. The golden age of...
by Ian Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
We all go through life following the crowd and occasionally we will enjoy a true happiness. But when we lose a loved one we no longer follow that crowd...we will find ourselves in a dark place often alone in our grief and although those around us talk our sadness will fail to hear their words.
Imagine...
Rugby World Yearbook 2017 - Wooden Spoon
Wooden Spoon
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Here it is – the 2017 and 21st Wooden Spoon Rugby World Year Book. Now of age, this firmly established annual is the only illustrated yearbook produced for the rugby enthusiast. In this beautifully illustrated book many of the country's leading rugby writers reflect on the happenings of the past...
The Exploits of Ensign Bakewell MS
With the Inniskillings in the Peninsula, & in Paris, 1811–11: 1815
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
A first-hand account of several engagements in the Peninsula after the advance from the Lines of Torres Vedras and pursuit of Masséna, and including the first siege of Badajoz, edited from the original manuscript and with an explanatory commentary and notes by an experienced author well acquainted...
by Ian Robertson, Nutapong Somjit, Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
This book describes a full range of contemporary techniques for the design of transmitters and receivers for communications systems operating in the range from 1 through to 300 GHz. In this frequency range there is a wide range of technologies that need to be employed, with silicon ICs at the core...
Spatial Neglect
A Clinical Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Spatial neglect is a profound clinical problem as well as intriguing scientific problem. In the last ten years, there has been an explosion of interest in this disorder, which as a result is no longer viewed as a single entity, but rather as a number of different disorders. This book is an attempt...