Paul Simpson: 33 books
The Only Game That Matters
The Harvard/Yale Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
As Harvard graduate Roger Angell once said, “The Game picks us up each November and holds us for two hours and...all of us, homeward bound, sense that we are different yet still the same. It is magic.”
For hundreds of thousands of alumni and fans, the annual clash between Harvard and Yale...
Who Invented the Bicycle Kick?
Soccer's Greatest Legends and Lore
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Published in time for the 2014 World Cup, the ultimate collection of soccer’s greatest lore and legends, illustrated with 100 black-and-white photos, by two of the world’s most knowledgeable soccer journalists.
Who Invented the Bicycle Kick? is a rollicking ride through soccer history that...
Implementing ISO 9001:2015
Thrill your customers and transform your cost base with the new gold standard for business management
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
The latest edition of ISO 9001, published in 2015, is changing the way organisations are run worldwide. No longer is it sufficient simply to check on an organisation’s quality management system: the revision demands that auditors assess the leadership and management of the quality system. This brings...
A Brief Guide to The Sound of Music
50 Years of the Legendary Musical and the Family who Inspired It
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Everyone has heard the songs from The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The stage show was a roaring success in New York and London, and the much-loved feature film, directed by Hollywood veteran Robert Wise, continues to be a staple of television schedules 50 years after its release in 1965.
In...
A Brief Guide To OZ
75 Years Going Over The Rainbow
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
What if Dorothy Gale wasn't the only person who went to see the Wizard of Oz?
MGM's landmark 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, did not mark the beginning of adventures in Oz. Both before and since, dozens of tales have been told of the Marvellous Land of Oz, and its inhabitants...
by Paul Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
On Halloween night a witch named Ffion is offered a deal to cast one of Hell’s residents back into the pit, but they must be returned within 24 hours and the clock is ticking. Her only problem is that she was cursed over 300 years ago to wander the world as a cat. The reward for completion is release...
by Paul Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Everything comes together for the third and final part of this tale's inevitable destiny. Summer solstice, Ffion returns to the village where it all started. She is now in possession of an enchanted necklace that might assist in rescuing her mother's soul from the bewitched standing stones...
by Paul Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
It’s been four years since the incident at the village (Ffion Book 1: Tail of a Witch) and a new destiny is about to be entwined into the Tail of a Witch mythology. In a research facility a secret experiment is about to take place that will change the life of one of its workers forever. Arriving...
by Paul Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King?s first novel Carrie in April 1974. Rescued from the rubbish by his wife Tabitha, the novel launched the Maine schoolteacher on a prolific and extraordinarily successful career. His name has become synonymous with horror and suspense...
A Brief History of the Spy
Modern Spying from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
From the end of the Second World War to the present day, the world has changed immeasurably. The art of spying has changed too, as spies have reacted to changing threats. Here you will find the fascinating stories of real-life spies, both famous and obscure, from either side of the Iron Curtain, along...
by Paul Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
True stories of prison breaks including those of Frank Abagnale, whose story is told in Catch Me If You Can; Henri Charrière who claimed to have escaped from the supposedly inescapable Devil's Island - the true story as opposed to his questionable memoir, Papillon; Bud Day, said to be the only US...
Movie Lists
397 Ways to Pick a DVD
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Action, African greats, alcohol, Robert Aldrich, aliens, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Robert Altman, animated, anime, apocalypses, Argentina, art, Asia minor, avant garde...
And that's just A for you. A taste of this fabulously quirky and enjoyable book which is both a celebration of movies...
by Paul Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
An incredible 30,000 flights ? at least ? arrive safely at their destinations every day. But a handful don?t, while some come terrifyingly close to crashing. When even the smallest thing does go wrong at 35,000 feet, the result is nearly always a fast-unfolding tragedy.
This extensive collection...
Middle-Aged Gay Men, Ageing and Ageism
Over the Rainbow?
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Is midlife for gay men the start of a slide towards the rejection, exclusion and misery associated with the spectre of the lonely old queen? Whilst exclusion is possible as gay men age, Middle Aged Gay Men, Ageing and Ageism offers a more nuanced view of gay ageing, using sociological tools to advance understanding beyond stereotypes.