Peter Burns: 24 books
by Peter Burns
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Engraved on your palm is the line which describes your emotional life, how you relate to others, your romantic life and style of loving. The meaning of the Heart Line has been shrouded in mystery for many centuries. In “How to read the Heart Line” Peter Burns explains clearly the logic that underpins...
White Gold
England's Journey to Rugby World Cup Glory
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
White Gold is a study of how and why England, the biggest and wealthiest rugby country on the planet, never dominated the game it invented on a global scale - until Clive Woodward took charge from 1997 to 2004. Ten years on from the greatest triumph in English rugby history, Peter Burns traces the...
When Lions Roared
The Lions, the All Blacks and the Legendary Tour of 1971
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
By 1971 no Lions team had ever defeated the All Blacks in a Test series. Since 1904, six Lions sides had travelled to New Zealand and all had returned home bruised, battered and beaten. But the 1971 tour party was different. It was full of young, ambitious and outrageously talented players who would...
Behind the Thistle
Playing Rugby for Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Based on exclusive interviews with players past and present, Behind the Thistle gives a unique insight into the drama and emotion of representing Scotland in that most rarefied of environments - Test match rugby. Drawing on first-hand interviews from a vast array of former and current players, from...
by Peter Burns
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2003
This introductory text explains how anthropology is integral to the study of tourism dynamics. Starting with an overview of the development of anthropology as a social science, the author uses a wealth of international examples, including the UK, USA and Australia, to bring practical relevance to...
Behind the Ryder Cup
The Players' Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Enter the locker room: this is a history of the Ryder Cup like you have never experienced it before.From the origin matches that preceded the first official trans-Atlantic encounter between Britain and America at Worcester Country Club in 1927, all the way through to the fortieth installment at Gleneagles...
by Pat Woods, Peter Burns
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Celtic's astonishing 7-1 victory over arch-rivals Rangers in the 1957 Scottish League Cup final brought the club its last major trophy prior to the appointment of Jock Stein as manager in 1965 and the glory years which followed. The triumph was the final major success achieved by such famous Celtic...
New Earth Politics
Essays from the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Prominent scholars and practitioners consider the role of global environmental politics in the face of increasing environmental stress.
Humanity's collective impact on the Earth is vast. The rate and scale of human-driven environmental destruction is quickly outstripping our political and social...
Reforming New Orleans
The Contentious Politics of Change in the Big Easy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustrating stagnation. In Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city’s recovery and assess how successfully officials at the...
by Writing Bloc CO-OP, Cari Dubiel, Christopher Henckel
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
ESCAPE! Is something that we all crave. Our modern, hectic, light-speed lives are loaded with stress, worry, and regret. These themes are old friends of the independent writers of the Writing Bloc Cooperative. In this first annual anthology of shorts presented by Writing Bloc Publishing, we called...
Handbook of Contrast Echocardiography
Left ventricular function and myocardial perfusion
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Although the technology required for the successful application of contrast echo cardiography has evolved rapidly over the past few years, the technique has not yet gained widespread clinical acceptance. One important reason for the lack of clinical acceptance is the relative complexity of the technique,...
The People's Victory
Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
America's National Security Architecture
Rebuilding the Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
In August 2016, the Aspen Strategy Group examined how to reform America’s national security decision-making process. The papers in this volume provide practical solutions to repair the key functions of Washington’s executive departments, agencies, and advisory bodies responsible for shaping U.S. foreign policy and national security.
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