Peter Franklin: 17 books

Why are some of the most beloved and frequently performed works of the late-romantic period—Mahler, Delius, Debussy, Sibelius, Puccini—regarded by many critics as perhaps not quite of the first rank? Why has modernist discourse continued to brand these works as overly sentimental and emotionally...

Hollywood film music is often mocked as a disreputably 'applied' branch of the art of composition that lacks both the seriousness and the quality of the classical or late-romantic concert and operatic music from which it derives. Its composers in the 1930s and '40s were themselves often scornful of...

The secrets of garage talk are revealed when four friends meet in the confines of Fred’s sanctuary, his beloved garage. Hen Pecked goes behind the closed roller door to expose the unceremonious babblings of blokes. What does this specie known as bloke, talk about, within the secure surroundings of the garage. Everything, especially wives.Hen pecked, us, never! Yeah Right!

***The Mindful International Manager***tackles the management situations that international managers have to handle every day. Accessible and jargon-free it explains how to clarify local vs. international roles, support and develop a team, organize and coordinate boundaries of time and distance, and...

‘The room was spinning. Thoughts were pulsing from one vein to the next’.Twisted Tales takes us through scenes of familiar human conditions.From complete inebriation through a marriage without love via a gambling addiction ruining lives past the sometimes mean streets of Hamburg then onto to the...

The only information we have on Atlantis is from a very ancient Egyptian account that describes it as bigger than all their neighbours combined. Why is this fact ignored by most of the fanciful theories? From Atlantis to our current scientific predictions, the truth about so many things becomes clear...

Pete Emmerson and Ellen Mae Franklin, brought together by a common love of Fantasy Fiction. Two authors from opposite sides of the globe have come together to create an ongoing series of adventures based around the Un-Named. Introducing a saga of intrigue, love, fantasy and horror entitled;...

In September 2002, twenty-one prominent Catholic and Protestant scholars released the groundbreaking document "A Sacred Obligation," which includes ten statements about Jewish-Christian dialogue focused around a guiding claim: "Revising Christian teaching about Judaism and the Jewish...

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...

From Top Chef Masters and Iron Chef America contestant, restaurateur, and type 2 diabetic FranklinBecker comes an exciting collection of recipes highlightinggood fats—from sources such as nut oils, oliveoil, fish, and avocados—and their important role inmaintaining good health with delicious flavor....

Book 1 - Forthright and Clement ‘The use of Magic is forbidden!’ The Un-Named , the magic wielders; loathed, reviled and feared for being different, forced to hide from constantly searching eyes; from the eyes of those who would strive to expose them to The Render. As the Un-Named...

“The Use of Magic is Forbidden” ~ The saga continues, exposing an even greater threat! The question must be asked, Is The Use of Magic still forbidden? The Un-named face a harrowing realisation that without each of them steadfast in a union not of their own choosing, being...

Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to the population of the two countries. To capture the distinctive and internationally recognised contributions...

Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate. Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly...