Tim: 4567 books
by Tim Ewbank
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
This affectionate and immensely readable biography charts the remarkable life of Joanna Lumley, who has been an endlessly fascinating figure for over four decades, since becoming a top model in "The Swinging Sixties". Today, she is best known for her role as Patsy in 'Absolutely Fabulous' and, most recently,...
by Tim Ewbank, Stafford Hildred
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2001
Russell Crowe's journey from his days as Kenny Larkin on "Neighbours" to the top of the Hollywood A-list, commanding 25 million per movie, is a story of incredible determination, drive, tenacity and immense talent. Crowe's breathtaking performance in "Gladiator" was the crucial turning point in his career....
Fit to Bust
How Great Companies Fail
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Fit to Bust is an eye-opening investigation of the causes of that failure - whether it's a global financial crisis or a single disastrous decision that undermines years of hard work. Tim Phillips casts a wry eye over the biggest business disasters of recent history to provide you with the inside story...
Pivotal Praying
Connecting with God in Times of Great Need
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
We all face critical forks in the road-marriage, the death of a loved one, the birth of a child, or a personal health crisis. How are we to pray at these junctures? Perhaps our instinct is to send up a quick "911" prayer, but authors John Hull and Tim Elmore demonstrate how by praying the...
More Than Cowboys
Travels Through the History of the American West
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
So many books about the American West leave out the more intriguing details:When, in 1803, the young USA doubled its size with the purchase from France of an unexplored vastness called La Louisiane, it was a British bank which lent the Americans most of the 15 million that they didn’t have. So the...
Stage Money
The Business of the Professional Theater
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Stage Money is a groundbreaking guide to understanding professional theater finances today through the use of the tools and metaphors of the business world at large. This approach results in a comprehensive picture of the economic realities of theater production that is radically different from the...
by Tim Burrows
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2007
Casting his eye widely across the globe, Tim Burrows examines the facts, myths and characters behind such legendary venues as the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, the Astoria in London and the Cloudlands Ballroom in Brisbane. Interviewing the musicians and promoters who were there at the beginning and...
Real Estate Escapes
True tales of getting out of contracts, leases, prosecutions and legal liability
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
When “sold” isn’t sold and “off-the-plan" is just off.
REAL ESTATE ESCAPES is a collection of timeless property parables where not all agents, solicitors and conveyancers are created equal, and where not all escapes are successful. Drawing from over four decades experience...
Why the Tories Won
The Inside Story of the 2015 Election
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
When David Cameron returned to Tory headquarters early on the morning of 8 May, he declared his sensational election victory to be ‘the sweetest’ moment of his political career. The Conservatives had won their first Commons majority for twenty-three years and the Prime Minister had achieved the...
注意力商人: 他們如何操弄人心? 揭密媒體、廣告、群眾的角力戰
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Language: Chinese
Release Date: April 2, 2018
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The Race
Extreme Sailing and Its Ultimate Event: Nonstop, Round-the-World, No Holds Barred
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind...
The Laser Book
Laser Sailing From Start To Finish
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
The Laser is the world’s most popular adult dinghy and comes with three rigs: Standard (used by men at the Olympic games), Radial (used by women at the Olympic games) and 4.7 (used by young people moving up from the Optimist). But the boat is not restricted to top athletes; its versatility means...
Chasing Shadows
The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Complex, prickly and fiercely independent, Peter Roebuck became known as a first-class cricketer in England, but rose to fame internationally as a writer and broadcaster.His long-standing feud with one of the biggest names in the sport was as infamous as it was rancorous. He engendered a widespread and...
Off The Rails
10,000 km by Bicycle across Russia, Siberia and Mongolia to China
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This is the true story of two twenty-year old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and Mongolia, to Beijing. It is as much a story of perseverance, passion, and belief as it is about the people and remarkable landscapes of Siberia and Mongolia....