Dennis Hawkes: 6 books

Dennis Hawkes went to Malawi, Central Africa, as a volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas in 1965. The normal period abroad with VSO at that time was one year but he stayed for eighteen months teaching engineering in the University of Malawi Polytechnic. The country had gained its independence...

This eBook is written for students who are embarking on a course of study that will lead to them gaining a higher degree, Masters or Doctorate, by research. Although universities always have clear instructions about all aspects of ways of communicating research results it is not always in a convenient...

Early vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is the subject of this free ebook. Written in 1967 it has been produced in its present electronic form by its author Professor Hawkes in the hope that it will inform and stimulate interest in this exciting topic. The chapters include ones on the...

"A 1st Century Traveller's Guide to Palestine" is a small, easy-to-read ebook, by Professor Hawkes that gives the reader an impression of what it was like in the time of the New Testament part of the Bible. Set in the year AD60 and written as a contemporary guide book it covers topics such...

The ebook, ‘Places Paul Knew’, describes the cities and towns that the Apostle Paul would have known as he journeyed throughout the Mediterranean region during the first century A.D. The book begins with an introduction to Paul. It outlines his background and his dramatic conversion as he was...

The title 'Come and Eat' comes from the Bible - John chapter 21 verse 12. This book is based on one originally put together in celebration of the centenary, in 1997, of Mackintosh Evangelical Church, Mackintosh Place, Roath, Cardiff, Wales, UK. It was to foster the tradition of entertaining...