Elliott Thompson: 92 books
by Tim Burt
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
An industry insider's timely analysis of a field in flux
Business and financial public relations, a discreet industry that generates multimillion-dollar revenues for mainly private agencies around the world, is entering a time of unprecedented change. This authoritative analysis from an experienced...
Land of Plenty
A Journey Through the Fields and Foods of Modern Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
**Golden fields, ripening apples, lowing cattle: our idea of the landscape has been shaped by agriculture, as has the land itself. But in a fast-changing world, how does the great British countryside continue to provide the food we eat?**Most people living in Britain today must go back several generations...
by Darren Henley, Tim Lihoreau
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Classic FM Concise Hall of Fame celebrates classical music's unique ability to stir the emotions of a listener—whether it's the haunting melodies of Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs or Purcell's Dido and Aeneas; the passionately charged opening bars of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5; dramatic...
Still with the Music
My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The long-awaited memoir of one of the world’s most popular contemporary classical composers
The Welsh musician Karl Jenkins is the UK's most popular contemporary composer, and one of the world’s most critically acclaimed musicians. His fascinating story covers one of the most versatile...
Portrait Gallery
A Life in Classical Music
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
An absorbing memoir by an eminent broadcaster and classical music critic, full of anecdotes about nearly every major figure in the classical music world over the last 60 years
From Leonard Bernstein to Benjamin Britten, André Previn, and Igor Stravinsky, Edward Greenfield had the privilege...
by Richard Fawkes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
The Classical Music Map of Britain is a charming and thoroughly interesting journey around our country from a classical music perspective. From Frith Street in Soho, where Mozart stayed and performed free street concerts during his only trip to England, to Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan, where Joseph...
The Branded Gentry
How A New Era of Entrepreneurs Made Their Names
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Every era has its gentry: wealth, authority and power are seldom static for long. Once, whiskered industrialists challenged the landed gentry for social ascendancy. Then, in the 20th century, came a new era of entrepreneurs, who made their names by making their names into brands. This is a book about 13...
by Rob Smyth
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Jumpers For Goalposts is a fascinating reflection on the history of British soccer, which examines why the charm, innocence, and good humor has disappeared from today's game, compared to the golden days of yesteryear. Smyth considers everything from the huge wage bills, to players' lack of loyalty...
by Sir Roger Carrick
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
From Bulgaria to Berkeley, Indonesia to Australia, Roger Carrick has travelled the world as an English diplomat. He was shadowed by the secret police in Sofia, witnessed the 1968 riots in Paris, befriended Shirley Temple at Stanford University, and negotiated the withdrawal of British troops from...
Greed Can Be Good
Why Investment Banking May Be Broken But Doesn't Need Fixing
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A witty, satirical take on the financial crash and the future of the banking industry, written in the persona of ultimate antihero and rogue banker Dave Hart (protagonist of David Charters' cult novels, which include Trust Me, I'm a Banker)
"As an investment banker I witnessed at close...
by Duncan Barkes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
For grumpy old men everywhere: what are the things that have made Britain less great? Outspoken and controversial commentator Duncan Barkes looks at the "dumbing down" of Britain
In this enjoyable diatribe, Duncan Barkes picks over the remnants of a once great nation, and hones...
Arts Dividend
Why Investment in Culture Pays
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
The Arts Dividend looks in depth at seven key benefits that art and culture bring to our lives: encouraging the UK's creativity; advancing education; impacting positively on health and wellbeing; supporting innovation and technology; providing defining characteristics to villages, towns and cities;...
Jewels in the Crown
How Tata of India Transformed Britain's Jaguar and Land Rover
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Jewels in the Crown provides an analysis of Tata’s acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008, and subsequent transformation of their fortunes, written by an award-winning motoring writer. Ray Hutton goes behind the scenes to examine how Tata have not only returned the business to profit, but...
2020 Vision
Today's Business Leaders on Tomorrow's World
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
What will be the shape of global business in five years’ time? 2020 Vision delivers cutting-edge insights from twenty industry leaders, sharing their current strategies and future plans to cope with the challenges presented in the twenty-first century.
In 2020 Vision leading...