Tony Buxton: 5 books

This is an accurate account of an attempt to sail around the world: in 1965, ten young men from diverse backgrounds and nationalities set off from Sydney in a Chinese junk to achieve this goal. The leader was Tony Pike, later a legendary character on the island of Ibiza . The rest of the crew consisted...

. The author's fascinating adventures in the early 50's portray an adventurous lifestyle that most of us dream about, but would be impossible today. Born in Colombo (Sri Lanka) in 1931. He spent his early childhood in England and returned to Ceylon after the war to work the family business founded...

Freediving in the early 1950s Offering his services as an underwater diving guide in Sri Lanka in the early 1950s, he was in high demand by wealthy celebrities, seeking new interests, especially spearfishing. Many invited him to their homes, leading to a lifestyle and fame that he hardly imagined....

The author, an accomplished cook, found large quantities of blue crab literally on her doorstep in Western Australia. Using her cooking skills, she experimented preparing the crabs in different ways coming up with 20 delicious original Thai style recipes. The book also describes the Thai way...

This book brings all of the elements of database design together in a single volume, saving the reader the time and expense of making multiple purchases. It consolidates both introductory and advanced topics, thereby covering the gamut of database design methodology ? from ER and UML techniques, to...