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Yesterday’s Heroes doesn’t pretend to be a definitive list of the best horses over fence and timber, instead it is an entertaining and informative look at some of the finest and most fascinating horses jump racing has ever seen. Every horse hero featured in the book has his own unique, sometimes...

On the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, this is a story that so far has never been told. The 18th Battalion Middlesex Regiment were not infantry men whose primary job was to go ‘over the top’ at the start or during battle. Nor were they deployed behind the lines away from...

On the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, this is a story that so far has never been told. The 18th Battalion Middlesex Regiment were not infantry men whose primary job was to go ‘over the top’ at the start or during battle. Nor were they deployed behind the lines away from...

Gordon Cook set out from Plymouth with his wife Mary and their two very young children, Sue and Jon, to repeat the third and last voyage that Captain James Cook made in 1776. The bicentenaries of Captain Cook’s first two voyages in 1963 and 1969 had both passed with little or nothing to celebrate...

Ice hockey is a fairly minor sport especially in the UK. However, once you get into it you simply cannot fail to become hooked. It started for me almost 30 years ago. It has taken me to places that I even had to look up on the map. I have met some lovely people along the way and have watched some...

Drawing on over two decades of experience, this book brings hard-earned insights into how innovation can help your business to grow. It will appeal to managers who are pressed for time but want practical tips on how to innovate smarter and faster. Innovation Unplugged is not the standard 250-page...

Making Money From Creativity attempts to de-mystify the process of selling your agency, giving a step-by-step approach to grooming your company for sale, engaging advisors and managing the potential buyers of your agency. The book sets out the many pitfalls that can crop up as well as techniques for maximising your final ‘exit’ price.

The STOPIT.DOIT® model is new and designed to enable you lead the healthy, positive and confident life you want. The, Don’t ‘Just’ STOPIT.DOIT, book is designed to be used by the public and the health professionals who support them. It gives each reader a structure to use for successful coaching,...

Executive Coaching, How to Make it Work is a concise, but informative, book designed as a resource to help select an executive coach. Essential reading for anyone thinking about engaging a coach or those who are simply curious to know what the coaching phenomenon is all about. This book is a pragmatic...

On the brink of retirement, John and his wife Sally are determined to end a life at the grindstone in grimy and wet Lancashire. Together with their beloved Jack Russell/Staffie cross, Freddie, a rescue dog from the local RSPCA, they embark on the journey of a lifetime and relocate to the island of...

“Being an Olympian was not my first choice of career, or even my second.” Alison Mowbray wasn’t a sporty kid and thought that being good at sport was a pre-requisite for going to the Olympics. She thought she might be a doctor, a teacher, a Blue Peter presenter or maybe the first ever...

Invaluable advice to: Overcome Public Speaking Nerves, Write Effectively, Present Professionally. Transform Your Communication Skills is a collaboration of 11 coaching professionals that will positively develop readers speaking, writing and presenting talents in their working and personal lives. This...

University Fundraising in Britain is an account of the culture change in British universities as people from all walks of life rallied to the cause of maintaining the quality of teaching and research through fundraising, in the face of the unprecedented expansion of student numbers. It recounts how...

Facilitation is the art of helping others to do things for themselves. It is fundamental to the engagement challenges within the current business environment. In this revolutionary book, the first to examine the link between business facilitation and employee engagement, Mike Parkes provides practical...