Profile: 418 books
by Chris Mullin
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
All serious politicians are supposed to possess a hinterland, but not all do. Chris Mullin was one who did. By the time he entered parliament he had reported from the wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and tracked down the survivors of the CIA operation in Tibet. He was the author of three novels,...
The Heineken Story
The remarkably refreshing tale of the beer that conquered the world
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Heineken is known all around the world, but few of the drinkers who eagerly watch the foam rise in their glass have heard of the business ploys, marketing tricks and extraordinary characters that transformed the Dutch family business into a global brand.
Taking us on a journey from a small...
Pinkoes and Traitors
The BBC and the nation, 1974–1987
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This compelling account of a turbulent period in the history of the BBC opens at a time of national decline under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, and ends during Margaret Thatcher's iconoclastic Conservative premiership. The intervening years saw mass unemployment, trade...
by Eliza Manningham-Buller
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
How do we balance our belief in human freedom with the need to defend ourselves against those who believe the use of terror can be justified? Can our handling of security risk and the laws we pass to deal with them distort our response to the threat of terrorism?
In this sobering and remarkably...
It Could Have Been Yours
The enlightened person's guide to the year's most desirable things
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
From Silvio Berlusconi's bed to Casanova's memoirs (the most expensive manuscript in history), via the Statue of Liberty's nose and an X-ray of Marilyn Monroe's chest, here is a remarkable record of some of the quirkiest, most unexpected and sometimes bizarre possessions that have changed hands in...
The New East End
Kinship, Race and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
This is non-fiction Brick Lane -what life is really like around Brick Lane and the East End. One of the most influential non-fiction books of the 1950s was Family and Kinship in East London which examined in great depth the life of people living in the dockland areas that had been so comprehensively...
The Lion Wakes
A Modern History of HSBC
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
The Lion Wakes tells the modern story of HSBC, starting in the late 1970s, when the bank first broke out of the Asia-Pacific region with its purchase of Marine Midland Bank in the US. It follows HSBC's battle to purchase Midland Bank in 1992, the subsequent move of head office from Hong Kong to London,...
On the Fault Line
Managing tensions and divisions within societies
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
Societies in all countries are split by major divisions - or 'faultlines' - caused by differences in race, religion, ethnicity, wealth, class or power. Like geological faultlines, some are plainly evident, whereas others are more concealed and can erupt with little warning.
Violence along faultlines...
Rogerson's Book of Numbers
The culture of numbers from 1001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Rogerson's Book of Numbers is a deceptively simple list of virtues, spiritual attributes, gods, devils, sacred cities, dominions, powers, heroes, saints and symbols. It provides a dazzling mass of information for those intrigued by the many roles numbers play - not only in mathematics and science,...
Up Pohnpei
Leading the ultimate football underdogs to glory
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
After one too many late night discussions, football journalist Paul Watson and his mate Matthew Conrad decide to find the world's worst national team, become naturalised citizens of that country and play for them - achieving their joint boyhood dream of playing international football and winning a...
The Border
The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
'Anyone who wishes to understand why Brexit is so intractable should read this book. I can think of several MPs who ought to.' the Times
**'**Ferriter's judicious book shows that Brexiters' recklessness, such "contemptuous arrogance", is nothing new, and that it has always been the...
On the Edge
Ireland’s off-shore islands: a modern history
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Shortlisted for the ONSIDE NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
The islands off the coast of Ireland have long been a source of fascination. Seen as repositories of an ancient Irish culture and the epitome of Irish romanticism, they have attracted generations of scholars, artists and filmmakers,...
Owners
The BDO Stoy Hayward Guide for Growing Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
The essential guide for anyone running a small or medium-sized business who wants to make it grow, avoiding the pitfalls which bring so many companies down. There are hundreds - no, thousands - of books for managers in large corporations or multi-nationals. And there are a handful of guides to running...
The Green Guide For Business
The Ultimate Environment Handbook for Businesses of All Sizes
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Everyone wants to go green these days, but for businesses that's easier said than done. How do you measure a company's carbon footprint? Are dryers or hand towels more eco-friendly? Recycled paper or FSC-certified? And what's the greenest company car?
The Green Guide for Business answers all...