Con demasiada frecuencia oirás arrepentimientos.Arrepentimientos por no perseguir un sueño. Arrepentimientos por no haber seguido una oportunidad. Arrepentimientos por no haber dedicado tiempo a hacer algo. ¿Con qué frecuencia te encuentras sentado simplemente haciendo nada? Esperando en una línea de supermercado. Esperando en la oficina del doctor. Esperando en el tráfico. Esperando a alguien. Esperando que algo suceda. Esperando que un reloj golpee un cierto tiem...

Victorian Brackley was sometimes called Sleepy Hollow. Compared to many other places, growth in numbers was modest, but beneath the surface, there were extraordinary scandals and power struggles, some of which reached the national press. Above all, there was a great physical transformation involving the construction of a new Vicarage, Church Schools and Manor House, together with the restorations of St Peter's Church and the College Chapel. This book investigates ...

Marian Finucane was a trailblazing broadcaster, the first to champion women's issues on air, and respected for her fairness, empathy and doggedness. One of a small group of Irish people known simply by their first name, the nation mourned when she died suddenly, aged 69, in January 2020.But John Clarke, Marian's widower, doesn't use her moniker – instead, he calls her 'Finucane'. It highlights the gap between the woman so many felt they knew and the woman he loved – the real Marian...

Commercialized Time Travel as a boutique industry.**"**In all the millions of words I've read, I never came across Clarke's time travel concept. This story ranks near the top of my long list of science fiction short stories." Robert G. Williscroft, Bestselling author of The Starchild Saga and The Oort Chronicles.Shortly after Time Travel is commercialized, a boutique specialty focuses on identifying and tracking human souls throug...

Clarke had no interest in trophy climbs” and never did ascend many of BC’s highest peaks. On the other hand, he explored more virgin territory and racked up more first ascents than any other climber-perhaps more than any climber who ever lived.Although he came to be honoured far and wide and is one of the few mountaineers to be awarded the Order of Canada, he was a modest man who pursued his passion without fanfare, frequently embarking on gruelling expeditions into unknown territ...

In 1969, the author, a trainee lawyer just out of law school, wondered what to do before he studied for his final exams. His father, a judge at the Old Bailey, suggested he should go on a boat in the Merchant. Dumbfounded, he agreed and thought no more about it. A year later he got his degree and the matter came up again. He met the managing director of the shipping company, had an expensive lunch with him and in July 1969, he said goodbye to his girlfriend, who gave him a book with blank ...

Delve into the riveting memoir of an attorney who navigated the transformative world of litigation law in private practice. Journey back to an era when senior partners donned wing collars and were addressed as clerks by their surnames, and when solicitors weren't confined to specialisations. Experience the spectrum of clients he represented, from navigating harrowing cases at police stations – covering everything from murders to activists challenging government departments – all the way to...

This book addresses the social, political and economic turbulence in which the UK is embroiled. Drawing on Cultural Studies, it explores proliferating crises and conflicts, from the multiplying varieties of social dissent through the stagnation of rentier capitalism to the looming climate catastrophe.Examining arguments about Brexit, class and ‘race’, and the changing character of the state, the book is underpinned by a transnational and relational conception of the UK. It traces t...

In this captivating sequel to The Law and I, the author delves deeper into his 44-year journey (1970-2014) in the legal profession. From finding a flat with his wife before starting his articles to the intricacies of his experiences at Radcliffe's, where he completed his training, this book offers a candid and insightful look into the life of a solicitor. The author bravely shares the mistakes he made early in his career and his initial approach to using the law for his clients. He explore...

What is God really like? That is a question that everyone who is searching for a closer walk with God is looking to answer. Other questions and dilemmas that face us in the 21st century include what is God doing in the world and how should we react and respond in a world that seems out of control and on a slippery slope to despair, with war and rumours of war? Closer examination of the word of God leads us to understand what is happening in our world and how God both views us, and the fact...

In this engaging and original book, John Clarke is in conversation with 12 leading scholars about the dynamics of thinking critically in the social sciences. The conversations range across many fields and explore the problems and possibilities of doing critical intellectual work in ways that are responsive to changing conditions.By emphasising the many voices in play, in conversation with as well as against others, Clarke challenges the individualising myth of the heroic intellectu...

**THE CLASSIC SECOND THRILLER IN TOM CLANCY'S INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING JOHN CLARK SERIES'Action-packed' New York Times**Newly named head of an elite multinational task force, John Clark faces the world's greatest fear: international terrorism. And following each terrifying new outbreak - the ghosts from his own past.The challenge of a new mission is just what Clark needs, but the opportunities come faster than he expected. Hostage-taking at a Swiss bank....