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Unlock the Power of You
12 Keys to Health, Happiness & Success
2012
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You already have the innate ability to unlock the power of you. All you need are the keys. And this book hands them to you. It’s packed full of inspirational and practical advice to challenge old beliefs, robotic behaviors, habits and patterns that no longer serve you. The authors offer you powerful techniques, guidance and golden nuggets for tapping into the highest possible level of life balance, health, happiness, inner peace and success. Unlock the Power of YOU shows you how to maximiz...
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An Australian Submarine Life
2023
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From conducting top-secret missions to making Australian submarine history, Commodore Peter Scott depicts what it takes to be a Submariner. Over a decorated 34-year career, Commodore Scott served in 10 submarines, passed the most demanding military command course in the world and served as the Head of Profession of the Submarine Arm of the Royal Australian Navy. During that time his character was forged by the challenges of naval service, success and failure as a leader, catastrophic onboa...
The Battle of the Narrow Seas
The History of Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939–1945
2009
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A WWII Royal Navy commander recounts the struggle to control the narrow seas between Britain and the rest of Europe throughout the war.A Motor Torpedo Boat Commander in the Second World War, Sir Peter Scott—the son of explorer Robert Scott—was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in battle. Combining his own experience with extensive military research, he tells the story of the wide-ranging naval conflict against the Germans, fought in the congest...
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or Free with Kobo PlusA Gay Century: Volume One: 19001962
10 unreliable vignettes of Lesbian and Gay Life
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- A Gay Century
2021
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‘A Gay Century: Vol 1’ is a canter through 60 years of gay history in ten serious or comic playlets. Wilde’s deathbed encounter with Queen Victoria; the theft of the Irish crown jewels by a sadomasochistic cabal in Dublin Castle; Compton Mackenzie demanding of the Home Secretary that his own lesbian novel be prosecuted like ‘The Well of Loneliness’, because he needs the money; matinee idol Ivor Novello sharing a cell in Wandsworth with teenage psycho ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser; the Jeremy Thorpe...
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or Free with Kobo PlusA Gay Century Volume 2 1973-2001
7 more unreliable vignettes of Lesbian and Gay Life
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- A Gay Century
2023
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‘A Gay Century: Vol 2’ is a vivid portrait of gay life in recent history, using a series of seven playlets which are dramatic, angry, funny and heartbreaking in turn. A camp old man collides with Gay Liberation and gets a new lease of life; a gay bandsman can’t grieve for his lover killed in an IRA bomb until he’s thrown out of the army for being gay; a gay man and a lesbian decide to have a baby, but their partners plot to stop it; the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub devastates not only...
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In the 1930's an elderly trumpet player and a Tibetan mystic combine their talents to compose a melody that will come as a revelation to listeners born under a future night sky.Generations later, an ordinary youth,'Pimple' is deeply affected by the strange tune, and soon learns that he has been recruited into a wild and wonderful conspiracy to make the world a better place. He shares some unusual experiences with others who are also trying to unravel why, and what is happening to th...
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or Free with Kobo PlusThere's a Spouse in My House
A Humorous Journey Through the First Years of Marriage
2008
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Laughter is the best medicine in this hilarious and insightful guide to surviving the start of a marriageThe wedding was beautiful, the honeymoon was magical, but now comes the hard part. In There’s a Spouse in My House, Peter Scott guides newlyweds through the peaks and valleys of the first years of marriage with a generous dose of humor and a hard-won helping of personal experience.Covering topics from cohabitation (“Wives are surprised to learn ...
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2021
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'The Patron Saint of Conservation' Sir David Attenborough'Peter Scott was a huge influence on my childhood...Later on in life I had the good fortune both to meet and to interview him, and he remains, for me, a hero. His knowledge, his kindness to me and his generosity of spirit have remained an influence in my own sphere of natural history....To meet one's heroes can sometimes be a let-down. That was most certainly not the case with Peter Scott.' Alan Titch...
Peter 2.0
The Human Cyborg
2021
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The incredible book behind the primetime Channel 4 documentary, Peter: The Human Cyborg'A remarkable account of what it means to be human and what technology can really achieve' Sunday Telegraph'Peter's story is one of the most extraordinary you will ever hear. I urge people to read it' Stephen Fry'A remarkable story . . . you're left desperate to take nothing for granted' Radi...
A symphony of science: Discovering the human body at Corpus
Journey to human anatomy
2024
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Explore the human body in a captivating way at the Corpus Museum, where interest and curiosity collide in an extraordinary sanctuary.
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Retreat or Resolution?
Tackling the Crisis of Mass Higher Education
2021
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Although higher education in the UK has expanded opportunities for much of the population, in many ways it remains stubbornly elitist.In order to address this crisis in education, Peter Scott, a leading expert and unique voice, examines the development of mass higher education and proposes a ‘radical escape-forward’. He calls for more robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and institutional levels to ensure more...
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2023
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This book examines access, lifelong learning and education for all, which have been policy preoccupations in all countries for more than half a century, but have been overlaid and pushed aside by the development of mass higher education. The authors examine what has been achieved, what lessons have been learnt and what still remains to be done, addressing matters of equity, agency, community, mobility and hierarchy.
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