A national hero in his playing days, Herbert Sutcliffe belongs to a select band of all-time cricketing greats. Alan Hill's award-winning biography of the Yorkshire and England batsman charts his extraordinary transformation from cobbler's apprentice to urbane gentleman: one of the coolest, most determined and technically accomplished practitioners the game has ever known.Blessed with the looks of a matinee idol, Sutcliffe was a complex, often enigmatic, pe...

The name of Hedley Verity, the master bowler of unyielding menace, is one to be cherished more than 50 years after his death. Allan Hill tells the story of a magnificent sporting obsession in this reissue of the first full-length biography of a revered cricketer. Verity headed the English first-class bowling averages in his first season with Yorkshire and twice took ten wickets in an innings in consecutive seasons. Overall, his mesmeric left-hand spin yielded 1,956 wickets, including 144 f...

Alan Hill takes us through the dark underworld of growing up with his brother's mental illness and its effects on the family unit. Vivid imagery and vibrant metaphors and energy pulsate on every page. You ARE there!

THE NARROW ROAD TO THE FAR WESTFirst up, it's a new collection of poems from the city's poet laureate, Alan Hill.The Narrow Road to the Far West: Travelling New Westminster By Postcard, recently released by Silver Bow Publishing, is described by the author as his "very personal tribute to some of the places that have meant most to me in my time living in New Westminster."Each poem is its own literary "postcard" to a uniquely Royal City location – some well-known, like...

Alan Hill was born in the South West of England near the Welsh border. After leaving school at sixteen he travelled extensively and worked in jobs ranging from renovating old graveyards to working in a jellybean factory before getting his Masters degree in International Development from the University of Leeds in England. Having immigrated to Canada in 2005, he now lives in New Westminster British Columbia with his wife, two children and obsessively collected vinyl LP collection.Al...

The simplest way to get to grips with the American political systemAmerican Politics For Dummies is an engaging and accessible guide to the inner workings of the U.S. government, cutting through the political jargon, to give you the facts. The book begins with the basics, including government structure and processes, and later covers current events that make the news.The world of American politics can be bewildering to anyone not born and bred in t...

Are you living as a man-or just pretending to be one?In Calling Out All Men, Jeffery Alan Hill delivers a raw, powerful wake-up call to every man who's been sleepwalking through life. Written from behind prison walls, this isn't theory-it's truth forged in adversity. With unflinching honesty, Hill confronts the excuses, distractions, and toxic mindsets that keep men from stepping into their true purpose.From protecting your family ...

This book investigates US foreign policy and tests the hypothesis that transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world, and thus fulfil the aims of the American mission and its application of the democratic peace. It features two detailed case studies exploring political liberalization in Bosnia and Afghanistan, and suggests that the conclusions are applicable to other cases by highlighting the US mission in Iraq.The author cri...

The Nat Turner rebellion of August 1831, the iconic uprising of enslaved people in the United States, was much more extensive than we have understood. This powerful exploration of a Tidewater Virginia plantation reveals how the daily resistance of the enslaved was heightened by spiritual beliefs to seek the divine overthrow of a wicked world.Tower Hill draws on a previously untapped family archive to reveal the routines of daily life and the fraught family...

Learn the secrets of effective communication from the most popular book in the world for teaching conversation skills – almost one million copies sold!Fully updated for the 2020s, Conversationally Speaking provides proven communication strategies, based on hundreds of research studies, as well as the authors' own experience teaching conversation workshops. Now you can use this expertise to get more out of your everyday interactions with family, friends, an...

This seminal new study of a key battle of the Civil Wars re-examines one of England's most mysterious battlefields at Edgehill, and it combines the work of three outstanding military historians. Each is an expert in the areas of battlefield interpretation, military equipment and organization, and battle casualties and care. Their unique blend of knowledge gives a fascinating insight into one of the most famous and often misunderstood engagements of the conflict. It also introduces an excit...

A non-believer in the Lord has his beliefs challenged after a motor accident.