The purpose of this little book is to help people understand the realities of trying to transition from working full-time to achieving genuine semi-retirement. David Mellor is making this journey himself and wanted to share with other people what it is really like.David has selected 30 lessons that he has learned thus far and tried to balance what he has experienced with observations from 30 other people. David's key objective is to present the reader with an opportunity to move fo...

The author of the From Crew to Captain series, David Mellor, shares lists from 10 key areas of growing a business:‘The purpose of this little book is to help people understand the work they will need to do in order to set up as a sole practitioner or similar. I have made this journey myself, and helped many other people do the same over almost 20 years.I have selected 10 key areas of growing a business, and given you 10 areas to consider if you are going to move fo...

The author of the From Crew to Captain series, David Mellor, shares lists from 10 key areas of establishing a consultancy practice:‘The purpose of this little book is to help people understand the work they will need to do in order to set up as a sole practitioner or similar. I have made this journey myself, and helped many other people do the same over almost 20 years.I have selected 10 key areas of establishing a consultancy practice, and given you 10 areas to co...

An essential guide to all aspects of video technology for sound technicians wishing to broaden their knowledge. It explains in a highly readable and engaging way, the key technologies and issues, as well as the terms, acronyms and definitions. Although intended for the sound professional, this book will also appeal to anyone involved in working with video.Everything is covered: from how television and video cameras work to digital video recording, electronic news gathering, nonline...

The author of the From Crew to Captain series, David Mellor, shares lists from 10 key areas of business start-up:‘The purpose of this little book is to help people understand the work they will need to do in order to set up their own business. I have made this journey myself, and helped many other people do the same over almost 20 years.I have selected 10 key areas of business start-up, and given you 10 areas to consider if you are going to move forward with confid...

In 1940 he fought against, but could not prevent, the greatest humiliation in the history of the France he loved so dearly.How did Charles De Gaulle recover from this? How did he preserve the spirit of France? Then help liberate his nation? Then go on to lead it as its most important political figure since his fellow general, Napoleon?We trace the growth of De Gaulle: the precocious child of nationalist, religious yet progressive. The lover of history who early on became su...

This audiobook presents a fresh view of the British war leader as he pursues an independent, and then allied, war against Hitler and the Axis Powers. We analyse his crucial contribution to the greatest war in history, and the peace that ensued.Beginning with the fall of France and the defence of the island of Britain itself, Churchill's military decisions and simultaneous diplomatic efforts to gather an alliance, are explored. We show that his faith in an eventual American alliance...

A magnificent script, newly declassified revelations, testimony from the world's greatest historians and thinkers, and the chilling words of the Fuhrer himself and those of his closest henchmen to deliver History’s Verdict on Hitler.Opening with an astonishing series of insights into the formative years of the future dictator, we trace how the unremarkable son of a provincial bully experienced failure in love and art to then find happiness in the midst of a bloodbath. How Germany's...

He was a US Army general who was also the only ever Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, and this symbolizes MacArthur’s visionary belief that Asia would dominate the future of the world.How did he turn initial disasters in the Pacific War against Japan to a famous comeback that would make him a national hero? How did his occupation of Japan help transform the ancient nation into a modern peaceful rich society? Why did he spare Emperor Hirohito from near-certain trial for war crim...

Erwin Rommel has achieved almost legendary status as the German Field Marshall of World war Two? Mainly for his cunning in outwitting and outmanoeuvring his allied enemies he is now known as the desert fox. This is a truly remarkable achievement, given the hatred for Nazism in the wake of World War Two. But History’s Verdict asks if this is a deserving accolade?Ironically, often those who admired him most were his former enemies; while some of his strongest criticism came from fell...

Much has been documented about Himmler as the incarnation of pure evil and the puppet master behind the Holocaust.Now, history’s verdict reveals that he was much more than a mere slaughterer of Jews.For all his ills, Himmler was a visionary. He longed for a utopia based on the blood community of the Aryan race. What lengths was he prepared to go to in order to obtain ‘good blood’ as well as removing the bad?The infamous SS is also examined in detail. Were they just ...

Since the early hours September first 1939, when the guns of the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish military base of Westerplatte in the former free city of Danzig (Gdansk) and triggered the Second World War, over seventy years have gone by.The outcome of the conflict - which claimed the lives of over 55 million people and involved most of the nations of the Earth – left the world divided into two armed camps: one, dominated by the USSR and its Communist...