New Releases by Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter''s Diary of a Rock `n'' Roll Star, first published in 1974, is a fascinating diary of Mott the Hoople''s 1972 US tour. It has received a litany of plaudits and been described as what "may well be the best rock book ever" and "an enduring crystallization of the rock musician''s lot, and a quietly glorious period piece" from Q and The Guardian. A brutally honest chronicle of touring life in the Seventies, and a classic of the rock writing genre, Diary of a Rock `n'' Roll Star remains the gold standard for rock writing. This edition includes new content from Hunter. Ian Hunter is the lead singer in Mott the Hoople and a successful solo artist in his own right. He continues to record and perform across the world after more than fifty years in rock''n''roll.

The first in an exciting multiversal adventure series! Twelve-year-old Fyn Carter has always wondered why his dad disappeared eight years ago, so when a world window appears in his living room and a mysterious man warns him to beware of the agents, he cannot help but feel this is the clue he''s been waiting for. Setting off on a perilous journey with his best friend Amy, his Grandad Bernie, and a fox named Henry Flame, Fyn must race the agents of Eromlos to find the answers he needs. The multiverse is at risk, but Fyn doesn''t realise that he himself is the missing key...

In Luna Bay along the North Fork of Long Island, New York, Puffer the fish is making a batch of his famous chocolate chip cookies. While waiting for them to cook, he goes outside to water his seaweed garden, but then, disaster strikes! Puffer goes back inside to find someone has stolen his cookies. Puffer goes on a search to get his delicious cookies back. He travels through Luna Bay and asks his friends if they''ve seen his cookies anywhere, but nobody can help poor Puffer. Then, while retracing his steps, Puffer comes upon a big surprise. In The Curious Puffer, explore the charming underwater town of Luna Bay with Puffer and his adorable sea creature friends. In the colorful illustrations, see if you can spot some of the local landmarks that are well known to Eastern Long Island. Follow along with the enticing mystery of Puffer''s missing cookies, and see if you can figure out what happened to them.

Educationalists have long worked to democratise our school system and purge traces of its religious origins. Rethinking the School shows that these efforts have been in vain. The bureaucratic organisation of schooling is here to stay, and Christian moral discipline is an integral part of the school as we know it. Hunter argues that both liberal and Marxian theory ignore the historical reality of the school. He does not see the school as the failed attempt to realise principles of social equality, complete personal development and intellectual enlightenment. Rather, he sees the modern school as an improvised apparatus for the training of good citizens and the guidance of souls. Rethinking the School is one of the first major applications of Foucault''s genealogical method to the school system, and will be widely debated by educationalists, policy-makers and those interested in the interaction of government and subjectivity. ''This is a serious piece of scholarship which breaks with much orthodoxy in educational theory and research. It brings new insights to old dilemmas and as such is a major contribution to a field which has in some respects lost its nerve. This is a book that must be read.'' - Professor Richard Smith, Australian Journal of Education ''Hunter. offers a detailed and fascinating account of the popular school. in a manner which reinvigorates modern debates regarding the relations between government and education. He makes us look and see differently, the hallmark of a powerful and original thinker.'' - Professor Tony Bennett, Institute for Cultural Policy Studies

Anger, Worry & Fear can turn into Happiness and Gratitude with a few simple ideals - Using the 5 basic principals of Reiki, this book shows that overcoming your fears and worries lead to the greatest joy. Thoughts, feelings and emotions can shape your child''s future. In a modern age where social means anything but social this book is a gentle reminder that every emotion your child goes through can be controlled and mastered by themselves. At this young age if they learn the basic principals of life and in this example the Reiki principals then your child can grow up to be balanced and self assured and know that they can choose to be happy and positive. It is a great lesson to learn at such a young age. Ideal for any child starting or transferring to a new school. The intention of the book is to promote mindfulness in young children so they grow in self confidence and trust in the universe so that they can be their very best self.

In 2010, ex Kooks bass player, and six times platinum songwriter, Max Rafferty, recorded his debut solo album at Leeders Farm studios with Dan Hawkins of The Darkness. Everyone from music industry moguls, fellow musicians, and friends, were unanimous in their praise of this astonishing new album. However, it was never to see the light of day. This is the incredible true story of what happened and why genius often has a high price on the soul.

After the murder of his best friend and the implosion of his band, Sebastian Eliot has left small town England on a quest to reinvent himself. It''s 1995 and London is once more the eye of the musical hurricane. The Britpop phenomenon is about to explode across the globe, and in Camden Town every night is Friday night. Sebastian Eliot can be anyone he wants to be, but it''s not long before his dreams of pop stardom see him sucked into a dark world where no one is quite who they seem. The same is true of Sebastian Eliot. He doesn''t really exist.

BRITISH TRASH CINEMA is the first overview of the wilder shores of British exploitation and cult paracinema from the 1950s onwards. From obscure horror, science fiction and sexploitation, to art-house camp, Hammer''s prehistoric fantasies and the worst British films ever made, author I.Q. Hunter draws on rare archival material and new primary research to take us through the weird and wonderful world of British trash cinema. Beginning by outlining the definitions of trash films and their place in British film history, Hunter explores topics including: Hammer''s overlooked fantasy films, the emergence of the sexploitation film in the 1950s and 60s, the sex industry in the 1970s, Ken Russell''s high camp Gothic and erotic adaptations since the 1980s, gross-out comedies, revenge films, and contemporary straight-to-DVD horror and erotica.

Over his long and illustrious career, Knud Haakonssen has explored the role of natural law in formulating doctrines of obligation and rights in accordance with the interests of early modern polities and churches. The essays collected in this volume range across this exciting and contested field. These 13 new essays acknowledge Haakonssen''s immense academic achievement and give us new insights into the cultural and political role of law and rights in a variety of historical contexts and circumstances.

All money earned from this ebook by the publisher and authors will go to Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.Collected are 17 tales of terror, from writers, old and new.Find out what lies inside the trinket box.Will O''Hare and Callaghan uncover the secret of the Great Australian Vampyre, or will the secret devour them?Find out how some can be haunted by the living themselves.A book full of sentient rubbish, time travel, murder, ghouls, murderers, funerals and...oh yes, lots of ghosts.Featuring tales by Duncan Lunan, Neil Williamson, Jo Thomas, Ian Hunter, M.J. Steel Collins, Marco Piva, Jon Arnold, Kevin Biggs, Michael S. Collins, Dan Barratt, Thomas Jordan, Paul Gill, Jenny Shirt, Ana Prundaru, Jim Steel, Vaughan Stanger and Gavin Inglis."There they were. Footsteps coming up behind him. Light footstep. Children perhaps, but why would children be out on a night like this? Laughing children. Glanced around in every angle. No tell tale shadows. Just the sound. Of threatening feet. Chasing feet. Running footsteps. He was in no doubt though. Children. Many children. Running. Running after him! Light and fast. Gaining on him. His heart pounded. He tasted fear. Knots in the stomach. A cold sweat. Breathing issues. He turned and ran. He wasn''t sure what he was running from. He ran as fast as he could. As if, his life depended on it. From every angle, he heard the footsteps chasing after him.Henry ran. Between streets he''d know well in better light and weather. Didn''t know where he was. Still he could hear the footsteps. Directly behind him. In front of him. All around. "

In the business world, especially in manufacturing or quality management, the term Six Sigma usually refers to a set of tools and methodologies developed by Motorola to improve processes by eliminating defects. So why should the HR professional care what Six Sigma is or how it can be applied in the HR function? According to the specialists at Orion Partners, there are ten key reasons: * to create excellence in process delivery; * to reduce defects; * to increase efficiency; * to create a quality focused mindset; * to benefit from best practice; * to bring clarity to the processes of HR; * to use a structured scientific approach; * to speak the same language and improve communication; * to gain control over your processes; * and to strengthen your business case. Mircea Albeanu and Ian Hunter explain some of the basic concepts to show how applying Six Sigma tools and methodologies can be used to manage the practical challenges of improving HR operations to meet your organization''s expectations at a lower cost and with greater efficiency. To help illustrate some of the key messages examples are drawn from Orion Partners'' work using Six Sigma tools with international organizations over the last seven years. This concise guide is ideal for project and programme managers involved in business transformation, and for HR managers as well as Six Sigma specialists seeking to understand its applications within human resources. About The Gower HR Transformation Series: The Human Resources function faces a continuing challenge to its role and purpose, in many organizations it has suffered from serious under-representation at strategic, board level. Yet, faced with the challenges of globalism, the need to innovate, manage knowledge, attract and retain the very best employees, organizations need an HR function that can lead from the front. The process of transforming the function is complex and rarely linear. It includes the practical challenges of improving HR operations to meet customer expectations at lower cost and with greater efficiency. The Gower HR Transformation Series will help; it uses a blend of conceptual frameworks, practical advice and global case study examples to cover each of the main elements of the HR transformation process. The books in the series follow a standard format to make them easy to read and reference. Together, the titles create a definitive guide from one of the leading specialist HR transformation consultancies; an organization that has been involved in HR transformation for clients as diverse as Bombardier Transportation, Marks & Spencer, Barnardo''s, Oxfam, Schroders, UnitedHealth Group, Nestlé, BP, HM Prison Service, Transport for London and Vodafone.

This Orion Partners'' report addresses the main considerations for an organization investigating a large-scale transference of HR transactional activity to an outsource provider. The report also provides an overview of the market for HR outsourcing services in Europe. There are sections profiling each of the main outsourcing providers in the UK and continental Europe and case studies drawn from both the public and private sector. Human Resources Outsourcing agreements, which typically run for seven years or more, have a critical influence on any organization''s ability to deliver its long-term strategy. The Orion Partners'' report is a valuable contribution to identifying the right model, locating the right partner and realising the value of one of the most important elements in the current strategic investment for large organizations. It also provides helpful advice on how to manage the impact of outsourcing on the retained HR team.

This book highlights the changes and challenges to the role of the HR Business Partner, overviewing the emerging service delivery models for the HR function (in particular the development of shared services and outsourcing options) and what this means for the HR Business Partner (HRBP) in the modern enterprise. The purpose of this book is to provide a conceptual framework and practical advice, based on real life case studies and recent research, into how HR Business Partners best add value to the organization. The authors have extensive experience of working in the area of HR restructuring (having been HR Directors in blue chip organizations and senior advisers in leading consultancies) and have consistently come up against confusion and contradiction about what is the new role of the HR Manager/Business Partner in supporting business managers in the delivery of strategic and tactical objectives. Theory and conceptual models are used to underpin this book but it has been written as a pragmatic, hands-on guide that will help its readers think through how best they might fulfil the role of the HRBP. The book contains checklists, case study examples and self-assessment tools. It is supported by supplementary material (updates, further case studies, templates and tools) which are available via the authors'' website.

Montague mole embarks on a journey to better his life. His friend Bertram bunny goes with him to help along the way but Montague soon discovers that the life he has is fine just the way it is.

This is the story of the first term of a Chinese student, Chan, at Cambridge University. It is very saucy and very naughty; not the sort of thing to show your wife/husband and certainly not the children; but might be of interest to your girlfriend/lover. Chan is very concerned about the size of his penis, and goes to great lengths to remedy this, with interesting and painful results! His not-quite perfect knowledge of the English language leads to some embarrassingly funny situations, and his total lack of talent at sports produces a brilliant cricketer; but only because he tries to defend his private parts.

Paul and his sister Stevie are on holiday with their parents in the Scottish Highlands.The lady in the post office tells their dad of a secret place called the Green Thorn Cove. She gives him directions and the family decide to seek it out. The children enter the cove and are befriended by a tiny elf. They are taken on a magical journey and are confronted with danger and mythical creatures along the way.

"... An inspirational and practical guide to starting your own business. Fully endorsed by the Young Enterprise Scheme, the book is filled with great advice from winning teams, business mentors and hot tips from some of New Zealand''s leading business people" -- Cover.

Murder in Lancashire provides a fascinating insight into policing in the north of England in the 1970s

HR Transformation Technology is a complete, business-orientated guide to the planning, design and delivery of HR information systems. It spells out the full scope of the applications required to support HR shared services, centres of excellence and business partner roles and goes on to set out the step-by-step process for managing the delivery of a major HR information system project, and ensure it remains on schedule and on budget. HR Transformation Technology provides: • An understanding of the role of IT in HR and the way in which it supports key elements such as the HR shared service centre and HR Business Partners; • A clear picture of the features and benefits of the main types of HR IT application and an overview of what can commonly go wrong; • The knowledge to build and communicate a definitive business case for the project; • Details of the processes to be followed when defining what you need and selecting the partners who can deliver it. The book also provides up to date, practical examples of what other major organizations have achieved along with an invaluable top ten list of dos and don''ts for the HR systems project manager. This book is indispensable for anyone with responsibility for delivering HR systems.

Helena and John fall madly and desperately in love. It is that worst of all worlds: love at a distance. Things move on. Changes are made. Meetings come and go. The oscillating feelings both clarify and confuse. Geographical moves convey commitment that forge new dynamics. They generate the elation and agony of blind love. It is a heady concoction. There is a final stage as the relationship climbs into a tempestuous phase of passion and other things. The anatomy of love is the sheer range of emotion and desire possible between two people. About the Author: Ian Hunter is a consultant. He started life in Germany, moved to UK, worked in Great Britain, then Southeast Asia and New York before touching on East Africa. This book is the culmination of his journey of exploration, a crescendo towards greater self-understanding. The journey lasted 14 years: the results of which are his books, e-Love, e-Dreams, e-World, Three Interludes and The Early Years. Love''s Anatomy marks the end of his semi-autobiographical fictional writing. "The purpose has been served. It is a fitting end!" Publisher''s Website: http: //sbpra.com/IanHunter

In the electronic world we live in, everything - including love - seems to take place on the Internet. In Ian Hunter''s fourth novel, Three Interludes, John has been in his e-World relationship with Nathalie for two years. They have reached a point where they plan to meet, three times. These are the Three Interludes. John is mature, experienced and a self-confessed sensualist, based in New York City. Nathalie is much younger, lives in Baku, Azerbaijan, and attracts John with her vivacious personality and voluptuous appearance. Both are ready to further explore their e-relationship. The question is, will the planned meetings actually happen, given the distances involved? If so, will their Three Interludes fulfill their deepest desires? There are surprises.

"Writing well takes practice; it can also be fun and interesting. This student workbook is packed with charts, examples, worksheets, exercises and sample essays, everything you need to improve your high-school essay writing"-- Back cover. Suggested level: secondary.

"Founded in Wolverhampton in 1781, Briscoes began trading in New Zealand in 1862. The company supplied everything from picks and shovels for gold miners, iron to construct wharves, dynamite to open tunnels and reclaim land, as well as the crockery, lamps, and cutlery that adorned colonial homes. But Briscoes is much more than just a story of hardware. The red-tiled roofs that adorn thousands of New Zealand homes and businesses are Briscoes Marseilles roofing tiles. And it was Briscoes that supplied and fixed the magnificent pressed-steel ceilings that grace thousands of villas. By the 1980s, Briscoes was struggling. The company had passed through several owners, and after a string of losses, Briscoes future appeared uncertain. It was the 1990 purchase of Briscoes by retail entrepreneur Rod Duke that saw a revival of the old New Zealand company. Re-established as New Zealand''s leading supplier of homewares, the company has since expanded tenfold in size, and in the face of a global recession remains one of the consistent success stories of New Zealand industry: something it has been doing for 150 years."--Book jacket.

The very same businesses that have been spending recent years cost cutting, restructuring and streamlining, are putting the pressure on the HR ''overhead'' to prove that it is not just a cost centre, but a function that provides added value through alignment to business needs and aspirations. Jane Saunders and Ian Hunter explain five fundamental issues in the service design phase that will align the HR strategy and delivery strategy to the business strategy. These issues are critical to ensuring a fit for purpose HR function that can measure and demonstrate the value it adds. The Gower HR Transformation Series uses a blend of conceptual frameworks, practical advice and global case study examples to cover each of the main elements of the HR transformation process. Together, the eight titles create a definitive guide from one of the leading specialist HR transformation consultancies.

Christian Thomasius (1655-1728) was a tireless campaigner against the political enforcement of religion in the early modern confessional state. In a whole series of combative disputations - against heresy and witchcraft prosecutions, and in favour of religious toleration - Thomasius battled to lay the intellectual groundwork for the separation of church and state and the juridical basis for pluralistic societies. In this 2007 text, Ian Hunter departs from the usual view of Thomasius as a natural law moral philosopher. In addition to investigating his anti-scholastic cultural politics, Hunter discusses Thomasius'' work in public and church law, particularly his disputations arguing for the toleration of heretics, providing a revealing comparison with Locke''s arguments on the same topic. If Locke sought to base toleration in the subjective rights protecting Christian citizens against an intolerant state, Thomasius grounded it in the state''s duty to impose toleration as an obligation on intolerant citizens.

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This book, which covers an area little touched by traditional historians such as Sinclair, Belich or King, shows how entrepreneurship and innovation transformed the New Zealand economy in the late nineteenth century. In particular it draws on case studies and historical evidence to reveal that the small, organic, rapidly expanding firm was the potent force in New Zealand''s growth - the local small-time entrepreneur is the hero of this story. By focusing on the shape of our economic history Ian Hunter here fills a major gap in our knowledge of the colonial period which has derived largely from the work of social and political historians.