Most Popular Books by Peter Clark

Between January 1992 and October 1997 watching briefs, evaluations and an excavation were conducted on the route of the Wainscott Northern Link or by-pass. This relief road was constructed over a distance of 5km from the junction of the A2 and M2, west of the original Medway crossing at Rochester north-east to the Four Elms roundabout on the A228 north of Wainscott. Other than scatters of loose finds, little archaeological material was discovered over most of the route, but west of the Four Elms roundabout a multi-period settlement site was excavated. About 350 separate features and deposit sequences were examined, which may be divided into four periods: Prehistoric; Roman; Anglo-Saxon; Medieval and Post-medieval. The site, excavation and finds are all presented and assessed here and each period discussed.

Presents a history of Maidstone. The book investigates the development of the town from pre-Roman times to the late 20th-century and covers early growth to enhanced commmunal consciousness in the late Middle Ages. It is intended for local people or those with an interest in local history.

An in-depth look at the diverse group of men who comprised Britain''s first Labour Party in 1924. In January of 1924, the cabinet of the first Labour government consisted of twenty white, middle-aged men, as it had for generations. But the election also represented a radical departure from government by the ruling class. Most members of the administration had left school by the age of fifteen. Five of them had started work by the time they were twelve years old. Three were working down the mines before they entered their teens. Two were illegitimate, one was abandoned at birth, and three were of Irish immigrant descent. For the first time in Britain''s history, the cabinet could truly be said to represent all of Britain''s social classes. This unheralded revolution in representation is the subject of Peter Clark''s fascinating new book, The Men of 1924. Who were these men? Clark''s vivid portrayal is full of evocative portraits of a new breed of politician, the forerunners of all those who, later in the last century and this one, overcame a system from which they had been excluded for too long.

En este libro Roy Peter Clark, un reconocido profesor de escritura de Estados Unidos, nos enseña una forma de leer que permite penetrar más allá de la superficie de los textos literarios y observar el proceso interno que los convierte en obras maestras. Leer con rayos X: 25 obras maestras que mejorarán tu escritura es una visita guiada a través de textos geniales con un valor incalculable para quienes deseen escribir utilizando los mejores trucos, las más sabias ideas y las estrategias más efectivas. En veinticinco lecciones se analizan los secretos y técnicas de los grandes escritores. Ya sean clásicos como Homero, Virgilio, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens o Flaubert, o relevantes escritores contemporáneos como James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Sylvia Plath, Vladímir Nabókov, Gabriel García Márquez, etcétera. Una mina para cualquier escritor que, además, quiera ser artista. Con un estilo vivo y lleno de color, repleta de consejos prácticos, esta guía se ha ganado ya un lugar como una lectura esencial para los escritores. Kirkus Reviews Este apasionante libro es perfecto para estudiantes, escritores y para cualquiera que quiera aprender más sobre la gran literatura. Library Journal

The essential guide to writing a winning college admissions essay, from America’s favorite writing coach. Most high school students never have received any instruction in how to write a personal essay. Yet at a time when getting admitted to their dream college is more competitive than ever, the admissions essay may turn out to be the single most important thing they will ever write. The stakes are high. In Writing Tools for the College Essay, veteran journalist and writing coach Roy Peter Clark shows how any student can showcase their unique achievements, intellect, and attributes to stand out from the crowd. Packed with nearly two dozen remarkable essay examples and 100 digestible essay writing tips that students can carry with them throughout their careers, this is the essential guide every high school student, parent, and teacher needs. Readers will learn:  How to select your writing prompt  The key elements of a compelling story  How to master the art of the riveting detail  What it means to write with an authentic voice  How to “grab readers by the throat”  The power of reading one’s work aloud  The rules of honest writing (including whether to use AI tools)  Tips for revising (and re-revising) your masterpiece  and much more

This book examines the history of high speed trains around the world, beginning with Japanese bullet trains of the 1960s. It covers not just the trains, but the problems and solutions for the lines on which they run, leading up to and including the latest Chinese locomotives. Table of Contents include: A History of Fast Trains, 1885 to 1981 * The Technology for High Speed: Track, Signalling, Power * Considerations for High Speed Rail in Australia * Japan - The Shinkansen: New Gauge, New Track, New Trains * France - The TGV: New Trunk Lines but Compatibility to Use Existing Termini * Britain - The HST: Fast Diesel Trains and Electric Successors * The US and the Northeast Corridor * Germany - The ICE: Massive Engineering Combined With Compatibility * The High Speed Diaspora in Europe * Spain - Imported and Local Designs: AVE and Alvia * China, Korea, and Taiwan - Progressive Development * Australia - Potential Limited by Trackwork

Emirates Diaries tells the story of how Peter came to love the Emirates and its people. He got to know Abu Dhabi sheikhs and Dubai merchants and people at every level of society. The country was on the cusp of enormous economic expansion and this book is an affectionate picture of the Emirates when it was still like a chain of large informal villages. The people of the UAE were aware of their good fortune and were, he found, open, generous and innovative. Clark arranged for the explorer Wilfred Thesiger to return to the country he had celebrated before it became oil-rich. Thanks to Peter, Thesiger met up with his old companions who had accompanied him in crossing the Empty Quarter 40 years earlier. Peter embedded himself in the local cultural scene and translated stories by Dubai''s best known writer, Muhammad al-Murr. Emirates Diaries tells of opera in Ras Al Khaimah, how Shakespeare was brought to large audiences of young people, how to organize a royal visit, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease among the oryx in the Al Ain zoo, the culture of camel racing and an unpaid bill left by Margaret Thatcher. The diaries sparkle with mischievous humor and acute observation. This book is a prequel to Peter Clark''s Damascus Diaries: Life under the Assads, described by The Economist as ''quirky, digressive and indiscreet''.

Drift into inner peace whilst coloring these 55 gorgeous mandala designs. This pocket sized book follows on from Inner Peace volume 1 pocket size which had so many gorgeous mandala style images within its pages for you to color. In this Inner Peace volume 2, adult coloring book you will find: 55 mandala images, each design carefully crafted to match the mood and time available to you. Both simple and complex designs are included in this stress reducing volume of mandala images. Permission for the original owner to photo copy each design for their personal use. Stress reduction due to this form of art therapy. Enjoyment goes without saying Put the finished design in a frame, or folder of work completed, or just color the book. Use colored pencils, colored markers, paints or whatever is your preferred choice. Start your journey of calming stress in your life, with these gorgeous designs, created for you to: Enjoy. Have fun coloring. Create inner inner peace in you. Start your journey to calm your minds stress with these gorgeous stress reducing mandala images. That you can''t fail to enjoy coloring over and over again. Order your copy now to add to your collection and start coloring soon. A right hand version is also available to make life easy. This is a pocket size book for when traveling. a full sized book is also available. in both right and left handed versions.

60 Mandala style images to color and relax. Each image will bring hours of pleasure, regardless of the type or complexity of the image chosen. After finishing an image, frame it and hang on the wall. The author has taken great care to ensure each image is interesting and able to please anyone coloring them. 60 images could take two to three months to complete making this the perfect gift for others or for you on vacation. Known to have a calming influence, to anyone coloring images, this book of lovely images needs only the imagination of a creative mind to come alive. You can be coloring this book in no time at all.

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A mandala coloring book, featuring 55 intricate mandala style designs that will enthrall and keep you busy coloring for many hours. Inner Peace volume 3 follows on from volumes 1 & 2 with a range of designs from easy to complex. Spend hours coloring the 55 amazing delightful designs that will fill your free time with many hours of coloring pleasure. If you liked Inner Peace volumes 1 & 2 you will adore Volume 3. Each design is printed one-sided so that the underneath design is not contaminated with wet inks of dry pen denting. This also ensures a clean photocopy should you wish to keep your book pristine and only color copies. You won''t be disappointed when you get your book!

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W002991 Preface signed by Joseph Sewall and four others. "Errata."--p. 132. A reply to the work by Samuel Webster published in 1757. Boston: Printed and sold by S. Kneeland, opposite to the Probate Office in Queen-Street, 1758. [4],132,24p.; 4°

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Library of Congress W021767 Signed on p. 43: Peter Clark, Danvers, July 1. 1758. Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, 1758. 43, [1]p.; 8°

MANY IN BRITISH INTELLIGENCE CALLED IT AN UNSOLVABLE ENIGMA. But what they knew as ''The Station Master Protocol'' has been blown wide open again by the power of computer cryptography, and this book is the end result of several man-years worth of clue solving, crypto-hacking and conspiracy investigations by one man whose mission is to find the truth, no matter what the cost.Have YOU got what it takes to finish this devilishly tricky and seemingly insoluble puzzle? This book contains months of decyphering, research, and an alarmingly real glimpse into so-called ''conspiracy theories'' the world over... Research into what might turn out to be the world''s most dangerous puzzle. Have you tried to solve the Station Master Protocol, a cold case file full of clues from Schmid Robi (who since disappeared while in Boston)? Here''s what we know so far, but it will take someone special to solve it. The stakes are high. It''s time for you to get famous by bringing those in darkness and political intrigue out into the open - if you''re sure you want that kind of fame!Inside this book is everything the author knows about The Station Master Protocol, its clues and pointers, and its equally mysterious ''source'', Schmid Robi. These answers and solutions are only part of the puzzle, and present us with many more revealed and decoded clues that need to be studied and solved... it''ll take a true puzzling genius to crack this case.The author is an internationally respected authority on conspiracy theories, cold cases, and espionage. His reputation has made life difficult at times but he believes that truth is more important than winning or losing. Most importantly, he knows when it''s time to enlist the help of others - and that could be you!Whoever solves this is going to be famous. One way or another...

Highly entertaining first-hand account of life in Damascus in the 1990s.