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The book rediscovers two of the main seeds of Western Culture – the Exodus and the Odyssey, which are entwined within the book by both a common link with Egypt and a review of ancient chronology. They were both antecedents to the rise of Christianity, which is at the heart of Western Culture. It was inspired by a desire to understand the spiritual message of the Odyssey, which required both geographical and spiritual interpretations of the poem. Linked to this was a desire to understand the political context of the Trojan story, which required resolving the false hiatus in the archaeology of Troy. This resulted in a new paradigm for understanding ancient chronology, which revealed the stories behind the Exodus and the location of the Garden of Eden. Writing the book has been a long and eventful journey, longer than Odysseus’ 19 years away from home. The book is written in five parts: • Universal Chronology - Based on the identification of Menophres with Thutmose III and of the Bubastite Portal’s reference to Shoshenq’s participation in the Battle of Qarqar, the Egyptian Third Intermediate Period is shortened by 120 years, with a pharaoh ruling from Tanis and subordinate kings at Bubastis and Thebes. • The Exodus - Using the Universal Chronology and genealogical information and dates provided by the Bible, it is demonstrated that the story of the Exodus is a combination of two events, being the exodus of the Hyksos led by Abraham in 1406 BC following the eruption of Thera, and the exodus of the Atenist (Levite) priests led by Moses in about the first year of Tutankhamun - 1204 BC. The story of Abraham also reveals the location of the Garden of Eden in the heartland of the Levant. • Radiocarbon Dating – The process that created the dendrochronology-based radiocarbon calibration curve is demonstrated to be a flawed non-scientific process that relied upon circular arguments. • The Odyssey – By comparing the life and work of Archilochus to both the Odyssey and the Iliad, it is shown that Archilochus must have been the author of the Odyssey. The allegory within the Odyssey is also discussed to provide both geographical and spiritual interpretations of the poem. • Western Culture - The two main streams of Western Culture (Ancient Greece and Christianity) are shown to have had their foundations in the stories surrounding the Trojan War, the spiritual message of the Odyssey and the influences of Egypt on Greece and Judaism. It is shown how Greek and Jewish religions were fused to create the Gospels and contributed towards modern astrology.

On a winter’s evening in 2041, 14-year-old Tom arrives at Albans School, tucked away in an isolated Blue Mountains location west of Sydney – a special school for children with disabilities. Tom doesn’t speak, can’t hear and has no word recognition. Watching Tom’s arrival from the school library is Abbey, a book that no one has ever read. Abbey’s desperate need to be read drives her to find a way to communicate with Tom and unleashes a terrifying and thrilling adventure. They encounter a global conspiracy using artificial intelligence to control the minds of the younger generation – the inheritors. Together, they forge an exceptional team to fight back, from the very place the global conspirators plan to destroy – imagination. As they confront increasingly perilous challenges, they come to understand why they are like they are and the meaning of partnership. Books become the guiding influence as Tom and Abbey light the flame of self-belief to rise above their limitations. To fight for a new generation’s right to freely choose the society in which they want to live and who they want to be.

'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 Titchmarsh A Life In Nature is a portrait of Peter Scott collected from his own conversations, articles and broadcasts including thoughts on on Conservation, expeditions to Lapland and Africa, his travels in Europe and much more. This republished edition has a new foreword by the former Chairman of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, explaining Sir Peter Scott's legacy and how he is one of the most important names in conservation and nature, and how his thoughts on our planet are more relevant than ever before. Sir Peter Scott was also known as an exceptional artist and painter, and this book is illustrated with his beautiful paintings of birds. Sir Peter Scott had a truly incredible life. He was the only son of legendary explorer Captain Scott. His godfather was JM Barrie and he was married to Elizabeth Jane Howard. He also represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at sailing in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal. He founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and also helped to found the Worldwide Fund for Nature. This is a beautiful and timely re-discovered book, perfect for those who are interested in preserving our planet.

「我不會死去，而是即將進化。」 當肉體與機器合而為一，人類是不是就可以獲得真正的自由？ 英、日暢銷！！日本亞馬遜「科學家回憶錄類」、「電腦科學類」榜首 《太陽報》、《泰晤士報》、《金融時報》等外媒力薦 沈心慧 漸凍人協會理事長 徐國鎧 國立中央大學電機系講座教授 張禎元 國立清華大學特聘教授 陳良基 前科技部長 陳潔如 若水國際執行長 劉益宏 國立臺灣科技大學機械系教授──感動推薦 「只要跟隨幾項強大的宇宙潛規則，探索存在的意義其實意外地簡單。第一，科學是通往神奇境地的唯一道路。第二，人類因打破既定規則而偉大。最後，愛終究能戰勝一切。」──本書作者 彼得．史考特－摩根（Peter Scott-Morgan） 他用勇氣、科學與愛，把自己的一生當作一場實驗， 讓生命黑暗之處有光，也替我們預演了人類的未來。 2017年，彼得被確診為漸凍症──一種平均餘命只有兩年的致命性疾病。然而，他不願和其他漸凍症病人一樣，只能痛苦地失能直到死去，他選擇把自己當作高科技發展之下的白老鼠，讓科技取代他即將失去的言語、行動及感官能力，成為「彼得2.0」──史上第一位完整的賽伯格（半機器人）。 他的站立式輪椅能讓他或坐或躺，甚至能起身演講；一套符合他性格的合成語音系統能發出與他先前一模一樣的聲音，他也能用雙眼來打字，或藉由人工智慧直接做出反應。高解析度虛擬化身能代替他參加線上會議，能與人溝通，也能按照情境做出表情。此外，他計畫在未來裝上連身機器人，讓機械引導他的肢體移動或抓握物品；他也計畫擁有一個實體的化身，只需遠端操控，機器人便能代替他四處旅行，而他在家裡就能盡覽沿途美景⋯⋯。 彼得透過這本書記錄他從求學到罹病後的人生，或許他的種種決定在當下都被視為是種反叛，然而無論是試圖打破醫界普遍把漸凍症視為不治之症的僵固信念，或是不畏建制派體系的壓迫、敢於認同自己的同志身分，都是他追求自我本質的過程，同時也使他成為先行者，為所有與他有相似經歷的人們帶來希望。 這是一本勇氣之書，書中處處可見彼得面對命運時的勇氣與幽默。同時也是一本科技之書，讓我們從中思考當科技取代了言語、行動和我們所處的世界，人類與機器的界線在哪裡？死亡會因此消失嗎？與機器結合是對抗人體衰老的解方嗎？最後，這也是一本愛之書，你將看見那早已超越時空、生死，並且即使遭受迫害仍然無懼的愛。 ▌國內推薦── 面對身體障礙，你看到的是限制還是創新的機會？彼得選擇將漸凍症帶來的障礙化為科技創新與人類不斷進化的原動力。他充滿熱情且勇於實踐理想的人生經歷，啟發你我看見「Tech for Good」的可能性──當科技結合人類的智慧與能力，可以提升身而為人的價值與生命志趣。無論身處哪一個專業領域，願我們每個人都能像彼得一樣，起身行動，打造更美好的未來社會2.0。──陳潔如 若水國際執行長 ▌海外好評── 「彼得這本不凡的自傳提醒我們身而為人的意義是什麼，以及過著充滿愛的生活有多麼重要。 它讓我們看見逆境可以培養堅韌，面對難以克服的挑戰可以讓我們找到繼續戰鬥的力量。」──伊恩．坎寧（Iain Canning），奧斯卡獎最佳導演，《王者之聲》（The King''s Speech）導演 「本書精采地描述了身而為人的意義，以及科技可以為我們實現什麼。」──《週日電訊報》（Sunday Telegraph） 「彼得的故事絕對是你所聽過最與眾不同的故事之一。 我迫不及待想邀請更多人讀它。」──英國國寶級演員暨作家 史蒂芬．佛萊（Stephen Fry） 「一個非凡的故事。……它將讓你徹底地意識到沒有什麼是理所當然的。」──《廣播時報》（Radio Times） 「令人信服。…… 這本書的成功之處在於，它說的是一個愛情故事，而不是成為機器人的技術性細節。」──《泰晤士報》（The Times） 「令人驚訝的是，彼得始終如一地樂觀、勇敢，他也找到了問題的根本解決方案，即便這個問題讓英國最聰明的頭腦都感到相當困惑。」──《每日電訊報》（Daily Telegraph） 「一個高潮迭起的愛情故事。」──《金融時報》（Financial Times） 「迷人且極其感人。」──《太陽報》（Sun）

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 democratic accountability. Setting out a clear and radical programme for reform, this book makes an important contribution to current debates in education in the context of the evolution of the UK economy and wider society.

''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/Norman Scott affair seen through the eyes of the dogs involved, etc. etc. A sideways look at our queer past offers vivid vignettes which may or may not be true - and if they''re not, they ought to be.

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' Radio Times __________ Peter, a brilliant scientist, is told that he will lose everything he loves. His husband. His family. His friends. His ability to travel the world. All will be gone. But Peter will not give up. He vows that this will not be the end and instead seeks a completely new beginning . . . Peter has Motor Neurone Disease, a condition universally considered by doctors to be terminal. He is told it will destroy his nerve cells and that within about two years, it will take his life too. But, face-to-face with death, he decides there is another way. Using his background in science and technology, he navigates a new path, one that will enable him not just to survive, but to thrive. This is the astonishing true story about Peter Scott-Morgan: the first person to combine his very humanity with artificial intelligence and robotics to become a full Cyborg. His discovery means that his terminal diagnosis is negotiable, something that will rewrite the future. And change the world. By embracing love, life and hope rather than fear, tragedy and despair, he will become Peter 2.0. __________ 'Compelling . . . Scott-Morgan is a true one-off. It is in the telling of the love story, rather than the technical details of becoming a cyborg, that this book succeeds' The Times 'What's striking is Peter's constant optimism, bravery and his ability to find radical answers to problems that have confounded Britain's brightest minds' Daily Telegraph 'A soaring love story' Financial Times 'Fascinating and extremely moving' Sun

Originally published in 1984, The Crisis of the University looks at the way in which changes to intellectual life relate to the development of the different institutions that make up higher education. It examines the evolution of the liberal university that flourished in the 19th and early 20th centuries into the modern university that has grown up since 1945. It also looks at the more detailed experience of British higher education, with separate chapters on what the Robbins expansion meant for the universities and why it was thought necessary to construct an alternative in the shape of the polytechnics. Looking to the future, the book argues first that the present structure of British higher education needs reform and speculates on the future intellectual and social demands that may be made of higher education.

Originally published in 1975, Strategies for Postsecondary Education looks at how postsecondary education absorbs an increasing proportion of education budgets in developed countries. The book analyses the inequalities in the American postsecondary education system and compares its performance with France and the United Kingdom. The traditional concept of higher education with its preference for the college sector is now being challenged by the notion of postsecondary education which embraces the community colleges and preparatory schools in the United States and the polytechnics in Great Britain. The book argues that the development of the non-collegiate sector, including further education outside a formal educational context, will extend the range of educational opportunity and make much better use of limited resources.

Peter Scott's 'Introduction to Accounting' provides a thorough but accessible and engaging introduction to the subject for first year accounting and finance students. This highly practical textbook uses a multitude of worked and real life examples, supportive learning features, crystal clear explanations, and extensive online resources (fully integrated with the book) to guide students towards a confident understanding of the fundamentals of accounting. Scott's distinctively lively writing style sets the numerical content within an easy-to-follow narrative, and the real life relevance of each tool or technique is explained at every turn. All key areas of first year courses are covered to provide a solid foundation for more advanced modules, with two chapters and an extensive online case study dedicated to the important topic of double-entry bookkeeping. The book's online resources include a wealth of free-to-access materials, which are complemented by Dashboard, our online assessment and homework platform. The online resources are fully downloadable into a university's local VLE. The online student resources include: - Interactive Multiple Choice Questions for revising key topics; - Numerical exercises for practising the calculation of accounting information from given sets of data; - 'Go back over this again' features containing a mix of further examples, written exercises, true or false questions, and annotated accounting information to help consolidate learning and revise or revisit concepts; - 'Show me how to do it' videos that provide practical demonstrations of dealing with more complex accounting tasks; - Web links for primary source material and articles through which readers can learn more about the companies and organizations discussed in the book. Dashboard, our online learning and assessment tool, features: - Quizzes. A test bank of over 500 ready-to-use questions, tailored specifically to the book's content, giving lecturers the flexibility they need to manage, set and develop quizzes tailored to their course; - Gradebook. Automatically grades student responses to quizzes, while its visual heat maps provide at-a-glance information about student achievement and engagement; - Course content. Additional material to support teaching, including a large double-entry case study, PowerPoint slides, and more examples and solutions; - Communication. Lecturers can share course news, spark a class discussion, or email students with course information, all through the communication tab.

Peter Scott's Introduction to Financial Accounting provides a thorough but accessible and engaging introduction to the subject for first year students. This highly practical textbook uses a multitude of worked and real life examples, supportive learning features, crystal clear explanations, and extensive online resources (all fully integrated with the book) to guide students towards a confident understanding of the fundamentals of financial accounting. Scott's lively writing style sets the numerical content within an easy-to-follow narrative, and the real life relevance of each tool or technique is explained at every turn. All key areas of first year financial accounting courses are covered to provide a solid foundation for more advanced modules, with two chapters and an extensive online case study dedicated to the important topic of double-entry bookkeeping. The book's online resources include a wealth of materials which can be downloaded into a university's local VLE. The student resources include: - Interactive Multiple Choice Questions for revising key topics; - Numerical exercises for practising the calculation of accounting information from given sets of data; - 'Go back over this again' features containing a mix of further examples, written exercises, true or false questions, and annotated accounting information to help consolidate learning and revise or revisit concepts; - 'Show me how to do it' videos that provide practical demonstrations of dealing with more complex accounting tasks; - Web links for primary source material and articles through which readers can learn more about the companies and organizations discussed in the book. Lecturer resources include PowerPoint slides, examples and solutions, and hundreds of ready-to-use multiple-choice questions, all arranged by chapter. Lecturers can choose to make the online materials available to their students via Dashboard, a learning and assessment tool which provides sophisticated analytics for student achievement and engagement with the resources, also facilitating discussions and course updates.

Peter Scott''s Introduction to Management Accounting provides a thorough but accessible and engaging introduction to the subject for first year students. This highly practical textbook uses a multitude of worked and real life examples, supportive learning features, crystal clear explanations, and extensive online resources (all fully integrated with the book) to guide students towards a confident understanding of the fundamentals of management accounting. Scott''s lively writing style sets the numerical content within an easy-to-follow narrative, and the real life relevance of each tool or technique is explained at every turn. All key areas of first year management accounting courses are covered to provide a solid foundation for more advanced modules. The book''s online resources include a wealth of materials which can be downloaded into a university''s local VLE. The student resources include: - Interactive Multiple Choice Questions for revising key topics; - Numerical exercises for practising the calculation of accounting information from given sets of data; - ''Go back over this again'' features containing a mix of further examples, written exercises, true or false questions, and annotated accounting information to help consolidate learning and revise or revisit concepts; - ''Show me how to do it'' videos that provide practical demonstrations of dealing with more complex accounting tasks; - Web links for primary source material and articles through which readers can learn more about the companies and organizations discussed in the book. Lecturer resources include PowerPoint slides, examples and solutions, and hundreds of ready-to-use multiple-choice questions, all arranged by chapter. Lecturers can choose to make the online materials available to their students via Dashboard, a learning and assessment tool which provides sophisticated analytics for student achievement and engagement with the resources, also facilitating discussions and course updates.

During the twentieth century ''affluence'' (both at the level of the individual household and that of society as a whole) became intimately linked with access to a range of prestige consumer durables. The Market Makers charts the inter-war origins of a process that would eventually transform these features of modern life from being ''luxuries'' to ''necessities'' for most British families. Peter Scott examines how producers and retailers succeeded in creating ''mass'' (though not universal) market for new suites of furniture, radios, modern housing, and some electrical and gas appliances, while also exploring why some other goods, such as refrigerators, telephones, and automobiles, failed to reach the mass market in Britain before the 1950s. Creating mass markets presented a formidable challenge for manufacturers and retailers. Consumer durables required large markets. Most involved significant research and development costs. Some, such as the telephone, radio, and car, were dependent on complementary investments in infrastructure. All required intensive marketing - usually including expensive advertising in national newspapers and magazines, while some also needed mass production methods (and output volumes) to make them affordable to a mass market. This study charts the pioneering efforts of entrepreneurs (many of whom, though once household names, are now largely forgotten) to provide consumer durables at a price affordable to a mass market and to persuade a sometimes reluctant public to embrace the new products and the consumer credit that their purchase required. In doing so, Scott shows that, contrary to much received wisdom, there was a ''consumer durables revolution'' in inter-war Britain - at least for certain highly prioritised goods.

An important contribution to our understanding of the distribution of retail activities, particularly within cities, this book provides a critical review of the literature on the subject. It points out the major general propositions concerning retailing from the geographical point of view, and identifies key research problems, which need to be examined in order to push forward the frontiers of this sub field of economic geography. It presents a major critique of the central-place model, which has come to hold an important place in the methodology of economic geography, and clearly and decisively shows the model to be static, deterministic, retrospective and of little value for predictive purposes.

When Peter Scott began a 1968 tour in Vietnam advising ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom paramilitaries, they shared only an earnest desire to check the spread of communism. It took nearly thirty years and a chance reunion for Scott to realize just how much they had become a part of him. This fascinating chronicle of Scott’s experiences with the secret army of brave, disciplined warriors is by far the most moving and richly detailed account ever published of the deep bonds forged in war between Americans and our Asian allies. Successfully blending intense combat narrative and stirring emotional drama, Scott vividly captures both the unique village culture of a little-known, highly spiritual people and their complex relationship with Special Forces soldiers, who found it increasingly difficult to match their charges’ commitment to the costly conflict. With a novelist’s powers of description and reflection and a professional soldier’s keen insight and analysis, Scott raises the standard for literature about the Vietnam War with this searing portrait of promise and betrayal. Building on his experiences as a Phoenix Program adviser near the Cambodian border, extensive interviews with Khmer Krom survivors, hundreds of hours of research in government archives, and requests for Freedom of Information Act disclosures, Scott seamlessly reconstructs the six-thousand-strong mercenary force’s final crusade against communism, beginning in their ancestral home in 1970 and ending on the U.S. West Coast in 1995. Such a hauntingly evocative and highly readable book will both entertain and shock, and it is assured of a place among the classics on Vietnam.

The Making of the Modern British Home explores the impact of the modern suburban semi-detached house on British family life during the 1920s and 1930s - focusing primarily on working-class households who moved from cramped inner-urban accommodation to new suburban council or owner-occupied housing estates. Migration to suburbia is shown to have initiated a dramatic transformation in lifestyles - from a `traditional' working-class mode of living, based around long-established tightly-knit urban communities, to a recognisably `modern' mode, centred around the home, the nuclear family, and building a better future for the next generation. This process had far-reaching impacts on family life, entailing a change in household priorities to meet the higher costs of suburban living, which in turn impacted on many aspects of household behaviour, including family size. This volume also constitutes a general history of the development of both owner-occupied and municipal suburban housing estates in interwar Britain, including the evolution of housing policy; the housing development process; housing and estate design, lay-outs, and architectural features; marketing owner-occupation and consumer durables to a mass market; furnishing the new suburban home; making ends meet; suburban gardens; social filtering and conflict on the new estates; and problems of 'mis-selling' and 'Jerry building'. Peter Scott integrates the social history of the interwar suburbs with their economic, business, marketing, and architectural/planning histories, demonstrating how these elements interacted to produce a new model of working-class lifestyles and 'respectability' which marked a fundamental break with pre-1914 working-class urban communities.

Bring new power, performance, and scalability to your existing Perl code! Cure whatever ails your Perl code! Maintain, optimize, and scale any Perl software... whether you wrote it or not Perl software engineering best practices for enterprise environments Includes case studies and code in a fun-to-read format Today''s Perl developers spend 60-80% of their time working with existing Perl code. Now, there''s a start-to-finish guide to understanding that code, maintaining it, updating it, and refactoring it for maximum performance and reliability. Peter J. Scott, lead author of Perl Debugged, has written the first systematic guide to Perl software engineering. Through extensive examples, he shows how to bring powerful discipline, consistency, and structure to any Perl program-new or old. You''ll discover how to: Scale existing Perl code to serve larger network, Web, enterprise, or e-commerce applications Rewrite, restructure, and upgrade any Perl program for improved performance Bring standards and best practices to your entire library of Perl software Organize Perl code into modules and components that are easier to reuse Upgrade code written for earlier versions of Perl Write and execute better tests for your software...or anyone else''s Use Perl in team-based, methodology-driven environments Document your Perl code more effectively and efficiently If you''ve ever inherited Perl code that''s hard to maintain, if you write Perl code others will read, if you want to write code that''ll be easier for you to maintain, the book that comes to your rescue is Perl Medic. If you code in Perl, you need to read this book.–Adam Turoff, Technical Editor, The Perl Review. Perl Medic is more than a book. It is a well-crafted strategy for approaching, updating, and furthering the cause of inherited Perl programs.–Allen Wyke, co-author of several computer books including JavaScript Unleashed and Pure JavaScript. Scott''s explanations of complex material are smooth and deceptively simple. He knows his subject matter and his craft-he makes it look easy. Scott remains relentless practical-even the ''Analysis'' chapter is filled with code and tests to run.–Dan Livingston, author of several computer books including Advanced Flash 5: Actionscript in Action

Physiology and Behaviour of Plants looks at plants and how they sense and respond to their environment. It takes the traditional plant physiology book into a new dimension by demonstrating how the biochemical observations underlie the behaviour of the plant. In many ways the book parallels courses studied at university on animal physiology and behaviour. The plant has to meet the same challenges as an animal to survive, but overcomes these challenges in very different ways. Students learn to think of plants not only as dynamic organisms, but aggressive, territorial organisms capable of long-range communication. Hallmark features include: Based on a successful course that the author has run for several years at Sussex University, UK Relates plant biochemistry to plant function Printed in four colour throughout Includes a wealth of illustrations and photographs that engages the reader's attention and reinforce key concepts explored within the text Presents material in a modern 'topic' based approach, with many relevant and exciting examples to inspire the student An accompanying web site will include teaching supplements This innovative textbook is the ultimate resource for all students in biology, horticulture, forestry and agriculture. Companion website for this title is available at www.wiley.com/go/scott/plants

Everyone knows about seahorses, but baby seahorses are called fry. Our heroine is too big to be a fry, but she hasn''t grown into a full size seahorse yet, so Soli likes to be called a Seapony. After being caught in a strong tide, she finds herself on the shore, in a beautiful Yorkshire coastal village, in the North of England, An amazing transformation occurs, she discovers a new friend, and their adventures begin. The first of a series of books and adventures, ''Soli the Seapony'' introduces the main characters and locations. As the story develops, amazing discoveries are made, unusual things happen, and our friends become true, unsung heroes.

The Tomb of Destiny is an historical adventure set in Edwardian England and Egypt. Charlie Waterman, our intrepid adventurer, solves an ancient riddle that will lead him ultimately to a secret sanctuary containing the lost Pharaohs of Egypt. But nasty villains are on his trail and what Charlie actually discovers at the Tomb of Destiny is beyond his wildest dreams and he soon realises that the secrets of the past may hold the key to his future happiness.

Providing critical and pragmatic coverage of contemporary ideas in human resource management, this text looks at some of the key issues and topics in the field.

Working always to connect the polemical to the personal, Peter Dale Scott's political poems - from the tear gas of Berkeley protests in the 1960s to the problems of Thai forest monks in an era of drug-trafficking and deforestation - are a process of self-questioning. Self-questioning also marks his meditation poems, including a sequence on the death of his first wife. In opposition to contemporary poems of studied meaninglessness, Scott increasingly recognizes a compulsion in himself to radically reaffirm traditional rejections of the external world and turn to the refuges of poets before him, the enduring commonplaces that are more than cliches.

In this one-of-a-kind survival guide to "the big day," newlywed Peter Scott candidly reveals all the wedding preparation do's and don'ts. Covering everything from choosing the perfect location to hiring the right photographer to questions that are too stupid to ask, even for a man ("Where do the centerpieces go?), Well Groomed tackles just about any scenario that might confront the modern groom. This step-by-step manual, balancing sensible advice with irresistible wit, is sure to be the one gift that every groom will be thankful for (no more toasters!).

Peter Scott-Morgan legt mit diesem Buch einen Leitfaden zum Change Management vor, der »weiche« Faktoren berücksichtigt. Die ungeschriebenen Gesetze im Unternehmen lassen sich für den Wandel einsetzen und notwendige Veränderungen können stattfinden.

Laughter is the best medicine in this hilarious and insightful guide to surviving the start of a marriage The 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 that there must always be a minimum of fourteen different mustard varieties in the fridge”) to holidays (“You have six months to tell your families where you’ll be spending Thanksgiving in 2047”) and everything in between, There’s a Spouse in My House shows newlyweds how to make it through those first years with both their sense of humor and love for each other still intact.

In this sequel to Peter Scott's first novel, Something in the Water, islanders face another invasion, this one by refugees from the turbulent social upheavals of the late 1960s. In this book, hippies, Vietnam veterans, and back-to-the-landers bring with them beliefs and behaviors that seem to threaten the traditional island ways and outrage the islanders' sense of right and wrong.

Its said that there's a light on Broadway for every fame seekers broken heart; in Hollywood, there's a palm tree. An aspiring somebody soon discovers Tinsel Town is rarely what it seems. Taken under the wing of a playboy movie star, he also discovers that temptation and greed can negate the strongest of values, and silencing by murder can keep any secret safe.

Author Peter Scott presents a prequel to his popular Something in the Water in a panoramic portrait of an extended Maine island family at the onset of World War I. The Boy Who Came Walking Home is a vivid depiction of a close-knit island society — its morals, bigotry, family strength, and compelling hold on its residents. In particular, it is the story of young Henry Coombs, who abruptly leaves this hardscrabble fishing community to join the army. Within the context of Henry's journey, the reader learns fascinating details about life in a military encampment, the war's effect on the Maine home front, and the devastation of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Scott's gift for period detail, subtle humor, and fully dimensional characters makes this an engrossing and haunting novel.