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An inspirational memoir from a remarkable leader.Once a lacklustre organisation, BP became one of the world's biggest, most successful and most admired companies in the new millennium. John Browne, the company's CEO for 12 years, invented the oil...

The internet is so central to everyday life, that it is impossible to contemplate life without it. From finding romance, to conducting business, receiving health advice, shopping, banking, and gaming, the internet opens up a world of possibilities to...

Rory Knight Bruce's memoirs of life in Fleet Street and the hunting field -"A masterpiece" (AN Wilson).Book InformationISBN 9781912945399Author Rory Knight BruceFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Mount Orleans PressPublisher Mount Orleans Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399918022Author Liam CassidyFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Bonner PublishingPublisher Bonner PublishingWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936807543Author Ed RosenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Quick American a division of Quick Trading Co ,U.S.Publisher Quick American a division...

A political scientist goes undercover in a modern industrial slaughterhouse for this twenty-first-century update of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle This is an account of industrialized killing from a participant's point of view. The author, political...

As a child, Bill Graham fled Europe to escape Hitler's armies. He grew up on the streets of New York and in the dining rooms of the hotels in the Catskills. After failing as an actor, he headed for San Francisco right before the Summer of Love where he...

With photographs spanning Sam McKnight s entire career, this book is a dramatic anthology of looks from retro to androgynous, romantic to sexy, red to platinum all from the master hairstylist's deft hand. Featured are some of the most ...

Tony Ryan was one of the greatest Irishmen of the twentieth century. Ingenious, driven and sometimes reckless, his sheer spirit and adventurousness made him Ireland's Aviator. Born in a railwayman's cottage in County Tipperary he rose to enormous...

In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life.The history of Warner Bros. is not just the tale of a...

This collection of over 200 images provides an illustrated account of the development of the South Wales Coalfield, once one of the largest and most productive in Britain. It illustrates the area's industrial history during the past two hundred years as...

Become an expert chef with this textbook which covers all the advanced preparation, cooking and finishing techniques you need to succeed in the professional kitchen.Part of the bestselling Practical Cookery series and matched to the NVQ and VRQ Diplomas,...

The book takes an in-depth look at the East Coast Main Line-King's Cross to Edinburgh-between 1939 and 1959. This is carried out in a series of chapters. In the first one a picture is painted of the state of the network in the late 1930s. It is followed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306351Author Martin ParrFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 975g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955333453Author Derek PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 181Imprint Footplate PublishingPublisher Chaplin Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987635709Author Rex M BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Zen Insights PublishingPublisher Zen Insights PublishingWeight(grams) 386g

In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998407524Author David Frank SFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Pharmagellan, LLCPublisher Pharmagellan, LLC

The focus of this book is on the Japanese economic bureaucracy, particularly on the famous Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), as the leading state actor in the economy. Although MITI was not the only important agent affecting the...

The twelve British Railways Standard Locomotive Classes were all constructed incorporating Belpaire fireboxes, rocking grates, self-emptying ash pans and self-cleaning smoke boxes to allow easy access for both daily maintenance and running needs. The...

My name is Tommy Turnbull. I've been a coalminer all my life. My father was a miner, so was my grandfather, my uncles, my cousins and my brother. Wherever there's a pit, you can bet there'll be a Turnbull somewhere down there.About the AuthorJoseph...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809891Author Allan WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

First published in 1999, Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks and the coffee crisis of the 21st century. Mark Pendergrast uses coffee production, trade, and consumption as...

Making Sense of Construction Improvement provides a critical evaluation of the construction improvement debate from the end of the Second World War through to the modern era. The book offers unique insights into the way the UK construction sector is...

Written by an expert author team of BTEC teachers and professions, this Student Book includes: full coverage of all three components, structured to match the spec content broken down into 1 hour lessons to help with your planning and delivery plenty of...

Radio 4's Book of the WeekA Financial Times Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award 'The story of the original data science hucksters of the 1960s is hilarious,...

Fully revised and updated for its sixth edition, this benchmark book chronicles the changing face of Sherry - its viticultural methods, the complex production techniques, the growth of the wine's trade and the region itself - taking us from the area's...

The Vodka-Cola Cowboy describes life trucking in what is possibly the harshest environment, in the world - Russia. Between 1990 and 1995 British owner driver Mick Twemlow worked to transport goods to, from and within Russia and the wider Soviet Union...

Although they were operational for little more than sixty years, the Royal Mail Coaches left behind an indelible romantic memory. But, journeys on the coaches were probably seldom the happy-go-lucky events depicted on the cards. The seating inside the...

"Deserves to be on every journalism student's reading list and every tutor's book shelf. It is clear, straightforward and scholarly in a very accessible way... bursting with good advice and insight which should benefit all who all read it." - Kate...

A top-to-bottom look at England's national game, from one of the UK's leading business economists.The Premier League is the most commercially successful football league in history, the self-proclaimed 'best league in the world'. But success has come at a...

An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948254017Author Malcolm SkeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Morgans Technical Books LimitedPublisher Morgans Technical Books Ltd

Lorraine Nordmann s leading textbook, Beauty Basics: The Official Guide to Level 1 has been fully revised to provide everything today s beginner Beauty Therapist requires to pass their Level 1 qualification. Written in Nordmann s trademark engaging and...

First published in 1956, but still relevant and thought-provoking today, this book is an absolute revelation on test flying with the British aircraft organisations and manufacturers in the 1950s. Written from the pilots viewpoint, with refreshing candour...

The story of the rise, fall and second ascendancy of nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Britain was a pioneer in civil nuclear power and there were once high hopes in the 1950s that this could be a source of cheap electricity and a valuable export...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963810953Author Joel SalatinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Polyface, IncorporatedPublisher Polyface, IncorporatedWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352537Author Hugh LongworthFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

For centuries Britain's commercial fishermen have ventured out into the ravages of the surrounding seas to bring fish back both to supply a home market and for export around the world. Fishing is one of history's most dangerous jobs, and when disasters...

Discover the extraordinary realities of the world's most advanced cybersecurity companies and tech In The Battle for Your Computer: Israel and the Growth of the Global Cyber-Security Industry, Israeli Defense Force (IDF) cyberwarfare veteran and tech...