Author : Roderic Jeffries
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 17,50 MB
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1780103301
An Inspector Alvarez Mystery - Rich and arrogant, when Tyler's love of good wine leads to the deaths of a young couple in a country lane in Kent, he drives his car to his extensive property in Mallorca so the English police cant examine it. When laid-back Mallorcan Inspector Alvarez is ordered to investigate whether Tyler is in the area, he's reluctant, to say the least. He soon discovers, however, that this routine inquiry has far-reaching consequences. . .
Author : Tazim Jamal
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1412923972
"The strongest overview I have encountered of the scope and the current state of research across all the fields involved in advancing our understanding of tourism. For its range of topics, depth of analyses, and distinction of its contributors, nothing is comparable." - Professor Dean MacCannell, University of California, Davis "The breadth of vision and sweep of accounts is remarkable, and range of topics laudable... a rare combination of the authoritative, the challenging and stimulating." - Professor Mike Crang, Durham University Tourism studies developed as a sub-branch of older disciplines in the social sciences, such as anthropology, sociology and economics, and newer applied fields of study in hospitality management, civil rights and transport studies. This Handbook is a sign of the maturity of the field. It provides an essential resource for teachers and students to determine the roots, key issues and agenda of tourism studies, exploring: The evolution and position of tourism studies The relationship of tourism to culture The ecology and economics of tourism Special events and destination management Methodologies of study Tourism and transport Tourism and heritage Tourism and postcolonialism Global tourist business operations Ranging from local to global issues, and from questions of management to the ethical dilemmas of tourism, this is a comprehensive, critically informed, constructively organized overview of the field. It draws together an inter-disciplinary group of contributors who are among the most celebrated names in the field and will be quickly recognized as a landmark in the new and expanding field of tourism studies.
Author : Diana Wilkinson
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 2024-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1837510202
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Funny how one lie can spiral... One thing about me: I HATE flying. That’s why I book seat 2A every time. Since my big win, I’ve been booking 2B and 2C as well. They’re my comfort seats, and at last I can afford them. I am now determined to live the life of luxury. I deserve it, after all. And if anyone learns my secret, they better watch their back. Because I will stop at nothing to get what's mine... A pulse-raising thriller that keeps you guessing until the very last page, perfect for fans of Freida McFadden and The Holiday by T M Logan ‘I have to say that it is one of the best psychological thrillers that I have read ... It was hard to take my eyes away from the pages.’ Netgalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Heart pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat... Definitely one of the best books this year.’ Netgalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘It’s a wild ride of lies, deceit and control that has twists and turns and a great finale.’ Netgalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Praise for Diana Wilkinson ‘Clues upon clues upon clues kept me glued to the story. What a very clever book ... not a read for the faint-hearted!’ Valerie Keogh ‘Wilkinson delivers with this gripping and original thriller’ Keri Beevis ‘With a unique plot and superb writing, Ms Wilkinson has nailed this one! I’d give it 10 stars if I could.’ J A Baker ‘A beautifully written thriller where even the clues are out to get you!’ Gemma Rogers ‘A fast paced, edge of the seat thriller that’s extremely well executed. I was gripped from the very first page!’ L. H. Stacey
Author : Brian Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1444165674
This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation, from the traditional cultural geography of scholars such as Carl Sauer to the 'new' cultural geography which has emerged in the 1990s. The book comprises three major, interwoven strands. First, fundamental factors such as environmental change and population pressure are addressed in order to sketch the contextual variables of landscapes production. Second, the evolution of the humanised landscape is discussed in terms of processes such as clearing wood, the impact of agriculture, the creation of urban-industrial complexes, and is also treated in historical periods such as the pre-industrial, the modern and the post-modern. From this we can see the cultural and economic signatures of human societies at different times and places. Finally, examples of landscape types are selected in order to illustrate the ways in which landscape both represents and participates in social change. The authors use a wide range of source material, ranging from place-names and pollen diagrams to literature and heritage monuments. Superbly illustrated throughout, it is essential reading for first-year undergraduates studying historical geography, human geography, cultural geography or landscape history.
Author : John Godber
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 32,7 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1472537173
"Godber is one of the best contemporary British playwrights"(Financial Times) Lucky Sods is a candid black comedy about a couple who have nothing on a Friday night and £4 million on Saturday. And now they just can't stop winning. Passionkillers is a beach play about Andy and Tom who find themselves amid the sun, sea, sex and sangria of the Mediterranean and tempted by the advances of Trish and Karen. Will they remember their commitments back home or outsmart the advances of their young rivals Scott and Ray?
Author : P.E. Campbell
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1786237075
When sassy, fiery lawyer, Patsy Cunningham enters court she looks her opponent straight in the eye, making it clear from the start that her single purpose is to wipe the floor with her adversary, walking away triumphant! Never showing any sign of weakness. Yet, "someone" is about to throw Patsy a curve ball, sending her crashing full-force onto a road of ecstasy, deceit, jealously, even death, leaving a confident, unwavering woman, who once revelled in a life starved of emotion, hating herself, not because she knows what she is doing is wrong, but because she likes it so much...
Author : Declan Lynch
Publisher : Hachette Books Ireland
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1473687314
Combining the razor-sharp wit of writer Declan Lynch with illustrations and contributions from Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews. Since Declan Lynch and Arthur Mathews first shone a light into this darkest corner of the darkest living room in all of Ireland over a decade ago, things have actually got worse for that almost-forgotten species we call the Poor Ould Fellas - impossible though it seems. Further confined to their unhappy dwelling places by the drink-driving laws, a new range of challenges have emerged to torment them in a baffling post-analog world, where emails seek to release them from the few remaining shillings that weren't stolen by bankers during the crash. Now they must negotiate a universe full of new words (falafel, bitcoin, Spotify) and concepts (texting, sexting, going away for the weekend, composing a tweet, growing a beard, online banking) that mean absolutely nothing to them. Notes from a Lost Tribe is a hilarious road map through a world of forgotten men and their equally forgotten dogs, who ask for so little - yet it is denied them. And still ... somehow ... inexplicably ... they go on.
Author : Gary Edwards
Publisher : Random House
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 2011-11-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1780573928
He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White, now the celebrated Leeds-supporting, cartoon-drawing, painting-and-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat and now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat. No wonder: Edwards, you see, has seen every Leeds game - competitive and friendly anywhere in the world - since 17 January 1968*. During those 37 years, he's been there, done that and bought the T-shirt. So, after subtle prompts from his travelling companions, he's back with more tales that simply would not fit into the first volume. There's barely a pub in the land he can step into without some well-meaning soul coming up to him and demanding, 'Loved the book, Gary! When are you going to do another - with me in it?' So here it is - another fabulously entertaining collection of travelling tales and friends remembered. Eventually. In this follow-up instalment of high gloss and drama, Edwards recounts how he befriended a real-life Leeds-supporting Dalek, convinced Rolf Harris that the earth was flat, was accosted by firemen while trying to paint a fire engine white, appeared on the sides of buses with his face painted in Leeds colours and received letters from the Queen and the Prime Minister after he complained about David Beckham getting an OBE! Leeds United: The Second Coat is another hilarious account of the scrapes, adventures and moments of comedy that a life's passion for Leeds United has brought Gary Edwards. *OK, he missed one but he still has the match ticket, and only a strike by Spanish air traffic control stopped him getting to a one-off friendly in Toronto.
Author : Jack Gale
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0244934428
Cool Water Jack Gale A novel, based on real places, real people and real life events, set in two parts. (Jack 1: Jack 2) Synopsis Jack 1. Describes the lifestyle of four Yorkshire teenage miners in the mid1950s; of their sexual frustrations, struggles and successes, as they grow into maturity. How the mother of one of them has a very serious problem, and the fours reaction to it, culminating in a murder. A mining disaster entombs the main character, Jack. He is rescued but vows never to go down a coal mine again. Jack 2. After Jack's long absence in the Army, a reunion now finds the four of them in middle age. One has a teenage daughter who dies in a very mysterious circumstance. The four friends set about righting a terrible wrong.
Author : Wayne Holloway
Publisher : Influx Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1914391209
'A barnstorming epic of the '80s British Left' Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill Paul, ex-tube driver and drinking partner of legendary Union leader Bob Crowe turns up at Essex University in the early 1980s haunted by the death of his colleague on the tracks. Thrown into the radical mix of Student Union life and the academic intoxication of post-modern theory taught by the likes of Ernesto Laclau, Jacques Derrida and a very young Slavoj Zizek, Paul befriends the novel's unnamed narrator. What follows is a riotous attempt to put the 20th Century to bed, as seen through the eyes of the foot soldiers of British history. From Miners strikes to IRA collection buckets, ANC demonstrations and some very dodgy handling of Soviet money, Our Struggle climaxes with a devastating denouement in modern day Kurdistan. Holloway's epic tale asks the big questions, does what we think, what we say and what we do ever match up? Or are we destined to fall short of the ideals we think we cherish?
