David Howells, 'The Rebel Poet', has no regard for most of the rules of traditional poetry. His work is stream of consciousness and you either like it, which is great, or hate it - tough and don't buy this book. Whatever else, the verse in this book is inspiringly creative and non-formulaic. This is his seventh and arguably his best book so far. Until the next one…

A medical history of Scotland, including practices, innovations, politics, diseases and pandemics, from medieval times to the twentieth century.Scotland offers almost unique opportunities for medical historians. For a conventional history, there is a rich stock of famous doctors and their discoveries. There are also the contributions of four ancient universities and three equally old colleges of physicians and surgeons. For historians of public health there is the ...

Deep River uncovers the layers of history—both personal and regional—that have accumulated on a river-bottom farm in west-central Missouri. This land was part of a late frontier, passed over, then developed through the middle of the last century as the author's father and uncle cleared a portion of it and established their farm.Hamilton traces the generations of Native Americans, frontiersmen, settlers, and farmers who lived on and alongside the bottomland over the past tw...

A Journey through Seven Decades of Radio and Tv David Hamilton's 'Long and Winding Road' has taken him from the remote farm in Sussex where he grew up, dreaming of the bright lights, to working all over the UK and in America in a broadcasting career that has lasted for seven decades, eventually bringing him back after over fifty years to the same farm where he started, from which he would broadcast on national radio in his mid-eighties. This road took David to Germany where, during his Nat...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Mind mapping for success is your essential guide to unlocking the full potential of your mind through the transformative practice of mind mapping. Whether you're a creative professional seeking to break through mental blocks or a business leader aiming to boost team productivity, this book offers you a step-by-step approach to enhance creativity and improve workflow.From the fundamentals of how mind maps mimic o...

An exploration of wild food and its habitats for aspiring foragers and nature lovers - from the expert who taught Mary Berry how to forage.Nestled by the roadside, peeking through the hedgerows, hidden in the woods and even in city streets and park**s, wild food is all around us - if you know where to look.From woodland mushrooms and riverbank redcurrants to garden weeds and urban cherry blossoms, Where the Wild Things Grow takes us on a j...

In today’s interconnected world, growth opportunities extend far beyond domestic markets. Business Without Borders: Expanding Your Company Globally is your comprehensive guide to navigating the challenges and seizing the opportunities of international expansion. Designed for entrepreneurs, executives, and business leaders, this book offers strategic insights and actionable steps to take your company global with confidence.Inside, you’ll learn how to assess new markets, navigate cul...

Some Literary Essays revises the work of several important dramatists who cast their influence over contemporary drama and political thinking and some important types of Elizabethan verse. Dramatists like Shaw, Beckett and contemporary ideological writers like David Edgar, Howard Brenton and Edward Bond whose technical abilities are models for aspiring playwrights but whose ideological or propaganda motives behind the subjects the plays were constructed for, is old-fashioned.There ...

This is a new account, of how, in the early 1900s, the French-born surgeon Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) set the groundwork for the later success in human organ transplantation, and gained America's first Nobel Prize in 1912. His other contributions were the first operations on the heart, and the first cell culture methods. He was prominent in military surgery in WW1, and in the 1930s, gained further fame when collaborating with the aviator Charles Lindbergh on an organ perfusion pump.But cont...

David Hamilton has produced a collection of stories rooted in medieval forms but with contemporary concerns. While a poem is a subject it is also a journey and takes the reader to a higher state of consciousness as music does. People now like to pigeon hole everyone but Hamilton aims for versatility. A writers have their own styles and certain themes and ideas are foremost but each book is also meant to be original and have different features from the others. It is interesting to discuss w...

It is clear that many farmers could benefit from better knowledge of research information. Therefore, the aim in this book is to provide better access to research information from various sources that is pertinent to managing grazing beef cattle in southern Australia. In beef production, the cost of production is commonly at least half the gross return so that any improvement in efficiency, such as use of a better calving season, can commonly have at least double the percentage effect on p...

Featuring a foreword by Sir Sean Connery.Scotland gave golf to the world. With more golf courses per head than any other country, it is still a golfer's paradise. They range from remote honesty box clubs to superb Open Championship courses and the busy clubs of the towns. Scotland's strength is the vast range of enjoyable and historic courses throughout the land which welcome visitors, be they players of professional standard or recreational golfers who play only f...