The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first forty years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer--Rolls-Royce. Peter Pugh tells the story, beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and the Honourable C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost.
A revised edition - for the September Gleneagles match - of the 'authoritative, up-to-date' (Golftoday.com) Ryder Cup history.
Forming his economic theories in the wake of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes argued that a healthy economy depended on the total spending of consumers, business investors and, most importantly, governments too. This graphic guide presents an introduction to one of the most influential economists of the 20th century.
Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field.
Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, founded in 1916 to tackle the great killer disease of tuberculosis, is famous for carrying out the UK’s first heart transplant operation in 1979. It followed this up not only with many other heart transplants but also with the UK’s first heart and lung operation in 1984 and the world’s first heart, lung and liver transplant in 1986. With unique access to Papworth’s archives, historian Peter Pugh here tells the story of this ground-breaking hospital for the first time. Alongside the background to that first UK heart transplant - and the ethical controversies that surrounded it - Pugh explores the opposition to heart operations in general, Papworth's difficulties dealing with NHS authorities especially over funding, and the discussions for over 50 years as to whether the hospital should move alongside Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge. As an insight into the history of medicine and surgery in the UK, as well as a story literally of life and death, The Heart of the Matter will be compelling reading.
The 50 Britons who have had most impact on today's world.
When Emily Pollard receives an invoice from HMRC for two million pounds, she asks her nephew, Michael and his friend, Jonathan, to work with a team of private detectives and find out what is going on at the mansion she lets to a company.Meanwhile, wise-cracking Jonathan, a university lecturer emerging from an acrimonious divorce, meets Lisa in a pub and she offers to pluck him from obscurity by adding him to the 'casual cast' of her PR video company, also introducing him to Mike's old girlfriend, Jenny.What with Lisa, barely-visible Cathy, the investigation and the sinister Inspector Cotting, Michael being attacked and left for dead and Jonathan accused of murder, it isn't long before both of the friends find themselves with more excitement than they'd bargained for. The machinations of Jon's ex-wife, Sara, only adds to the mix in this comical adventure.
Headline Britons is a series of short books that paint a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters.
Headline Britons is a series of short books that paint a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters.
