Backroom Boy

Download Backroom Boy full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Backroom Boy ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Backroom Boy

Author : Mandla Mathebula
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1776140893
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Backroom Boy by : Mandla Mathebula

Download or read book The Backroom Boy written by Mandla Mathebula and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Backroom Boy opens dramatically in China, 1962. Andrew Mlangeni is one of a small select group undergoing military training there. The unannounced visitor is Mao Tse-Tung or Chairman Mao as he was known, Chairman of the Communist Party of China. Mlangeni was selected as one of the first-ever six members who received military training in China before the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. He seems to have been chosen because he was a dedicated, intelligent and dependable operative, rather than a leader. Even after his release after 25 years on Robben Island, Mlangeni was not given a senior position in the post-apartheid democratic government. ‘I was always the backroom boy,’ says Andrew Mlangeni about himself. Andrew Mlangeni, is a struggle stalwart, Rivonia Trialist, and Robben Island prisoner 467/64 who was next door inmate to Nelson Mandela’s acclaimed 466/64 prison number. Released after 26 years of incarceration, he served as Member of Parliament, and is Chairman of the ANC’s Integrity Commission and Founder of the June and Andrew Mlangeni Foundation. With the passing of Ahmed Kathrada (March 2017), Mlangeni (91) is one of only two Rivonia Trialist still alive with Denis Goldberg. While still at school, Andrew Mlangeni joined the Communist Party of South Africa and also the ANC Youth League. These were the organisations that shaped his values. Decades of resourceful activism were to lead to his arrest and life sentence in the Rivonia trial. Mlangeni’s lifelong commitment to the struggle for liberation reverberates with other biographies and memoirs of leading figures, such as Rusty Bernstein’s Memory Against Forgetting and Albie Sachs’ We, the People: Insights of an Activist Judge. This story of an ANC elder is a well-researched historical record overlaid with intensely personal refl ections which intersect with the political narrative. Above all, it is one man’s story, set in the maelstrom of the liberation struggle. This biographical project has been developed for, and published in conjunction with, the June and Andrew Mlangeni Foundation.

Backroom Boys

Author : Francis Spufford
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571266444
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Backroom Boys by : Francis Spufford

Download or read book Backroom Boys written by Francis Spufford and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-11-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, beautiful account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian landers. The book contains chapters on the Beagle II, Elite - the 80s computer game, the Blue Streak missile, Concorde, mobile phone technology and the Human Genome Project, among others. Britain is the only country in the world to have cancelled its space programme just as it put its first rocket into orbit. Starting with this forgotten episode, 'Backroom Boys' tells the bittersweet story of how one country lost its industrial tradition and got back something else. Sad, inspiring, funny and ultimately triumphant, it follows the technologists whose work kept Concorde flying, created the computer game, conquered the mobile-phone business, saved the human genome for the human race - and who now are sending the Beagle 2 probe to burrow in the cinnamon sands of Mars. 'Backroom Boys' is a vivid love-letter to quiet men in pullovers, to those whose imaginings take shape not in words but in mild steel and carbon fibre and lines of code. Above all, it is a celebration of big dreams achieved with slender means.

Prosthetic Agency

Author : Gill Plain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316513203
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Prosthetic Agency by : Gill Plain

Download or read book Prosthetic Agency written by Gill Plain and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the legacy of World War II on male identity and reinvention. It considers some of the many ways in which popular culture of the time sought to mediate these difficult transitions, exploring films, popular fiction, memoir and biography.

Parliamentary Debates

Author : New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates by : New Zealand. Parliament

Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gender Relations in Public and Private

Author : E. Stina Lyon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349245437
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Gender Relations in Public and Private by : E. Stina Lyon

Download or read book Gender Relations in Public and Private written by E. Stina Lyon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers from the 1993 BSA `Research Imaginations' conference explores the interpenetration of the public and private spheres. The book comprises two sections, one dealing with aspects of employment and finance, the other with domesticity and intimacy. Topics covered include the changing emotional geography of workplace and home, the gendering of aspects of employment and organisation, marital finance and gendered inheritance, the management of food and domestic labour, researching the emotions, and understanding intimate violence.

Don't You Know There's A War On?

Author : Nigel Rees
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849942897
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Don't You Know There's A War On? by : Nigel Rees

Download or read book Don't You Know There's A War On? written by Nigel Rees and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigel Rees presents a nostalgic and witty guide to wartime catchphrases, from the now ubiquitous 'Keep Calm and Carry On' to lesser-known gems such as 'lions led by donkeys'. Following his hugely popular survey of domestic sayings, More Tea Vicar?, Rees returns with a witty and fascinating examination of the catchphrases that saw us through wartime Britain and are still relevant in times of crisis today. Including domestic phrases of the time, propaganda, and slang developed by soldiers abroad, the book describes the provenance and development of these intriguing, quirky and sometimes crude phrases that were born out of times of conflict and have in many cases become part of our language.

Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang

Author : John Ayto
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199232059
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang by : John Ayto

Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang written by John Ayto and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-02-11 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Bruno Mars

Author : Emily Herbert
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 1783230509
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Bruno Mars by : Emily Herbert

Download or read book Bruno Mars written by Emily Herbert and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruno Mars conquered the music industry with far-reaching flair, selling over 115 million records worldwide as a singer, producer and as a songwriter. Bruno Mars, the book, documents his childhood in Honolulu and how he found fame from the age of four, before spreading his wings and scaling the seemingly unassailable stronghold of the music industry.

Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake

Author : Alice Mills
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042017082
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake by : Alice Mills

Download or read book Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake written by Alice Mills and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mervyn Peake has been acclaimed as an author of fantasy and as an illustrator, but as yet has received little attention from literary critics. This book is the first to analyse all of Peake's works of fiction, including his two picture story books and novella as well as the Gormenghast series and Mr Pye. Alice Mills pinpoints the fictional quirks that render Mervyn Peake such a memorable fantasy writer, examining his literary works from Jungian, Freudian, Kristevan and post-Jungian perspectives. Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake will be of interest to fantasy lovers and students of fantasy as a genre, as well as those exploring the psychoanalysis of literary texts.

Boys Bombs and Brussels Sprouts

Author : J. Douglas Harvey
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 1551994771
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Boys Bombs and Brussels Sprouts by : J. Douglas Harvey

Download or read book Boys Bombs and Brussels Sprouts written by J. Douglas Harvey and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They called them the “Brylcreem boys” -- the young flyers who streamed into England from the first declaration of war, the kids with the jaunty grins and the willingness to take terrible risks. Among them were thousands of young Canadians, many barely out of high school, all delighted to leave behind humdrum lives in dusty, post-Depression Canada for the irresistible chance to learn to fly and help beat the Germans. Doug Harvey was one of them -- a nineteen-year-old from Toronto who joined the RCAF, and in 1942 found himself a pilot in the elite Canadian No. 6 Bomber Group.

The Legal Extortion Racket

Author : Jim Diamond
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803813806
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Legal Extortion Racket by : Jim Diamond

Download or read book The Legal Extortion Racket written by Jim Diamond and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JIM has had a 40 years career in the law. During that period, he worked as an outdoor clerk for Weightman's, a small legal firm in Liverpool, at the end of the 1970s and moved to London in the early 1980s. He worked in-house for Clifford Turner (now Clifford Chance) during the 1980s and Allen & Overy during the 1990s. With Clifford Turner and Allen & Overy being two of the top five City of London law firms, he spent most of my time working on some of the highest legal costs, disputes, and budgets over a two-decade period. Throughout the last two decades, he has worked independently. With a client base ranged from individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to billionaires and corporate clients such as Goldman Sachs. He has worked on many legal costs dispute cases throughout the UK. The different systems across England, Wales, Scotland and the Channel Islands all suffer, from his view, the same problems, including a lack of transparency and a lack of regulatory controls and protocols to protect the client from overcharging. The book also looks at Jim's life journey from a comprehensive school education in inner city Liverpool in 70s to publishing stats on the UK legal market place which have over two decades been published worldwide. The book looks at specific cases and his fights with the legal regulators in the UK. Some cases are absolutely shocking and bring shame on the legal profession and legal regulators. To balance the book, he has added chapters which give a personal account of why/who he is.

Chamber Concise Dictionary

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788186062364
Total Pages : 1476 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Chamber Concise Dictionary by :

Download or read book Chamber Concise Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chembers 21 Century Dictionary

Author : Allied
Publisher : Allied Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788186062265
Total Pages : 1668 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Chembers 21 Century Dictionary by : Allied

Download or read book Chembers 21 Century Dictionary written by Allied and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on with total page 1668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Connected Marketing

Author : Justin Kirby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136415653
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Connected Marketing by : Justin Kirby

Download or read book Connected Marketing written by Justin Kirby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-07 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connected Marketing is a business book about the state of the art in viral, buzz and word-of-mouth marketing. Written by 17 experts working at the cutting edge of viral, buzz and word-of-mouth marketing, Connected Marketing introduces the range of scalable, predictable and measurable solutions for driving business growth by stimulating positive brand talk between clients, customers and consumers. Edited by marketing consultants Justin Kirby (Digital Media Communications) and Dr. Paul Marsden (Spheeris/London School of Economics), and with a foreword by Emanuel Rosen (author of the bestselling ‘Anatomy of Buzz’) Connected Marketing is a collaborative work written by 17 opinion-leading consultants and practitioners working at the cutting edge of viral, buzz and word of mouth marketing. Contributing authors to Connected Marketing are Stéphane Allard (Spheeris), Schuyler Brown (Buzz@Euro RSCG), Idil Cakim (Burson-Marsteller), Andrew Corcoran (Lincoln Business School), Steve Curran, (Pod Digital), Brad Ferguson (Informative), Justin Foxton (CommentUK), Graham Goodkind (Frank PR), Justin Kirby (Digital Media Communications), Paul Marsden (Spheeris), Liam Mulhall (Brewtopia), Greg Nyilasy (University of Georgia), Martin Oetting (ESCP-EAP European School of Management), Bernd Röthlingshöfer (Independent), Sven Rusticus (Icemedia), Pete Snyder (New Media Strategies) and Thomas Zorbach (vm-people). Connected Marketing shows how businesses can harness connectivity between clients, customers and consumers as powerful marketing media for driving demand.

The Institution of War

Author : Robert A. Hinde
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349217077
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Institution of War by : Robert A. Hinde

Download or read book The Institution of War written by Robert A. Hinde and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War must be regarded as an institution which has evolved over time. If it's incidence is to be reduced, the forces that maintain it as an institution must be understood. In this book the nature of war and the factors that sustain it are considered from diverse perspectives - anthropology, history, political science, theology, philosophy, international law, economics, psychiatry and biology.

Great Administrators of India

Author : M. L. Ahuja
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788178357294
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (572 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Great Administrators of India by : M. L. Ahuja

Download or read book Great Administrators of India written by M. L. Ahuja and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In democracy, the responsibility for delivering good government rests on the performance of the executive, yet the bureaucracy plays a significant part in its success. Though the bureaucracy is required to function under political direction, but their knowledge and erudition certainly facilitate success in administrators of India, contains the profiles of ten successfully administrators who made a niche in different fields of their endeavours. They are not biographical essays in the conventional sense. The emphasis is on highlighting the contributions of personalities chosen. Of these: " V.P. Menon successfully brought the unification of 565 princely states in the Union of India. " K.M. Panikkar had been an eminent writer in Malayalam and English, a successful administrator, diplomat and educationist. " C.D. Deshmukh, the first Indian to be appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India by the British Raj, was an economist. " P.N. Haksar was one of the key policy makers who contributed greatly in the successful prime ministership of Indira Gandhi. " Nagendra Singh was a many-splendoured personality a prince, who was a jurist, civil servant, author, international diplomat, and defender of human rights. " I.G. Patel had been an economist, technocrat, civil servant, university administrator, and fourteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. " M.S. Swaminathan is the Father of Green Revolutions in Asia. " GVG Krishnamurthy, the former Election Commissioner of India, is a unique, enigmatic and versatile successful administrator. " Verghese Kurien is known as Milkman of India who has ushered in White Revolution. " E. Sreedharan is known for meticulous planning and execution of Delhi Metro system.

Filmy Manager

Author : Srinivas B. Vijayaraghavan
Publisher : Hachette India
ISBN 13 : 9351950220
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Filmy Manager by : Srinivas B. Vijayaraghavan

Download or read book Filmy Manager written by Srinivas B. Vijayaraghavan and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business number nahin, business log hain...sirf log.’ (‘Business is not about numbers, business is about people...just people.’) – HARPREET SINGH BEDI in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year Hindi cinema is known the world over for its glamour and bling, but did you know that Bollywood can also teach you valuable management lessons? Viewing essential business principles through a colourful cinematic lens, Filmy Manager presents a unique and compelling take on leadership, strategy, organizational behaviour and entrepreneurship – four essential qualities for successful management. In Lagaan, a brave villager rallies an entire community to defeat the colonizing British at their own game; in Band Baaja Baaraat, an enterprising duo bootstrap their wedding planning firm; in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, a young man in a thankless job displays his intrepid spirit and strikes out on his own; and in Guru, the entrepreneurial initiative of one man changes how India defines profitability. At once practical and entertaining, Filmy Manager collects sharp and astute management wisdom from the unlikely world of Hindi cinema that will keep readers engaged right through.