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From the management of major bands in the 1970s to 1980s like Fleetwood Mac, Queen, The Rolling Stones and ACDC to his swift move across to boxing management and promotion in 1984, this biography brings the late South African-born American boxing promoter Cedric Kushner’s history to life.
Leaving by ship with $400 in his pocket from South Africa to the United States, Cedric Kushner has become one of the most renowned music and boxing promoters and managers of his time. Driven by self-belief and the desire for success, Kushner rose to the very pinnacle of the boxing and music worlds. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, with the promotion of over 300 World Title Fights and boxers such as Shane Mosley, Hasim Rahman, Shannon Briggs, Oleg Maskaev, Chris Byrd, Corrie Sanders, Ike Ibeabuchi and David Tua to name a few, under his belt.
With stories of co-promotion alongside Donald Trump, his infamous rivalry with Don King, the legendary heavyweight championship Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis known as “Thunder in Africa”, the late Kushner’s decorated life is told through the eyes of his Muizenberg hometown friend Barry John Cohen.
A captivating legal drama accounting for one of the most high-profile child abuse investigations and trials in Australian legal history, from South African journalist Barry John Cohen.
Former Rhodesian residents Patrick O’Dea and Dr Russell Pridgeon emigrated to Australia in search of a better life, but at the request of Australian authority, help a mother and her twins escape their sexually abusive father by hiding them for years. Years later in 2018, Russel and Patrick face seven criminal charges carrying a fifty-year kidnapping sentence.
For the next six years, Pridgeon and O'Dea fought these charges whilst the AFP hid the children's evidence with the assistance of a complicit magistrate. Helped by a former convict turned legal advisor, Pridgeon and O'Dea take on the legal system and triumph against all odds.
The Boys From Bulawayo explores the moral complications of the legal justice system and family court laws, where Patrick and Russel are forced to confront righteousness in the face of adversity. In this gripping true-crime biography, noble intentions collide with legal repercussions and leave readers wondering whether the weight of their actions will catch up to them in the courtroom.
Here is the story of Ireland's Civil War in colour - a defining
moment in Irish history brought to life for the first time in
hand-coloured photographs. The events of 1922-1923 are revealed
using photographs painstakingly hand-coloured by John O'Byrne. His
attention to detail gives a vivid authenticity that brings the
events alive. Many of these photographs, carefully selected from
archives and private collections, have never been published before.
They carry informative captions by Michael B. Barry, based on
extensive historical research. This richly illustrated book gives a
fresh perspective to the conflict. If you want a better
understanding of the story of the Irish Civil War, this is the book
for you.
This innovative book uses a little-known methodological research
tool to study ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Local
Exchange Trading Systems (LETS), the subject of the book, is a
novel and interesting social phenomenon which seems to constitute a
more ecologically rational and socially inclusive form of economic
activity. LETS is a system for exchanging goods and services
without the use of formal, legal tender. Unlike barter, LETS
members buy and sell using their own nominal currency units, but
the currency in which trade is conducted is purely a means of
exchange, not a commodity in itself or a store of value. The
authors of this book examine LETS, and in particular they discuss
whether LETS can be viewed as an aspect of the 'greening' of
citizenship, with the potential to contribute to the transition to,
and maintenance of, a more sustainable society. They describe the
part LETS can play in raising environmental awareness; offering
more sustainable practices of production and consumption and
helping to create in the community the preconditions for
sustainability. In their study of LETS, the authors use Q
methodology, (a qualitative methodology for the systematic study of
subjectivity and shared discourses) and at the same time they
evaluate its usefulness for social scientific environmental
research. They find that it is a powerful methodological approach
which is consistent with many of the core principles, values and
aims of ecological economics. They also conclude that Q has the
potential to contribute to environmental policy analysis and the
creation of a more participative, democratic and effective form of
environmental policy making. This book will be of great interest to
all social scientists interested in social movements, environment
and citizenship, and in particular those wanting to understand the
application of Q methodology for social science research.
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Thunderball (Blu-ray disc)
Adolfo Celi, Rik van Nutter, Claudine Auger, Sean Connery, Luciana Paluzzi, …
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The fourth in the James Bond series, with Sean Connery once again
in the title role. Global criminal organisation SPECTRE has stolen
two nuclear bombs and is threatening to blow up the world. Bond
infiltrates the terrorists' underwater base off the Bahamas in
order to foil their plan. 'Thunderball' was remade in 1983 when
Sean Connery returned to the role of 007 in 'Never Say Never
Again'.
There is a widening gap between what we expect of public transport
and what can be delivered, given the circumstances in which we seem
to expect it to operate. Our expectations for travel are
increasing, both in quantity and in the standards of speed,
reliability and comfort. Out-of-town shopping, leisure parks and
business parks all involve more travel than did their predecessors.
Cars are becoming more like mobile sitting rooms with all the home
comforts such as CD player and telephone. To give all this up for a
bus or train is asking a lot. We all still recognize that there are
many people for whom public transport is essential, particularly
amongst the elderly, children and teenagers and others who have
only limited access or no access to a car. Less obvious is the
dependence of our cities for their existence on high capacity
public transport. Yet there is still a prevalent view that local
public transport, especially buses, are only for those who do not
have a car, a welfare service for the needy. We still prefer to
spend our money on cars rather than public transport, knowing that
we can not all have unrestricted use of them. But we are slowly and
patchily beginning to realiz
A collection of essential UK forms, although some non-UK forms are
included, this volume is a representative collection of contracts
used by practitioners involved in the carriage of goods by land and
sea. It provides examples of forms and contract clauses in common
use.
Great Deeds in Ireland is the first full translation of the
controversial Latin history of Ireland by the famous Dublin
intellectual, Richard Stanihurst. Written after he fled Elizabethan
London for the Netherlands, De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis was
published in 1584 by Christopher Plantin, the greatest printer of
the age. In facing Latin and English texts, Great Deeds in Ireland
provides a contemporary account of Ireland's geography and people
and what the author considered to be the greatest event in Irish
history - the Anglo-Norman conquest. Relying on the work of
Giraldus Cambrensis, Stanihurst celebrated the origins of the
English colony in Ireland whilst simultaneously allegorizing the
dilemma facing his own community from a new wave of Protestant
English conquerors. The Anglo-Irishman's attempt to introduce
Ireland to Europe's Renaissance elite in a literary tour-de-force
went awry after many Gaelic Irish, also exiled on the continent,
objected to the book's satirical portrayal of Ireland's clergy and
its representation of the country's customs, history and learned
classes. The book was burned on the orders of the Inquisition in
Portugal, marked prohibido in libraries in Spain and provoked a
number of angry responses from readers and other writers over the
following eighty years. Because of its centrality to debates about
Ireland, Stanihurst's De Rebus was the first book translation
undertaken by the Centre for Neo-Latin Studies established at
University College Cork for the study of this hitherto neglected
corpus of Irish literature.
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A Nation is Born
Michael B. Barry, John O'Byrne
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A Nation Is Born celebrates a formative period in the history of
the Irish state: the fifteen years during which we emerged from the
rubble of wars and violence and set up as a fledgling country while
establishing a diplomatic presence on the world stage. Â The
photos presented here have been painstakingly hand-colourised by
photographer John O’Byrne, infusing energy into this
often-overlooked time: the election of the country’s first
governments; the mammoth Shannon hydroelectric scheme; a stunning
Eucharistic Congress; scenes of cottage industry and rural Irish
life; and ending with the uncertain rumblings of war in Europe.
 With over 150 photographs gathered from archives around the
country, accompanied by insightful and accessible commentary by
historian Michael B. Barry, A Nation Is Born brings a fresh
perspective on our history and our past to life in a compellingly
real way.
This charming book, packed with unique artwork and engaging
photographs, celebrates scooter mania. In a feast of nostalgia, it
takes us through the evolution of the scooter, focusing naturally
on all things Lambretta and Vespa, but also covering plenty of
obscure and eccentric machinery along the way. Scooter enthusiasm
in all its forms receives generous attention, whether as fashion
accessory for fifties movie stars, style-conscious transport choice
for the Mod generation, or object of worship for today's
retro-loving adherents. Quotes in the book such as "The scooters,
clothes and music - an unforgettable time of my life" and
"Exciting, fun and carefree days when anything seemed possible" sum
up the enduring appeal of classic scooters. Anyone afflicted with
the obsession will adore this book.
As Land Speed Record historian David Tremayne states in his
foreword, 'This is a wonderful book that celebrates passion.' In a
remarkable first book, Barry John has celebrated his life-long
passion for the quest for speed by writing, illustrating and
designing this fascinating history of record-breaking on land.
Along with his informed and detailed text, his beautiful artwork
shows all significant record-breakers in their immense variety,
each illustrated in profile and accompanied by a cameo portrait of
its driver. From the start of it all in the late 19th Century to
today's challengers seeking to reach 'the last frontier', 1,000mph,
the story that unfolds will enthral not only enthusiasts for the
subject but anyone appreciative of innovative engineering and brave
human endeavour.
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Situating Design in Alberta (Paperback)
Isabel Prochner, Tim Antoniuk; Foreword by Douglas J. Cardinal; Contributions by Ken Bautista, Carlos Fiorentino, …
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