When Sam Broady discovers an old man collapsed on the road in front of his car in the middle of a snowstorm he is astounded to discover that the man is dressed only in night attire. Unable to call for help, Sam drives home with his passenger. Jimmy, as the old man is called, recovers in Sam's home. As Jimmy recovers he tells Sam of momentous news he had recently received from Australia: the body of his father, believed by his mother to have disappeared during World War 2 near Australia, had been discovered in a wartime plane wreck in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Subsequently Jimmy employs Sam to accompany him to Lae in Papua New Guinea to visit the grave of his father. Having returned to Yorkshire, Jimmy dies a few months later and Sam decides to put together a biography for Jimmy's newly discovered family in Australia ? relations who were found as a result of the funeral of his father. Based upon a diary which Jimmy has written, Sam uncovers the details of a remarkable life.
Alan Craven makes the transition from college lecturer to international investigator purely by chance and in so doing encounters shipwreck, maritime piracy, murder, kidnap and romance. During a bizarre encounter on the North York Moors he volunteers to search for a missing woman, a woman he has known since childhood. The trail leads initially to Spain then on to Gibraltar and Malta. The story then moves on to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea before finally coming to an end back in Gibraltar.
When Alan Craven discovers a young Asian girl stowaway in his van he is inexorably drawn into a major police operation involving people smuggling, sexual exploitation and murder. Alan is attacked in the belief that he is an undercover police officer. His home is destroyed by an arsonist and he is hospitalised as a result. The criminal gang responsible have based their operations in a remote building on the North York Moors under the guise of a rest centre for tired businessmen. Alan is attacked a second time before those responsible are finally brought to justice.
Billy Whitehurst, accountant and Sunday League footballer, is faced with a dilemma when his girlfriend of five years leaves him. Billy, named after his father's favourite Hull City centre forward, decides to resign his post and travel. He begins by flying to Malta where by chance he is employed to seek out a sticky fingered member of the banking fraternity. He then moves on to Gibraltar by working his passage on a yacht. His further adventures, amorous and otherwise, take him by cruise liner to Australia and on to Singapore. After further overseas adventures he finally settles back in his native Yorkshire with the love of his life, Janet, and her mother Rose.
...To my surprise I found Captain Fitzroy's fully loaded handgun wrapped in an old towel - Jim was riding shotgun It made me wonder if I was in danger. Sergeant Cooper had advised me to watch my back... ...He spent Christmas Eve amongst a thousand American forces personnel at a carol concert. He found himself joining in the singing and feeling immensely moved by the tremendous chorus of voices around him...
The discovery of an old man lying bleeding and unconscious on his doorstep sends Ray Ward on a journey across the world. A chance encounter on a flight to New Zealand with a freelance journalist, Jan Sinclair, leads to Ray and her joining forces in a search into the old man's background.
When Alan Craven rescues George Webster and his nurse, Sarah, from their flooded car he does not expect to become George's confidant. However, George is dying and tells how events that began with his ship being torpedoed ultimately led to his wife's murder and the revenge he took on those responsible. With his dying breath George leaves Alan and Sarah to solve the mystery of what lay Beneath the Bridestones.
Seeing the world's biggest brands gain ground over the world's markets, you can't deny that the 25,000 students in the UK studying marketing will never understand their subject without knowing how branding works. This is THE key scholarly text in this crucial topic, an already hugely respected title and big seller in the field. It follows on from the introductory textbook Creating Powerful Brands, and comes highly illustrated with real examples of influential marketing campaigns. This is the book that will take students to the next level with the skills to develop and implement their own branding strategy.
What happens when an actor owns shares in the stage on which he performs and the newspapers that review his performances? Celebrity that lasts over 240 years. From 1741, David Garrick dominated the London theatre world as the progenitor of a new 'natural' style of acting. From 1747 to 1776, he was a part-owner and manager of Drury Lane, controlling most aspects of the theatre's life. In a spectacular foreshadowing of today's media convergences, he also owned shares in papers including the St James's Chronicle and the Public Advertiser, which advertised and reviewed Drury Lane's theatrical productions. This book explores the nearly inconceivable level of cultural power generated by Garrick's entrepreneurial manufacture and mediation of his own celebrity. Using new technologies and extensive archival research, this book uncovers fresh material concerning Garrick's ownership and manipulation of the media, offering timely reflections for theatre history and media studies.
There was once a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called the Simpleton. He was laughed at and despised and neglected on all occasions. Now it happened one day that the eldest son wanted to go into the forest, to hew wood, and his Mother gave him a beautiful cake and a bottle of wine to take with him, so that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst. When he came to the wood he met a little old grey man, who, bidding him good-day, said: "Give me a small piece of the cake in your wallet, and let me drink a mouthful of your wine; I am so hungry and thirsty." But the clever son answered: "If I were to give you my cake and wine, I should have none for myself, so be off with you," and he left the little man standing there, and walked away. Hardly had he begun to hew down a tree, when his axe slipped and cut his arm, so that he had to go home at once and have the wound bound up. This was the work of the little grey man.
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