Most politicians write autobiographies to 'set the record straight'. This is a different sort of memoir. Following his life as a self-confessed 'wet European' from parliament to Hong Kong and beyond, Chris Patten creates a meditation on personal and…
A Financial Times Book of the Year, Chris Patten's What Next? Surviving the Twenty-First Century is a frank and witty survey of our geopolitical future. At the start of the twenty-first century, the challenges the world faces seem bewilderingly comp…
Like the best-selling Black Hat Python, Black Hat Go explores the darker side of the popular Go programming language. This collection of short scripts will help you test your systems, build and automate tools to fit your needs, and improve your offe…
A magisterial volume--a cocktail of autobiography, political analysis of the state of the world, and policy prescriptions. --Foreign Affairs For fifty years, the Americans, British, and Europeans were close partners, yet today the Western alliance i…
Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten, one of our best-loved poets. Hilarious, lyrical, outrageous and serious poems all rub shoulders in this collection. Naughty children with nasty habits, cartoon heroes that come to life, lonely caretakers, unhappy…
Moldova is perhaps the least known country in the European part of what used to be the Soviet union. Yet with the EU enlargement it will become our near neighbour, whose future will influence not only the security environment around our borders but…
This is a summary of the Girl's Own Paper which was a British story paper catering for girls and young women, published from 1880 until 1956.The G.O.P provided a mix of stories and educational and improving articles, with 'Answers to Corespondents'…
One dark night, the music and singing wake a monster from a swamp ... Warrior after warrior comes to slay the monster, but no one can outwit Grendel. Only the great hero Beowulf stands a chance - but even he is not prepared for the horror that lies…
After spending several years in the thick of international events, the author has seen rather a lot of the world - and the people who run it. In this book, he gives us his forthright views on everything from the Tories' downfall to America's empire,…
This book presents theological, cultural, ecclesial and hermeneutical explorations from a specific context—Australia—and invites reimagining of theology and hermeneutics. The horizons of contextuality explored in this book include indige…
