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For most of us, being our own boss has a definite allure. Choosing our own hours, staff and products certainly seems tempting but in the cut-throat world of business, there are some important lessons to be learned…The daily grind of an office job in the 1980s drove American Kathleen Murphy to become a successful business entrepreneur. Bored and distracted by the daily task of producing and matching up piles of letters and envelopes, she dreamed up an alternative to the monotonous task using new computer technology to print it all together. Kathleen invented the one-piece mailer but was soon to discover the challenging world of business. Telling her story of how she got into the market, Kathleen looks back at the trials, tribulations and downright cheating she suffered at the hands of greedy firms who wanted to exploit her and her product. Since then, Kathleen has succeeded in various business ventures and has written How to Win in Business as a guide to those setting out on their own business careers. With all the lessons Kathleen has learned throughout her career, How to Win in Business is the perfect companion to help you succeed in the world of business
Many conversations right now focus on written and typed words as increasingly common methods of communication. What if those were your only way to communicate every day, for 23 and three-quarter hours? Georgia Webber’s zines Dumb issues 4 and 5 describe her mostly mute life in comics – ...
Sir Hyde Clarenden Gowan was born to a prestigious English family and in 1902 he entered the Indian Civil Service to embark upon a career in an exotic new country. Sir Hyde rose from the position of under-secretary to become an important figure of the British Empire. Sir Hyde spent his entire thirty-six year career in the Central Provinces and Berar, becoming Governor in 1933. Despite living for decades in India, he always felt like an alien abroad and often called it an “Ulta pulta desh”: an upside-down-country. Sir Hyde held the post of Governor during one of the most turbulent periods of Indian history. Tensions between Muslim and Hindu groups divided the country whilst nationalists such as Mahatma Gandhi fought for India’s independence from Britain. During this time, the Government of India Act of 1935 was passed forever changing the face of Indian society and the role of governors in the country. When Sir Hyde died suddenly in 1938, he was mourned by the British and Indians alike, having been much loved for his steadfast dedication to his duties. His family received condolences from King George VI and other members of the Royal Family. With an introduction by his son, James Hyde Bowie Gowan, Sir Hyde’s diaries are here reprinted in their entirety alongside some of his speeches. The diaries reveal the great man behind the Governor, the delights and difficulties of his position and an insight into Indian history and life never to be repeated.
The true story of hardship and horror in the blood and mud seen through the eyes of a teenage volunteer and his comrades in the forgotten conflicts of Salonika and Palestine, during the Great War, fighting for the freedom of small nations and in particular, Home Rule for Ireland. Then the Irish War of Independence, which helped establish a nation.