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This book celebrates the life and times of a life spent in the second half of the 20th Century during a period of great change, that included the disintegration of the British Empire. Ken's bravery and determined attitude was never more exemplified than when he was serving with the 'Glorious Glosters' at the famous Battle of Imjin River In Korea and winning his illustrious British Empire Medal (BEM).Whether frolicking with local ladies in the best posting in the British Army (the Caribbean), serving in troubled Palestine, becoming regimental boxing champion, surviving the horror of POW solitary confinement, warfare in the jungle with special forces, or just plain being a prison officer looking after serial killers in Australia ... Ken did it with gusto and determination.He was a man from humble origins, but truly a brave man in our midst.

People who go into business and start or acquire their own businesses are a breed apart. We call these people entrepreneurs and small and medium sized businesses are the lifeblood of our society, creating wealth, moving products and services and employing the majority of the working population.Business owners who become their own bosses have decided to; control their own destiny, take risks in exchange for potential rewards, be self-sufficient and back their own judgement.Entrepreneurs deserve to succeed because they take the risks and give absolutely everything to their businesses. We need to do all we can to inspire and support entrepreneurial success and remove barriers and frustrations.This book reflects upon the key aspects of being a successful, unique and passionate entrepreneur, which you will find affirming, enlightening and inspiring.Success in business and in life generally, requires belief, vision and action and it's always worth remembering that success really is a process, not a one-off event, especially for entrepreneurs!Enjoy being inspired to achieve your goals, one step at a time.

Being a football fan involves so much passion, pleasure and it must be said - pain.This book is a selection of one Southampton FC fan's highlights over more than 50 years. It's as much about what it's like to be a proud and passionate Saint, with very human experiences, as it is a history of the football club.All fans are different and Richard provides a personal tongue in cheek tale of the best (and the worse) of the games and eras from 1964 to date.You will share the old Dell Days, "Give it to Ron", hooliganism, crazy away japes, European adventures, 1976 and all that, Le Tiss, the old Enemy (not Bournemouth), thise great Rickie and Nigel League One days, more recent times and look forward with Richard's next generation of Saints, in the form of his grandsons, already fully inducted as Saints!The book is a must for Saints fans who will love the memories and story-telling nature of this 50 plus year's history of Being a Saint and all that pain, passion and pleasure.

Brexit, Friday-night binge drinking, NHS waiting lists, corrupt politicians - oh and the climate. There are seemingly endless things that make us despair of life in modern Britain.But in Aren't We a Funny Lot? Richard Walters takes an altogether different, more cheerful tack. From spotted dick to old school seaside holidays, to country pubs and the national obsession with tea, he reminds us just what it is that makes Britain 'great'.In a series of chapters covering such diverse topics as sleep, sex and sunshine (or the lack of all three), he highlights the weird idiosyncrasies that make Britain what it is - sometimes, just plain crazy!Witty, insightful and razor-sharp, Aren't We a Funny Lot? will have you laughing out loud and it's possible, 'crazy' and 'whacky' might just be what we need in today's worryingly extremist modern world.

Accountants know they need to develop structured advisory services, but the big question is, "How do you do this when you are still busy?" There are many misconceptions and myths surrounding these advisory services and Richard Walters'' book aims to explain truly client centric advisory services and how to easily develop fully structured and sustainable services that will future proof firms.It''s an essential guide from start to finish for accountants or consultants interested in extending or developing advisory services to their clients and prospects.

Archaeology of the Solomon Islands presents the outcome of 20 years research in the Solomon Islands undertaken jointly by Richard Walter and Peter Sheppard, both leaders in the eld of Pacific archaeology. At the time of first European encounter, the peoples of Melanesia exhibited some of the greatest diversity in language, socio-political organisation and culture expression of any region on earth. This extraordinary diversity attracted scholars and resulted in coastal Melanesia becoming the birthplace of modern anthropology, and yet the area remains one of the least well-documented regions of the Pacific in archaeological terms. This synthesis of Solomon Island archaeology draws together all the research that has taken place in the field over the past 50 years. It takes a multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological approach and considers the work of archaeologists, environmental scientists, anthropologists and historians.
 At the same time this volume highlights the results of the authors own considerable field research. Until recently, much Pacific archaeological research focused primarily on colonisation events and cultural-ecological interactions. Walter and Sheppard are interested too in the long-term development of diversity in coastal Melanesia and in the evolution of traditional Melanesian societies. As a case study they focus on the Roviana Chiefdom, an aggressive but highly successful polity based around headhunting, slave raiding and ritual violence that dominated the political economy of the Western Province into the early twentieth century. They also integrate the Solomon Islands into ongoing models and debates around Pacific culture - history, including in such key areas as human expansion during the Pleistocene, the spread of Austronesians, Lapita colonisation, the development of food production, the role of exchange systems, the concept and meaning of culture areas, and human impact on landscapes and ecosystems. This fascinating and very readable book is written for an archaeological audience but is also designed to be accessible to all readers interested in Pacific archaeology, anthropology and history. Featuring more than a hundred maps and figures, Archaeology of the Solomon Islands represents a ground-breaking contribution to Pacific archaeology.