INTRODUCTION BY THE REV . CANON J . JOHN
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The Trusty Servant
Churchill taking over at the helm , but in Six Minutes in May : How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister , NWR Shakespeare ( F , 70-74 ) shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction . It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain ; and Nicholas Shakespeare shows us both the dramatic action on the battlefield in Norway and the machinations and personal relationships in Westminster that led up to this crucial point . Harvill Secker : ISBN : 978-1846559723 .
TCH Sharp ( B , 90-95 ) has recently published a book on Loetz Art Nouveau glass : Lötz . Die Passion / Loetz . The Passion . The book focuses on the emotional side of Loetz glass and examines the relationship between collector and collection . With numerous colour photographs of 50 of the very best Loetz vases , the book also features insight into how the condition of the glass affects value and gives helpful tips on storage , maintenance and insurance . The text is in both English and German . NBVD ; ISBN : 978-3939028451 . Copies are available for a fixed price of £ 42 on Ebay .
TET Schuller ( Coll , 61-66 ) has written The Paula Principle : how and why women work below their level of competence . Whereas The Peter Principle , a 4-million – copy bestseller from the 1960s , argued that most ( male ) workers will inevitably be promoted to one level beyond their competence , Tom Schuller shows how
women today face the opposite scenario : their skills are being wasted as they work below their competence levels . Scribe UK ; ISBN : 978-1911344605 .
Darling Pol : Letters of Mary Wesley and Eric Siepmann 1944-1967 . Before her death in 2002 , Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham , ‘ After I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again . We lived our ups and downs but life was never boring .’ EO Siepmann ( C , 17-21 ) was her second husband and their correspondence – lively , intimate , passionate , frustrated – charted their life together ( and apart ) with unusual candour and spirit . Harvill Secker ; ISBN : 978-1911215103 .
CRJ Terrington ( E , 60-64 ) draws our attention to his recently published book , Radiology and Follow-up of Urologic Surgery under his professional name of Professor Christopher Woodhouse . Wiley Blackwell ; ISBN : 978-1119162087 .
JLF Wright ( H , 47-52 ) has produced his latest SHOUT book Shout it from the
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House Tops . There is
FROM a tempting conspiracy
THE HOUSETOPS of silence among many
JOHN WRIGHT
Christians that has this stark warning : ‘ Whatever you do , don ’ t talk to people about Jesus !’ This book by John Wright is a bold and outspoken corrective to this : it carries the very biblical belief that it is the duty of all Christians to make every effort to talk to people about Jesus . Branch Press ; ISBN : 978-0952886518 .
The Yukon River is almost 2,000 miles long , flowing through Canada and Alaska
to the Bering Sea . Setting out to explore one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote regions of North America , Adam Weymouth ( C , 97-02 ) journeyed by canoe on a four-month odyssey through this untrammelled wilderness , encountering the people who have lived there for generations . The Yukon ’ s inhabitants have long depended on the king salmon who each year migrate the entire river to reach their spawning grounds . Now the salmon numbers have dwindled , and the encroachment of the modern world has changed the way of life on the Yukon , perhaps forever . Kings of the Yukon : An Alaskan River Journey tells the story . Particular Books ; ISBN : 978-0241270400 .
Business
JA Devas ( A , 93-98 ) has left Maitland to set up Seven Dials City PR Agency .
Shortly after finishing university , SR Hotrabhvanon ( K , 10-12 ) founded a start-up , PlayerData , developing a next-generation sports wearable . The first fund-raise was recently completed , bringing onboard some very notable investors such as Sir Terry Leahy and Mike Welch .
E de G Lucas ( A , 76-80 ) has left The Economist after more than 20 years . He writes a weekly column for The Times , gives speeches and works on security policy .
MB Dunkerley ( C , 77-81 ), Chief Executive of Hawaiian Airlines since 2005 , has retired .
Sport
Rowing Harry Peters reports : In the 2018 Boat Race , ASC Wythe ( Coll , 12-17 ) and L Robinson ( C , 12-17 ) both rowed for Isis . TM Schroeder ( Coll , 12-17 ) was well on track for the Dark Blue boat until illness struck : he had already won senior
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