Downes: 70 books
The Career Book
Help for Restless Realist
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Instead of immediately focusing on what to do, the first section of the book (‘Principles’) asks detailed, probing questions about you. Knowing yourself and what makes you tick is the first step to getting the career you want. Using the unique ‘Ego Styles Theory’, which the author has used...
by Stephen Downes
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
More than thirty years ago a green and unsophisticated Methodist boy from Oz had to be taught how to dress his salad correctly in a tiny Paris bistro, and felt the first stirring that he could 'perhaps nurture an interest in food'. Stephen Downes, now a renowned restaurant critic, returns to the city...
Shoreline of Infinity 11
Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
All women special edition
Guest Editors: Pippa Goldschmidt, Caroline Grebbell
Guest Art Director: Monica Burns
Stories:
Aliette de Bodard – A Slow Unfurling of Truth
Emily Bowles – Write ME
Karen Heuler – Heading for the Border
Lith Amenti – Sacrifice For A Broken Sky
Anna...
by John Downes
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
The Scene Menagerie contains an assortment of fiction scenes and episodes from the novels and short stories of one author, John R. Downes, plus a few excerpts from his nonfictions thrown into the mix. What a range of subjects! War, the Great Depression, Custers Last Stand, FBI, orphans, espionage,...
by Stephen Downes
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
In this glorious celebration of food and eating, Stephen Downes, one of Australia's foremost food critics and food writers, leads readers through the 100 food experiences they must have before they expire, based on his own culinary encounters, and his astonishing food knowledge and expertise. Some...
by Wesley H. Downes
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A paranormal investigation into the haunting of the infamous Borley Rectory and other chilling lore of England.
Built in 1863, the Gothic-style parish in the Essex village of Borley gained a nerve-jangling notoriety. Claims of apparitions, unexplained footsteps, and a phantom carriage that rode...
by Patrick Downes
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Angus woke up mad and knew today was not his day. His dachshund, Clive, walked too slowly. His canary, Pennycake, was too loud. And to top it off, his breakfast pancakes were way too skinny. Angus was in a bad mood, and he decided to run away. He walked two blocks, three blocks, five blocks, then...
by Stephen Downes
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
While rummaging in a cupboard one day, the narrator of 'Adagio for a simple clarinet' rediscovers his father's clarinet, forgotten for years on a high shelf. Finding the instrument arouses in him long-buried memories and the childhood passion for music that his father had thwarted. Unable to make...
Access to Education in Europe
A Framework and Agenda for System Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
This book identifies key elements of an international framework to develop systems-level change to promote access to education, including higher education, for socio-economically marginalized groups. It is based on interviews with senior government officials and senior management in universities,...
Educating Health Professionals in Low-Resource Countries
A Global Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
The shortage of adequately prepared health professionals is the most significant threat to world health that we face. This book, a co--publication with The Carter Center, focuses on the training of health professional educators--both teachers and practitioners--in low--resource countries at different...
by Anne Miller Downes
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The Pilgrim Soul, which was originally published in 1952, tells the legend of Dolly Copp of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. As a young bride she moved with her husband Hayes to their homestead in the virgin forests of 19th century New Hampshire. Together, they built a farm, raised a family,...
Pivot to the Future
Discovering Value and Creating Growth in a Disrupted World
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
The proven, effective strategy for reinventing your business in the age of ever-present disruption
Disruption by digital technologies? That's not a new story. But what is new is the "wise pivot," a replicable strategy for harnessing disruption to survive, grow, and be relevant to...
Crash Proof
How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
The economic tipping point for the United States is no longer theoretical. It is a reality today. The country has gone from the world's largest creditor to its greatest debtor; the value of the dollar is sinking; domestic manufacturing is winding down - and these trends don't seem to be slowing. Peter...
Beating the Dow Completely Revised and Updated
A High-Return, Low-Risk Method for Investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Stocks with as Little as $5,000
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
In 1991, Michael B. O'Higgins, one of the nation's top money managers, turned the investment world upside down with an ingenious strategy, showing how all investors--from those with only $5,000 to invest to millionaires--could beat the pros 95% of the time by putting 100% of their equity investment...