Geoff: 832 books

Its almost impossible to believe that on an average weekend eight people died in road accidents in Victoria in the late 1960s with a low of four and a high of an incredible sixteen. Geoff Quayle joined Commonwealth Department of Shipping and Transport in 1967 determined to play a role in doing...

When Sir Alan de Buxhall KG, Constable of the Tower of London to King Edward III and then Richard II, wants a “discreet” deed done he always calls in his distant relative, Geffrey ðe Wulf, the most trusted of his Household Archers.Wulf, as he is often called, fought for Sir Alan during the knight’s...

When Wimbledon schoolboy Jamie goes on holiday to Ramsgate in Kent, the last thing he expects is to meet up again with the dishevelled old man Grimm who had told him the tale of the Anglo-Saxon hero Beowulf.They meet up again just as a group of Anglo-Saxon enthusiasts lay a wreath at the replica longship...

When South London schoolboy Jamie goes to Wimbledon to photocopy some pictures for his school project on the Old English poem 'Beowulf', he little thinks that his life will never quite be the same again.Deciding to exchange his bus fare home for a hamburger, Jamie somehow ends up in the...

Everyone in England knows the date 1066, for in that year England changed forever. Most will connect 1066 with the Battle of Hastings but Hastings was the culmination of a series of major events that had taken place that year. When the saintly and childless King Edward died the king’s council, the...

Mods and Rockers in the 60s: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll and street battles - Right? Eeer, not quite; not as I remember them. Sex was something you had to careful about, I mean if you got a girl pregnant you married her, so, unless drunk, you only did it with someone you would be happy to spend the...

In 1215 King John of England repudiated the Magna Carta he had previously signed guaranteeing basic rights to the freemen of the kingdom. Many of the barons, who had forced the King to sign the Magna Carta, rose in revolt as a result. King John proved to be a wily commander and when it looked as if...

This book is meant as a means of alternate thinking. As with all theoretical books, and ways of thought, there is always a certain amount of guesswork, hence theoretic. Most of this book is my way of thinking, but on occasions I may just give an alternative explanation, which I may not necessarily...

Dizzy is a newly made one-pound coin. But the dies of the coining press jammed during production and mis-struck poor Dizzy. A mis-struck coin is an outcast in the world of currency, and Dizzy must find a way to circulate while avoiding the bullies. Follow Dizzy as the coin confronts credit cards,...

ÇPer cambiare il mondo bisogna prima cambiare se stessiČ, ÇIl miglior modo per creare innovazione ascoltareČ: sono due tra le tante stimolanti provocazioni attorno alle quali fa perno il discorso di Mulgan sulla social innovation. Ma di che cosa si tratta? Se vero che il paradosso della crisi...

This book was originally written for readers in the west as the issues and points I am making relate to a 'western style' relationship. However with the change happening in India I believe I can also offer the Indian people some ideas that they may be able to use in their own relationship...

Frisches Obst und Gemüse aus dem eigenen Garten Mal eben in den Garten gehen und ein paar Beeren naschen, die selbst angebauten Bohnen ernten oder Zwetschgenkuchen mit Früchten vom eigenen Baum backen − gefällt Ihnen die Vorstellung? Dieses praktische Handbuch gibt Ihnen zahlreiche Tipps...

In April 1199 Richard the Lionheart lay dying in his mother's arms, victim of a well-aimed crossbow bolt and of an incompetent surgeon. Magnaminously, Richard pardoned the skilful archer, but ordered the slaughter of the rest of his enemies in the town he was besieging. A few days later as Richard's...

As technology races ahead, what will people do better than computers? What hope will there be for us when computers can drive cars better than humans, predict Supreme Court decisions better than legal experts, identify faces, scurry helpfully around offices and factories, even perform some...