Wakefield: 110 books

would you buy a used car from a dealer, with no guarantees or warranties, with probably doctored mileage? you would not. but that’s what thousands of people do when they buy a pub or licensed catering business, there are no guarantees and do you really know where to start to verify that all the...

the reason that i have written two books on basically the same subject, pubs and restaurants.very few publicans will read a book on restaurants if they are buying a pub, very few restaurateurs will read a book on pubs if they are buying a restaurant. there is a lot of business commonality in both...

this book deals with tips to make your pub work after you have bought it, my previous book the common sense guide to buying a pub, deals with the process up to buying a pub or bistro. these tips deal with taking over and running a pub, many of the tips are things that trainers fail to tell you. most...

Two friends return home from the Korean War to find their world—and themselves—irrevocably altered in this novel hailed by Kurt Vonnegut as “gruesomely accurate and enchanting” and “wildly sexy” Willard “Sonny” Burns and Tom “Gunner” Casselman, Korean War vets and former...

The comic national bestseller of love and loss set amid the sexual revolution of the 1970s When Phil Potter decides to divorce his wife, Jessica, after a few difficult years, he imagines he’s in for a wild jaunt through the sexually liberated 1970s. But his new start—Phil has also left...

A slacker hero embarks on a rollicking cross-country journey of love-ins and acid trips in this rich portrait of the 1960s When his foxy professor/girlfriend kicks him out of her apartment, perennial college student Gene Barrett sets off on a road trip in search of a place he can call home....

This book is created by writers Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield. Irene Spencer and Vera Small - aka the ladies - are happily widowed and live in a world of church fetes and amateur dramatics. But when Irene meets Vera, tipsy and tangoing, at Irene's daughter Lesley's wedding reception, they embark on...

Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees is a reprint of the classic narrative of Sarah Wakefield's survival. Told in her own words, this compelling tale was a best seller when it was originally published more than one hundred years ago. Today it offers readers a unique perspective on Sioux culture and what life was like on the Great Plains in mid-nineteenth-century America.

Friendly, optimistic, and good-natured, the Flat-Coated Retriever may be one of the dog world’s best kept secrets. Elegant as a show dog, easygoing as a family companion, and enthusiastic as a hunting dog, the Flat-Coated Retriever is named for his distinctive sleek, flat coat, colored in solid...

An unrelenting prison boom, marked by stark racial disparities, pulled a disproportionate number of young black men into prison in the last forty years. In Children of the Prison Boom, Sara Wakefield and Christopher Wildeman draw upon broadly representative survey data and interviews to describe the...

H. R. Wakefield was one of the most popular ghost-story writers of the early 20th century. 'The Red Lodge' is arguably his greatest tale, and a classic of the haunted house genre. Many of the earliest ghost stories and tales of hauntings, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are...

The outbreak of war in 1914 was greeted with euphoria by many in Europe, and it was widely believed that the conflict would be "over by Christmas." In the event, millions of men were destined to spend the first of four seasons away from their families and loved ones. Amid the shortages,...

Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by...

What is the meaning of destiny? Does your soul decide its lessons before incarnation? Does divine timing exist or are the major events in your life due to your choices? The author explores all of these choices throughout a tumultuous and emotional time in her life, when she had to let go of all control and just trust in the Universe. Her life depended on it.