Best Selling Books by Stephen Barker

Ensure that your projects succeed every time Whether you are organising an important event or heading up a large team, running a project can be a daunting process. Spiralling costs and missed deadlines are part of everyday life for many project managers - in fact, more projects fail than succeed! But project management doesn't have to be this way. It is possible to manage projects that consistently meet deadlines and come in within budget. Brilliant Project Management shows you how. Drawing on over 30 years of experience, you’ll discover how to ensure your projects succeed every time. · Make a success of any project Deliver on your promises Save money, time and your sanity! It’s the ultimate guide to becoming a brilliant project manager.

Whether you are organising an important event or heading up a large team, running a project can be a daunting process. Spiralling costs and missed deadlines are part of everyday life for many project managers - in fact, more projects fail than succeed! But project management doesn't have to be this way. It is possible to manage projects that consistently meet deadlines and come in within budget. Brilliant Project Management shows you how. Drawing on over 30 years of experience, you’ll discover how to ensure your projects succeed every time. In this new edition Barker & Cole have included a section highlighting valuable sources of information in the challenging world of project management, including their inside track on methods, training and professional associations. It’s the ultimate guide to becoming a brilliant project manager. Brilliant Outcomes Make a success of any project. Deliver on your promises. Save money, time and your sanity!

At the birth of analytic philosophy Frege created a paradigm that is centrally important to how meaning has been understood in the twentieth century. Frege invented the now familiar distinctions of sense and force, of sense and reference, of concept and object. He introduced the conception of sentence meaning as residing in truth-conditions and argued that semantics is a normative enterprise distinct from psychology. Most importantly, he created modern quantification theory,engendering the idea that the syntactic and semantic forms of modern logic underpin the meanings of natural-language sentences. Stephen Barker undertakes to overthrow Frege's paradigm, rejecting all the above-mentioned features.The framework he offers is a speech-act-based approach to meaning in which semantics is entirely subsumed by pragmatics. In this framework: meaning resides in syntax and pragmatics; sentence-meanings are not propositions but speech-act types; word-meanings are not objects, functions, or properties, but again speech-act types; pragmatic phenomena one would expect not to figure in semantics, such as pretence, enter into the logical form of sentences; a compositional semantics is provided byshowing how speech-act types combine together to form complex speech-act types; the syntactic structures invoked are not those of quantifiers, open sentences, variables, variable-binding, etc., rather they are structures specific to speech-act forms, which link logical form and surface grammar veryclosely.According to Barker, a natural language - a system of thought - is an emergent entity that arises from the combination of simple intentional structures, and certain non-representational cognitive states. It is embedded in, and part of, a world devoid of normative facts qua extra-linguistic entities. The world, in which the system is embedded, is a totality of particular states of affairs. There is no logical complexity in re; it contains mereological complexity only. Some truths havetruth-makers, but others, logically complex truths, lack them. Nevertheless, the truth-predicate is univocal in meaning.Renewing Meaning is a radical, ambitious work which offers to transform the semantics of natural language.

Within this book, you will find a combination of useful information on cruising holidays combined with the cruise as seen by yours truly. This book does not aim at an entirely serious view of cruising, but as seen by myself as I see situations through my own eyes as they happen. Hopefully, this book will encourage you to either explore your first cruise or book your next cruising adventure,

The Flying Sikh tells the unique story of the only Sikh airman to fly with the RFC and the RAF during the First World War. It is the remarkable account of one man’s struggle to enlist, against discrimination, and then his service as a fighter pilot over the battlefields of Flanders. This book represents the only detailed study of an Indian national enlisting in Britain’s armed forces during the First World War. It is an account of India’s role in the war; the rise of Indian nationalism and the challenges of Indians to take up the status of a commissioned officer in His Majesty’s Armed Forces. Malik started his new life in Britain as a fourteen-year-old public school boy, who progressed to Balliol College, Oxford, before attempting to join the Royal Flying Corps after graduation with friends from university, but was denied a commission. Keen to participate in the war, he served with the French Red Cross in 1916 as an ambulance driver and then offered his services to the French air force. Ultimately, one of his Oxford tutors wrote on Malik’s behalf to General David Henderson, the former head of the RFC, and secured Malik a cadetship Above all though, it is the story of a man who was a county cricketer who played for Sussex and Oxford University, an outstanding golfer and fighter pilot who fought over Passchendaele in the autumn of 1917. Being a devout Sikh, he wore a specially designed flying helmet that fitted over his turban. Malik claimed two kills until he was shot down, crashing unconscious to the ground behind Allied lines. His Sopwith Camel was riddled with over 400 bullet holes. Malik was only one of a small number of Indian nationals who served with the RAF during the war. In later life, Malik became the first Indian High Commissioner to Canada, and then served as the Indian Ambassador to France.

Everything you need to know about the PRINCE2 qualification, whether your studying, have passed the exam and wondering what to do next, or simply wanting to start using the best of PRINCE2 straight away. This book is designed to give practical information and advice about the project management method PRINCE2. This is a lighter version of the official text and more accessible, providing only what you need to know. It includes a reference map of PRINCE2’s approach and themes - a unique feature that will provide a rich, graphical representation of PRINCE2’s key features. From the Author: According to the Office of Government Commerce, 20,000 organisations in 150 countries are using PRINCE2, and there’s an ever growing interest in becoming a qualified practitioner. So for those with an interest in project management it’s one of the hottest tickets around. I’ve written Brilliant PRINCE2 for those in search of a concise and accessible guide to this popular method. It covers all of the core material. So it’s ideal for those studying for a PRINCE2 exam, or looking for a handy reference source to back-up what’s been learned already. (You’ll notice that the book has been accredited as an official PRINCE2 product.) PRINCE2 is a big subject – the official manual weighs in at over 300 pages. Brilliant PRINCE2 helps to make sense of it all, by guiding you step-by-step from project kick-off, through delivery and on to closure. There are chapter-by-chapter summaries of all the key points – and topics are mapped back to the PRINCE2 manual. You’ll even find two diagrams that each manage to fit PRINCE2 onto a single page! Importantly, there’s also plenty of practical advice on applying PRINCE2 tools and techniques in the real world. This is based on many years of using the method to deliver all sorts of projects. You’ll find lots of useful tips, examples of best practice, and a good smattering of “war stories” to make the material easier to digest.

Lion of the Skies tells the unique story of the only Sikh airman to fly with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Air Force during the First World War. It is the remarkable account of one man's struggle to enlist, against discrimination, and of his service as a fighter pilot over the battlefields of Flanders. Hardit Singh Malik started his life in Britain as a fourteen-year-old public school boy, who progressed to Balliol College, Oxford, before attempting to join the RFC, but he was denied a commission. Keen to participate in the war, he served with the French Red Cross in 1916 as an ambulance driver and then offered his services to the French air force. Ultimately, one of his Oxford tutors wrote on his behalf to a former head of the RFC and secured him a cadetship. One of the things that set him apart was that, being a devout Sikh, he wore a specially designed flying helmet that fit over his turban. Malik claimed two kills in the war until he was shot down, crashing unconscious to the ground behind Allied lines, his Sopwith Camel riddled with over 400 bullet holes. In later life, he became the first Indian high commissioner to Canada and then served as the Indian ambassador to France. Rich in historical and biographical detail, Lion of the Skies is the only detailed study of an Indian national enlisting in Britain's armed forces during the First World War. At the same time, it is also an account of India's role in the war, the challenges Indians faced in taking up the status of a commissioned officer in colonial Britain, and the rise of Indian nationalism.

"Combining a Nietzschean framework with close attention to a wide range of carefully selected literary texts, Autoaesthetics presents a case for Nietzche's centrality in contemporary aesthetic and literary studies. Based on Nietzche's own practice of combining poetry and philosophy by transcending ressentiment and approaching life to its fullest, Autoaesthetics engages in a heated but intricate debate through and with Nietzche's re-articulation of the self as a strategic (and impossible) aesthetic creation." "Stephen Barker argues that all notions of self are aesthetic, literary, strategic, and teleological, and must be seen not in the context of any essential self but as a complex series of self-articulations. He sets out a strategy of reading that combines Nietzschean "psychology" with subsequent theoretical investigations and shows how Nietzschean dialectics of the self are at work in all (self-defining) human experience in the (post)modern world. His book itself is a play of dialectics (again after Nietzche), designed for interdisciplinary scholars and graduate students interested in exploring the scope of literary and aesthetic theory and philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Stephen Barker has taken a camera into spaces whose existence hinges on their being unrecorded and anonymous. His photographs were taken in New York City's sex clubs. The indistinct figures merge and melt into the industrial architecture of darkened cinemas and hallways reserved for anonymous sex, but there are flashes of clarity even here -- tenderness or indifference, passion or release.

"Christopher Edmonds is on a mission to understand his old risk-taking, tearaway self. There was an accident; an old man was killed one night when Christo and his mates were out racing their cars. Christo got the blame, and a head injury -- that means his memory is not the best. Soon Christo is back on the streets, without his licence and doing community service, helping out a lonely old man, Jimmy McBreen. What's worse -- his so called 'friend' has stolen his girl! Inspired by a copy of 'The Count of Monte Cristo', he begins to plot revenge -- it's just that sometimes things don't turn out the way you expected"--Author's website. Suggested level: secondary

"This delightful book has lots of things to look for, spot and talk about, making it perfect for sharing with little children."--Page 4 of cover.

A simple retelling of the story of Noah's Ark brought to life with colourful illustrations and a delightful pop-up ark. This accessible book is perfect for sharing with young children.

Match the pictures of the jolly animal friends in the book with the nine chunky, colourful blocks. With bright illustrations and a lively rhyming text, this charming playset will be returned to again and again.

"1930 - The storm clouds that will lead to the Second World War are already gathering on the horizon. Jim Drake the son of a fencing tutor arrives at Pembury Hall and is thrown into a web of lies, death and deception"--Back cover.

As a suffer from Military PTSD from my service in the British army 1979 - 1989. I have undergone treatment from the fantastic people at Combat Stress & First Light Trust. I found myself reading some great poetry from Ex-Forces personal who have gone through events ordinary people could not imagine. The Poems describe me and the way I face PTSD anyone who has suffered from Military PTSD can easily connect with the poems as it is the way most see the world daily. The book aims at suffers from Military PTSD no matter what you've been through; you're not alone. There is help out there for you, so don't suffer in silence. As a Thank, you to two fantastic charities that look after Veterans Mental Health we are donating a percentage of all book sales to them. As part of my recovery, I have put together what can loosely be described as poetry. Please enjoy the collection as we take you on a journey from our darkest hour to the light at the end of the tunnel.

What can Monkey see and hear in the jungle? Find out in this interactive book designed specially for curious little hands! Use the big, sturdy tabs and dials to help you explore the jungle and see the snappy crocodile, the pretty parrots and lots of other lively creatures in the busiest jungle around! Babies and toddlers will adore these bright, colourful books which really do come to life in their hands!

"1931 - On the West Coast of Scotland the mysterious, lone figure of Auld Crian watches from the mountainside as a deadly drama unfolds at the infamous Black Castle"--Back cover.

Projects - and Project managers - are failing at an alarming rate. In the IT industry only 24% of projects succeed according to the Government Office of Commerce. Railtrack and the upgrade of the NHS are high profile examples of large project failures. And there are plenty of low-profile examples available too - as any viewer of Channel 4ņs ŇProperty Ladderň programme will confirm. In an ever growing market, Brilliant Project Management stands out from the crowd. This revised edition is part of the high profile Brilliant series and the first edition redefined the mould for books in this category. Through its engaging and entertaining approach, Brilliant Project Management does more than just talk you through the process. It provides practical advice and techniques taken from peopleņs experience in the real world so you always know exactly what to do and say to make your project a success. Brilliant Project Management highlights the areas where your actions and behaviours will make the difference between failure, an average outcome, and a huge success. Whether youņre always behind schedule and fighting to catch up, havenņt a clue where to start, or simply want your projects to be more successful, this book will teach you simple and effective techniques to leading successful projects every time.

Have you ever wanted a book to read to your dog so he or she could fall asleep faster? Well this is the book for you! "You're a good boy!" is just that, a night time story for dogs! If you have a dog, like dogs, know someone with a dog or can spell dog you should check this book out!!!