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Dr Elena Partida (MA Ancient History & Archaeology 1993, PhD Ancient History & Archaeology 1998)

The Treasuries at Delphi - an architectural study, SIMA 160, Jonsered, 2000

The author investigates 30 buildings in the ancient oracular sanctuary at Delphi, to define their composite function, to establish their chronology and to determine the donors and the workshops responsible for construction. Archaeological evidence is juxtaposed to historic sources and travellers' accounts. Physical remains and spolia help us identify the provenance of the architects, as well as the city-state that dedicated each one of these votive monuments. Furthermore we gain an insight into the role of the sanctuary's officers and the pattern of administration as regards sacred monuments. One of the conclusions of this collective examination is that the treasuries at Delphi can be ultimately interpreted as a stimulus to the development of Classical architecture.

Delphi - Torch and Channel of Civilisation, Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus, Athens, 2004

This monograph epitomises the outcome of recent archaeological research at Delphi. A synthetic approach of architecture and monumental topography combined with geology, mythology and religion. An attempt at justifying the reputation of this oracular site in antiquity and its diachronic significance for humanity.

 

John Passmore (MSc Transportation & Highway Engineering 1968

Accounting for a Better Life, Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2007
A new approach to home and personal accounting, sub-titled Gain Control of Personal Finances.

 

James Ian Patterson (BA Theology 1985)

 The Thick Blue Line, GET Publishing

Light-hearted memories of Ian's policing career from the 1960s and 1970s. The time of indelible pencils - not computers, of push bikes - not cars.

From Lucker Street to Wongawilli, GET Publishing

Ever since the First Fleet set sail for Australia back in 1787 with its motley crew of sailors, marines and prisoners, that huge desert continent has exerted an influence over our families in Northern Britain. Some followed the transported prisoners looking for gold; to escape the debtor's prison: others - too many - to escape the TB, deprivation and hopelessness after the 1st World War. Successive generations followed until the 1970s; followed to the 'Lucky Country' which still offers one thing above all else: Hope - Hope for a better future.

The stories of our ain' folk, their journeys, the people, the places are all to be found in From Lucker Street to Wongawilli.

 

Dr Frank Pearce (BCom Economics and Statistics, 1949)

Under the Red Eagle, 2005, Woodfield of Bognor Regis

This auto-biographical account, which is now in the Royal Archives, details the author's military experiences oversees, including postings in Italy and France, with the 239 Wing, the famous fighter-bomber wing of the Desert Air Force.

 

Anna Peel (BA French, 1996

Disasters and Miracles: How it Might Have Been, 2009, Bridge House Publishing

Anna, who writes under the pen-name of Elise Harter, has had her first story published in the anthology of alternative Bible stories, Disasters and Miracles: How it Might Have Been. Her story, ‘Noah and the Caterpillars’ is an adaptation of Noah’s Ark narrated by one of the Ark’s inhabitants, Charlie the Caterpillar. It is on sale at Amazon (UK).

All of Elise’s personal proceeds for this venture will be split equally between the Butterfly Conservation and the Green Belt Movement.

For more information, visit www.eliseharter.weebly.com 
 

 

Tasmina Jayne Perry - nee Butt (LLB Law, 1990

Private Lives, 2011, Headline Review

Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Tasmina Perry delivers the ultimate summer blockbuster: a jet-setting, rollercoaster ride set around a glamorous media law firm riddled with secrets, scandals and danger...

Anna Kennedy loves her career. A young associate with a top media law firm, she's the lawyer to the stars, hiding their sins from the hungry media. When Anna fails to prevent a damaging story being printed about heart-throb movie star Sam Charles she finds herself fighting to save not only his reputation, but also her own. But Anna is about to uncover a scandal more explosive than even Sam's infidelities. A party girl is already dead and those responsible are prepared to silence anyone who stands in their way. Not least a pretty young lawyer who knows too much..

 

Andrew James Pickering (BSc Chemistry 1979)

 

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to Scottish Independence, 2013

Andy Pickering was a middle-aged accountant who had loathed his dull job for thirty years. He was on his third mid-life crisis and desperately needed an interesting project before he started self-harming. Although English, Andy had a lifelong fascination with Scotland and was an expert on the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, his specialist subject when he won a place on the BBC's Mastermind. When it was announced that there would be a Scottish independence referendum held in the autumn of 2014 and that there was now a very real chance of Scotland leaving the United Kingdom, he resigned, hoisted up his rucksack and set off to see what all the fuss was about. Despite not having hitched a lift since his student days, he thumbed the route of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite Army from the Highlands of Scotland to the southernmost point they reached in Derby, then back north to Inverness, the scene of their final defeat. Along the way he talked to the people he met to find out what both the Scots and English think about themselves, each other, and independence. The Bryson-esque result is an affectionate, amusing and controversial book which gives real insight into the minds of the Scots and the English, and the possible outcome of the independence referendum. This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the political future of the United Kingdom.

 

 

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Dr Anthony Reddie (BA Medieval and Modern History, 1987, PhD, Education, 2000)

Acting In Solidarity: Reflections in Critical Christianity, 2005, London: DLT

This is a lively resource book of original sketches and studies suitable for groups of all ages, cultures, communities and contexts, designed to kick-start a process of thinking creatively and critically about the Christian faith.

 

Marilyn Rice (PGDip Tourism & Leisure Services, 1991)

Since leaving University I have become a writer and have written and published four novels:

Time & Tide; Stay in Touch; No Regrets; Look After Each Other

 

Moises Enrique Rodriguez (MSc Computer Science 1987)

Freedom's Mercenaries: British Volunteers in the Wars of Independence of Latin America, 2006, Hamilton Books

Enrique spent almost 25 years researching the experiences of the 10,000 volunteers who joined the fight for American independence between 1817 and 1824. The result is this book, split into two volumes, which focuses mainly on the military aspects of the British soldiers' and sailors' lives in Latin America.

 

 

 

 

 

                        
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