Dickie: 38 books
Dickie Bird Autobiography
An honest and frank story
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Dickie Bird's retirement was an international event shown on TV screens and newspapers throughout the world. He is a household name, an eccentric, and one of the most loved and respected characters in world cricket. His idiosyncratic style and infectious humour has endeared him to millions, transcending...
Cruelty and Laughter
Forgotten Comic Literature and the Unsentimental Eighteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental—the creation of an emerging middle class. Simon Dickie disputes these assumptions in Cruelty and Laughter, a wildly enjoyable but shocking plunge into the forgotten comic literature of the age. Beneath the surface of Enlightenment...
by Dickie & Lynne Arbiter & Barrett-Lee
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
In this honest and entertaining book, Dickie Arbiter recounts his life's journey from a broadcast journalist to becoming a press spokesman to the Royal family, and back again to journalism. He discusses the inner workings of everyday life in Buckingham Palace, and what it was really like to work under...
White Cap and Bails
Adventures of a much loved Umpire
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
In this anecdotal book, the unstoppable Dickie Bird takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books and videos. A mass of new hilarious stories flow from Dickie as he flexes his memory: he describes the cricketers, the matches and the character...
Wargaming on a Budget
Gaming Constrained by Money or Space
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Wargaming can be a very expensive hobby, but it needn't be. Iain Dickie, one of the best-known names in the hobby shares dozens of hints and tips on how to cut the cost of your gaming and get 'more bang for your buck'. He offers sound practical advice on buying and building your armies (should you...
80 Not Out: My Favourite Cricket Memories
A Life in Cricket
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Hardly a week goes by without Dickie Bird visiting a county or Test match arena where he can keep up to date with all that is happening in the cricket world, while at the same time taking the opportunity to reflect, in the company of old friends and acquaintances, on his own colourful contribution...
by John Dickie
Language: Dutch
Release Date: July 22, 2011
Language: Dutch
Release Date: July 22, 2011
In Cosa Nostra vertelt John Dickie de geschiedenis van de Siciliaanse maffia, van zijn ontstaan tot aan de dag van vandaag, en van de citrusgaarden en zwavelmijnen op Sicilië tot de straten van Manhattan. Talloze verhalen en legenden doen de ronde over wat de maffia eigenlijk is. Sinds hij honderdvijftig...
Omertà - Die ganze Geschichte der Mafia
Camorra, Cosa Nostra und ´Ndrangheta
Language: German
Release Date: September 27, 2013
+++Haarsträubendes True Crime: Erstmals die wahre Geschichte der gesamten Mafia mit all ihren Gesichtern – Camorra, Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta. Von Bestsellerautor John Dickie+++Sie stehen für Korruption, Subventionsbetrug, Menschenhandel, Erpressung und Mord. Jeder dieser Mafiaclans hat seine eigene...
Mafia Republic
Cosa Nostra, camorra e 'ndrangheta dal 1946 a oggi
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 31, 2016
La prima storia comparata di Cosa Nostra, camorra e 'ndrangheta dal 1946 a oggi: come le mafie sono entrate nella fase più ricca e sanguinaria della loro storia e come si sono trasformate in una rete criminale globale.
È un'immagine dell'Italia fosca, ma disegnata con esperienza e maestria....
The Leap
Launching Your Full-Time Career in Our Part-Time Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
The economy has made major leaps in the past decade. Have you made the leap along with it?
Work is different for this new generation than it was in the past. Long-term careers are on the way out, and “gigs”—part-time, contract, or freelance work—are becoming more common. Whether you're...
Blood Brotherhoods
A History of Italy's Three Mafias
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.
The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious 'ndrangheta, which has now...
A Winnipeg Album
Glimpses of the Way We Were
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Winnipeg was Canada's first important city in the west and was the supply point for other prairie cities like Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, and even far-off Vancouver. It exploded from a village of 2,700 people in 1877 to a fully modern metropolis of 100,000 in just thirty years and by then...
by John Dickie
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research...
Love Your Work
4 Practical Ways You Can Pivot to Your Best Career
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Is your career all it could be?
Henry David Thoreau famously said, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Does this describe your current work situation?
Whether you’re just starting out, looking for a change, or experiencing unwanted change, there’s a way forward....