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Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs...She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse

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'Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell.' - John Birmingham, bestselling author of He Died with a Felafel in his Hand'A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable.' - Phillip Noyce, director of The Quiet American and Clear and Present DangerPaul Carter has been shot at, hijacked and held hostage.He's almost died of dysentery in Asia and toothache in ... Read more

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'Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell.' - John Birmingham, bestselling author of He Died with a Felafel in his Hand'A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable.' - Phillip Noyce, director of The Quiet American and Clear and Present DangerPaul Carter has been shot at, hijacked and held hostage.He's almost died of dysentery in Asia and toothache in
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This is Not a Drill

Just another glorious day in the oilfield

by Paul Carter ...

Carter writes as if he has ADD, careering through his life on oil rigs in exotic locations. He won't win the Booker, but his yarns burn with anarchic energy ... in a word, irrepressible.' - Herald SunHe's back on the rigs and back in trouble.Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with ... Read more

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Carter writes as if he has ADD, careering through his life on oil rigs in exotic locations. He won't win the Booker, but his yarns burn with anarchic energy ... in a word, irrepressible.' - Herald SunHe's back on the rigs and back in trouble.Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with
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Is That Thing Diesel?

One man, one bike and the first lap around Australia on used cooking oil

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The next eagerly awaited, high octane, seat-of-your-pants adventure from the author of the bestselling Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs (she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse) sees (the surely a bit bonkers) Paul Carter circumnavigating Australia on a bio-diesel motorcycle.At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul ... Read more

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The next eagerly awaited, high octane, seat-of-your-pants adventure from the author of the bestselling Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs (she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse) sees (the surely a bit bonkers) Paul Carter circumnavigating Australia on a bio-diesel motorcycle.At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul
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Ride Like Hell and You'll Get There

Detours into mayhem

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More of Paul Carter's hugely entertaining stories of his seriously crazy, sometimes terrifying, always hilarious adventures.Attempting 300 kph on an untested experimental motorcycle could be considered a perfect way to kill yourself, but Paul Carter is still, well, Paul Carter and danger at high speed is his second name.Whether discovering that being dyslexic means delivering your lines to camera ... Read more

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More of Paul Carter's hugely entertaining stories of his seriously crazy, sometimes terrifying, always hilarious adventures.Attempting 300 kph on an untested experimental motorcycle could be considered a perfect way to kill yourself, but Paul Carter is still, well, Paul Carter and danger at high speed is his second name.Whether discovering that being dyslexic means delivering your lines to camera
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Beyond the Tree

Beyond The Tree, #1

by Paul Carter ...

Series Book 1 - Beyond The Tree
Beyond the Tree explores how place, people, and structured data can transform family history into a deeper, richer journey. Drawing on years of experience and the development of the software Name & Place, Paul Carter shares the principles that help researchers move from names on a tree to meaningful stories rooted in time and place. With practical examples, clear thinking, and a deep respect for ... Read more

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Beyond the Tree explores how place, people, and structured data can transform family history into a deeper, richer journey. Drawing on years of experience and the development of the software Name & Place, Paul Carter shares the principles that help researchers move from names on a tree to meaningful stories rooted in time and place. With practical examples, clear thinking, and a deep respect for
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Richard Nixon

California's Native Son

by Paul Carter ...

Gold Winner for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book AwardWinner of the 2024 Eric Hoffer First Horizon AwardWinner of the 2024 Eric Hoffer Reference Book AwardWinner of the 2024 Best Book Award from American Book FestShortlisted for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand PrizeModern biographies of Richard Nixon have been consumed with Watergate. All have missed arguably the most important perspective on Nixon as ... Read more

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Gold Winner for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book AwardWinner of the 2024 Eric Hoffer First Horizon AwardWinner of the 2024 Eric Hoffer Reference Book AwardWinner of the 2024 Best Book Award from American Book FestShortlisted for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand PrizeModern biographies of Richard Nixon have been consumed with Watergate. All have missed arguably the most important perspective on Nixon as
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Petty Tyranny and Oppression

Workhouse Lives Under the Long Nineteenth-Century Poor Laws

by Paul Carter, Steven King ...

This book focuses on one of the most contentious areas of English and Welsh poor law history: the exercise of petty tyranny by officials on the workhouse poor. The book examines the period from the late-eighteenth-century crisis of the Old Poor Law, through the adoption of the New Poor Law reform in 1834, the loosening of the 'principles of 1834' in the 1890s, and on past the early-twentieth ... Read more

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This book focuses on one of the most contentious areas of English and Welsh poor law history: the exercise of petty tyranny by officials on the workhouse poor. The book examines the period from the late-eighteenth-century crisis of the Old Poor Law, through the adoption of the New Poor Law reform in 1834, the loosening of the 'principles of 1834' in the 1890s, and on past the early-twentieth
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Naming No Man’s Land

Postcolonial Toponymies

by Paul Carter ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book is a practice-based exploration of the politics and poetics of replacing colonial placenames with Indigenous ones. From a horizon of case-studies in Western Australia, the study develops a lively dialogue with international critical toponymy theory and with older etymological approaches to place renaming and legitimation. The author shows how renaming raises fundamental questions of ... Read more

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This book is a practice-based exploration of the politics and poetics of replacing colonial placenames with Indigenous ones. From a horizon of case-studies in Western Australia, the study develops a lively dialogue with international critical toponymy theory and with older etymological approaches to place renaming and legitimation. The author shows how renaming raises fundamental questions of
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Meeting Place

The Human Encounter and the Challenge of Coexistence

by Paul Carter ...

In this remarkable and often dazzling book, Paul Carter explores the conditions for sociability in a globalized future. He argues that we make many assumptions about communication but overlook barriers to understanding between strangers as well as the importance of improvisation in overcoming these obstacles to meeting. While disciplines such as sociology, legal studies, psychology, political ... Read more

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In this remarkable and often dazzling book, Paul Carter explores the conditions for sociability in a globalized future. He argues that we make many assumptions about communication but overlook barriers to understanding between strangers as well as the importance of improvisation in overcoming these obstacles to meeting. While disciplines such as sociology, legal studies, psychology, political
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Tales of a Country Doctor

by Paul Carter ...

One cold winter night, on my way to have dinner with friends, I got stuck in traffic. There had been an accident at the lights ahead. As I sat there in the dark and the wet, waiting for the mess to be cleared, I glanced across the road. There on a noticeboard outside a rundown weatherboard church was a message Unless you change direction you will end up where you are going. Its a sign, I said, Ha ... Read more

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One cold winter night, on my way to have dinner with friends, I got stuck in traffic. There had been an accident at the lights ahead. As I sat there in the dark and the wet, waiting for the mess to be cleared, I glanced across the road. There on a noticeboard outside a rundown weatherboard church was a message Unless you change direction you will end up where you are going. Its a sign, I said, Ha
... Read more
The Long Way Round

by Paul Carter ...

The Long Way Round is a poignant tale that follows the life of Tom as he navigates the challenges of growing up and entering young adulthood. The story explores the lasting impact of life's seemingly minor moments and the importance of childhood experiences. The story also explores how easily we can be distracted from recognising and appreciating the blessings we already have. Along the way, Tom ... Read more

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The Long Way Round is a poignant tale that follows the life of Tom as he navigates the challenges of growing up and entering young adulthood. The story explores the lasting impact of life's seemingly minor moments and the importance of childhood experiences. The story also explores how easily we can be distracted from recognising and appreciating the blessings we already have. Along the way, Tom
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ASHÉ

Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression

Edited by Paul Carter Harrison, Pellom McDaniels III, Michael Harris ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
‘ASHÉ: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expressivity' is a collection of interdisciplinary essays contributed by international scholars and practitioners.Having distinguished themselves across such disciplines as Anthropology, Art, Music, Literature, Dance, Philosophy, Religion, and Theology and conjoined to construct a defining approach to the study of Aesthetics throughout the African ... Read more

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‘ASHÉ: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expressivity' is a collection of interdisciplinary essays contributed by international scholars and practitioners.Having distinguished themselves across such disciplines as Anthropology, Art, Music, Literature, Dance, Philosophy, Religion, and Theology and conjoined to construct a defining approach to the study of Aesthetics throughout the African
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