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Prisoner of Trebekistan
A Decade in Jeopardy!
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2006
208 kr
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A.: This is the story of a working-class guy from Ohio with little real knowledge of Ambidextrous Presidents, Things Made from Rubber, and hundreds of other categories, but who nonetheless plunges so far into cramming for Jeopardy! that it changes his relationships, bends his worldview, and literally leads him to the ends of the earth, trying to understand it all. Q.: What is Prisoner of Trebekistan?Welcome to a world where obscure information is crucial to survival, vast sums of cash are at stake, and milliseconds can change not just a game but the course of your entire life. (Plus, you could win two Camaros and enough Bon Ami cleanser to scrub a small nation.)Prisoner of Trebekistan is Bob Harris’s hilarious, insightful account of one man’s unlikely epic journey through Jeopardy!, gleefully exploring triumph and failure, the nature of memory, and how knowledge itself can transform you in unpredictable ways—all against the backdrop of the most popular quiz show in history.In Prisoner of Trebekistan, Bob chronicles his transformation from a struggling stand-up comic who repeatedly fails the Jeopardy! audition test into an elite player competing against the show’s most powerful brains. To get there, he embarks on a series of intense study sessions, using his sense of humor to transform conventional memory skills into a refreshingly playful approach to learning that’s as amusing as it is powerful.What follows is not only a captivating series of high-stakes wins and losses on Jeopardy!, but also a growing appreciation of a borderless world that Bob calls Trebekistan, where a love of learning reigns and the smarter you get the more you realize how much you don’t yet know. Filled with secrets that only a veteran contestant could share—from counterintuitive game strategies to Jedi-like tactics with the Jeopardy! signaling device—Prisoner of Trebekistan also gives you the chance to play along with the actual clues that led to victory or defeat in high-level tournaments, plus candid, moving reflections on how the games affected Bob’s offstage life—and vice versa. Not only an irresistible treat for Jeopardy! fans, Prisoner of Trebekistan is a delight for anyone who loves a rollicking tale that celebrates the unpredictability of life and the sneaky way it has of teaching us the things that really matter.From the Hardcover edition.
Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
176 kr
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Who Hates Whom
Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2007
214 kr
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The daily news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and who’s arming whom? What’s the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir? Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah?Finally, here’s Who Hates Whom—a handy, often stunning guide to the world’s recent conflicts, from the large and important to the completely absurd.• Which countries are fighting over an uninhabitable glacier with no real strategic value—at an annual cost of half a billion dollars?• Which underreported war has been the deadliest since World War II—worse even than Vietnam—with a continuing aftermath worse than most current conflicts combined?• Which royal family members were respected as gods—until the crown prince machine-gunned the king and queen?• Which country’s high school students think the Nazis had a “good side”? Which nation’s readers recently put Mein Kampf on the bestseller list? And which other country watches itself with four million security cameras? (Hint: All three are U.S. allies.) Detailed with more than fifty original maps, photographs, and illustrations, Who Hates Whom summarizes more than thirty global hotspots with concise essays, eye-catching diagrams, and (where possible) glimmers of kindness and hope.In which bodies of water can you find most of the world’s active pirates? Which dictatorship is bulldozing its own villages? Where exactly are Waziristan, Bangsamoro, Kurdistan, Ituri, Baluchistan, and Jubaland—and how will they affect your life and security? Find out in Who Hates Whom, a seriously amusing look at global humanity—and the lack thereof.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Politics and the Rise of the Press
Britain and France 1620-1800
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
643 kr
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Politics and the Rise of the Press compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. From its social, economic and political sources, to its importance for the middling ranks in eighteenth-century British society, and its transformation after the French revolution. This detailed, comparative account, which also contains considerable original research on the early Scottish press, will be of value to all students of French and British history of the period.
Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820
AvBob Harris,Charles McKean
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
541 kr
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This heavily illustrated and innovative study is founded upon personal documents, town council minutes, legal cases, inventories, travellers’ tales, plans and drawings relating to some 30 Scots burghs of the Georgian period. It establishes a distinctive history for the development of Scots burghs, their living patterns and legislative controls, and shows that the Scottish urban experience was quite different from other parts of Britain. With population expansion, and economic and social improvement, Scots of the time experienced immense change both in terms of urban behaviour and the decay of ancient privileges and restrictions. This volume shows how the Scots Georgian burgh developed to become a powerfully controlled urban community, with disturbance deliberately designed out. This is a collaborative history, melding together political, social, economic, urban and architectural histories, to achieve a comprehensive perspective on the nature of the Scottish Georgian town. Not so much a history by growth and numbers, this pioneering study of Scottish urbanization explores the type of change and the quality of result. Key FeaturesA pioneering study of how Scottish urban life changed during the 18th century, to be matched against the well-covered English town.Combines social, economic, architectural and urban history in a systematic, comparative manner.The product of an extensive 3-year AHRC-funded research project into extensive, yet untapped primary sources.This research significantly revises current historiography about the Scots urban evolution and the nature of ‘British’ towns.Heavily illustrated, the pictures being as much of the message as the text.
International Bank of Bob
Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
165 kr
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Hired by ForbesTraveler.com to review some of the most luxurious accommodations on Earth, and then inspired by a chance encounter in Dubai with the impoverished workers whose backbreaking jobs create such opulence, Bob Harris had an epiphany: He would turn his own good fortune into an effort to make lives like theirs better. Bob found his way to Kiva.org, the leading portal through which individuals make microloans all over the world: for as little as $25-50, businesses are financed and people are uplifted. Astonishingly, the repayment rate was nearly 99%, so he re-loaned the money to others over and over again. ?After making hundreds of microloans online, Bob wanted to see the results first-hand, and in The International Bank of Bob he travels from Peru and Bosnia to Rwanda and Cambodia, introducing us to some of the most inspiring and enterprising people we''ve ever met, while illuminating day-to-day life-political and emotional-in much of the world that Americans never see. Told with humor and compassion, The International Bank of Bob brings the world to our doorstep, and makes clear that each of us can, actually, make it better.
Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
407 kr
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English society in the eighteenth century was allegedly marked by a 'gambling mania', such was the prevalence and intensity of different forms of 'gaming'. Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century subjects this notion to systematic scrutiny, exploring the growth and prevalence of different forms of gambling across Britain and throughout British society in this period, as well as attitudes towards it. Drawing on a vast range of new, empirical evidence, Bob Harris seeks to understand gambling, its growth, and significance within the context of wider trends and impulses in society. This book asks what light gambling practices and habits shed back onto society and the values, hopes, and expectations that informed the lives of those involved. This is a book, therefore, as much about the character of British society in the long eighteenth century as it is about gambling itself.
Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2022
427 kr
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English society in the eighteenth century was allegedly marked by a ''gambling mania'', such was the prevalence and intensity of different forms of ''gaming''. Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century subjects this notion to systematic scrutiny, exploring the growth and prevalence of different forms of gambling across Britain and throughout British society in this period, as well as attitudes towards it. Drawing on a vast range of new, empirical evidence, Bob Harris seeks to understand gambling, its growth, and significance within the context of wider trends and impulses in society. This book asks what light gambling practices and habits shed back onto society and the values, hopes, and expectations that informed the lives of those involved. This is a book, therefore, as much about the character of British society in the long eighteenth century as it is about gambling itself.
Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
AvBob Harris
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2022
427 kr
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English society in the eighteenth century was allegedly marked by a ''gambling mania'', such was the prevalence and intensity of different forms of ''gaming''. Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century subjects this notion to systematic scrutiny, exploring the growth and prevalence of different forms of gambling across Britain and throughout British society in this period, as well as attitudes towards it. Drawing on a vast range of new, empirical evidence, Bob Harris seeks to understand gambling, its growth, and significance within the context of wider trends and impulses in society. This book asks what light gambling practices and habits shed back onto society and the values, hopes, and expectations that informed the lives of those involved. This is a book, therefore, as much about the character of British society in the long eighteenth century as it is about gambling itself.
Politics and the Rise of the Press
Britain and France 1620-1800
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2008
743 kr
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Politics and the Rise of the Press compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. From its social, economic and political sources, to its importance for the middling ranks in eighteenth-century British society, and its transformation after the French revolution. This detailed, comparative account, which also contains considerable original research on the early Scottish press, will be of value to all students of French and British history of the period.
Politics and the Rise of the Press
Britain and France 1620-1800
AvBob Harris
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2008
750 kr
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Politics and the Rise of the Press compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. From its social, economic and political sources, to its importance for the middling ranks in eighteenth-century British society, and its transformation after the French revolution. This detailed, comparative account, which also contains considerable original research on the early Scottish press, will be of value to all students of French and British history of the period.
Politics and the Rise of the Press
Britain and France 1620-1800
AvBob Harris
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
2 550 kr
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Politics and the Rise of the Press compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. From its social, economic and political sources, to its importance for the middling ranks in eighteenth-century British society, and its transformation after the French revolution. This detailed, comparative account, which also contains considerable original research on the early Scottish press, will be of value to all students of French and British history of the period.
Scottish People and the French Revolution
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
835 kr
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Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the political spectrum; explaining Loyalist as well as Radical opinions and organisations.
Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
AvBob Harris
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
1 362 kr
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English society in the eighteenth century was allegedly marked by a 'gambling mania', such was the prevalence and intensity of different forms of 'gaming'. Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century subjects this notion to systematic scrutiny, exploring the growth and prevalence of different forms of gambling across Britain and throughout British society in this period, as well as attitudes towards it. Drawing on a vast range of new, empirical evidence, Bob Harris seeks to understand gambling, its growth, and significance within the context of wider trends and impulses in society. This book asks what light gambling practices and habits shed back onto society and the values, hopes, and expectations that informed the lives of those involved. This is a book, therefore, as much about the character of British society in the long eighteenth century as it is about gambling itself.
Scottish People and the French Revolution
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2015
977 kr
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Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the political spectrum; explaining Loyalist as well as Radical opinions and organisations.
Scottish People and the French Revolution
AvBob Harris
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2015
977 kr
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Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the political spectrum; explaining Loyalist as well as Radical opinions and organisations.
Victorian Dundee
Image and Realities
AvChristopher A Whatley,Bob Harrism. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
315 kr
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Victorian Dundee: a city grown prosperous on more than a century's lead in linen production and for a time the world's jute capital - 'Juteopolis'. But textile production was accompanied by a strong sense of civic pride, some remarkable architectural triumphs and perhaps a surprising enthusiasm for public and private art. The traditional view of Dundee in this period is of a grim industrial town marred by social deprivation and riven by workplace conflict. This was only part of the story, and comes later. Early Victorian Dundee provided regular work and better wages than had been paid in the countryside (many of the town's inhabitants were migrants). Working people enjoyed spending money as well as earning it and were able to enjoy a range of social amenities such as the town's grand parks. This book, the first edition of which attracted very favourable reviews, reveals aspects of Dundee that have been hidden from history. This second, extended edition of Victorian Dundee: Image and Realities goes further than the 2000 edition in challenging myth-history. Included are two altogether new chapters. One is on the development - and desecration - of Dundee's ancient waterfront, resulting from the opening of new rail routes. The other reveals who Dundee' s local heroes were, in the shape of the public statues erected in Albert Square. Original chapters have been revised whilst in addition the book is supplemented by more than forty new illustrations that offer fresh and sometimes stunning visual perspectives on a great Scottish city. This is the third in the series Dundee - A New History, the others being Jute No More: Transforming Dundee which span Dundee's history from the sixteenth century to the present. Dundee: Renaissance to Enlightenment.
Victorian Dundee
Image and Realities
AvChristopher A Whatley,Bob Harrism. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2019
385 kr
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Victorian Dundee: a city grown prosperous on more than a century''s lead in linen production and for a time the world''s jute capital - ''Juteopolis''. But textile production was accompanied by a strong sense of civic pride, some remarkable architectural triumphs and perhaps a surprising enthusiasm for public and private art. The traditional view of Dundee in this period is of a grim industrial town marred by social deprivation and riven by workplace conflict. This was only part of the story, and comes later. Early Victorian Dundee provided regular work and better wages than had been paid in the countryside (many of the town''s inhabitants were migrants). Working people enjoyed spending money as well as earning it and were able to enjoy a range of social amenities such as the town''s grand parks. This book, the first edition of which attracted very favourable reviews, reveals aspects of Dundee that have been hidden from history. This second, extended edition of Victorian Dundee: Image and Realities goes further than the 2000 edition in challenging myth-history. Included are two altogether new chapters. One is on the development - and desecration - of Dundee''s ancient waterfront, resulting from the opening of new rail routes. The other reveals who Dundee'' s local heroes were, in the shape of the public statues erected in Albert Square. Original chapters have been revised whilst in addition the book is supplemented by more than forty new illustrations that offer fresh and sometimes stunning visual perspectives on a great Scottish city. This is the third in the series Dundee - A New History, the others being Jute No More: Transforming Dundee which span Dundee''s history from the sixteenth century to the present. Dundee: Renaissance to Enlightenment.
Heroes Don't Cry
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2018
60 kr
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Two young people stand on a new and strange island. While one is more vocal about it, both Ambrose and Alex are deeply affected by the death of their father. Alex finds herself burdened by her memories while Ambrose thinks he is burdened by unhelpful friends. Others join them as these two siblings search for a way home at the risk of losing themselves.
Heroes Don't Cry
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
383 kr
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Heroes Don't Cry
AvBob Harris
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
566 kr
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Motor City Rock and Roll
The 1960s and 1970s
AvBob Harris,John Douglas Peters
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
284 kr
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Growing Wild Mushrooms
A Complete Guide to Cultivating Edible and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
184 kr
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A complete beginner's guide to growing mushrooms. Step-by-step instructions, with drawings and photographs--16 in full color, introduce the novice to the full range of growing methods, from sterile culture procedures--the basis of all tissue culture cloning techniques--to indoor bottle gardens to indoor/outdoor compost gardens. Includes a section on producing small quantities of precisely-mixed compost indoors and a taxonomy of selected psilocybin-containing mushrooms.
Mastering Bitcoin: How To Make Serious Money In 2018 Trading & Investing In Bitcoin
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska
235 kr
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Still Whispering After All These Years
My Autobiography
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2015
77 kr
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The gripping autobiography of broadcasting legend 'Whispering' Bob Harris.Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris first became a household name in the 1970s as the face of live music TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test, and his infectious enthusiasm and ability to discover new musicians has seen him become a national treasure. Today his velvety voice can still be heard on Radio 2's Bob Harris Sunday and Bob Harris Country. Bob tells his story of over 40 years of broadcasting, from the young, passionate music fan who moved to London determined to make music his life, to being presented with an OBE for his services to music broadcasting. Much like his musical heroes, Bob's personal life also had a somewhat rock 'n' roll vibe: he has been married three times, gone bankrupt, fought cancer, weathered a very public spat with a fellow DJ and has had to revamp his career four times. Bob also reveals all about working with the big names of rock, including the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie.Featuring a 16-page full-colour plate section and foreword by Robert Plant, this is a frank, vibrant and inspiring tale of one of the most influential names on the radio and reveals the story of the man behind the voice.
Working with Distressed Young People
AvBob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
486 kr
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Anyone working in the caring professions and education who wishes to understand the causes of difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour in young people and to find out how to change it, will find this book useful.

It shows how distress and disturbance is created in young people, causing their behaviour to become difficult and problematic not only to adults but also to themselves and to wider society. Using the latest evidence-based theories, the reader will learn how to detect and diagnose problems and work out strategies for helping young people in distress.
Working with Distressed Young People
AvBob Harris
E-bok
Engelska, 2011
458 kr
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Anyone working in the caring professions and education who wishes to understand the causes of difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour in young people and to find out how to change it, will find this book useful.

It shows how distress and disturbance is created in young people, causing their behaviour to become difficult and problematic not only to adults but also to themselves and to wider society. Using the latest evidence-based theories, the reader will learn how to detect and diagnose problems and work out strategies for helping young people in distress.
Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707
Volume 1:The Scottish Nation: Origins to c. 1500
AvBob Harris,Alan R. MacDonald
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
485 kr
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Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707
Volume 2 Early Modern Scotland: c.1500-1707
AvAlan R. MacDonald,Bob Harris
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
456 kr
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Scotland The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707
Volumes 1-5
AvBob Harris,Alan R. MacDonald
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
1 314 kr
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Bob Harris – författare

Prisoner of Trebekistan

Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide

Who Hates Whom

Politics and the Rise of the Press

Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820

International Bank of Bob

Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century

Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century

Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century

Politics and the Rise of the Press

Politics and the Rise of the Press

Politics and the Rise of the Press

Scottish People and the French Revolution

Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century

Scottish People and the French Revolution

Scottish People and the French Revolution

Victorian Dundee

Victorian Dundee

Heroes Don't Cry

Heroes Don't Cry

Heroes Don't Cry

Motor City Rock and Roll

Growing Wild Mushrooms

Mastering Bitcoin: How To Make Serious Money In 2018 Trading & Investing In Bitcoin

Still Whispering After All These Years

Working with Distressed Young People

Working with Distressed Young People

Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707

Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707

Scotland The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707