Bøger af John Pearce

A collection of short stories and humorous recollections by a Cornishman.

Tales of Scratch the dog. Only his nose knows it's the story of Scratch, a little dog, with a big, big heart.No special breed and no fixed address, Scratch has survived, thrived even, by being brave and street-smart - in the classic "Bitsa" (a bit of this breed, a bit of that) tradition.Sometimes he feels quite alone, but his great curiosity and love of adventure keeps him happy, mostly friendly and up for anything. Scratch is a dog's dog!No one knows where he's from and even he doesn't know where he's headed - he'll find out when he gets there...A funny illustrated story, complete, well thought out, and never boring.Not to be missed!

Bulletin Of The New York State College Of Forestry At Syracuse University, V10, No. 2, October, 1937.

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Readers Favorite says: "Finding Pegasus by John Pearce is a fast-paced action thriller that would actually make a really good movie or a TV series. This is the third novel in the Eddie Grant series and I ... was invested in the story immediately. Eddie is such a likable character, one who knows what he is doing and how he should take charge of the situation. He is among those strong characters that carry the story and give it a new life. I enjoyed his complexities, his charm and his witty demeanor a lot."The story begins with a bomb blast in the still of the night. While the bomb wreaks havoc, a team steals weapons that the CIA was hoping to use in the war against neo-Nazis. Barely getting away alive from the bomb blast, Eddie and Kate are joined by Mark to find out who has these very important weapons and what they want to do with them. ... Can they do it? Can they find the truth in time?"These characters were amazing. I enjoyed how cool they were and how in tune they were with each other. I enjoyed the chemistry between Eddie and Kate and enjoyed the relationship between these two and Mark. They gave strength to each other and they added brilliance to the story. The flow of the story was great; the plot moved effortlessly and the author made sure that the characters had the space and the time to develop properly. Simply amazing, I enjoyed Finding Pegasus immensely."Rabia Tanveer, reviewer for Readers Favorite

John Pearce, The Colporteur: Or What Shall We Read? is a book written by John Pearce and published in 1880. The book is a guide for readers who are looking for good books to read. Pearce was a colporteur, which means he was a person who sold books door-to-door. In this book, he shares his recommendations for books that are worth reading. The book is divided into chapters, with each chapter focusing on a different type of book. For example, there are chapters on history books, biographies, novels, and religious books. Pearce provides a brief summary of each book he recommends, along with his personal opinion on why he thinks it's a good read. The book is written in a conversational style, making it easy to read and understand. Overall, John Pearce, The Colporteur: Or What Shall We Read? is a helpful guide for anyone looking for good books to read.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

His long-ago lover brings a cryptic letter to Paris, pulling Eddie Grant reluctantly into a web of intrigue and death - but giving him one slim chance to find the terrorists who murdered his family seven years before.The letter sparks a dangerous quest across Paris, the Loire Valley, and the gleaming beaches of the Florida Gulf Coast for the most valuable Nazi loot that remains missing, a famous Raphael self-portrait from the early 16th century. The painting and the crates of bullion that accompanied it were intended to finance the Fourth Reich, or so the rumors said.Jen Wetzmuller, daughter of his late father's World War II colleague in American Army intelligence, found the letter after her father was run down by a car in the streets of Sarasota. For Eddie, it brings the long-cold case of his family's murder back to life.Its clues propel him from his Paris home to Florida, where he barely escapes with his life. Then it's back home, to burrow into the darkest reaches of the German occupation.Along the way, he and Jen restart the brief, fiercely passionate affair that he abandoned, to his regret, 20 years before.Most of all, Treasure of Saint-Lazare is a novel of Paris.The painting, Portrait of a Young Man, remains missing, although the Polish government said recently that it still exists and is in a safe place."Bravo!" (Ronald Rosbottom, author of When Paris Went Dark)"An exceptionally well written book with a fast-paced story line and many plot surprises." (Connield, Amazon reviewer)A "fast-paced thriller spanning the globe from Paris to the states." (Carole P. Roman, Amazon reviewer)"I read it once and then waited a week and read it again." (Amazon reviewer)

Delving into the Portable Antiquities Scheme archives to explore 50 finds from Britain's Roman history.

A bomb shatters the midnight silence, giving Mark and Kate only seconds to escape before their sailboat turns into a flaming hell. At the same time, a wrecking crew batters down the wall of their shop to steal a crucial tool the CIA needs to prevent a neo-Nazi takeover in Eastern Europe. Only a bump in the night kept their first overnight sail from being their last. Finding Pegasus is the story of an international criminal network marching in lockstep with the neo-Nazi autocrats of Eastern Europe; a paranoid, egocentric American Navy admiral; an old and bitter Silicon Valley billionaire; and a retired Hungarian spy who moved to Paris because the food was better. It should have been a perfect crime - witnesses dead, evidence spirited away, police not interested. But Eddie Grant helps Mark McGinley and Kate Hall follow the clues from Biscayne Bay to Paris, then on to the mountains of Hungary. There, the caves hide explosive secrets and the group must confront a new generation of storm troopers, this time supported by the Russian bear. The second escape is as close as the first. Finding Pegasus is the third in the Eddie Grant novel series. For information about review copies, go to PartTimeParisian.com

We have an education system, shaped over centuries, in which most children rarely fulfil their potential. Decades of governmental reforms; comparative studies; numerous inspectors' reports and a blame culture targeting teachers, certain categories of parents and their children have produced very little. Part One argues that the key reason for this incapability is the universally accepted concept of a 'curriculum' along with its correlating concepts of 'teaching' and 'organisation'. These form a powerful triad that is the foundation of a system which is structurally incapable of internal reform; unable to confront the complexities of modern life. Part Two describes and analyses a practical alternative. Rejecting the necessity for formal control, closeting in classes, and a painting by numbers curriculum, the concepts of 'curriculum' 'teaching' and 'organisation' are redefined, focusing upon how a powerful and liberating context in which educational activities may take place.

This study explores the insights into provincial Roman societies that can be gained from the archaeological evidence for burial practice, focused on Britain, drawing on wider work in the archaeology of death. It evaluates the distribution of burial evidence and the factors that condition it, including, it is argued, archaeologically invisible burial continuing from the Iron Age .It reviews the archaeological evidence for cremation rituals and explores how social status was expressed through burial, primarily in case studies from south-east England. Funerary ritual was a dynamic arena for asserting social status throughout the Roman period, taking forms that can be read as both 'traditional' and 'Roman'. The setting of burial is assessed to establish spatial relationships between living and dead in town and country and the distribution of funerary display across the landscape.

Perry Pezzot-Pearce and John Pearce guide practitioners through the steps of assessment, from negotiating the initial referral, through data collection and report writing to court testimony.