Books written by Karen Farrington

  • The Law of the Office: The A-Z of 9-5 Culture

    The A-Z of 9-5 Culture Karen Farrington. The Law of the OFFICE KAREN FARRINGTON The A - Z of 9-5 Culture ROBSON First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Robson Books.

  • The Archers: The Ambridge Chronicles: Moments that made the nation's favourite radio drama

    ... Christopher Hawes, Brian Hayles, Sam Jacobs, Peter Kerry, Helen Leadbeater, Malcolm Lynch, Edward J Mason, Bruno Milna, James Robson, Carole Simpson Solazzo, Tim Stimpson, Chris Thompson, Joanna Toye and Geoffrey Webb.

  • Marvels & Mysteries of the Unexplained: An Imagination-Defying Exploration of our World's Strangest Secrets

    Guy Gibson wasa different brandof celebrity. He came to prominence during the Second World War, after leading the 1943 raid againsttwo hydroelectric dams in industrial Germany, using speciallydesigned bouncing bombs.

  • The Blitzed City: The Destruction of Coventry, 1940

    Working with another future George Cross winner, Sergeant Michael Gibson, and five other men, Campbell directed the loading of the bomb on to a lorry, which headed to Whitley Common at the edge of the city. It seemed a comparatively ...

  • Great Lives: As heard on Radio 4

    With a married lover, Charles Gibson(Iowan. She set off in a boat — the Evelyn Hop: — in the summer of 1939. heading for Greece via the French canal system. In the south of France, she met libertine and writer Norman Douglas. who ...

  • Victory in the Pacific: Pearl Harbour to the Fall of Okinawa

    The direct threat posed by the enemyand its planes onGuadalcanal to Australia had beenfended off. And whenhegets to Heaven To St Peterhe will tell: 'One more Marine reporting, Sir – I've servedmytime in Hell.' S GT J AMES A DONAHUE ...

  • Springwatch: The 2019 Almanac

    Thorn. tree. It's traditionally in May that the hawthorn bursts into flower, giving hedges an enticing white or pink frosting which excites numerous insects. That's why it is better known as the May tree and ...

  • Everything You Didn't Need to Know About the USA

    AMERICA'S FAVOURITE CONSPIRACY THEORIES John Wilkes Booth President Lincoln's assassin survived a shootout at a barn in Bowling Green, Virginia, where another man died with Booth's diary in his pocket. Booth then adopted various false ...

  • Murder, Mystery and My Family: A True-Crime Casebook from the Hit BBC Series

    The appeal took place at the Court of Criminal Appeal at the end of June, with the Lord Chief Justice Lord Hewart sitting with Justices Finlay and Humphreys. A former journalist and member of Parliament, Lord Hewart was a distinguished ...

  • World War II War Crimes & Espionage

    Eden was compelled to resign after sending the British army into Suez when the canal was nationalised by Egyptian leader Nasser in 1956. The move , made in tandem with the French , earned international rebuke . content himself with ...

  • The Potter Pensieve: Trivial Delights from the World of Harry Potter

    Presents random thoughts, facts, statistics, and secrets about the world of Harry Potter, the author, and the movies.

  • St. Patrick's Day: A Celebration

    Where's pollution laws have reduced the amount of dye the green beer ? ' The river just looked darker . It did have a released and ensured there is no danger to fish . green tinge to it but the river's so nasty anyway .

  • The Repair Shop: Tales from the Workshop of Dreams

    With christenings, confirmations, marriages and funerals, churches mark the gentle rhythm of rural life for congregations, who welcome the poetry of the scriptures as much as they do fair weather and a bountiful harvest.

  • Shipwrecks

    The Colossus of Rhodes , another of the world's Seven Wonders , dating from the same period , was a 100 ft . ( 30 m . ) bronze statue of the sun - god Helios . There is some evidence that this was also a light - bearing monument until ...

  • Battle for Victory

    British commander General Sir Henry ' Jumbo ' Maitland Wilson soon saw the hopelessness of the situation and ordered an evacuation to the south . On 22 April Greece capitulated also . The initial destination of the fleeing Allied troops ...

  • Maximum Security

    Police officer Aubrey Hawkins was enjoying a meal with his wife and young son nearby. When the call came over the radio he jumped into his vehicle and headed for the rear doorof Oshman's. Just ashe pulled up the robbers emerged and ...

  • The World's Worst Prisons: Inside Stories from the most Dangerous Jails on Earth

    Christmas killing Police officer Aubrey Hawkins was enjoying a meal with his wife and young son nearby. When the call came over the radio he jumped into his vehicle and headed for the rear door of Oshman's.

  • Journey 10: Great Yarmouth to London (Great British Railway Journeys, Book 10)

    Wakefield 217 wakes weeks 52 Waller, Richard 110 Walmer Castle 260 Wapping to Rotherhithe tunnel 247–8 Ware, Samuel 230 Wash, The 237–8 Waterloo station, London 10, 229, 230 Watford 110 Watkins, Norman and Norma 123 Watkins family ...

  • Journey 13: Berwick to the Isle of Man (Great British Railway Journeys, Book 13)

    Wakefield 217 wakes weeks 52 Waller, Richard 110 Walmer Castle 260 Wapping to Rotherhithe tunnel 247–8 Ware, Samuel 230 Wash, The 237–8 Waterloo station, London 10, 229, 230 Watford 110 Watkins, Norman and Norma 123 Watkins family ...

  • Journey 14: Dublin to Derry (Great British Railway Journeys, Book 14)

    Wakefield 217 wakes weeks 52 Waller, Richard 110 Walmer Castle 260 Wapping to Rotherhithe tunnel 247–8 Ware, Samuel 230 Wash, The 237–8 Waterloo station, London 10, 229, 230 Watford 110 Watkins, Norman and Norma 123 Watkins family ...