Peter Ward Reihenfolge der Bücher

In 1967 Peter Ward crashed in a training ride. While recovering, he wrote the iconic King of Sports: Cycling Road Racing, which hasn't been republished since - until now.

The groundbreaking work explores various facets of social welfare in a developing country, offering a comprehensive analysis of its systems and challenges. By addressing multiple dimensions of welfare provision, it provides valuable insights into the complexities faced by such nations. The book's unique approach and timely publication in 1986 marked a significant contribution to the field, paving the way for further research and discussion on social welfare practices in similar contexts.

Focusing on remote team management, this guide integrates leadership principles with the functionalities of Microsoft Teams. It provides practical strategies for leveraging the platform to enhance collaboration and achieve global team objectives, making it an essential resource for leaders navigating virtual environments.

In the tradition of Jon Ronson and Tim Wu, an absorbing and revelatory journey into the American Way of Defying Death . . . As longevity medicine revolutionizes the lives of many older people, the quest to take the next step—to live as long as we choose—has spurred a scientific arms race in search of the elixir of life, funded by Big Tech and Silicon Valley. Once the stuff of Mesopotamian mythology and episodes of Star Trek, the effort to make humans immortal is becoming increasingly credible as the pace of technological progress quickens. It has also empowered a wild-eyed fringe of pseudo-scientists, tech visionaries, scam-artists, and religious fanatics who have given their lives over to the pursuit of immortality. Starting off at the Church of Perpetual Life in Florida and exploring the feuding subcultures around the cryonics industry, Peter Ward immerses himself into an eccentric world of startups, scam artists, scientific institutions, and tech billionaires to deliver this deeply reported, nuanced, and sometimes very funny exploration of the race for immortality — and the potentially devastating consequences should humanity realize its ultimate dream.

Netter's Integrated Musculoskeletal System is an innovative new text that brings together basic science material from several domains, providing a solid foundation prior to delving into topics of increasing complexity and clinical importance ―all highlighted by superb Netter illustrations throughout. Initial chapters give a general overview of the human body, while the remaining chapters examine all facets of the musculoskeletal system, the injuries that affect it at the macroscopic and microscopic levels, and the process of development. As the scientific content becomes more complex, the clinical correlations become more specific. This progressively constructed narrative guides readers efficiently and effectively through the intricacies of the musculoskeletal system in a way that is easy to understand and remember―all in a single, time-saving resource for busy students.

The story follows Richard Henley, whose seemingly ordinary day takes a dark turn after a mysterious stranger invites him to dinner. As events unfold, he discovers a chilling note in his own handwriting, alerting him to an assassination attempt he cannot recall authoring. This twist plunges him into a suspenseful journey, where he must unravel the mystery of the threat against his life and confront the unsettling implications of his lost memories.

AD 450: A young king and his followers step down from their longship onto a foreign shore to celebrate Yule at the court of his brother-in-law. But their hopes of warm fires and ale, feasting and good cheer, are dashed as they realise that they have walked in to the middle of the mother of all family feuds. From the wreckage of the disaster, a reluctant leader emerges, one who must choose between survival and breaking the heroic code, picking his way through a maze of betrayals and tangled loyalties to lead his people towards a destiny that is fundamental to the foundation of England. From the time that England forgot, but brilliantly evoking the warrior-heroic culture of Beowulf, Peter Ward has brought back to life the heroes and the kings, their longhalls and longships, showing us the women with the wit and the warriors with the grit: the wave­ farers whose deeds and daring brought Saxon ships to Britain's shores.

Wie oft haben unsere Vorfahren gebadet? Wie oft haben sie ihre Kleidung ge­waschen und gewechselt? Was verstanden sie unter Sauberkeit? Warum haben sich unsere Hygiene-Gewohnheiten im Laufe der Zeit so drastisch verändert? Kurzum: Wie kommt es eigentlich, dass wir so sauber geworden sind? „Der saubere Körper“ beleuchtet einen besonders tief greifenden Kulturwandel in der westlichen Welt seit dem 17. Jahrhundert: die Revolution der Körperpflege. Zu Zeiten Ludwigs XIV. war Baden etwas Außergewöhnliches; Hygiene bestand vornehmlich im Tragen sauberer Unterwäsche. Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts war häufiges (wenn nicht gar tägliches) Baden längst die Norm und das Tragen frisch gewaschener Kleidung gängige Praxis. Diente Sauberkeit einst nur der Gesundheit, ist sie heute ein wesentliches Element der Schönheit. Dieser Kulturwandel beruht auf völlig neuen Erkenntnissen, Ideologien und Technologien, die unsere Alltagsgewohnheiten prägen. Peter Ward beschreibt, wie ein Phänomen des städtischen Bürgertums im 18. Jahrhundert allmählich bei Alt und Jung, Reich und Arm, Stadt- und Landbevölkerung um sich griff und zur allgemeinen Sitte wurde. Mittels einer Fülle an englischen, französischen, deutschen und italienischen Quellen zeichnet „Der saubere Körper“ den großen Hygiene-Wandel nach, der sich über vier Jahrhunderte in Europa und Nordamerika vollzog.

The Music of Freedom is meticulously researched and set in wartime Poland, Austria and occupied France. Seen through the eye of a sensitive music student, the adventure spins relentlessly from one catastrophic event to another.

"A lucid, bright and essential work of reporting, analysis and genuine care. Peter Ward has given us a new way to think about private endeavors in space. Superb."⁠—Rivka Galchen, author of Little Labors This in-depth work of reportage dares to ask what’s at stake in privatizing outer space Earth is in trouble—so dramatically that we’re now scrambling to explore space for valuable resources and a home for permanent colonization. With the era of NASA’s dominance now behind us, the private sector is winning this new space race. But if humans and their private wealth have made such a mess of Earth, who can say we won’t do the same in space? In The Consequential Frontier, business and technology journalist Peter Ward is raising this vital question before it’s too late. Interviewing tech CEOs, inventors, scientists, lobbyists, politicians, and future civilian astronauts, Ward sheds light on a whole industry beyond headline-grabbing rocket billionaires like Bezos and Musk, and introduces the new generation of activists trying to keep it from rushing recklessly into the cosmos. With optimism for what humans might accomplish in space if we could leave our tendency toward deregulation, inequality, and environmental destruction behind, Ward shows just how much cooperation it will take to protect our universal resource and how beneficial it could be for all of us.