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Jack finishes the project, with many more places. The World Bank says he “did the impossible”, and for a short time he brought together all the cities of the world, including “pariah states” like Cuba and Sudan. The new database shows him many things about the progress of cities.

Jack has completed his time on the Mating Mound, and he is truly...

Jack’s trust in Njoki had been damaged so badly that their relationship was nearing its end, although their sex life had improved.
Jack and Pauline went to Jordan, where Jack rode a pony out of Petra in a flash flood. A week later, Jack visited Maria Fuchs for a weekend of passion. Unfortunately, Maria’s personal practices were not compatible...

Jack went on mission in South Africa with the World Bank, as apartheid ended.

The Indicators Programme still lacked any legitimacy and had no money. However, his little team put together the preliminaries for a global upscaling of the collection. In the office, he battled his way through the extreme administrative impediments.

On the personal...

Jack Doe had been successful in his career, and now he felt ready to move into the global scene. He was invited to head up the new UN Indicators Programme in Nairobi. For Jack, this was the chance of a lifetime. However CSIRO would not release him, so he resigned his permanent job.

He expected to be terribly lonely in Kenya without his family,...

Cornwall is an ancient Celtic mining land on the southwest peninsula of Britain. As the mines ran out after 1850, a third of the population emigrated to North America and Australasia. Today many people want to know about their Cornish ancestors. Some are going further, and are seeking to discover and recreate the story of their surname and the...

Poor laws, Peak Frean biscuits, boll weevil control, bell ringing, theatre criticism, pregnant dairymaids, suicidal poets, African shellfish, corrupt and treacherous nobles, lavish goldfields funerals, vagrant ex-publicans, escaped lunatics, and the doping of racehorses have in common? People called Coad or Coode were involved, quietly doing...

Dorothy Coade Hewett (1923-2002) was a major Australian playwright, poet and novelist, a true innovator of the theatre and a feminist icon. She fearlessly tackled all kinds of issues and shibboleths, setting her own direction and encouraging others to find their own path.

This is the first book-length biographical work on Dorothy Hewett. Like...