Books by John Harrison

'My great grandfather and grandfather sailed the Horn, in steam and diesel, out of Liverpool. I was the first generation not to sail the Horn or fight a war. Instead, I would go to the end of the world, beyond Patagonia, to Tierra del Fuego. I would do more, I would see the Horn and find lost tribes. The child in me could go even further and sail the waters of Coleridge's albatross and enter the watercolours' blue horizons of my first novel, and sit on Robinson Crusoe's imaginary shore. I had imagined these places; they must exist. All I had to do was look for them.'

John Harrison's Forgotten Footprints is the untold story of the sailors, sealers and eccentrics who discovered thelast continent: Antarctica. A thrilling record of lost triumph and tragedy, a saga of adventure and ambition against all odds, and a compelling insight into extraordinary personalities and the times that shaped them.

In every atlas there is a country missing from the maps of South America: the Andean nation.For five months John Harrison journeys through this secret country, walking alone into remote villages where he is the first gringo the inhabitants have ever seen, and where life continues as if Columbus had never sailed. He lives at over 10,000 feet for most of the trip, following the great road of the Incas: the Camino Real, or Royal Road. Hand built over 500 years ago, it crosses the most difficult and dangerous mountains in all the Americas, diving into sweltering canyons and soaring up into the snows. 1500 miles, half of it on foot, takes him from the Equator to Cuzco and the most magical city of all: Machu Picchu. He is attacked, gets lost and is trapped by floods, but only when he goes home does he lose what he wants most.

SYNOPSIS - BACK COVER OF BOOK 2. After reading this Advanced Book on Palmistry Counselling you should be able to :- *Become competent in both chirology and palmistry, developing your own latent intuitive skills. *Integrate intuitive, analytical and counselling skills to become a palmistry counsellor. *Confidently read the hands of family or friends interested in receiving guidance. *Recieve further training with "paid for" personal tuition from the Author? *Learn that with regular study and practice, that you could become a palmistry counsellor. *Obtain professional skills, and start your own practice, attracting new clients. *Earn a realistic salary, either part or full time to support your own family. *Offer to give talks, lectures or work-shops and in time teach palmistry counselling. *Guide your clients with care and compassion to live meaningful productive lives. *Progress to become a spiritual aspirant, by evolving to join a Path to Enlightenment. THE ASSOCIATION OF PALMISTRY COUNSELLORS All students are welcome to visit my Web-sites :- www. john-harrison-palmistry. com www. smileholistictherapies. com to obtain details of my professional services. For information about my chosen Path to Enlightenment go to :- www. 1meditation. com

After reading this Beginners Book on Palmistry you will be able to:-. Identify which is your Hand Shape, and what is your personality type?. What is the best career to choose, and why?. How to find a compatible partner, according to hand shape synastry?. What are your main health strengths and weaknesses?. How your fingers indicate your mental abilities and direction in life. Interpret the Major and Minor Lines, which give insights into your purpose in life?. How to discern the timing of events in the past, present and then indicate future trends?. Discriminate between Finger print patterns, that can show your unique mental make up.. Take note of skin ridge patterns, that can define your abilities in sense of humour.. How to follow the correct procedure, so as to read another person's hands?. Identify and develop the correct skills to become a professional palmistry counsellor?. Learning how to practice, within the right ethical boundaries, using diplomacy.

The darkness makes itself known to Namir and his friends in harsh ways. Things are never what they seem and those struggling to survive find it even harder. Threats, like death, come unannounced.Although the search for Halin nears its end, Nurn and Jerine still have hardships to face. Meanwhile, Hessa and Aves face a different kind of threat. All the while Namir finds new challenges in his quest to obtain his birthright.

Shadow Play is the spellbinding continuation of the story started in Shadow Dance. This second book of the Shadow Saga carries the adventure to a whole new level of danger and intrigue! The next steps of the prophecy are moving toward fruition and the world hangs in the balance. Dark forces reveal their plots as the forces of good struggle to uncover them. At each turn, those aligned with light are cut off from their own and lost in the chaos that surrounds them. With Aras's death, only his wife and the future heir to the throne are left to combat the growing darkness. Within all of this, Namir and his friends find themselves consumed by enemies, burdened by woes and thrust into the fray against their will. Namir must find the courage to face those who would stop him from fulfilling his fate. All the while, his best friend, Nurn, searches valiantly to find his missing brother.

Novelist John Harrison has captured the feeling of adventure in this new novel set in a dark time. A prophecy cast from the dawn of time is coming to be fulfilled in a time when almost all hope of salvation is lost. The lands are in chaos and everyone is trying to survive. The last queen was slain through treachery and decades have passed since there has been any form of solid rule in Cennicus. In the interim the races have split from one another and are amassing for a war that threatens to consume them all. This is a time of legends and need. Somehow wrapped up in it all is one boy searching for his past and the keys to his future. Namir and his friends valiantly search out vestiges of his father's past...a trek that may lead them into the very heart of darkness itself. This is the first book of the Shadow Saga, a must read for any fantasy enthusiast. Join with us as we explore the darkness that is Cennicus. Will they lead us to salvation? Or deeper into the very darkness we seek to escape?

You really don't need a lot of money to enjoy the good life. This book offers practical ways to save money and energy and make better uses of your resources.

Rose has been fighting cancer over a long period of time, and - on the advice of her councellor - comes to a lonely cottage where she will live alone for a week. Remembering and re-living her life via tape recorder, she meets Ralph - a very unusual odd-job man.

It's wonderful to grow your own fruit and vegetables but what do you do when it all ripens at once? How do you cope with the glut which threatens to overwhelm you?Will help all those who grow their own fruit and vegetables to store their produce properly so that it will last for months and feed the family when the garden's bare.Easy and practical advice on how to bottle, dry, freeze and even salt home grown fruit and vegetables.Discover the taste of your delicious homemade jams, chutneys and ketchups.John and Val Harrison reveal just what you can do with that bountiful harvest and share their 30 years' experience of growing fruit and vegetables and you'll never waste another tomato or courgette again.Praise for John Harrison:'Britain's greatest allotment authority'. Indpendent on Sunday.

The purpose of this Paperback is to start a debate about the real problem of how we should educate our young people. It is based on the book 'Chance of a Lifetime: How the other half loses' by Jonathan Langdale and John Harrison. To be winners today, young people have to be 'good at school' (or very lucky). Clearly, a great many of them aren't 'good at school', but we believe they are all good at something. Because the Great and the Good became the Great and the Good because they were 'good at school', the received wisdom is that their kind of academic schooling is good for everyone - it must be! Look how successful they are! Thus the 'best schools' must be facsimiles of their schools and schoolchildren must all be judged by their standards - the gold standards of GCSE A*-C and 'A' Levels followed by university. If only everyone was as academically clever as they are, wouldn't the world be a better place? And the children who fail at their kind of schooling are just that - failures. Over the years we have blamed the failure of secondary education on: . The governors . The head teachers . The teachers and above all... . The pupils. 'Chance of a Lifetime' shows that: . It isn't the governors . It isn't the head teachers . It isn't the teachers and . It certainly isn't the pupils It's the academically focussed secondary school itself. You can join the debate as soon as this website's Messages Forum is up and running in a few weeks' time/by the end of March 2007 and the book is available to purchase. Join the debate by adding your voice to the growing number who want to give hope to all our young people through an education that is right for them as individuals. About the Author The authors are practitioners with many years experience in teaching, educational leadership and training. They are not "educationalists". That is why they are able to challenge the received wisdom that schools are the only way in which young people can be educated. Both have a passionate interest in enabling all young people to develop their individual talents to the full. Jonathan Langdale is a former head of both junior and senior schools. He now delivers inspirational and motivational courses to teachers and governors and inspects schools. A writer/director of educational and training films, he is a published writer in the personal development field and is also a county level sports coach. John Harrison is an innovative, independent training consultant for public and private sector employers and schools, also operating in the field of personal development. For some years he was responsible for the direction of an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) for engineering apprentices. He works mainly in the UK but also in the USA and in the newly independent states of central Europe.

While recovering from cancer, John Harrison followed in the footsteps of Hernan Cortes - the man responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire - for four months, exploring ruins which refute the popular image of the Aztecs and their neighbours as bloodthirsty savages, and discovering that the Spanish legacy is far darker than the Aztec one.

With an introduction to the world of bells and bell-ringing, this book explains how bells are made and how a ringing installation works. It explains the nature of change ringing, which has mathematical as well as musical aspects. It provides insights into the ringing community, and more.

An invaluable companion for students studying or about to study criminology. Maintaining its clear style and comprehensive coverage of core skills, the book includes a much needed new chapter on plagiarism, and has been updated with additional information on e-resources and the varying educational levels within a degree.