Bøger af Dave Roberts

Packing his collection of football programmes (1,134 of them - football fans are sticklers for statistics), Dave is aghast to be informed that the programmes do not fall into that category.

"If someone could wave a magic wand and enable me to re-write this story, I'd ask to be put back alongside my children as they grew up. I'd be there to pick them up should they fall." "A dad was required and she was happy to give me the job." "The three certainties of life: death, taxes and Coronation Street, remained undisturbed. " "To get a pay rise at Smiths you'd have to do something quite extraordinary - like find a cure for cancer." "The one fundamental flaw with the man-woman relationship is that a woman's capacity to talk exceeds the man's capacity to listen." "Poor Rebecca. She was soiled goods. In his absence she had committed a cardinal sin. She had allowed herself to become fond of me." "Minetts Avenue didn't feel like home after all that had gone on. It had been spoilt. It had seen too many things and couldn't keep quiet about them anymore. Every room had a story to tell." Most people go to work to earn a living. Here's one individual for which work was an escape -a comfort blanket if you like. After the Second World War Smiths' paternalistic environment provided support from cradle to grave. It was hard to leave its comfortable embrace -especially if your personal life was as chaotic as Dave Roberts'.But times change, and once the chill economic winds of Thatchers Britain reached Bishops Cleeve it was never the same again. Dave's life needed to change in order to prosper. Would he find the contentment, happiness and confidence he needed in order to break away? Alternatively moving and comical, 'Thirty Years' is a heart-felt autobiographical slice of life in late twentieth century Britain. Ultimately redeeming, it paints a picture of a way of life now fast disappearing. 'Thirty Years' is always entertaining, packed full of anecdotes and wry observation.

Motor Sport:"He captures the true spirit of a nation's grass roots""A refreshing antidote to bland paeans about the overly familiar""He makes adversity sound vaguely appealing"Total Kit Car:"an enthralling read""Buy this book if you are into the underdog and tales of derring-do""I found it gripped me. I picked it up for a five minute 'flick through' and I couldn't put it down""Get it, read, enjoy what is a great tale about proper club motorsport"Lowflying:"I fell for Dave Roberts' prose before I'd even finished page three""It is very hard to put down""I recommend this book very highly to anyone who enjoys club motor sport"Dave Roberts started circuit racing at the age of 50, feeling like a bumbling overweight bee amid a swarm of angry hornets. Although he began to learn, haphazardly, how to become slightly more credible as a racer, even overtaking another car now and then, the pursuit of prizes was never at the top of the list of priorities. In fact, just arriving at the track with a working race car was often a cause for celebration.Dave is no Hamilton or Verstappen, a state of affairs for which he gives thanks. Some people believe winning is everything; some think of motorsport as being just some cars going round and round making a noise. In between we find this defiantly unprofessional memoir, which speaks most of all about the humour and fun of it all.

Personal demons aren't easy to slay.

Fill the void is a little book of God inspired poetry, entwined in real life Christian testimony, which will help inspire your life with and for Jesus Christ, as well as be a blessing to you as you read it and walk through life - whether you call yourself a Christian, or not. The author has been writing thoughts and poetry for many years, sharing it with her family, her Church and her Bible study group. In the process of this, they have remarked how blessed they were for the wisdom and inspiration contained, and has helped them walk with Jesus in every aspect of their lives.

More writings on the struggles with depression.

An insight into the struggles with depression

A year in the life being stuck in the mental abyss

This book guides the reader from the building blocks of revenue management, to pricing science and merchandising, and to broader issues of setting objectives in support of a revenue strategy.The discipline is evolving, and that evolution has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders in hotel revenue management, and more broadly in sales & marketing, need to understand these changes, and lead and adapt accordingly. This will require a strong foundation in analytics-not just modeling, but also business analytics in support of a holistic strategy.As more of the tactics of revenue management are executed through automation, and powered by machine learning, revenue managers will become more focused on strategy and will need to think about revenue management in the context of marketing, loyalty, and distribution. As the strategy component of the discipline increases, so too must the breadth of knowledge of revenue managers.

The author was, for once, almost lost for words as the news sank in. Perennial underachievers Bromley, in the vertigo-inducing fifth tier of English football? In this title, the author - and occasionally Liz too - traverse the length and breadth of UK on a journey of discovery, with Bromley games thrown in.

Nursing involves caring for the whole person, and taking care of both physical and psychosocial needs. This book aims to help the reader to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for the whole person and to ensure the patient is at the centre of the care-giving experience. It considers different aspects of therapeutic nursing care.

All Dave Roberts ever wanted to do (apart from collect football programmes) was to work in advertising.