Bøger af Peter Harrison

B B C BRIXTON BOY CALLING Rock Music Agent of the 1960's The Life and Times of Author Agent Producer PETER HARRISON

In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hume, 'to imagine ourselves transported into some new world; where the whole form of nature is disjointed, and every element performs its operation in a different manner, from what it does at present.' This encapsulates, observes Peter Harrison, the disjuncture between contemporary Western culture and medieval societies. In the Middle Ages, people saw the hand of God at work everywhere. Indeed, many suppose that 'belief in the supernatural' is likewise fundamental nowadays to religious commitment. But dichotomising between 'naturalism' and 'supernaturalism' is actually a relatively recent phenomenon, just as the notion of 'belief' emerged historically late. In this masterful contribution to intellectual history, the author overturns crucial misconceptions - 'myths' - about secular modernity, challenging common misunderstandings of the past even as he reinvigorates religious thinking in the present.

A psychological thriller based on the theme from the bestselling book "Children That Time Forgot" by Mary and Peter Harrison Peter and his American wife, Mary, are successful authors completing a trilogy of books about the paranormal. Peter's first wife, Victoria, murdered two of their baby girl triplets. Victoria dies incarcerated in a secure mental institution. The surviving daughter, Louise, has not been told and believes Mary to be her Mother. Tragically Mary dies and when Peter finally tells his daughter about her real mother, Louise goes off the rails. Victoria's spirit becomes earthbound and taunts her former husband. Life becomes terrifying for Peter with increasing demonic visitations. Peter is desperate to rid himself of the hauntings. He is advised to hold a séance. Peter's life is about to disintegrate before a loving reconciliation saves him.

ENJOY MY ROCK MUSIC JOURNEY through the 1960's. > Pink Floyd residency for Author at Royal College Art. > The Who auditioned for Author as 'High Numbers'. > Author booked all the Rock Icons throughout 1960's. >Featuring Famous Rock Groups booked by Author 60's -70's It was 1960 and I was the youngest Rock Music Agent in Soho, Piccadilly aged 19. In those days you had to be 21 to get licenced. That was the age of majority back then. Westminster City Council sent their Entertainment Employment Agency Inspector [an ex copper] to interview me. He trusted me enough to grant me a license while I was still a tender 19 year old teenager. When I opened my office in Archer Street, Piccadilly London business was very slow. I then started booking all the beat clubs and coffee bars in Soho. But the business only became a success when I focused my efforts on Colleges & Universities. I then formed College Entertainments Ltd. I was managing director until 1972 when I married the love of my life. That is when I sold the company after enjoying twelve hectic years of rock music success. That period from 1960 until the early '70's was an exciting explosive crazy roller coaster ride. It was a frantic time. The start of unadulterated Rock Music. I started out with nothing. I was broke and lived on Tulse Hill estate in Brixton. Homeless people have been known to refuse accommodation on that notorious estate..... I go into detail about my rock music adventures later. > Rod Stewart help save Author's Rock Music Agency. > Marc Bolan appeared at Mistral club for Author. > Clapton played in famous groups Author booked

Featuring AMAZING BEATLES CHRONICLES > Led Zeppelin's first gig booked by Author. > Pink Floyd residency for Author at Royal College Art. > The Who auditioned for Author as 'High Numbers'. > Rod Stewart help save Author's Rock Music Agency. > Marc Bolan appeared at Mistral club for Author. > Clapton played in famous groups Author booked > Author booked all the Rock Icons throughout 1960's. ENJOY MY ROCK MUSIC JOURNEY through the 1960's.

All of the stories are true accounts of real experiences from around the world. From the content it is easy to see that for most people their glimpse into the unknown has left them undoubtedly moved, puzzled and often frightened. Perhaps one of the strangest unexplained event comes from Ronald Pattinson: 'When I was a soldier I had a strange spinetingling experience which I have never been able to account for.....' The book includes haunting ghost stories from Scotland. In this section we touch upon phantom soldiers, ghostly lovers, mist-shrouded kilted apparitions, murderous ministers and even a disappearing bank in a time slip. We have kept away from previously published or documented stories which is why you will not read about Tam O'Shanter by Burns or the ghost from Shakespeare's Scottish play. We have also avoided fairies, imps, warlocks, besoms, monsters and the legions of legendary beings which undoubtedly make for an entertaining read but do little for the credibility of the true stories in our book.

ROCK MUSIC - The inside story..... I opened my ROCK MUSIC office in 1960. It was in Archer Street, Piccadilly London business was very slow. I then started booking all the beat clubs and coffee bars in Soho. But the business only became a success when I focused my efforts on Colleges & Universities. I then formed College Entertainments Ltd. I was managing director until 1972 when I married the love of my life. I started out with nothing. I was broke and lived on Tulse Hill estate in Brixton. I go into detail about my rock music adventures later. LED ZEPPELIN: Back in 1968 their manager, Peter Grant, phoned me and said that as I had been one of the best agents for The Yardbirds I could be the first agent to book new incarnation, LED ZEPPELIN. Within the hour of Peter Grant's call I had booked them for their very first gig at Surrey University. And the fee was just a few hundred pounds. They became an iconic rock band and Led Zeppelin will live for evermore. PINK FLOYD: I feel proud and privileged to have booked the original Pink Floyd for all those regular resident gigs at the Royal College of Art Students Union, Kensington Gore. Lead singer / Composer Syd Barrett eventually 'retired'; he sadly passed away in July 2006 aged 60. Gone but never forgotten. David Gilmour replaced Syd Barrett in April 1968. MARC BOLAN / T REX I booked Marc as a solo performer for that club in Beckenham. While I was talking to Marc I got a profound sense of loneliness and a touch of sadness. Was I picking up vibrations for his current state or for the future tragedy? I will never know. Marc Bolan born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 - Died 16 September 1977. The cause? His car crashed into a tree. He was a passenger, his girl friend was driving that fatal day. There is still a ribbon tied to that tree. It's flying in the wind. His music, as well as his original sense of style, helped create the glam rock era. Marc was highly talented. Marc had so much more to offer his ever growing global fan base. THE WHO: They first came into my life as the 'High Numbers' soon after I had opened my first agency, Star Attractions Ltd. I later formed College Entertainments Ltd. This company was aimed at students/colleges/unis and was a runaway success. I had taken over the former jazz club, known as Cy Laurie's, in Ham Yard, Great Windmill Street, Piccadilly. I renamed it 'The King Creole Club' after the Elvis film. I was holding auditions for a resident group and The Who ('High Numbers') were candidates. They were typical no nonsense Mods. Arrived, set up at immediately, played the audition set and then fucked off. A no B.S. Rock Music British institution. I met the group years later at a gig I arranged for them at the London College of Printing at the Elephant & Castle. They really did destroy their instruments. Nobody could believe what they where witnessing. What a waste of really good expensive instruments BUT worth a ton in publicity. ERIC CLAPTON: I booked this superstar many times. In the early to mid-sixties he was always leaving one group and joining another on a regular basis. We now know that he was searching for that perfect 'blues' sound. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand" and graffiti in London declared, "Clapton is God." DAVID BOWIE: The legendary David Bowie A super star and a genuinely nice bloke. I booked David Bowie when I was producing a Melody Maker college music competition. It was held at the Lyceum in the Strand. College Ents presented a rock group competition sponsored by Melody Maker. It was to organize a talent competition for up and coming rock groups on the college circuit. We arranged for groups to audition in colleges throughout the UK. It was called 'Search' and David Bowie hosted the final for me. He was a consummate pro. He helped me make the evening a tremendous success. David is a true STAR.

When I opened my office in Archer Street, Piccadilly London business was very slow. I then started booking all the beat clubs and coffee bars in Soho. But the business only became a success when I focused my efforts on Colleges & Universities. I then formed College Entertainments Ltd. I was managing director until 1972 when I married the love of my life. That is when I sold the company after enjoying twelve hectic years of rock music success. That period from 1960 until the early '70's was an exciting explosive crazy roller coaster ride. It was a frantic time. The start of unadulterated Rock Music. I started out with nothing. I was broke and lived on Tulse Hill estate in Brixton. Homeless people have been known to refuse accommodation on that notorious estate..... I go into detail about my rock music adventures later. But here are some tasty INTRO tit bits. Some rock h'orderves to keep you going before I introduce the main menu... LED ZEPPELIN: Back in 1968 their manager, Peter Grant, phoned me and said that as I had been one of the best agents for The Yardbirds I could be the first agent to book new incarnation, LED ZEPPELIN. Within the hour of Peter Grant's call I had booked them for their very first gig at Surrey University. And the fee was just a few hundred pounds. They became an iconic rock band and Led Zeppelin will live for evermore. Much of it is down to their tough shrewd manager. And to think the young Peter Grant, in the late 1950's, was the doorman at the 2i's coffee bar in Old Compton Street. Before I started my rock music agency I was a young representative for Jukebox Distributors Ltd in Wardour Street. Because I was a crazy teenager crazy about pop rock music, they let me select all the records for that big famous Jukebox in the 2i's, I seem to remember it was a Wurlitzer. I used to see the large, menacing figure of Peter Grant on many occasions at that coffee bar. Nobody would take him on. Peter Grant was also a wrestler. I remember meeting Mickie Most, Gene Vincent and many other legends at that popular coffee bar hang out in London's Soho. Old Compton Street is now a very different place. It is now the hub of London's gay community network. Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard and his Drifters (Later the Shadows) started out by singing at the famous 2i's. Out of little acorns grow... All these other super groups also started as musical acorns. PINK FLOYD: I feel proud and privileged to have booked the original Pink Floyd for all those regular resident gigs at the Royal College of Art Students Union, Kensington Gore.

Ten year old Finlay finds an abandoned puppy while he is on a paper round. He and his friends name the Collie puppy Brandy. But there is a problem. Finlay's Dad says that they cannot bring a puppy up in a sweet & newspaper shop. Dad says they must comply with the Health and Safety rules. But Gran comes up with an answer - Brandy stays without challenging the health regulations. Little do they know that this little Collie pup would become the most Amazing dog in the world. Brandy is so gifted that he can understand what Finlay tells him, fetches correct coloured balls, hypnotize people, play football and basketball. Brandy and Finlay raise huge sums of money for The Hospital for Sick Children. The hospital that saved Finlay's life when he was only a few days old. An ideal bed time read for all under tens.

The book's primary aim was to present the children's stories in a neutral, non-judgemental way and let the reader decide. The original idea came to co-author Mary Harrison when she observed her youngest son, Christopher, trying to pick flowers from a floral pattern on her bed cover. The little baby's actions seemed so quirky and amusing that Mary was prompted to have a letter published in Woman's Own. Mary asked if other mothers had experienced similar 'odd' moments with their little ones. She was completely unprepared for the replies she got - Mary was overwhelmed with letters from parents reporting accounts of reincarnation. It was the key word From this 'PAST LIVES: Children Time Forgot' was born. Baby Christopher Leon is now an academic writer in Florida, USA and is married with two wonderful sons. Mary sadly passed away in 2002.

Just a very small book on all those observations of various things in my life. My mother would keep little books like this in the toilet for the light contemplation of passing guests. But of course you can read it anywhere.

The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? The author illuminates alternative boundaries and known relations between them thereby making it possible for you to learn from their true history, and more.

This book shows how the concept of 'religion' and 'the religions' arose out of controversies in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. The birth of 'the religions', conceived to be sets of beliefs and practices, enabled the establishment of a new science of religion in which the various 'religions' were studied and impartially compared.

Peter Harrison examines the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science. He shows how both the contents of the Bible, and more particularly the way it was interpreted, had a profound influence on conceptions of nature from the third century to the seventeenth.

Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge. He shows how the approaches to the study of nature that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were directly informed by theological discussions about the Fall of Man and the extent to which the mind and the senses had been damaged by that primeval event. Scientific methods, he suggests, were originally devised as techniques for ameliorating the cognitive damage wrought by human sin. At its inception, modern science was conceptualized as a means of recapturing the knowledge of nature that Adam had once possessed. Contrary to a widespread view that sees science emerging in conflict with religion, Harrison argues that theological considerations were of vital importance in the framing of the scientific method.

After writing Memories and Poems from a Sunny Clime, I was asked if I would publish a book of all of my poems.

Above Lake Teresa in the quiet hills of Provence, the new Auberge du Lac private retirement home opens its doors for the first time.Amongst the new residents are Charles Drew, a retired policeman with an unusual hobby and Daphne Ferris, retired secretary, with an apparent dislike for all humanity.Between the two of them, an unlikely friendship develops; which holds them in good stead with the arrival of the mysterious Lady Sophie Vanseer and her husband.But their insatiable curiosity becomes their undoing, and as everything seems to spiral out of control, their peaceful retirement becomes a thing of the past.

Peter Harrison has lived in France for over thirty-five years. He recounts some of his memories which have resulted in so many of his poems. From his arrival in Provence with his family and working as a chef in the Var, to his often exasperating but amusing thirteen years as the butler of a very eccentric millionaire in Monaco. He is now retired and lives in Eze.

When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy. This title examines how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work.

When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy. This title examines how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work.

Discover what life was like for the settlers, cowboys and Native Americans, with step-by-step projects.