Peter York

Originally published: Great Britain: Atlantic Books, 2005.

Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots

Dictator Style

Authenticity Is a Con

Ann Barr

How the British Upper Class Prepares Its Offspring for Life

The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook

Olivia Liberty

'Posh' is back and bigger than ever. From Peaches Geldof to David Cameron, a new breed of Sloane is taking over the country and Peter York, Britain's foremost social commentator, and Olivia Stewart-Liberty are determined to unveil them to an unsuspecting public. This essential account of the Sloane renaissance includes emerging breeds of a subtle and powerful social network: Chav Sloanes (who call friends 'Blud'), Turbo Sloanes (who live in NYLON), Eco Sloanes (who have strong preferences for veg boxes and kaftans) and even Bongo Sloanes (who are big on chakras and iridology), Sloanes are exhibited, examined and explained. English society will never look quite the same again. Cooler, Faster, More Expensive is the insider's guide to what really matters. One simply cannot afford to miss it.

The Return of the Sloane Ranger

Cooler, Faster, More Expensive

If our homes are an extension of our personalities then the interiors in Dictators' Homes provide evidence to substantiate the theory that these men and women were the world's most terrifying rulers. Featuring rare, jaw-dropping photographs of interiors that are now mostly (thankfully) destroyed, Peter York places each lair in its historical context leaving no tiger pelt unturned. From Saddam Hussein's private artwork and General Noriega's Christmas tree to the alarming tube and knob contraption in Ceausescu's en-suite bathroom no design detail is unexamined. The worlds' most famous Dictators are here. From Mussolini and Mobutu via Idi Amin, Lenin and Tito this book ensures that Dictators' crimes against good taste will no longer go unpunished.

Dictators' Homes

Richard Seymour

Alan Fletcher

John Webster

Jeremy Myerson

Graham Vickers

Jeremy Bullmore

Rewindcharts the history of design and advertising over the last 40 years. Drawing on the extensive archives of the London-based organization, Design and Art Direction (D&AD) - one of the world's leading bodies representing the creative industries of design and advertising - it covers a broad range of design disciplines, including graphic design, TV, press and poster advertising, product design, new media and retail packaging. A wide-ranging essay sets out the historical framework and describes the main developments in design and advertising since the 1960s. A selection of eclectic case studies illustrates key moments in design history. Different leading practitioners have each contributed texts to different decades from different angles, providing unique personal insights into the design and advertising of that era.

Rewind Forty Years of Design and Advertising

A guide to the style (and lifestyle) of the upper class.

The First Guide to what Really Matters in Life

The idea of authenticity - deliciously vague and as ubiquitous as Starbucks - has hit the spot in almost every sector of 21st-century life. But can we trust the authentic image of Nigel 'man-of-the-people' Farage, Sarah 'hockey mom' Palin or Gwyneth 'inner life' Paltrow? Are punk bands, distressed denim and rustic furniture really as spontaneous as people seem to think? Is bare-brick Shoreditch just one big authenticity scam? From motivational speakers to PR consultants, music entrepreneurs to devoted foodies, bearded hipsters to earnest YouTubers - and, yes, politicians too - 'authentic' has become the buzzword of our age. But, as Peter York has discovered, its meaning has changed and become corrupted: every advertising agency, micro-connoisseur and charlatan going has re-tooled the language of authenticity for our changing market and it is now practically impossible for us to differentiate between authentic and 'authentic'. Drawing on witty anecdotes and analysing various spheres of everyday life, Peter has set out to uncover the truth behind authenticity - the ultimate con of our generation.

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Authenticity is a Con

Traditionally, funders expect evaluation to show that resources are being used wisely. But evaluation can be a much more powerful tool--for both funders and nonprofits. Forward-looking grantmakers and grantees are leveraging their evaluations, ensuring that the time and money spent ultimately improves effectiveness for everyone. This book shows how they're doing it, including - How the ""evaluative learning"" approach furthers ongoing improvement via collaborative, stakeholder influenced evaluations - How to bridge the differences in what funders and nonprofits need from evaluation - How evaluation builds four critical capacities--leadership, adaptive capacity, management, and technical capacity - Seven steps a funder can take to build the evaluative learning capacity in nonprofits - Thirteen specific evaluative learning strategies that funders can support Worksheets and assessment tools will help funders 1) assess their readiness to implement evaluative learning; 2) develop a logic model; 3) uncover grantees' current evaluation efforts and preparedness for evaluative learning; and 4) use resources wisely when selecting an evaluative learning support strategy. When the funding community supports evaluative learning, nonprofits and funders together can figure out how to strengthen programs, better allocate resources, and share successful models.

Leveraging Evaluation to Improve Nonprofit Effectiveness

A Funder's Guide to Evaluation

Patrick Barwise

There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back. The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment provider, and the global face of Britain. It's our most trusted news source in a world of divisive disinformation. But it is facing relentless attacks by powerful commercial and political enemies, including deep funding cuts - much deeper than most people realise - with imminent further cuts threatened. This book busts the myths about the BBC and shows us how we can save it, before it's too late.

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