What is the link between the Sex Pistols and crude oil; between Isaac Newton, Pink Floyd and a suicidal dwarf on the set of The Wizard of Oz ? What is Scooby-Doo`s real name, and why should you make a point of avoiding armadillos? You`ll find out the answers to these questions and a whole lot more in Joined-Up Thinking. Each chapter of the book begins with a fascinating piece of information, spins a dizzying web of connected facts and, with a spine-tingling final flourish, brings the loop full circle. So open up the book, begin at the beginning -- and end at the beginning...`I found myself fascinated and, like a child who thinks it`s fun to go round and round in circles, somewhat dizzy. Most impressive` Stephen Fry `The book that nails that odd, slightly unnerving feeling that everything really is connected` John Mitchinson, co-author of QI: The Book of General Ignorance

Joined-Up Thinking

Humor & Entertainment

Colgan, Stevyn

Humor

Pan Publishing

Order and Chaos: A Short Story Anthology

Cobley, Jason

Bretherton, Stephanie

Allison, Eli

Kyazze, A.B.

Bowsher, Mark

Wakes, Damon L.

Somers, Eamon

Langman, Pete

Cark, Sue

Breakthrough Books

The intelligent art of solving crimes before they happen. Can lollipops reduce anti-social behaviour? Or wizards halt street gambling? Do fake bus stops protect pensioners? Will organising a dog show stop young people killing each other? Stevyn Colgan believes that the answer to all of those questions is 'Yes'. Packed with fascinating anecdotes and important questions, this astonishing book reveals the innovative and imaginative ways Colgan tried to prevent crime during his thirty years on the police force.Colgan worked for twelve of those years as part of a unique team called The Problem Solving Unit. With no budget and laughable resources, they were given an extraordinary brief -- to solve problems of crime and disorder that wouldn't respond to traditional policing. They were told they could try anything as long as it wasn't illegal, wasn't immoral, wouldn't bring the police into disrepute, and didn't cost very much. With amusing, insightful and sometimes controversial approaches to problem solving, Colgan mixes personal anecdotes from his time on the force with real-world examples of how The Problem Solving Unit helped build communities and prevent recurring crime.At its core, this book's message is simple: police should direct far more effort towards preventing crime before it happens rather than solving crime after it has happened.

Why Did the Policeman Cross the Road?: How to solve problems before they arise

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Unbound

How do you solve a murder when hundreds of wannabe detectives all have the same goal? Every year, fans from all over the world descend upon a tiny, picturesque English village to celebrate the life of the enigmatic author Agnes Crabbe and her fictional lady detective, Miss Millicent Cutter. Crabbe fans are quite obsessive; the majority turn up to the festival dressed as Miss Cutter. Spats between rival fan clubs are not uncommon. But when one of the most prominent superfans is murdered on the first day of the festival, the police find themselves trying to solve a crime in which the victim, witnesses, almost everyone in the village, and even the murderer are all dressed as Miss Cutter. And most of them are also trying to solve the murder. In this darkly comic farce, the worlds of classic detective fiction and real-life homicide investigation come crashing together with hilarious—and occasionally messy—results.

A Murder to Die For

One Step Ahead: Notes from the Problem Solving Unit

Memoirs

A Murder To Die For

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Isis Large Print

Strange things are going on in Black Dog Wood. A blindfolded skeleton has been unearthed, there have been sightings of some kind of monster, and rumours abound of naughty goings-on at night. And then the local MP, Sir Giles Luscott-Whorne, is accused of murder. Giles's best chance to prove his innocence lies with retired police detective Frank Shunter. Can he discover whodunit? And what connects all of these curious events to a long-lost manuscript by crime author Agnes Crabbe? In this sequel to A MURDER TO DIE FOR, Stevyn Colgan once again takes us back to South Herewardshire for a comedy of deadly proportions.

The Diabolical Club

Isis Audio

Henhwedhlow (English and Cornish Edition)

Kowethas An Yeth Kernewek (Cornish Language Council)

For many years we've known about Six Degrees of Separation: the idea that every person on the planet can be linked by a chain of just six individuals. Now, former Scotland Yard criminal intelligence officer Stevyn Colgan has designed a paper-based wireless device to do the same thing with facts - a kind of Six Degrees of Information. Called the Connectoscope, it will teach you, among many other things, what humans taste like to robots, why there were bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover, how a tree became the New York Stock Exchange, why Bob the Builder has more fingers In Japan than in the UK, who the patron saint of medical records is, and how to make Superman gay. Colgan sets out to prove that everything can be connected. As this dizzyingly fact-filled book shows, the fun lies in figuring out how.

Constable Colgan's Connectoscope: How One Thing Leads to Another

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

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