Richard Scott

After more than 80 years, the O-Pee-Chee hockey card - originated in London - is the most enduring and endearing brand in the hockey collector's marketplace. With stops and starts in the 1930s and early 1940s, then a continuous five-decade run starting in the 1950s, O-Pee-Chee deeply established themselves as the annual collecting favourite of every young Canadian hockey fan. The O-Pee-Chee Hockey Card Story collects just a few of the best memories from O-Pee-Chee's NHL legacy, a legacy that continues to grow with the start of every new hockey season.

What if your neighbor's son or daughter has been persuaded to join ISIS? Worse, what if the son or daughter of a friend has gone over to the terrorist group? When retired CIA operative Tony Dantry is contacted by old friend Quentin Ramos for a favor, it leads to something much ibigger and far more threatening than Tony ever imagined. Ramos suspects that his son, a clean-cut extremely likable college student, has been communicating with ISIS terrorists. Because of Dantry's CIA experience and law enforcement connections, Ramos thinks Tony can look into the situation more discreetly than he as a parent could. Ramos didn't want to snoop into the personal life of his son, but things had gotten so serious that something had to be done before it was too late to save his son. Dantry agrees to help and finds himself inextricably drawn into something that all of us read about in the news, but don't believe could happen to us. (This book was originally released as Closer Than Your Think.)

Healthcare Technology Management: A Systematic Approach offers a comprehensive description of a method for providing safe and cost effective healthcare technology management (HTM). The approach is directed to enhancing the value (benefit in relation to cost) of the medical equipment assets of healthcare organizations to best support patients, clinicians and other care providers, as well as financial stakeholders. The authors propose a management model based on interlinked strategic and operational quality cycles which, when fully realized, delivers a comprehensive and transparent methodology for implementing a HTM programme throughout a healthcare organization. The approach proposes that HTM extends beyond managing the technology in isolation to include advancing patient care through supporting the application of the technology. The book shows how to cost effectively manage medical equipment through its full life cycle, from acquisition through operational use to disposal, and to advance care, adding value to the medical equipment assets for the benefit of patients and stakeholders. This book will be of interest to practicing clinical engineers and to students and lecturers, and includes self-directed learning questions and case studies. Clinicians, Chief Executive Officers, Directors of Finance and other hospital managers with responsibility for the governance of medical equipment will also find this book of interest and value. For more information about the book, please visit the website.

The story of Parkies (Parkhurst) hockey cards, produced from 1951-52 to 1963-64.

In this sumptuous portrait of the house known as ‘the English Versailles’, the present Duke sets the scene with a history of his ancestors, the Montagus of Boughton, who acquired the manor in Northamptonshire in the reign of Henry VIII. Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638–1709), Charles II’s envoy to Louis XIV, transformed Boughton into a palatial homage to French culture. His son John, the 2nd Duke, is remembered for the miles of avenues he planted, a love of heraldry, a fondness for practical jokes and the ancient lion he nursed in one of the courtyards. The book showcases Boughton’s celebrated art collection, with its magnificent tapestries and Sèvres porcelain. There are striking portraits of Elizabeth I, Charles II and his son the Duke of Monmouth, another Buccleuch ancestor. Van Dyck’s friends and contemporaries cluster in the Drawing Room. Most eye-catching of all is the portrait of Shakespeare’s muse, the Countess of Southampton. A grand tour takes in the French-inspired façade, the formal State Rooms and the Tudor Great Hall, with their painted ceilings, flamboyant French furniture and the oldest dated carpet in Europe – before moving to the park, with its avenues of soaring limes and network of lakes, and its dramatic, newly created sunken pool.

With 15 national championships and a tradition of national achievement that dates back to the 1920s, the University of Alabama has secured its spot as one of the most successful athletic institutions in the history of American sports. Dating back to the days when university president Dr. George H. “Mike” Denny decided football would be the university’s ticket to national prominence, Alabama has produced some of the most legendary teams and players in the history of the game. Many of those legends have long since passed, but standouts such as Johnny Mack Brown, Dixie Howell, Don Huston, Pat Trammell, and Derrick Thomas remain alive and well in the hearts and minds of loyal Crimson Tide fans. The legends of Tide stars such as Joe Namath, Ken Stabler, Harry Gilmer, Johnny Musso, John Hannah, and Ozzie Newsome continue to grow with time. None of those legends stands taller than Paul “Bear” Bryant, the former Crimson Tide player who returned to Alabama as head coach in 1958 and built a dynasty that rivaled any in sports, pro, or college football. From Wallace Wade to Heisman Trophy–winner Mark Ingram, current coach Nick Saban, and all points in between, Legends of Alabama Football chronicles the coaches, players, and events that placed Crimson Tide football on the national sports landscape.

The year is 1881, and an athletic-looking President Garfield-barely four months in office-steps nimbly down from the presidential carriage as it pulls up to the bustling Washington Train Depot. The president will shortly board a train that will take him to a refreshingly cooler New England where he's scheduled to speak at his beloved alma mater, Williams College. A shot rings out. At first no one thinks much about it, for it's always noisy at Washington's busy train station. But then a second sharp report is heard, and the president drops in his tracks. He remains alive for nearly three months as White House doctors repeatedly issue reassuring reports of his improving health. Then, on September 19, the nation is again plunged into gloom, when it learns that the president has suddenly passed away. Three years later, the scene shifts to a stately old mansion in the historic section of Salem, Massachusetts, where wealthy, but controversial magazine publisher Martin Van Zandt hosts a sumptuous dinner for the board members of his highly successful publication. The dinner party quickly deteriorates into a shouting match as disgruntled board members trade accusations with the hated publisher. Before the night is over, Van Zandt will be found dead, apparently the victim of a botched burglary. Another scene shift takes the reader to an elegant townhouse in Boston's Beacon Hill section, where journalist James Christopher, Martin Van Zandt's nephew, receives an unexpected visit from his adopted cousin Samantha. Samantha, Van Zandt's daughter, believes that her father was murdered by a member of the board and not by a burglar. She appeals to James, known for his investigative skills, to get to the bottom of her father's death. Thus begins a process of inquiry and detection that takes us from Salem to Boston to Washington. Good Plot- I do not ordinarily like historical fiction, but found this fascinating. Lots of interest in President Garfield a this time ...Eleanor A Smith Great Suspense- I like to read any of Richard Scott's books. This rates right up with his best in my book. ... Shirley Shearer

"Cows from Outer Space." "Why I Ate My Husband." "Jesus Returns, and the Christians Think He's Nuts." These and other pieces of unintentional genius from the demented mind of Richard Scott complete this collection of hilarious short stories and idiotic comedy bits. Scott's comedy ranges from the highbrow "Toilet Humour" to the historical docu-drama, "I Heard the President Fart." From the absurd "Toast Hunters of the Amazon," to the surreal "My Father the Android," to the farcical "Dances Like Jew," to the ridiculous "The Adventures of Superman's Pants," I'm an Idiot, You're an Idiot is guaranteed to make readers laugh like the idiots we all are. Read what the critics say "It's not the worst thing I've read."-Rachel Scott, mother "Needs more pictures to color."-George W. Bush "LOL : -))))) WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?"-random Internet blogger "Did he spell his name right?"-Arthur Scott, father "Hey, buddy, I don't take personal checks."-Mistress Dominix