Tony Barnard

"Pebbles in the Pond" is a collection of short stories about the consequences and effects of human interaction like ripples spreading across a pond after a stone has been thrown in.

Discovering Group Theory: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics presents the usual material that is found in a first course on groups and then does a bit more. The book is intended for students who find the kind of reasoning in abstract mathematics courses unfamiliar and need extra support in this transition to advanced mathematics. The book gives a number of examples of groups and subgroups, including permutation groups, dihedral groups, and groups of integer residue classes. The book goes on to study cosets and finishes with the first isomorphism theorem. Very little is assumed as background knowledge on the part of the reader. Some facility in algebraic manipulation is required, and a working knowledge of some of the properties of integers, such as knowing how to factorize integers into prime factors. The book aims to help students with the transition from concrete to abstract mathematical thinking.

'High Five in Jerusalem' is a story of our times. It is an epic tale of good overcoming evil, of light over dark, and of hope over despair. Tarik Tanovic was only fifteen years old when his father was murdered by a Serbian sniper in his home city of Sarajevo during the three-year-long siege. The incident was to have a profound effect on his life as he struggled to come to terms with his loss and the senselessness of it all. This is Tarik's story. A compelling account of his strive to overcome his demons, seek an equalisation of events, achieve catharsis and finally get on with the rest of his life.

Discovering Group Theory: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics presents the usual material that is found in a first course on groups and then does a bit more. The book is intended for students who find the kind of reasoning in abstract mathematics courses unfamiliar and need extra support in this transition to advanced mathematics. The book gives a number of examples of groups and subgroups, including permutation groups, dihedral groups, and groups of integer residue classes. The book goes on to study cosets and finishes with the first isomorphism theorem. Very little is assumed as background knowledge on the part of the reader. Some facility in algebraic manipulation is required, and a working knowledge of some of the properties of integers, such as knowing how to factorize integers into prime factors. The book aims to help students with the transition from concrete to abstract mathematical thinking.

A story of supreme courage. Two boys who grew up together in the district of Tinsley in Sheffield against a backdrop of the declining fortunes of the once world-beating steel industry. One indebted to the other from an early age and both with powerful ambitions. The Sheffield Avengers is the story of their development, their personal relationships with their families and their lovers, acts of supreme courage and the restoration of pride. 'Made in Sheffield' is a global endorsement of quality, strength and consistency that can apply to its people, products and a warship that carried its name. Fast paced and international in its breadth and reach, The Sheffield Avengers is a meticulously researched and compelling 'what if' story of the skill and courage of Britain's Special Forces during the Falklands War in 1982.