A Wayward Spirit: The Extraordinary Life-changing Experiences of a Globetrotter - Couverture souple

Harris, Mr Peter J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1535538147 ISBN 13 : 9781535538145

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

This is an unusual and entertaining travel book – with a message or two. The author has travelled extensively on business in Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East and he relates his extraordinary experiences with page-turning descriptions. He worked for the British Tourist Authority, he established his own international education consultancy and his insightful narratives come from his continuing worldwide travel on behalf of a range of UK boarding schools, colleges and charities. His advice on education has been sought by Russian billionaires, Saudi sheikhs and members of the Thai royal family. He has been faced with life-threatening experiences in two continents and endured wrongful imprisonment in Greece. Along the way, he ventured into religious retreats, spiritual experiences in India and pilgrim walks in Spain – finding a new meaning to his life which led him to raise over £50,000 for charitable causes including a school for ‘children from the dumps’ in Cambodia. The descriptions of his ‘enlightenment’ are equally colourful and he is often critical of those who are ‘religious but not spiritual’.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter J. Harris has been involved in international education and tourism during four decades, travelling extensively in Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East – and keeping notes of some of his extraordinary experiences. Now he has paused (briefly) to assemble his notes into a fascinating and entertaining narrative from events which have changed the lives of thousands of young people, and his own life too. His initial experience working with English language schools in the UK encouraged him to found some of the first international schools in New Zealand and Australia in 1977. For services to education he was one of only 150 people awarded the New Zealand Commemoration Medal by HM Queen Elizabeth in 1990. He was the founding director of the International Study Centre in 1999 at King’s, Ely, one of Britain’s oldest independent schools and went on to work with other UK schools and colleges keen to use his expertise to establish themselves internationally. His contacts worldwide are unrivalled and his passion for education is undimmed. He also spent four years as the British Tourist Authority Representative for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, He established his own international education consultancy and continues to travel extensively worldwide on behalf of a range of UK boarding schools colleges and charities. His advice on education has been sought by Russian billionaires, Saudi sheikhs and members of the Thai royal family. He has been faced with life-threatening experiences in two continents and endured wrongful imprisonment in Greece. Peter has also raised over £50,000 for charitable causes including a Cambodian school and orphanage for ‘children from the dumps’ in Phnom Penh, and a project in Thailand (Phayao Women’s Development Foundation), which provides teenage girls with the high school education they need to avoid prostitution. His personal efforts for a variety of other UK charities have been many and varied including climbing the Himalayas, trekking in Bhutan for the Deaf/Blind Society (SENSE) and walking the Camino in northern Spain to raise thousands of pounds for a variety of good causes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1535538147
• ISBN 13: 9781535538145
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 182
• Éditeur: Marshall Mr Peter
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg