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  • China: People's Republic

    by Stephen Platt ...
    This was a culturally sensational trip, yet we only scratched the surface of this ancient empire and ultra modern people’s republic, visiting Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing. China is vast and complex – the world’s most populous country, the second largest in land area, with nearly 300 living languages and 7 mega cities with over 10 million inhabitants. We went on our way back from Australia and ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Turkey: East Meets West

    by Stephen Platt, Scharlie Platt ...
    The city of Van on the Silk Road in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It was hit by an earthquake on Sunday 23 October 2011. People were killed and many more made homeless. I went there a year later to see how well the city is recovering. Scharlie, my wife, came for the first week in Izmir where we stayed with Bahar, a former PhD student of mine, and her parents. With the help of a guide, Harun, I visited ... Read more

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  • New Zealand: Long White Cloud

    by Stephen Platt, Scharlie Platt ...
    Because of its remoteness, New Zealand was one of the last places to be settled by humans who arrived only 7-800 years ago from Polynesia and founded what today is a strong and highly influential Maori culture. We went to study recovery after the 2012 earthquake and stayed with Scharlie’s cousin John and his wife Mollie in Christchurch. We interviewed key people involved in planning the ... Read more

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  • France: Massif Central

    by Stephen Platt ...
    The Massif Central is a highland in south-central France and historically the region, the Auverne, was a barrier. It was formed by ancient volcanic activity over many ages and was raised by the Alpine and Pyrenean uplifts. The rock is granite and metamorphic and the region contain hundreds of extinct volcanos or Puys. I was unfamiliar with the region and had never considered visiting it until ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Iceland - Laugavegur Trail

    by Stephen Platt ...
    The Laugavegur is one of the big walks. It is the most famous trek in Iceland and crosses other worldly landscapes formed by recent volcanos. I did it from north to south and it runs over 80km from Landmannalauger via Thorsmork to Skogar on the coast. I started on the 15 June, the first day the bus ran to Landmannalaugar. I hadn’t booked the huts as I didn’t know whether I’d make it. So I took ... Read more

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  • 80 Tales of DBA Impact – 80 récits d'impacts du DBA

    2013-2023

    by Michel Kalika, Stephen Platt, Frédéric Branger, Aline Closse ...
    Series series Business Science Institute
    80 Tales of DBA ImpactThe Doctorate of Business Administration is more than just another qualification on a CV: it is the recognition of a deep engagement, of a transformation, of taking a step back from one’s professional practice and expertise... It is also a formidable generator of impact for an individual, a company, a sector of activity, even a country.The 80 portraits of Business Science ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Corsica: Mare a Mare Nord

    by Stephen Platt ...
    The Mare a Mare Nord traverses Corsica from sea to sea. It’s nearly 100 miles long (152 km), involves nearly 7000 metres of ascent and descent and took me 11 days. I sailed to Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, on the west coast, and the walk climbed thickly wooded valleys before crossing the GR20 and the mountainous backbone of Corsica at the Col de Vergio. From Corte, the town in the middle of the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Pennine Way

    In the time of Covid

    by Stephen Platt ...
    The Pennine Way is a tough old walk. It's about 250 miles long (400 km), was the first National trail in England and is one of the most famous long-distance walks. I did it a couple of weeks before I should have, during the Covid pandemic of 2020 when the guidelines encouraged outdoor exercise but advised against overnight stays away from home. There was no accommodation or catering en-route and ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Australia: Distant Encounters

    by Stephen Platt, Scharlie Platt ...
    Australia is far-flung and until the airplane overcame the tyranny of distance Australia was terra incognita. Aboriginals of Australia are one of the oldest living peoples of the world having occupied the same territory longer than any other human population, about 50,000 years. They believe their ancestors brought the world into being by naming the landscape and the creatures that inhabit it. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Guatemala: Our Man In Central America

    by Stephen Platt, Scharlie Platt ...
    We went to Guatemala to visit David, a friend I hadn’t seen for more than twenty-five years since I lived in Venezuela. We stay with his delightful family, a house full of delightful women. We go to Chichicastenango on market day and witness the strangely pagan firework procession from the church; we take a cruise around Lake Atitlan and stop off in the villages around its shores. We fly to Tikal, ... Read more

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  • Ecuador: Climbing Volcanos

    by Stephen Platt, Scharlie Platt ...
    We went to Ecuador to visit my daughter Frances. In Quito we stayed with Ecuadorian friends who introduced us to culinary delights such as calf’s foot soup (good for hangovers), cow’s udder (like eating Pirelli tyre rubber) and guinea pig (like roast chicken on a spit). We planned to climb volcanos, acclimatising slowly, starting from Loma Lumbisi at 3039 m and building up to Chimborazo at 6,268 m ... Read more

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  • Japan: After the Tsunami

    by Stephen Platt ...
    We went Japan to study recovery after the 2011 Tohoku tsunami. This was a major disaster for Japan. For the country most prepared for earthquakes this was a shocking event that will take years and trillions of dollars to repair. Fifteen months after the disaster, when we made our field trip, recovery was already underway. New embankments were being constructed along the coast of the Sendai plain ... Read more

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