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This is the epic story of four young men, born in obscurity in South Africa at the height of Apartheid. Two are white, two are black. All four achieve fame in their lifetime. It is also the story of the women in their lives, with mixed race marriage, love and deception, set against a background of huge political and social change. Expectations are high for the new Rainbow State, but will they be met amongst the corruption and greed that is e...

If you found an unsigned lottery ticket, what would you do if it turned out to be worth millions? Hand it in or claim the prize? Follow the twisting path of Maggie and Greg when faced with this dilemma. Who are the winners and who are the real losers? What is the price of honesty and does winning bring happiness? Can you do more good in the world if you are rich or poor? Find out in this intriguing tale of an ordinary family.

Peter Venison's best-selling book 100 Tips for Hoteliers offered advice on how to manage. In this follow-up publication, Venison looks at the hotel business from the guest's point of view and suggests that his is the only way to analyse success or failure in the hospitality industry. He explains that guest satisfaction is not the opposite of guest dissatisfaction: it is so much more. Venison draws on his extensive world travel to over 100 coun...

The international hotelier, Peter Venison, shares some of his exciting experiences over fifty years and three continents. From revolutions, coups d'etat, air high-jackings, the fall of apartheid, the charisma of Nelson Mandela, the machinations of Wall Street, to the glamorous world of show business, fashion, and professional sport. Venison describes real events that read like a novel. This is his journey from London's youngest luxury ho...

Twenty-two years ago, author Peter Venison's Hotel Management became a best seller in the hotel and tourism industry, labeled a 'must read" on the curriculum of every hotel school, and landed on the bookshelf of every hotel manager. Despite many requests for a follow-up volume, Venison declined, on the basis that he had nothing new to say. Now he does. Holed up for several weeks in five star hotels while concluding a complicated business deal,...

In the Shadow of the Sun, the fast-moving and humorous memoir of author Peter Venison, takes us back and forth across the Atlantic, from Europe to Africa, in fascinating detail: At about the time of my graduation a new hotel was opening in London's Knightsbridge. It was to be called the Carlton Tower and to be operated by Hotel Corporation of America, the first new hotel to be built in London after the war and the first belonging to an America...

In the Shadow of the Sun, the fast-moving and humorous memoir of author Peter Venison, takes us back and forth across the Atlantic, from Europe to Africa, in fascinating detail: At about the time of my graduation a new hotel was opening in London's Knightsbridge. It was to be called the Carlton Tower and to be operated by Hotel Corporation of America, the first new hotel to be built in London after the war and the first belonging to an America...