Selected Books
Blowing the Myths on Electric Cars
While this book is not about trade policy or export strategy, it is shaped by the same perspective: a lifelong interest in how technology, economics, and regulation interact in the real world — and how official narratives often diverge from lived experience.
Blowing the Myths on Electric Cars grew out of the author’s own decision to move to an electric vehicle and the volume of misinformation encountered in everyday discussion. Approaching the subject not as an evangelist, but as a sceptical practitioner, he applies the same disciplines used throughout his working life: comparison, systems thinking, and attention to incentives rather than slogans.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
The Export Adventurer
This book follows a working life spent in export and international trade, from leaving school through to decades of overseas travel and market development.
It traces how experience was gained not only through formal business, but through exposure to different cultures, industries, and political environments, offering a practical and personal account of global trade as it was actually conducted.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
The Aromatic Bush Chronicles
This book expands on earlier writing to present a broader and more candid account of the realities of international business travel over five decades.
Drawing on first-hand experience across Asia and Europe, it examines the informal incentives, cultural differences, and unspoken practices that often accompanied international trade.
It is a memoir of travel, commerce, and human behaviour — sometimes exotic, sometimes uncomfortable — written from the perspective of someone who was there.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
Culture, Conflict, and Separation
Based on visits to conflict and post-conflict regions including Iraq, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka, this book examines how political decisions, borders, and partitions affect societies on the ground.
Drawing on personal experience supplying infrastructure products in reconstruction environments, it contrasts lived reality with official narratives and media reporting.
The work does not argue for a single conclusion; instead, it presents observations and evidence, leaving interpretation to the reader.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
The House of Inherited Privilege
This book examines the structure of British governance and questions long-held assumptions about democracy, representation, and power.
Through research and historical analysis, it explores the continued role of unelected influence within Parliament and public life.
The author offers no prescribed judgement, instead presenting findings and inviting readers to draw their own conclusions.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
Practical Guides to International Trade
In addition to the titles above, I have written several practical guides based on long professional experience in international trade and exporting.
Open to Export: A Complete Guide to International Trade
A practical handbook covering the fundamentals of exporting and international trade, drawn from real-world experience.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
Export for Beginners
A practical handbook covering the fundamentals of starting international trade, particularly the documentation and getting paid.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
International Trade – The practical guide
A practical handbook covering the fundamentals of exporting and international trade, drawn from real-world experience. Everything those new to, or considering, International Trade need to know.
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats