{"personal_name": "Tony Attwood", "name": "Tony Attwood", "birth_date": "1947", "key": "/authors/OL1097657A", "source_records": ["bwb:9780749401979"], "bio": "Tony Attwood (1947- ) wrote on a wide range of topics, including some which overlap or are adjacent to the Asberger's author, Tony Attwood (1952- ), so they need to be disambiguated with care.\r\n\r\nTo help, here is a list of works from the author's web site:\r\n\r\nEducation\r\n\r\nThe Pop Workbook (1987, with Paul Farmer; Edward Arnold)\r\nThe Football Workbook (with Paul Farmer; Edward Arnold)\r\n In Concert (Syston Publishing)\r\n The Pop Business (EJ Arnold)\r\n Music from Scratch (OUP)\r\n The Pop Songbooks (3 volumes, OUP)\r\nTony also wrote the musical to the Adrian Mitchell children's musical \"Tamburlane the Mad Hen\" which was published by Methuen\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBusiness\r\n\r\nThe What\u2019s New Guide to Transport Cafes (What\u2019s New)\r\nThe Daily Mail Book of Running a Small Business (1989) (contributor)\r\nBuying for Business (Kogan Page 1988)\r\nThe Good Franchise Guide (with Len Hough) Kogan Page 1988/1990\r\nBusiness Rip Offs and How to Avoid Them (Kogan Page 1987)\r\nFiction\r\n\r\nBlake\u2019s 7 Afterlife, (Star Books)\r\nDoctor Who: Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (Star Books)\r\nBlake\u2019s 7 The Programme Guide (Target books)\r\nMaking the Arsenal (Hamilton House 2010)\r\nFor parents and students\r\n\r\nHow to Choose a Private School (1988, How To Books)\r\nGetting Jobs in Music (Cassell)\r\nTrade directories\r\n\r\nHamilton House Publishing developed five trade Directories which were published twice yearly in the 1980s and 1990s\r\n\r\nThe Radio Advertisers' Guide\r\nThe Radio Directory\r\nThe TV Directory\r\nThe Publishing Directory\r\nThe Marketing Directory\r\nThis business was then sold on to Professional Books who later sold it to Reed International.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCareerscope\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhen Hamilton House Publishing was sold it retained two series of books, the Careerscope Series (20 books on varying careers for school leavers, published by Hamilton House Publishing) and the Lifescope series (10 books concerning life after school, for school leavers and their parents.)\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMarketing books\r\n\r\nEducation: The \u00a317bn market (1991, Hamilton House)\r\nGhengis Khan Meets the Royal Mail (1995, Hamilton House)\r\nEducation Marketing (First and Best 2005)\r\nGhengis Kahn Meets the Royal Mail gained a certain notoriety as the Royal Mail itself demanded itself removal from publication, a reflection perhaps of its monopoly position at the time.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFirst and Best\r\n\r\nFollowing the sale of Hamilton House Publishing and its titles, Tony set up First and Best Education Ltd with the aim of publishing both his own work aimed at teachers, and that of other writers. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBetween the launch of the company in 1983 and its closure in 2015 it published over 1000 titles.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBelow is a list of some of the titles that Tony Attwood contributed to the company during its 30 year history:\r\n\r\n600 Activities for A Level General Studies\r\nAttention Deficit Disorder in the Under 5s\r\nAttention Deficit Disorder: Practical Activities in School\r\nAttention Deficit Disorder: The Parents\u2019 Support Book\r\nBehaviour and Discipline in Primary Schools\r\nBusiness Sponsorship of Schools\r\nClassroom Easter\r\nDepartment Management Policies and Contracts (series)\r\nDyscalculia Activities\r\nDyscalculia in Schools\r\nDyslexia: The Whole School Approach\r\nEnhancing Learning in Homework Clubs\r\nEnterprise Education\r\nFrom Failure to Excellence\r\nGCSE Business Studies\r\nGetting Ready to Start School\r\nHome/School Policies and Contracts (series)\r\nImproving attitudes, managing behaviour, reducing exclusions\r\nImproving Children\u2019s Learning\r\nImproving School Finance\r\nIncreasing the Efficiency of School Administration\r\nListening to Music for GCSE\r\nLiteracy Skills and Self Development\r\nMaths for the Dyslexic Pupil\r\nMethods of Teaching (series)\r\nMusic and the Media\r\nMusic Composition at GCSE\r\nPractical Activities for Children with Dyscalculia\r\nPractical School Improvement\r\nPSHE in the Playground\r\nRaising Grades at GCSE\r\nRaising Grades Through Study Skills\r\nRaising Response Rates in Direct Mail\r\nRaising Teacher Morale in a World of Change\r\nRealising the Potential of Each Department\r\nRecovery from Stress\r\nRecruiting & Motivating School Governors & Members of the School Boards\r\nRisk Assessment Documents for Secondary Schools (series)\r\nSchool Purchasing Policies\r\nSecurity in Schools\r\nSelf Development and Secondary School Pupils\r\nSetting Targets to Raise Standards\r\nTeacher Motivation\r\nTests for Dyscalculia\r\nThe Christmas Classroom (with Keith Buckby)\r\nThe Effective Department (series)\r\nThe Effective Teacher (series)\r\nThe Headteacher as Leader\r\nThe Improving Department\r\nThe Improving Primary School\r\nThe Parents\u2019 Survival Guide: Coping with a Teenagers\r\nThe Parents\u2019 Survival Guide: Games to Play at Home\r\nThe Parents\u2019 Survival Guide: Helping your child be better behaved\r\nThe Parents\u2019 Survival Guide: Helping Your Child With Study Skills\r\nThe Parents\u2019 Survival Guide: Preparing for School\r\nThe Perfect Classroom (series)\r\nThe Perfect Secondary School\r\nThe Relevant Assembly\r\nThe school, business and the Internet\r\nWhat Today\u2019s Employers Want and Expect\r\nWork Experience", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["Anthony Leonard Attwood", "Attwood Tony"], "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-05-01T01:26:16.151185"}}