A Journeyman S Journey The Story Of Jim Mcewan

For whisky professionals, connoisseurs and lovers, Jim McEwan is an icon like Steve Jobs, Paul McCartney and Pelé. Growing up in the small village of Bowmore on the "whisky island" of Islay, he started his career in 1963 at the age of 15 as a cask maker in the Bowmore distillery. This developed into an unprecedented career in which Jim was to shape and revolutionise the world of whisky like no other. The worldwide success of single malt whisky is inextricably linked to him. The highlight of his work was the revival of the Bruichladdich distillery, today one of the most innovative and respected representatives of the whisky world. How a journey began with two men and a dog that would lead to new universes of whisky is only part of the story that Jim McEwan tells here anecdotally and with much humour. Lavishly designed, lavishly illustrated and sumptuously appointed - a delight for lovers of wonderful books and wonderful drinks alike.

Whisky-Profis vergleichen Jim McEwan mit Ikonen wie Steve Jobs, Paul McCartney und Pelé. Aufgewachsen im kleinen Dorf Bowmore auf der "Whisky-Insel" Islay, startete er seine Karriere anno 1963 mit 15 Jahren als Fassmacher in der Bowmore-Destillerie. Daraus entwickelte sich eine beispiellose Karriere, in der Jim die Welt des Whiskys wie kein Zweiter prägen und revolutionieren sollte. Der Erfolg des Single Malt Whiskys ist untrennbar mit ihm verbunden. Höhepunkt seines Schaffens war die Wiederbelebung der Brennerei Bruichladdich, heute eine der innovativsten und angesehensten Vertreterinnen der Whisky-Welt. Wie mit zwei Männern und einem Hund eine Reise begann, die in neue Universen des Whiskys führen sollte, ist nur ein Teil der Geschichte, die Jim McEwan hier anekdotenreich und mit viel Humor erzählt.

The title story of this collection — a devilishly ironic riff on H. P. Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s model” — was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, while “Probiscus” was nominated for an International Horror Guild award and reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 19. In addition to his previously published work, this collection contains an original story.

In The Representation of Business in English Literature, five scholars of different periods of English literature produce original essays on how business and businesspeople have been portrayed by novelists, starting in the eighteenth century and continuing to the end of the twentieth century. The contributors to Representation help readers understand the partiality of the various writers and, in so doing, explore the issue of what determines public opinion about business. Arthur Pollard (1922-2001) was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Hull in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. John Blundell is General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, London. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.