How to Eat an Elephant
Autor Jo Parkeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2011
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ISBN-13: 9781907722004
ISBN-10: 1907722009
Pagini: 124
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: ECADEMY PR LTD
ISBN-10: 1907722009
Pagini: 124
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: ECADEMY PR LTD
Notă biografică
Jo
doesn't
know
the
meaning
of
the
word
"can't".
If
she
thinks
she
can
and
should,
then
telling
her
she
can't
will
only
add
impetus
to
her
plans.
At
14
her
teachers
told
her
girls
couldn't
be
engineers.
At
24,
the
youngest
age
allowed
by
the
Institution
of
Civil
Engineers,
she
became
a
chartered
engineer.
Two
years
later,
when
faced
with
a
rotten
roof
and
no
experience
of
carpentry,
she
rebuilt
the
front
of
her
house.
People
describe
their
building
horror
stories,
she
has
gone
on
to
renovate
and
extend
three
more
houses.
When
told
she
couldn't
have
a
job
managing
manual
labour
she
looked
to
get
that
experience
overseas.
When
told
she
couldn't
work
overseas
as
she
had
no
experience,
she
signed
up
with
a
charity
"Registered
Engineers
for
Disaster
Relief"
(REDR)
and
took
a
job
that
no
one
else
would
-
working
with
the
mujahideen
in
war
torn
Afghanistan
to
renovate
the
infrastructure
in
one
of
the
remotest
areas.
The
mujahideen
commander
told
her
she
couldn't
bring
the
cat
she'd
rescued
out
with
her,
but
she
did.
Her
book,
Water
Under
The
Bridge
recounting
her
adventures
in
Afghanistan
continues
to
entertain
and
inspire
readers.
In
a
second
assignment
in
the
mountains
of
Bosnia
she
did
what
the
politicians
couldn't
do
-
brought
Serbs
and
Muslims
together
and
got
agreement
to
co-operate
on
restoring
water
supplies
to
Sarajevo.
Meanwhile,
back
at
home
in
her
career
she
was
told
she
was
ridiculous
to
think
of
being
a
director.
In
2000
she
was
appointed
Director
of
Operations
of
North
Surrey
Water.
Her
belief
in
overcoming
obstacles
doesn't
just
stop
with
her
own
career.
She
has
been
an
active
member
of
the
Women's
Engineering
Society
and
of
engineering
institutions,
encouraging
younger
people
to
take
up
this
creative
and
fascinating
career,
and
mentoring
those
who
have
yet
to
progress
in
their
career.
She
has
maintained
her
links
with
REDR
and
has
served
on
the
board
of
trustees
as
well
as
helping
fundraising.
In
1995
she
was
awarded
the
MBE.
Life
is
not
all
work
however.
She
is
an
accomplished
cellist
and
double
bass
player,
having
performed
in
both
the
Royal
Festival
Hall
and
the
Albert
Hall
and
is
still
in
demand
to
play
in
jazz
bands
and
orchestras.
She
started
racing
in
triathlons
at
the
age
of
47
and
has
won
a
number
of
trophies.
In
2005
besides
establishing
her
own
engineering
consultancy,
she
was
shortlisted
for
the
newly
launched
First
Women
Awards,
moved
house
and
got
married
-
in
the
Antarctic.
So
what
"can'ts"
will
Jo
disprove
this
year?
Well,
in
spite
of
breaking
her
ankle
when
working
on
a
water
leakage
reduction
project
in
Madagascar
she
has
made
a
return
to
triathlon
and
intends
to
race
along
the
same
route
as
the
2012
Olympics.
She
will
also
be
expanding
another
new
business
she's
just
started
-
breeding
alpacas.
She
has
taken
on
16
acres
more
land,
bought
her
own
stud
males
and
is
looking
to
continue
her
success
at
shows
this
year.
Jo
lives
in
Leighton
Buzzard
with
her
husband,
two
demented
Labradors
called
Rio
and
Alfie
and
after
the
sad
loss
of
the
cat
she
rescued
from
Afghanistan
who
reached
the
grand
old
age
of
19,
two
further
rescue
cats
from
rather
closer
to
home.