The Eddie Stobart Story
Title | The Eddie Stobart Story PDF eBook |
Author | Hunter Davies |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2009-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0007336616 |
If you've never seen an Eddie Stobart truck, you've never driven down a British motorway. This is the story of a multi-million pound business that spawned a middle-class motorway game.
Eddie Stobart
Title | Eddie Stobart PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Roach |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 2013-09-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1448132185 |
From humble beginnings in a Cumbrian farmyard over forty years ago, the Eddie Stobart fleet has found a big parking place in the nation's heart, loved as much for its 2,200 immaculate green and red trucks, each emblazoned with a girl's name on the front, as for its famous army of dedicated Stobart Spotters who try to find each one. Buckle up with the Stobart drivers, and join them on a week in the life of a massive delivery, from paperwork to pallet. Learn what it's like to be sat in the driver seat of a Stobart truck - the noises, visibility, clutch control, gears, steering - and discover the sheer size and power of these machines. Illustrated throughout with amazing photographs, and featuring first-hand stories of incredible journeys from the intrepid truckers, as well as astonishing facts and stats and the history of the fleet, this is truly an irresistible book for Stobart fans of all ages.
Only the Best Will Do!
Title | Only the Best Will Do! PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780982970294 |
Brain Haulage Ltd: A Company History 1950-1992
Title | Brain Haulage Ltd: A Company History 1950-1992 PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Sumpter |
Publisher | Fox Chapel Publishing |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2018-06-01 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 191215823X |
Brain Haulage was formed by Charles Edward Brain in 1950 and played a major role in the container revolution in the UK, completely changing the way goods were transported over the world. Peter Sumpter was a driver with Brain Haulage until it closed in 1992 and is an unofficial archivist of the brand, having taken hundreds of photographs and chronicling his adventures in a diary for over 20 years. Brain Haulage Ltd tells the history of Brain and the container revolution as well as the story of Charles Brain; from his early years working for the L.M.S. Railway at Camden Town, to his time in the R.A.F. during the second world war, to eventually starting his own haulage company. The rest of the story is from Peter's own diary and the many ex-drivers and Brains staff he worked with over the years. Including over 300 previously unpublished photographs Brain Haulage Ltd is a unique book, ideal for anyone interested in containers and their revolution, as well as road transport and haulage trade enthusiasts.
Justice for Laughing Boy
Title | Justice for Laughing Boy PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Ryan |
Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2017-09-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1784506834 |
On July 4th 2013, Connor Sparrowhawk, also known as Laughing Boy or LB, was found dead in a specialist NHS unit. Connor, who had autism and epilepsy, had a seizure while in the bath and no member of staff was on hand to stop him from drowning. An entirely preventable death. Sara Ryan presents a frank, sometimes funny and touching account of her son's early life and preventable death and the unfolding #JusticeforLB campaign. This serves as a wake-up call to all of us and asks: can we really claim that we respect the life and dignity of learning disabled people?
Tri-ang Collectables
Title | Tri-ang Collectables PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Angell |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2017-06-15 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 1445664585 |
Dave Angell explores the collectible nature of the iconic Tri-ang brand.
Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future
Title | Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future PDF eBook |
Author | Bartow J. Elmore |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2021-10-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1324002050 |
An authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system. Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world’s largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018—but its Roundup Ready® seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us. When researchers found trace amounts of the firm’s blockbuster herbicide in breakfast cereal bowls, Monsanto faced public outcry. Award-winning historian Bartow J. Elmore shows how the Roundup story is just one of the troubling threads of Monsanto’s past, many told here and woven together for the first time. A company employee sitting on potentially explosive information who weighs risking everything to tell his story. A town whose residents are urged to avoid their basements because Monsanto’s radioactive waste laces their homes’ foundations. Factory workers who peel off layers of their skin before accepting cash bonuses to continue dirty jobs. An executive wrestling with the ethics of selling a profitable product he knew was toxic. Incorporating global fieldwork, interviews with company employees, and untapped corporate and government records, Elmore traces Monsanto’s astounding evolution from a scrappy chemical startup to a global agribusiness powerhouse. Monsanto used seed money derived from toxic products—including PCBs and Agent Orange—to build an agricultural empire, promising endless bounty through its genetically engineered technology. Skyrocketing sales of Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready system stunned even those in the seed trade, who marveled at the influx of cash and lavish incentives into their sleepy sector. But as new data emerges about the Roundup system, and as Bayer faces a tide of lawsuits over Monsanto products past and present, Elmore’s urgent history shows how our food future is still very much tethered to the company’s chemical past.