A study of workers struggles against management regimes in Britain's car industry from the Second World War to the late 1980s.
In the great floating city of Sanctaphrax, blizzards howl through the streets as the Edgeworld descends into an endless winter. Quint, the son of a sky pirate, has just begun his training at the Knights Academy. But when Quint breaks the rules, he runs into the great sky leviathan known as a cloud-eater, and must use all his skill and ingenuity.
This book brings together original studies of the development of Japanese and - crucially - non-Japanese management in the automotive industry from around the world.
Book One of a new three-part fantasy sequence by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell set in Wyrmeweald, a Wild-West world where dragon-like beasts roam supreme.
Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, high-stacking his way across the rooftops of his city in search of adventure and mystery. In each tale, he encounters a supernatural force and must battle the horrors that await him. This book tells his story wherein he finds himself embroiled in a plot that includes a legion of zombies raised from the dead.
The Last of the Sky Pirates Rook Barkwater lives beneath Undertown, the bustling city of the Edgeworld. He dreams of becoming a librarian knight and sets out on a perilous journey. In the heart of the Deepwoods, Rook encounters a mysterious character - the last sky pirate.
Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. This adventure features Barnaby who is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it - but that's not the end of this particular mystery.
A mysterious flying box appears at the window of Fregus Crane's quayside home and Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure when the box is followed by a winged horse that whisks him off to his long lost uncle and a mission to rescue his father. Ages 7-9 years.
Seventeen-year-old Micah, enters the wyrmeweald full of hope to return home having made his fortune. But this is a land where wyrmes, fabulous dragon-like beasts, roam wild and reign supreme. In Wyrmeweald man is both hunter and hunted - and Micah may never return alive, let alone a hero...
Four, laugh-out-loud, totally ridiculous adventures from the hugely popular creators of The Edge Chronicles - in one big fat volume.
Aimed at children whose reading ability is beginning to grow. This title helps build confidence and ability.
After collecting a strange parcel from a deserted ship in the fog of the docks, and delivering it to the local schoolmaster, Barnaby Grimes thinks he's earned a moment to sit on the rooftops and eat his favourite pasty. But soon he realises that all is not well at the school - but is the problem quite as he expects it?
Young pioneer, Micah, enters Wrymeweald full of hope to return home having made his fortune. But this is a land where wyrmes, fabulous dragon-like beasts, roam wild and reign supreme. After a near-brush with death on the edge of a canyon, Micah soon finds a chance to prove his worth when he meets with Eli, a veteran tracker of Wrymeweald.
Bind-up of three hilarious fantastical adventures of a mercenary knight by the best-selling creators of THE EDGE CHRONICLES.