This book by historical transport expert Graham Edge is a comprehensive study of a Manchester company whose name became revered in over forty countries. It traces the story from the origins of the firm in 1868 until it ceased engine production almost 130 years later. In 1929 L Gardner & Sons Ltd perfected a small high-speed direct injection diesel engine the worlds first for an engine of its size. The company soon developed this into the first purpose-built automotive engine of its type. This renowned Gardner LW series was also revolutionary in its use of lightweight aluminium alloys. Because diesel fuel was more economical than petroleum spirit for most of the last century & especially in the 1930s Gardners was able to capitalise on a huge & growing market. Their diesel engines went on to gain an unrivalled reputation for reliability & economy in buses coaches lorries rail shipping & industrial installations. Their heyday was probably from the end of the Second World War to the early 1960s a time when their order book was always full. As well as telling the story of the companys engineering achievements (and setbacks) the author also brings to life some of the personalities involved not least the members of the Gardner family. Although they were engineers par excellence some of the could be quite irascible! By the 1970s Gardners were being left behind by changes in the transport market & also faced damaging industrial relations. In 1977 they became part of the Hawker Siddeley group. This is a reprint of a book first published in 2002 & revised in 2006. Graham Edge was able to draw on knowledge freely provided by former sales director Dion Houghton. The superb photographs are mainly from the archives of Dion Houghton & Paul Gardner the great-grandson of the founder. Each photograph has a detailed caption & the books Appendices include production figures. ...

Gareth Bale is one of the most promising young talents in the Premier League & is regarded as one of Europes hottest football properties. Born in 1989 Bale first attracted the attention of Southampton FC at the age of just nine. At secondary school he was such a prodigious talent that his PE teacher Gwyn Morris had to impose special restrictions on him to make it fair for the other pupils. These included playing one-touch football & not using his left foot. After completing his GCSE exams (he gained an A grade in PE) Bale became the second-youngest player ever to sign for Southampton on 17 April 2008. Despite playing at left-back he scored five goals & was extremely impressive in his first season. The Premier League soon came calling & in 2007 Bale signed a four-year deal with Tottenham Hotspur. His career at White Hart Lane didnt get off to the best start as he played in a record 24 games without a win but in late 2009 he seized his chance to secure a regular place in the first team & since then he had proved to be a top-class footballer with a stunning hat-trick in Tottenhams Europa League tie against Inter Milan at the San Siro & a man-of-the-match performance in the return leg. Bale has unsurprisingly also made several appearances for Wales & his talent has been compared to that of the legendary Ryan Giggs. ...

After over 30 years in the spotlight Garfield is an international star & his humorous strip has become the fastest growing & most widely syndicated comic strip ever! Today it appears in 2570 newspapers around the globe & is read by 263 million people making it The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World" as recorded by Guinness World Records." ...

On 19th June 1978 Garfield appeared on the comics pages for the first time kicking off a career that has gone on to involve licensing television books computer games movies & much more. Now after more than 30 years in the spotlight Garfield is an international star & his humorous strip has become the fastest growing & most widely syndicated comic strip ever! Today it appears in 2570 newspapers around the globe & is read by 263 million people making it The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World A as recorded by Guinness World Records. in addition Garfield enjoys a healthy product licensing programme whereby almost 400 licensees crank out thousands of products depicting Garfield & the rest of the gang. In fact his vast empire stretches into 111 countries &

Includes:: a popular website
- www.garfield.com which attracts over 2 million visitors each month. The new TV show which commenced airing in May 09 went straight to the top of the childrens viewing charts for the first four weeks & is still one of the top three shows on the channel. At 32 Garfield is still feeling frisky & shows no signs of slowing down."


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On 19th June 1978 Garfield appeared on the comics pages for the first time kicking off a career that has gone on to involve licensing television books computer games movies & much more. Now after 30 years in the spotlight Garfield is an international star & his humorous strip has become the fastest growing & most widely syndicated comic strip ever! Today it appears in 2570 newspapers around the globe & is read by 263 million people making it The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World as recorded by Guinness World Records. in addition Garfield enjoys a healthy product licensing programme whereby almost 400 licensees crank out thousands of products depicting Garfield & the rest of the gang. In fact his vast empire stretches into 111 countries &

Includes:: a popular website which attracts over 2 million visitors each month. The new TV show which commenced airing in May 09 went straight to the top of the childrens viewing charts for the first four weeks & is still one of the top three shows on the channel. At 31 Garfield is still feeling frisky & shows no signs of slowing down.

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Ravette are pleased to announce the publication in September 2001 of two new GARFIELD Classic Collections
- two BUMPER editions
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Ravette are pleased to announce the publication in September 2001 of two new GARFIELD Classic Collections
- two BUMPER editions
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The nameless & beautiful narrator of The Gargoyle" is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine & wakes up in a burns ward undergoing the tortures of the damned. His life is over
- he is now a monster. But in fact it is only just beginning. One day Marianne Engel a wild & compelling sculptress of gargoyles enters his life & tells him that they were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling he was a badly burned mercenary & she was a nun & a scribe who nursed him back to health in the famed monastery of Engelthal. As she spins her tale Scheherazade fashion & relates equally mesmerising stories of deathless love in Japan Greenland Italy & England he finds himself drawn back to life
- & finally to love."

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When Max & Ben discover that the ancient stone figures on the church next door to their school actually come to life they are delighted! School will be much more fun now that the boys have the gargoylz to help them play pranks & wreak havoc. & when they discover that the gargoylz all have special powers too they realize that the possibilities for mischief are endless! In this book the boys meet Theo the gargoyle with the power to turn into a fearsome tiger
- if he can only learn to get it right. & theres trouble for Toby when Maxs gran mistakes him for a garden gnome! More fun & hijinks abound in the second of this fun & funny series for young readers. GARGOYLZ ARE VERY NAUGHTY & WONT KEEP STILL FOR LONG. THEREFORE THE TOY INCLUDED MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN.
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Max & Ben need a plan of escape! Maxs parents are planning a terrifying princess party for his sisters birthday. Its going to be pink! Its going to be horrible! Luckily the Gargoylz come to the rescue with disguises tricks & a whole heap of mischief! Dont miss the fun! Join Max Ben & the Gargoylz in these four new adventures. GARGOYLZ ARE VERY NAUGHTY & WONT KEEP STILL FOR LONG. THEREFORE THE TOY INCLUDED MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN. ...