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  • Austin Tractors

    by Nick Baldwin ...
    Like Henry Ford, Herbert Austin had farming roots. Both brought motoring to the masses and both attempted to take the physical drudgery out of farming by introducing mechanisation. Austin imported American machines in the First World War and heard about the revolutionary new Fordson. His take on the new rigid, frameless technology was the 1919 Austin R, built at his Birmingham car factory. The ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Tractors

    1880s to 1980s

    by Nick Baldwin ...
    Series Book 577 - Shire Library
    Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914, after which the need to produce more foods using less horse and man power saw the origins of the machine we know today. Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price down to suit average farmers, and in the 1920s to 1940s numerous rivals brought in such novelties as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, hydraulic ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Lorries

    1890s to 1970s

    by Nick Baldwin ...
    Series Book 578 - Shire Library
    From lumbering house-shakers on solid tyres to smooth turbo-power in the 1970s, the lorry has come a very long way in a remarkably short time.In the early competition between steam, petrol and electricity, the internal combustion engine had more or less won by the 1920s, after proving itself in the First World War, when all-wheel-drive arrived in quantity and thousands of new drivers were trained ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Social Work, Critical Reflection and the Learning Organization

    by Mark Baldwin ...
    A critical characteristic of human service organizations is their capacity to learn from experience and to adapt continuously to changing external conditions such as downward pressure on resources, constant reconfiguration of the welfare state and rapidly changing patterns of social need. This invaluable, groundbreaking volume discusses in detail the concept of the learning organization, in ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

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  • British Railways in the 1950s and ’60s

    by Greg Morse ...
    Series Book 699 - Shire Library
    As Britain moved from austerity to prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s, it became clear that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport.After attempting to maintain pre-war networks and technology in the 1950s, a reversal of policy in the 1960s brought line closures, new ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Little Book of Land Rover

    by Charlotte Morgan ...
    Little Book of Land Rover takes a trip down memory lane and remembers the models that drove their way into the Nation s hearts.. Foreword by motoring historian Stephen Vokins, archivist at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, and one of the foremost authorities on the story of the legendary marque. Launched in 1948 the Land Rover had some unexpected owners including King George VI and Winston ... Read more

    $4.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Organizational Behaviour

    People, Process, Work and Human Resource Management

    by Raisa Arvinen-Muondo, Stephen J Perkins ...
    There is a large body of shared knowledge between the study of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management but despite the crossover, they are often treated as very distinct disciplines. Written by a team of experts across both fields, Organizational Behaviour bridges the gap between OB and HRM, with an emphasis on inter-cultural and cross-cultural perspectives of organizational ... Read more

    $68.19 CAD

  • British Motorcycles of the 1960s and ’70s

    by Mick Walker ...
    Series Book 654 - Shire Library
    For the first half of the twentieth century, Great Britain led the world in motorcycle design and production, exporting its products to countries all over the globe.However, by 1960 this once-great industry had fallen into what was to be a terminal decline. During the 1960s and '70s Britain still manufactured a wide range of machines, but a combination of poor management, lack of investment, ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • How To Get A Phd: A Handbook For Students And Their Supervisors

    by Estelle Phillips, Derek.S. Pugh, Colin Johnson ...
    How to Get a PhD is the market leading, classic book for PhD students and their supervisors. ... Read more

    $47.29 CAD

  • Doing Work Based Research

    Approaches to Enquiry for Insider-Researchers

    by Carol Costley, Paul Gibbs, Geoffrey C Elliott ...
    With the growth of work based learning and practitioner research this book leads the way by addressing key issues faced by ′insider-researchers′ - learners, practitioners and managers doing research projects in the organizations and communities in which they themselves work, or where they are already familiar with the setting.The authors explore the implications of these research contexts, and ... Read more

    $97.59 CAD

  • Motorcycling in the 1970s The story of Motorcycling in the 1970s The story of biking's biggest, brightest and best ever decade Volume 1:

    A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969

    by Richard Skelton ...
    Series series Motorcycling in the 1970s
    'Motorcycling in the 1970s. The story of motorcycling's biggest, brightest and best ever decade' Volumes One to Five by Richard Skelton, author of Funky Mopeds.'Motorcycling in the 1970s' is a series of five books about motorcycling. The books are designed to be read together, but can also be enjoyed separately.The first volume, 'A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969', is a general ... Read more

    $3.67 CAD

  • Peter Williams Designed To Race

    by Peter Williams ...
    On his day, Peter Williams was the best motorcycle road racer in the world and is one of that small band of sportsmen, 'the best never to win a World Championship'. Peter's unique career in the 1960s and 1970s as racer, designer and development engineer culminated in many great victories on bikes from 125cc to 750cc. For two months in 1967 he lead the 500cc class of the World Championship on his ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD