Covering Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and the Isle of Man, this book showcases the eighty functioning bus stations in the North West, as well as many more long-lost stations. Bus stations, comprising at least two bus stands where buses start, end or pause their journey, first appeared in the 1920s. In the ensuing decades through to the 1970s many buses had rear entrances, dictating the design of the typical bus station with buses parking parallel to their s...

All aboard, it’s Halloween! Climb on The Halloween Train and delight in a magical journey through the joys of the spooky season.Come along for a Halloween ride ... if you dare.But keep your eyes peeled – or you might get a scare!From trick or treating in costumes to magic potions and spells – and, of course, witches, skeletons and zombies – this lively Australian picture book blends young r...

Can a group of ten year old mates (and one scruffy dog) really outwit the most fiendish, cunning adults in the universe and save a frightened friend from the worst fate imaginable?When mysterious smelly footprints lead Dennis and his friends to the school kitchen, they find themselves in a race against time to save their new best friend. The seasons are changing, and the fate of an entire species lies in their hands …An epic adventure story, told with funny pictures!

Four stories of fascinating side characters are explored in full, collected in this second volume of standalone comics stories perfect for any Hellboy fan's library.Before the Black Flame threatened the B.P.R.D.—and the world—what was the source of his power? Who was Hellboy’s Uncle Simon, and what occult mysteries did he and the Silver Lantern Club investigate? Can Silver Lantern Club member and detective Sarah Jewell find the killer in a locked-room murder myster...

Someone is killing trial witnesses in the midst of a blizzard, and rookie cop Brick Ransom must fight his way through a city paralyzed by ice and snow, as he races to save as many people as possible.Seattle wasn’t built for snow, and a freak storm on the eve of a blockbuster criminal trial has brought the city to a standstill. Now Brick Ransom must protect three key witnesses – a bookkeeper, a stripper, and a deadly assassin – all of whom are set to testify against...

When a disgraced businessman is nearly decapitated in a seedy restaurant, the blood trail leads reporter Luke Murphy to a series of dark secrets, concealed for decades in the New Mexico desert.Luke Murphy returned to Farmington, New Mexico to care for his ailing father, but a year later, his old man is dead, and Luke has stuck around. Working for the local newspaper, he’s quickly learning that reporting the news in his old hometown often means reading between the l...

Dame Aveline Oakmere, Lady of the Relic, Champion of the Realm, and the Ironroot at Blackwater Ford is well removed from her fighting days. The last living member of the Shieldbreakers, she has retired to wealth and privilege. With no comrades and no battles left to fight, she must defend against her own excesses.

In an era of fractured geopolitics and AI-driven acceleration, Digital Sovereignty: The Power to Decide addresses a critical question facing leaders: will you decide your organization's digital future, or will it be decided for you? Sovereignty in a digital world is something you build to your design or lose by default. However, it is a myth that one can achieve sovereignty through isolation. This book argues that, in an interconnected world, protecting your interests and staying connected...

See the streets differently, and photograph them with greater confidence in this creative, personal workshop from leading street photographer Mike Chudley.Mike Chudley’s unique sense of composition and timing, and his ability to tell stories through spur-of-the-moment images with a subtle sense of humor have earned him a hugely dedicated following.Across 20 short, sharp, inspirational chapters, Mike shares the lessons he’s ...

Capitalism isn't working. But is there a plausible alternative? The Blueprint lays one out: a system where workers control every lever of production, and competitive markets and state planning coexist side by side. Drawing on the history of socialist experiments and the economic debate over planning and markets, The Blueprint confronts the hardest questions about what went wrong in the past-and why it can go right in the future. The result is a socialism worthy of the twe...

At the age of six, Mike’s parents took him to see Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Road To Bali. He fell in love with the cinema experience and couldn’t wait to go again. Now in his eighties, he’s as passionate about film as ever.In this book, he takes us on a personal and amusing journey from the fifties, when cinemas were packed, up to the present day. He writes about the huge changes in film technology, the determined and sometimes bizarre methods studios used to lure audien...

Could the third time be the charm? Bear is determined to break his string of showtime disasters in this comedy of perseverance from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning illustrator of See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog.Bear’s track record when it comes to putting on a show hasn’t been exactly stellar. His puppet show was a flop (anyone could get tangled in those strings, right?). His baking show had some, er, unexpected developments. But Bea...