Walt Disney dreamed for decades about opening the ultimate entertainment venue, but it wasn't until the early 1950s that his handpicked team began to bring his vision to life. Together, artists, architects, and engineers transformed a dusty tract of orange groves about an hour south of Los Angeles into one of the world's most beloved destinations. Today, there are Disney resorts from Paris to Shanghai, but the original Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which has been visited by more than 800 million people to-date, remains one of America's most popular attractions. From the day it opened on July 17, 1955, Disneyland brought history and fairy tales to life, the future into the present, and exciting cultures and galaxies unknown to our imaginations. This bountiful visual history draws on Disney's vast historical collections, private archives, and the golden age of photojournalism to provide unique access to the concept, development, launch, and enjoyment of this sun-drenched oasis of fun and fantasy. Disneyland documents Walt's earliest inspirations and ideas; the park's extraordinary feats of design and engineering; its grand opening; each of its immersive "lands" from Main Street, U.S.A., to Tomorrowland; and the park's evolution through the six decades since it opened. It is a treasure trove of original Disney documentation and expertise, with award-winning writer Chris Nichols drawing on his extensive knowledge of both Disneyland and Southern California history to reveal the fascinating tale of "the happiest place on Earth."

The world is on a knife edge. The current pandemic has brought into sharp focus the overhanging questions about how we work and how we live. All of our ecological and human systems are stressed and failing, and the human beings operating in the systems are distressed in trying to cope with the magnitude of change thrust on them. All of our clients are conscious of the impending confluence of shifts in our economic, political, democratic, trading systems, and see how these sit in a world of massive technological change and environmental catastrophe. It is easy to despair at the magnitude of the shifts, but despair doesn't butter any bread. What is needed is effective and practical innovation. Our clients hire us to help them find ways to respond and to develop the leadership styles and collaboration practices that make a different future possible. Everyone is working on this now. Our book remains a frontier book because very few companies or organisations have got this right yet. This is the book of the moment that will help practical leaders to create the world of today and tomorrow. The work arises out of the authors' 20 years' + experience working with organisations of all sizes in all sectors on the strategy and change challenges outlined above.

When former HGV owner driver Chris Nicholls retired after 23yrs. trucking, he discovered the lure and freedom of the road was too much to give up. Having bought a second-hand van, he started another career as a courier. This book is full of anecdotes, humour and informative advice for anyone else thinking of doing the same. It is a compendium of thoughts and stories covering over twenty years behind the wheel of a van. Problems and cock-ups that dogged his commercial vehicle driving career followed him like a puppy into his courier life.

William Doyle, affectionately known as Billy by his friends and family was almost thirteen when World War Two began. He was an innocent lad with a vivid imagination who had to come to terms with growing up in a war torn Britain. His zest for life landed him in some sticky situations as he put the disciplines of home life to the test. Billy experienced self-doubt like any other teenager, and found himself questioning values on many occasions. "William's Wondrous War" shows another side to life during WW2. Through Billy's hilarious adventures and frequent mishaps, we see what real life was like for young people in a country at war. Historically accurate and bulging with nostalgia, this book is not just a great read for adults. It would also make an ideal read for junior schools working on WW2 topics. Get ready to discover William's Wondrous War.

This book is a humorous account, an autobiography, of my twenty three year career as an owner driver between the mid-seventies and the nineties. It is a sequence of events with characters who have wandered into my life to make it a memorable adventure. It commenced when I found a derelict truck, complete with birds' nests, in a scrap yard and ended, under challenging circumstances compounded by VOSA. It includes a compilation of short stories, a written portrait of spilled secrets and recollections capturing moments in time. The latter were usually legal, sometimes dubious but on hind sight, often funny. The content consists of situations that should captivate and astound people, both in and out of the industry and much of it will ring bells of familiarity with 'old timers'.