John Barber – författare

KRIGET ÄR SLUT. Medan MEGATRON stiger ombord som kapten på DEN FÖRLORADE LYKTAN och ger sig ut på äventyr med RODIMUS, RATCHET, ULTRA MAGNUS och kompani, så beger sig OPTIMUS PRIME tillbaka till jorden i ARK-7. Det är dags att försöka ställa saker till rätta från Autoboternas förra besök på planeten. Med sig på sitt uppdrag har han bland andra JAZZ, PROWL, JETFIRE, SIDESWIPE, KUP och ARCEE. Men de hinner knappt sätta fot på jorden innan ett gäng Decepticons, anförda av GALVATRON och SOUNDWAVE, dyker upp för att ställa till med problem. Kriget kanske inte är över trots allt? Detta är den första boken i berättelsen om Optimus Primes återkomst till Jorden. De hemligheter som är på väg att avslöjas, kommer inte bara att påverka Optimus Prime och hans Autoboter, utan även hela Cybertron.

All civil engineers and construction professionals concerned with the construction process have both professional and legal duties to take care, not only of their own health and safety at work, but the health and safety of others who might be put at risk.Health and Safety in Construction offers clear guidance on the responsibilities of construction professionals for health and safety in construction. Construction professionals need to work together to ensure consistently high standards and this essential guide will help achieve a measured and effective response to this challenge.Health and Safety in Construction is an invaluable resource for the client, designer and contractor working together on construction projects.

This book, originally published in 1989, studies both the growth and the barriers to growth of small firms. It examines market and industrial structures, also the role of investment institutions and their handling of small business accounts. There are chapters on management attitudes and ability considered as a potential barrier to development, and other problems such as lack of finance and of a suitably qualified workforce. The book stresses the importance of communicating the latest advances in technology to small firms, and urges the need to re-think government tax and procurement policies.

This book, originally published in 1989, studies both the growth and the barriers to growth of small firms. It examines market and industrial structures, also the role of investment institutions and their handling of small business accounts. There are chapters on management attitudes and ability considered as a potential barrier to development, and other problems such as lack of finance and of a suitably qualified workforce. The book stresses the importance of communicating the latest advances in technology to small firms, and urges the need to re-think government tax and procurement policies.

When the body of Bill Gibson is found on a piece of waste land beneath the bypass Detective Inspector Steve Winwood has no clues as to how or why as the victim lived over twenty miles away. He discovers from the rather eccentric antiquarian bookseller John Cherry that Gibson was a book illustrator.Whilst Winwood and his Sergeant Archie Tibbs uncover more about Gibson's reclusive lifestyle others in town are reminded of a previous proposed housing development on this piece of waste land. The rebellious Councillor Bob Ball works with the local journalist Tony Meehan to see if there is another planning application about to emerge as he is wary of businessmen in suits wandering through the town on their mobiles and taking photos.Tony has become attached to the local doctor, Rose Collins who has a history of protesting about local issues imposed by levels of local Councils. She tells Tony that she has been receiving strange gifts and believes that when a burglar entered her house and nothing taken they were looking to find ways to discredit her.Trevor Cole Project Manager for Ferris Developments sees the body on waste land and the old planning application as a welcome distraction. He has been busy convincing Chrstine Grey, Leader of the Council and Stephanie van Dyk, Head of Planning to delay public knowledge of Ferris' real intention of building on green belt land on the other side of the bypass. Various schemes to connect the new build and the town centre are put forward but they all involve demolishing The Green Man, the favourite pub of  Bob Ball. It also involves either a bridge over or a tunnel under the graveyard of St Josephs church. It is not a popular move with Christine Grey who does not want to fight an upcoming local election on such an issueTibble's investigations lead to the identity of the taxi driver that collected Bill Gibson and dumped his body. Unfortunately the driver Simon Ashe is found dead in his own limousine bound and gagged with a fatal blow to his head.With one murder and possibly two the parallel enquiries being made by the police and concerned public figures are joined together by Winwood who investigates who is behind the burglary, bringing on Gibson's heart attack, dumping his body and causing the death of Ashe. This is on top of what becomes a case of corruption and blackmail of public figures and illegal pornographic websites.

This box set contains all three parts of The Fordhamton Trilogy  completely edited and amended to mirror the paperback versions, recently published.Part One: A Little Local Affair chronicles the effects the death of local businessman and Councillor Alan Price has on the lives of the residents of Fordhamton as they sometimes succeed and sometimes fail to pursue their sexual, economic and political ambitions. It brings to town the reluctant cockney Detective Inspector Steve Harley and his new assistant Detective Constable Miles Davis. In their own very different ways they manage to solve the identity of the culprit behind the suspicious death of Price. When Harley is recalled to London it is left to Davis to unscramble all the liaisons behind a conspiracy to defraud and arrest a surprising suspect for the arson attack on Price's factory and a spate of anti-social behaviour that hits the town.Part Two: Return to Fordhamton. This sees the return of the unlikable acting Detective Sergeant Miles Davis. He is soon caught up in a suspected fraud and a missing Bank management trainee who keeps being returned to Fordhamton in a series of mistaken identity crimes. His attempts are also halted by a  very unusual virus carried by the local bat colony which had closed his ultimate destination Oates Hall, the Bank Training Centre. The will of one very notable Town Councillor leads to the three trustees finding out more about him, themselves and strange happenings in town. Davis has the full support of his superiors and reaches a conclusion that has everyone thinking what a great Inspector he would make, a decision not shared by the local residents.Part Three: The Last Resort. The Mayor has the wonderful idea of banishing the award of coming third in Britains Most Boring Town contest by creating the first Fordhamton Arts Festival to be run by an eccentric and one time student rebel Jay Hwkins, drama teacher at the local school. When the stand-in at the school's production of The Real Inspector Hound is found dead at the dress rehearsal suspicion falls on Hawkins. Now acting Detective Inspector, Miles Davis tries to make sense of the various affairs that go on at school and why the American Secret Service is so involved. His last resort is to join the cast of the play to uncover all the clues. He did not understand how the owner of the local wine bar saw him as his nemesis but the conflict is resolved and Davis finally becomes a man at peace with the world having fallen in love the play's leading lady – and she with him.