Gavin Booth Libri

Focusing on the concept of 'agile alliances,' this book offers a strategic framework for enhancing collaboration between technology and professional services firms. It outlines a proven methodology to expedite value realization during digital transformation efforts, making it a valuable resource for organizations seeking to optimize their partnerships and drive innovation.

An expert survey of the essential but often forgotten parts of the municipal bus fleets, drawing on a full range of archive images.

By the end of the 1960s, economics dictated that the traditional front-engined double-decker had had its day. In the Atlantean and its competitors, the British bus and coach industry had vehicles capable of taking on and meeting the challenges, both at home and abroad, that the contemporary world presented. The Atlantean was probably the last British-designed and -built bus to achieve massive sales worldwide, with the list of operators both at home and abroad being legion. In this fully illustrated book, Gavin Booth looks back at the development of the Leyland Atlantean from its origins in the 1950s and examines its importance over the past half-century. Although the Atlantean has largely disappeared from public service, its influence remains and, through the handful that remain in service and those that survive in preservation and through the pages of this book, it is possible to pay tribute to one of the most significant bus designs of the second half of the 20th century.

Bus design is often taken for granted, yet from the earliest days of motorbuses coachbuilders have worked hard to produce vehicles that are both attractive and practical. From the 1950s, bus builders and operators have faced the challenges of new shapes and layouts with the widespread adoption of underfloor and rear-engine designs and there was recognition that passengers expected something rather better than a basic bus if they were to leave their cars at home. This new hardback book looks at the development and evolution of bus design and covers the years from 1950 to the present day to reveal just how the UK’s bus builders have risen to the challenge and produced buses with the elusive ‘wow factor’. The book is packed with photographs, many of which are professionally-taken official body builders’ or operators’ views as these show the many important design features clearly and in detail. These photographs are supported by in-service views, showing the bus in its working environment. This beautifully designed and illustrated book will appeal not only to ardent road transport enthusiasts but will also be of interest to bus manufacturers and designers and anyone interested in industrial design.

An all-colour illustrated book that tells the story of the buses that served Britain between 1950 and 1986.

The book uses trade adverts that appeared in the years between 1945 and 1970 to illustrate the development of new bus and coach chassis and bodies, and the constantly changing visual styles used by advertisers to catch the eye of potential customers.

Covering the designs that led the way with varying degrees of success over the past 70 years, and illustrated with over 170 colour images and period advertisements, this book showcases the good, the bad and the ugly of British bus design.

In just under 25 years, single-deck buses in the UK have undergone a transformation. Every single-decker in normal service in the UK today is a low-floor bus offering easy access to everyone. This book traces the story of the UK’s low-floor single-deckers, from the first tentative steps to the widespread adoption of this layout.