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Beacons in the Landscape

Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : Windgather Press
ISBN 13 : 1909686271
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Beacons in the Landscape written by Ian Brown and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all Britain's great archaeological monuments the Iron Age hillforts have arguably had the most profound impact on the landscape, if only because there are so many; yet we know very little about them. Were they recognised as being something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they constructed, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? This book, which is richly illustrated with photography of sites throughout England and Wales, addresses these and many other questions. After discussing the difficult issue of definition and the great excavations on which our knowledge is based, Ian Brown investigates in turn hillforts' origins, their architecture, and the role they played in Iron Age society. He also discusses the latest theories about their location, social significance and chronology. The book provides a valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in Britain on hillforts over the last thirty years. Hillforts' great variability poses many problems, and this book should help guide both the specialist and non-specialist alike though the complex literature. Furthermore, it has an important conservation objective. Land use in the modern era has not been kind to these monuments, with a significant number either disfigured or lost. Public consciousness of their importance needs raising if their management is to be improved and their future assured.

Landscapes and Landforms of England and Wales

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303038957X
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Landscapes and Landforms of England and Wales written by Andrew Goudie and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-10 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the geomorphological diversity of England and Wales. These regions are characterised by an extraordinary range of landforms and landscapes, reflecting both the occurrence of many different rock types and drastic climatic changes over the last few million years, including ice sheet expansion and decay. The book begins by providing the geological and geomorphological context needed in order to understand this diversity in a relatively small area. In turn, it presents nearly thirty case studies on specific landscapes and landforms, all of which are landmarks in the territory discussed. These include the famous coastal cliffs and landslides, granite tors of Dartmoor, formerly glaciated mountains of Snowdonia and the Lake District, karst of Yorkshire, and many others. The geomorphology of London and the Thames is also included. Providing a unique reference guide to the geomorphology of England and Wales, the book is lavishly illustrated with diagrams, colour maps and photos, and written in an easy-to-read style. The contributing authors are distinguished geomorphologists with extensive experience in research, writing and communicating science to the public. The book will not only be of interest to geoscientists, but will also benefit specialists in landscape research, geoconservation, tourism and environmental protection.

Experiential Landscape

Author : Kevin Thwaites
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134298528
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Experiential Landscape written by Kevin Thwaites and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiential Landscape offers new ways of looking at the relationship between people and the outdoor open spaces they use in their everyday lives. The book takes a holistic view of the relationship between humans and their environment, integrating experiential and spatial dimensions of the outdoors, and exploring the theory and application of environmental design disciplines, most notably landscape architecture and urban design. The book explores specific settings in which an experiential approach has been applied, setting out a vocabulary and methods of application, and offers new readings of experiential characteristics in site analysis and design. Offering readers a range of accessible mapping tools and details of what participative approaches mean in practice, this is a new, innovative and practical methodology. The book provides an invaluable resource for students, academics and practitioners and anyone seeking reflective but practical guidance on how to approach outdoor place-making or the analysis and design of everyday outdoor places.

Pagan Britain

Author : Ronald Hutton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300197713
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Pagan Britain written by Ronald Hutton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's pagan past, with its astonishing number and variety of mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artefacts, bloodthirsty legends and cryptic inscriptions, has always enthralled and perplexed us. 'Pagan Britain' is a history of religious beliefs from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity. This ambitious book integrates the latest evidence to survey our transformed - and transforming - understanding of early religious behaviour; and, also, the way in which that behaviour has been interpreted in recent times, as a mirror for modern dreams and fears. From the Palaeolithic era to the coming of Christianity and beyond, Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression and enduring cultural significance of paganism. Woven into the chronological narrative are numerous case studies of sacred sites both well-known - Stonehenge, Avebury, Seahenge and Maiden Castle - and more unusual far-flung locations across the mainland and coastal islands.

Unfamiliar Landscapes

Author : Thomas Aneurin Smith
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030944603
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Unfamiliar Landscapes written by Thomas Aneurin Smith and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically interrogates how young people are introduced to landscapes through environmental education, outdoor recreation, and youth-led learning, drawing on diverse examples of green, blue, outdoor, or natural landscapes. Understanding the relationships between young people and unfamiliar landscapes is vital for young people’s current and future education and wellbeing, but how landscapes and young people are socially constructed as unfamiliar is controversial and contested. Young people are constructed as unfamiliar within certain landscapes along lines of race, gender or class: this book examines the cultures of outdoor learning that perpetuate exclusions and inclusions, and how unfamiliarity is encountered, experienced, constructed, and reproduced. This interdisciplinary text, drawing on Human Geography, Education, Leisure and Heritage Studies, and Anthropology, challenges commonly-held assumptions about how and why young people are educated in unfamiliar landscapes. Practice is at the heart of this book, which features three ‘conversations with practitioners’ who draw on their personal and professional experiences. The chapters are organised into five themes: (1) The unfamiliar outdoors; (2) The unfamiliar past; (3) Embodying difference in unfamiliar landscapes; (4) Being well, and being unfamiliar; and (5) Digital and sonic encounters with unfamiliarity. Educational practitioners, researchers and students will find this book essential for taking forward more inclusive outdoor and youth-led education.

The Big City: A Dystopian Science Fantasy Novel

Author : Scott Reeves
Publisher : Aether Wind
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big City: A Dystopian Science Fantasy Novel written by Scott Reeves and published by Aether Wind. This book was released on with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of years in the future, Earth is entirely covered by enormous skyscrapers that are tens of miles tall and extend miles beneath the surface. There’s not a bare spot of ground that isn’t covered with blacktop or occupied by one of these “megascrapers.” Hundreds of billions of people spend their lives entirely within these monsters of technology, living, working, shopping, relaxing… Rare is the individual who ventures onto the roofs, or even crosses over to the next building. The concept of “outside,” of green hills and vast natural countryside, has been all but forgotten, because it’s all been paved over or built upon. These millions of megascrapers comprise one vast, endless city. The Big City. Jed Morble, a Big City man, is weary of the endless rush of civilization. Weaned on fabulous tales of the Great Outdoors told to him by his long-dead grandmother, he longs for the outside, but knows he’ll never find it. So he trudges despondently through his pointless existence, until one day, he happens upon a document that points the way to a door that leads to another world—of green hills and vast natural countrysides. The only problem is, the door is deep in the heart of a bombed-out section of the city that now serves as a prison for the dregs of society. Jed decides to make the attempt. His journey will lead him through criminal territory and into a vast, unspoiled new world, where he’ll clash with aliens who once decimated the Earth, and will ultimately learn a shocking secret about the new world he plans to call home.

Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals

Author : Ian D. Rotherham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113624221X
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals written by Ian D. Rotherham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape – forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed landscapes, of large grazing herbivores in Europe, and the implications of the past in shaping our environment today and in the future. Debates on the types of anciently grazed landscapes in Europe, and what they tell us about past and present ecology, have been especially topical and controversial recently. This treatment brings the current discussions and the latest research to a much wider audience. The book breaks new ground in broadening the scope of wood-pasture and woodland research to address sites and ecologies that have previously been overlooked but which hold potential keys to understanding landscape dynamics. Eminent contributors, including Oliver Rackham and Frans Vera, present a text which addresses the importance of history in understanding the past landscape, and the relevance of historical ecology and landscape studies in providing a future vision.

Natural Landscapes of Britain from the Air

Author : Nicholas Stephens
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521323901
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Natural Landscapes of Britain from the Air written by Nicholas Stephens and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990-09-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colonial Survey and Native Landscapes in Rural South Africa, 1850 - 1913

Author : Lindsay F. Braun
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004282297
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Colonial Survey and Native Landscapes in Rural South Africa, 1850 - 1913 written by Lindsay F. Braun and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Colonial Survey and Native Landscapes in Rural South Africa, 1850 - 1913, Lindsay Frederick Braun explores the technical processes and struggles surrounding the creation and maintenance of boundaries and spaces in South Africa in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Beacon Technologies

Author : Stephen Statler
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1484218892
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Beacon Technologies written by Stephen Statler and published by Apress. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the key standards—iBeacon, Eddystone, Bluetooth 4.0, and AltBeacon—and how they work with other proximity technologies. Then build your understanding of the proximity framework and how to identify and deploy the best solutions for your own business, institutional, or consulting needs. Proximity technology—in particular, Bluetooth beacons—is a major source of business opportunity, and this book provides everything you need to know to architect a solution to capitalize on that opportunity. What You'll Learn Understand the disruptive implications of digital–physical convergence and the new applications it makes possible Review the key standards that solutions developers need to understand to capitalize on the business opportunity of proximity technology Discover the new phenomenon of beacon networks, which will be hugely significant in driving strategic decisions and creating wealth See other technologies in the proximity ecosystem catalyzed by and complementary to Bluetooth beacons, including visual light communication, magnetic resonance, and RFID Examine the Beacosystem framework for analyzing the proximity ecosystem Who This Book Is For Solutions architects of all types—venture capitalists, founders, CEOs, strategists, product managers, CTOs, business developers, and programmers Stephen Statler is a writer, public speaker, and consultant working in the beacon ecosystem. He trains and advises retailers, venue owners, VCs, as well as makers of beacon software and hardware, and is a thought leader in the beacosystem community. Previously he was the Senior Director for Strategy and Solutions Management at Qualcomm's Retail Solutions Division, helping to incubate Gimbal, one of the leading Bluetooth beacons in the market. He is also the CEO of Cause Based Solutions, creators of Give the Change, democratizing philanthropy, enabling non-profit supporters to donate the change from charity branded debit cards, and developer of The Good Traveler program. Contributors: Anke Audenaert, CEO, Favrit John Coombs, CEO, Rover Labs Theresa Mary Gordon, Co-Founder, tapGOconnect Phil Hendrix, Director, immr Kris Kolodziej, President, IndoorLBS Patrick Leddy, CEO, Pulsate Ben Parker, VP Business Development, AccelerateIT Mario Proietti, CEO, Location Smart Ray Rotolo, SVP OOH, Gimbal Kjartan Slette, COO, Unacast Jarno Vanto, Partner, Borenius Attorneys LLP David Young, Chief Engineer, Radius Networks Foreword by Asif Khan, President LBMA

Tourism, Leisure and Recreation

Author : Garrett Nagle
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
ISBN 13 : 9780174447054
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Tourism, Leisure and Recreation written by Garrett Nagle and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 1999 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers comprehensive and in depth coverage of the topic for AS and A Level. The book is also a useful resource for GNVQ Tourism and Leisure courses.

Back Roads Great Britain

Author : DK Travel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465454764
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Back Roads Great Britain written by DK Travel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Great Britain takes you to the beautiful villages and stunning landscapes that can only be discovered along the scenic routes and back roads of England, Scotland, and Wales. Discover towns such as picturesque St. Ives, home to national museums and brimming with galleries. Embark on historical journeys through Neolithic stone circles, ancient abbeys and churches, and the medieval wonders at Salisbury. Delight in colorful English and Welsh gardens, ascend Mt. Snowden and take in the glacial lakes and waterfalls of Snowdonia National Park, and explore the untamed west coast of Scotland. The Back Roads Great Britain travel guide offers twenty-five driving tours that range from one to five days. Each itinerary highlights day-trips and activities, including walks and hikes, tours of ruins and historic landmarks, and market days and festivals. Practical information, such as road conditions, lengths of drives, and zip codes for GPS devices, accompanies the complete itineraries, as do listings for the best-value hotels, intimate guesthouses, local produce-friendly restaurants, and cozy pubs. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Great Britain leads you to the most authentic and delightful experiences this region has to offer.

Back Roads Great Britain

Author : DK Publishing
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756671701
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Back Roads Great Britain written by DK Publishing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back Roads of Ireland opens with a brief portrait of the country and then moves on to provide all the practical information required to plan a driving vacation: how to get there, bringing your own vehicle and options for renting, and detailed driving advice. The main section divides into numbered drives, following a logical progression around the country. Each drive features highlights and itinerary spreads for an overview and planning, followed by extensive descriptions of each sight and activity with clear driving instructions between. A language section at the back of the guide lists essential words and phrases, with a particular emphasis on road signs and driving-related vocabulary.

Back Roads Great Britain

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465411887
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Back Roads Great Britain written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in PDF format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Great Britain takes you to the beautiful villages and stunning landscapes that can only be discovered along the scenic routes and back roads of England, Scotland, and Wales. Discover towns such as picturesque St. Ives, home to national museums and brimming with galleries. Embark on historical journeys through Neolithic stone circles, ancient abbeys and churches, and the medieval wonders at Salisbury. Delight in colorful English and Welsh gardens, ascend Mt. Snowden and take in the glacial lakes and waterfalls of Snowdonia National Park, and explore the untamed west coast of Scotland. The Back Roads Great Britain travel guide offers twenty-five driving tours that range from one to five days. Each itinerary highlights day-trips and activities, including walks and hikes, tours of ruins and historic landmarks, and market days and festivals. Practical information, such as road conditions, lengths of drives, and zip codes for GPS devices, accompanies the map and the complete itineraries, as do listings for the best-value hotels, intimate guesthouses, local produce-friendly restaurants, and cozy pubs. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Great Britain leads you to the most authentic and delightful experiences the island has to offer.

Places of Special Virtue

Author : Vicki Cummings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 178570544X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Places of Special Virtue written by Vicki Cummings and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the landscape settings of megalithic chambered monuments in Wales. Set against a broader theoretical discussion on the significance of the landscape, the authors consider the role of visual landscapes in prehistory, meanings attached to the landscape, and the values and beliefs invested in it. Wales is rich in Neolithic monuments, but the general absence of certain classic monumental forms found in the rest of Britain and Ireland, such as causewayed enclosures, henges, and cursus monuments, seems to have marginalised the Welsh record from many wider discussions on the Neolithic. Instead of seeing Wales as an area which lacks many of these 'classic' components, Cummings and Whittle argue that Wales has its own unique and individual Neolithic which is simply different from the Neolithic found further to the east. It is suggested that this difference may relate to an essentially mobile existence, with strong links back to the Mesolithic period. The authors present three detailed case studies, examining the settings of sites in south-west, north-west and south-east Wales. They outline the history of research for each region, including the previous classification of the monuments and any excavations, and describe the specific landscape settings of the monuments. They assess the significance of a variety of landscape features which would have been visible from the monuments, in particular emphasising the mythological and symbolic significance of the sea, rivers and mountains. An illustrated inventory of sites completes the volume.

Digital Guest Experience

Author : Björn Radde
Publisher : tredition
ISBN 13 : 3732393380
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Digital Guest Experience written by Björn Radde and published by tredition. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experience of staying at a hotel will continue to radically change in the coming years. The guest is welcomed by robots and bypasses the traditional check-in with their smartphone. Augmented reality and beacons accompany him through the hotel, any missing utensils in room will be produced with a 3D printer. Nanotechnologies and biometric methods will be introduced into the hotel industry, as well as chatbots and holograms. Digital Guest Experience tools are an investment area within the digital value chain that should be reviewed and implemented by the hotel industry. Björn Radde explains how the guest journey has changed and describes the most important digital guest experience instruments for optimizing the hotel's engagement, as well as its impact on guest satisfaction and revenue.

The 2022 Canterbury Preacher's Companion

Author : Catherine Williams
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1786223287
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book The 2022 Canterbury Preacher's Companion written by Catherine Williams and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A longstanding annual favourite has a new editor and a new, refreshed look. What hasn’t changed is its year-long reliability as a resource for preaching at the principal and the second service (for which preaching resources are scarce) every Sunday of the coming year. Ideal for preachers in all churches that use the Revised Common Lectionary, it also includes sermons for holy days, major saints’ days and special occasions such as Mothering Sunday, harvest, rogation and Christmas services. If preparation time is short, the sermons are complete and can be used as they are, but they will also act as a framework for creating your own sermon texts. It also includes: - an introductory essay for preachers - all-age talks for special occasions - hymn suggestions throughout the year - an index of topics and names A boon for hard-pressed clergy, readers and local preachers everywhere.