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Book Synopsis The Islands that Roofed the World by : Mary Withall
Download or read book The Islands that Roofed the World written by Mary Withall and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Slate Islands lie off the west coast of Argyll. Slate has been taken from these shores from their earliest recorded history and the richness and quality of the deposits meant that in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries slate quarrying was one of the most important industries in Scotland. The Breadalbane family owned the land of Easdale and its surrounds for over 400 years and of course roofed their own buildings in slate as well as many important buildings, including Cawdor Castle in Inverness-Shire and Glasgow Cathedral. The geology, the industry, the people and their way of lie: this is the story of the Slate Islands past, present and future.
Book Synopsis Easdale, Belnahua, Luing & Seil by :
Download or read book Easdale, Belnahua, Luing & Seil written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Building the Classical World by : Dorian Borbonus
Download or read book Building the Classical World written by Dorian Borbonus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This multiauthor volume brings together thirteen chapters examining various aspects of structure and construction in the monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. Taken together they represent the international state of Bauforschung, the scientific, analytical, and often archaeological study of historic buildings. The chapters cover a variety of topics, such as construction processes, design principles, building traditions, and historical contexts. This range showcases the different technical and historical methodologies that are brought to bear on the Classical architecture of the ancient Mediterranean. At the same time, there is considerable overlap, which demonstrates that different approaches are bound together by the common aim to reconstruct historic built environments, the empirical nature of the undertaking, and the combination of visual and verbal argumentation. Bauforschung, Architectural history, Greece, Rome, Classical architecture, Historic buildings"--
Book Synopsis The Book of the World by : Richard S. Fisher
Download or read book The Book of the World written by Richard S. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Missionary Review of the World by :
Download or read book The Missionary Review of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World by :
Download or read book A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 2386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance by :
Download or read book Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Worlds of Christopher Columbus by : William D. Phillips
Download or read book The Worlds of Christopher Columbus written by William D. Phillips and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Columbus was born in the mid-fifteenth century, Europe was largely isolated from the rest of the Old World - Africa and Asia - and ignorant of the existence of the world of the Western Hemisphere. The voyages of Christopher Columbus opened a period of European exploration and empire building that breached the boundaries of those isolated worlds and changed the course of human history. This book describes the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th aniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Since ancient times, Europeans had dreamed of discovering new routes to the untold riches of Asia and the Far East, what set Columbus apart from these explorers was his single-minded dedication to finding official support to make that dream a reality. More than a simple description of the man, this new book places Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history. Columbus's story is not just the story of one man's rise and fall. Seen in its broader context, his life becomes a prism reflecting the broad range of human experience for the past five hundred years. Respected historians of medieval Spain and early America, the authors examine Columbus's quest for funds, first in Portugal and then in Spain, where he finally won royal backing for his scheme. Through his successful voyage in 1492 and three subsequent journeys to the new world Columbus reached the pinnacle of fame and wealth, and yet he eventually lost royal support through his own failings. William and Carla Rahn Phillips discuss the reasons for this fall and describe the empire created by the Spaniards in the lands across the ocean, even though neither they, nor anyone else in Europe, know precisely where or what those lands were. In examining the birth of a new world, this book reveals much about the times that produced these intrepid explorers.
Author : Publisher :Soffer Publishing ISBN 13 : Total Pages :71 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
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Book Synopsis The Volume of the World by : William O. Blake
Download or read book The Volume of the World written by William O. Blake and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Universal Geography by : Conrad Malte-Brun
Download or read book Universal Geography written by Conrad Malte-Brun and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world by : John Ramsay M'Culloch
Download or read book A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world written by John Ramsay M'Culloch and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Getting Stoned with Savages by : J. Maarten Troost
Download or read book Getting Stoned with Savages written by J. Maarten Troost and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals, the laugh-out-loud true story of his years on the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji, among cannibals, volcanoes . . . and the world’s best narcotics. With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, battling feral dogs, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But as time went on, he realized he felt remarkably out of place among the trappings of twenty-first-century America. When he found himself holding down a job—one that might possibly lead to a career—he knew it was time for he and his wife, Sylvia, to repack their bags and set off for parts unknown. Getting Stoned with Savages tells the hilarious story of Troost’s time on Vanuatu—a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to “eat the man.” Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes and soon finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly-more-civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise where the local chiefs can be found watching rugby in the house next door. And as they contend with new parenthood in a country rife with prostitutes and government coups, their son begins to take quite naturally to island living—in complete contrast to his dad.
Book Synopsis National Geographic Guide to the World's Secret Places by : David Yeadon
Download or read book National Geographic Guide to the World's Secret Places written by David Yeadon and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are island hideaways on the tropical beaches of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean and on the windswept North Atlantic shores of Harris, where Scottish crofters handweave their famous tweed. Visit mountain aeries from the Himalaya to the Pyrenees, secret realms from the harshly beautiful desertscapes of the Sahara to the lush rain forests of Costa Rica, or the winding alleys of a village tucked into the foothills of the Alps. Twenty-eight destinations in all, each place has its own unique flavor and appeal, yet shares a kind of privacy and authenticity all too rare in our hectic, modern world.
Book Synopsis Normal Instructor and Teachers World by :
Download or read book Normal Instructor and Teachers World written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Book of the World by : Richard Swainson Fisher
Download or read book The Book of the World written by Richard Swainson Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Trivia Lover's Guide to Even More of the World by : Gary Fuller
Download or read book The Trivia Lover's Guide to Even More of the World written by Gary Fuller and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Fuller’s entertaining and informative guide uses geographic trivia questions as a springboard to learning about non-trivial aspects of our globe. An enlightening book for all readers, it enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun. Discover who named the kangaroo; where can you find Lakers and Salties; what chili peppers, pineapple, chocolate, and vanilla have in common; where Shangri La was; and who was the most successful pirate in the Caribbean. An inveterate traveler and geographer extraordinaire, Fuller provides extensive background, engaging maps and photos, and thorough explanations for each intriguing trivia question. Challenging today’s global generation to truly get to know their world, his book is a delight to read and an essential antidote to our lack of geographical knowledge.
