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paperbackEngels72 blz.9780747814405
10-4-2015
In 1914 Great Britain's navy was the largest and most powerful the world had ever seen - but what was the everyday experience of those who served in it? Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747805960
1-3-2004
A concise introduction describing the development of limeburning, the different types of limekiln and siting considerations. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806028
30-4-2008
Heavy horses played a pivotal role in the development of western economies, toiling in mines and quarries, at mills, factories and docks, alongside canals and railway lines, in fields and pasture. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806035
1-8-2004
The name of Robert Adam is equated with taste, style and elegance. As visionary in the decoration of interiors as he was ingenious in the design of exteriors, Adam was more often responsible for the renovation, alteration or completion of existing buildings than for the creation of entirely new ones. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806059
1-9-2006
The stirring 'rags to riches' story of George Stephenson, among the most famous engineers of all time. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806066
1-10-2004
This book explores beer's six-thousand-year history and explains how different styles emerged through the use of different materials and processing methods. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806158
1-9-2004
Most people born before 1950 can remember visiting or working in shops that had cash carriers - cash balls that ran on wooden rails, wire systems where the carrier was catapulted along an overhead steel wire, or pneumatic tube systems where the carrier was whisked off to the cash office. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806202
1-4-2007
This book explains the reasons for building dry stone walls, the story of their development, technical details of their construction, regional styles and the state of the craft today. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806219
1-4-2005
The son of a piano tuner who became the most famous British composer of his generation. This new illustrated biography charts his turbulent life and extraordinary achievements. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806257
10-7-2011
Delightful, eccentric, capricious, bizarre - the English Rococo garden, an intriguing branch of eighteenth-century horticulture, was all these and more. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806271
1-6-2005
This book outlines the history of theatres and music halls from the late 16th century to the present time, noting changing fashions in entertainment and evolving official attitudes to safety that have, at various times, influenced the architectural characters of the buildings. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806400
1-10-2005
Traces and illustrates the history of English spoons, and gives collectors some guidelines to follow. This second edition has an expanded section on the British Arts and Crafts Movement, examining its contribution to European design at the turn of the nineteenth century, and showing how this influence was revisited on British design. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806493
1-2-2006
Surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military services from the First World War to operations of British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806509
1-4-2006
Traces the development of the omnibus through the horse-drawn era to that of mechanical propulsion, when, after experiments with steam and electric battery units, the petrol engine reigned supreme until just before the Second World War. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806578
1-8-2006
Walled kitchen gardens were found in the grounds of most large country houses in Britain and Ireland. They were designed to provide a continual supply of fruit, flowers and vegetables. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806677
30-7-2008
Corgi Toys proved an immediate success in the 1950s and over the next 30 years hundreds of miniatures would be modelled on contemporary vehicles. This book explores the history of Corgi Toys, describing the various models and illustrating how these simple children's toys became valuable collectables. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806776
20-6-2009
Monumental brasses became popular during the Middle Ages and were commonly mounted on the walls and floors of cathedrals to commemorate the great and wealthy. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806837
20-4-2008
Explores the life of the average British 'Tommy' of the Great War, in battle and at rest, in training, and on his return home. Illustrated with evocative images of the war, and items of the soldier's kit, this book provides an answer to the question: What was it like to be a soldier in the trenches on the front line? Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806851
20-7-2008
During WWII, German prison camps swelled with Allied Prisoners of War, captured during fierce conflicts, from the Battle of France in 1940 to the bomber offensives over Germany from 1943. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780747806875
30-11-2008
Focusing on some of the most noteworthy church clocks in Britain, and the intriguing stories behind them, this book traces the history of church clocks from the wealthy abbeys and cathedrals of the medieval period, through the gentle developments and refinements that made clocks more accurate and easier to maintain. Meer