Dry Stone Walls. History and Heritage, Paperback - Angus Winchester

Prof. Angus Winchester provides an illustrated history of the history and heritage of dry stone walling in Britain.

This book explains the reasons for building dry stone walls, the story of their development, technical details of their construction, regional styl...

Highly illustrated throughout, this is the story of brickmaking in the UK told by an expert in the field.Illustrations: 100 Illustrations, unspecified

Explores a lavishly illustrated look at an important part of our industrial history with Lime Kilns.

This volume provides a striking account of the life, destruction, rediscovery, and cultural significance of the Roman town of Herculaneum and its g...

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Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' this title explores the agen...

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For thousands of years, humans have built walls and assaulted them, admired walls and reviled them. In Walls, David Frye uncovers a story that is m...

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for...

In numerous civilizations throughout world history city walls were an indispensable part of every city. In China they can be traced back to the 21t...

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Rodney Scrase's war in the RAF is given thrilling and stirring account in this life story drawing insightfully on Scrase's logbooks and interviews.

The story behind one of the greatest volcanic eruptions of modern times. It was an international besteller in hardback, receiving huge critical acc...

Winchester Lever-Action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West. Introduced shortly after the American Civil War...

In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to li...

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The American Civil War shaped the course of the country's history and its national identity. This is no less true for the state of Arkansas. Throug...

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During the middle decade of the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This was ...

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As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being...

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