Discovering London Curiosities

John Wittich

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• Curiosity is the desire to know or learn, inquisitiveness about trifles or other people's affairs, a curious matter or investigation, a vanity, a curi... Lees meer

Discovering Dowsing and Divining

Peter Naylor

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Dowsing and divining - the tracing of underground water, minerals, pipes or cables. This book sets out to prove that anyone can dowse, and it also dis... Lees meer

Discovering Oil Lamps

Cecil A. Meadows

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Traces the evolution of oil lighting and places on record details of the many fine lamps which served our forebears so well. Lees meer

Discovering Horse-Drawn Farm Machinery

D.J. Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Following the Industrial Revolution the ingenuity of Victorian manufacturers produced an enormous range of horse-drawn agricultural machinery. This bo... Lees meer

Discovering Epitaphs

Geoffrey N. Wright

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Inscriptions on gravestones yield fascinating information about the dead, their lives and occupations and the way they lived. Lees meer

Discovering Wild Plant Names

John E. Stevens

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Many wild plant names originate from early Greek, Latin or Old English and through the ages their original meanings have become misunderstood. This bo... Lees meer

Discovering Timber-framed Buildings

Richard Harris

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• This book looks behind the common image of 'black and white' houses, showing how timber buildings were built and how they vary from region to region. Lees meer

Discovering Horse-Drawn Carriages

D.J. Smith

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• In the eighteenth century regular stage-coaches linked London with principal towns, and although railways took over long-distance traffic in the ninet... Lees meer

Discovering Traditional Farm Buildings

J.E.C. Peters

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• This book looks at the purely agricultural buildings in turn, so that each can be recognised, as a barn, a cowhouse, a stable and so on, and examines ... Lees meer

Discovering Words in the Kitchen

Julian Walker

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• Examines the histories of the names of foods, ingredients, utensils, drinks, cooking methods, and dishes to show how the vocabulary of English has ref... Lees meer

Discovering Hill Figures

Kate Bergamar

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• There are more than thirty major figures cut out of the grass on Britain's hillsides; cut as religious symbols, way markers, or as decoration to the l... Lees meer

Discovering Horse Brasses

John Vince

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• Horse brasses are flat, generally round, ornaments for decorating the harness of draught horses. This book traces the history of horse brasses, from t... Lees meer

Discovering Ghosts

Leon Metcalfe

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Featuring black and white photos of some of the old buildings that claim to be haunted and locations of where ghosts can be seen, this book reveals so... Lees meer

Discovering Cottage Architecture

Christopher Powell

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• This book aids the recognition, understanding and historical interpretation of the surviving cottages in England and Wales. Their changing forms, qual... Lees meer

Discovering Cameras 1945-1965

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• This book traces the changes in the years from 1945 to 1965 when there were considerable advances in photography and in cameras. Lees meer

Discovering Off-beat Walks in London

John Wittich

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• Describes eight walks through the historic parts of London, down city byways, past unsuspected treasures, to discoveries that are inaccessible from an... Lees meer

Discovering the Folklore of Plants

Margaret Baker

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Cures, magic, divination and portents were all connected with the rich variety of available plant life, especially in verdant Britain. Lees meer

Folklore of Birds and Beasts

Venetia Newall

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• Many of the beliefs and superstitions of early man were connected with animals, which were credited with their own powers of speech and understanding ... Lees meer

Discovering Words

Julian Walker

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• For centuries English has assimilated words from other languages. This title provides an introduction to the subject of etymology, showing how the wor... Lees meer

Discovering Old Board Games

R.C. Bell

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• Contains descriptions of sixty board games, drawn from an immense range of history - from 3000 BC through to the turn of the nineteenth century. Lees meer

Discovering London Railway Stations

Oliver Green

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. This book provides the history of ... Lees meer

Discovering London’s Docklands

Christopher Fautley

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• "Discovering London's Docklands". Lees meer

Discovering Artillery

Robert Wilkinson-Latham

• Paperback | Shire Discovering
• Artillery has been an important part of the armament of the British and European armies since the fourteenth century. This book describes the developm... Lees meer

Discovering Church Architecture

Mark Child

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Discovering
• This book helps to identify ecclesiastical architecture. It is a dictionary explaining in simple language over 600 terms likely to be encountered on a... Lees meer