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Author | : Martin Price |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2020-11-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781716440625 |
The Largest Stone Monument In Britain Before Hadrian's Wall? 'Really?', you say. 'Come on, that can't be true.' Well, let's double down on that because this book will also tell you how Stonehenge began as a Welsh monument almost a millennium before Stonehenge, as we know it, was built. Despite that, it's not a 'wacky' book. It's heavily researched, fairly heavy on footnotes, and careful to distinguish factual evidence from wishful thinking, although, inevitably, there is much supposition. By the end of the book, though, you might just be saying 'Well, I never thought I'd say this, but I think you may be right. Who knew?' Who indeed!
Author | : Diane Alber |
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Release | : 2019-01-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781732934641 |
Author | : Janice R. Matthews |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2019-04-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0429725035 |
Interest in insect behavior is growing rapidly, as reflected both in courses devoted fully to the topic and in its inclusion in general biology, ecology, invertebrate zoology, and animal behavior--as well as general entomology--curricula. Instructors and students find that insects are in many ways uniquely suitable animals for behavioral study: the
Author | : Henry Siebert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2001 |
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Author | : David B. Williams |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2019-08-19 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0295746475 |
Most people do not think to observe geology from the sidewalks of a major city, but all David B. Williams has to do is look at building stone in any urban center to find a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. In Stories in Stone, he takes you on explorations to find 3.5-billion-year-old rock that looks like swirled pink-and-black taffy, a gas station made of petrified wood, and a Florida fort that has withstood three hundred years of attacks and hurricanes, despite being made of a stone that has the consistency of a granola bar. Williams also weaves in the cultural history of stone, explaining why a white fossil-rich limestone from Indiana became the only building stone used in all fifty states; how in 1825, the construction of the Bunker Hill Monument led to America’s first commercial railroad; and why when the same kind of marble used by Michelangelo clad a Chicago skyscraper it warped so much after nineteen years that all 44,000 panels of it had to be replaced. This love letter to building stone brings to life the geology you can see in the structures of every city.
Author | : Paul Jasper |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2017-06-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1387075098 |
In an ancient land, two friends sneak away from the safety of their kingdom to get a glimpse of a legendary battle between beast and man. The results forever change the world as the two friends split their ideologies and branch out on their own. Kingdoms battle each other over the rise of this "new world" while the two friends are caught in between the ever changing fantasy landscape.
Author | : Robert Thorson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2009-05-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802719201 |
There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. They took three billion man-hours to build. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story-about the geothermal forces that formed their stones, the tectonic movements that brought them to the surface, the glacial tide that broke them apart, the earth that held them for so long, and about the humans who built them. Stone walls layer time like Russian dolls, their smallest elements reflecting the longest spans, and Thorson urges us to study them, for each stone has its own story. Linking geological history to the early American experience, Stone by Stone presents a fascinating picture of the land the Pilgrims settled, allowing us to see and understand it with new eyes.
Author | : Lucy Colton Wells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Boarding schools |
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The Old Stone House is the site of a school for boys, twelve boarding students and twenty day students. The school was run by Mr. Faxon, who lived there with his wife and their four daughters. As the girls were "little sisters" to the whole school, they were sometimes indulged, sometimes slighted, but always lively.
Author | : Peter Hessler |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0062206249 |
Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage—a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions. This unusual perspective distinguishes Strange Stones, which showcases Hessler’s unmatched range as a storyteller. “Wild Flavor” invites readers along on a taste test between two rat restaurants in South China. One story profiles Yao Ming, basketball star and China’s most beloved export, another David Spindler, an obsessive and passionate historian of the Great Wall. In “Dr. Don,” Hessler writes movingly about a small-town pharmacist and his relationship with the people he serves. While Hessler’s subjects and locations vary, subtle but deeply important thematic links bind these pieces—the strength of local traditions, the surprising overlap between apparently opposing cultures, and the powerful lessons drawn from individuals who straddle different worlds.
Author | : William Samuel Symonds |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1884 |
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