The Book of Apples

The Book of Apples
Author: Joan Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1993
Genre: Cooking
ISBN:

This book contains a complete history of apples and a detailed survey of over 2000 of the world's apple varieties. Moving between continents and cultures, the authors look at the apple's role as a dessert fruit and in cookery; in cider making and the ornamental garden; in myth, medicine and religion. They revisit the apple's Victorian heyday when fine varieties were considered seriously as wines, and bring the story up to date with the apple's transformation into an international commodity.

Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, 1881-1882 (Classic Reprint)

Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, 1881-1882 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2016-11-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781334403491

Excerpt from Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, 1881-1882 B. Plowright, m.r. C. S. 118 Puccinia Rubigo Vera; by Mr. C. B. Plowright, 128 Can Wheat Mildew propagate itself apart from the Barberry? By Mr. C. B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Old Straight Track

The Old Straight Track
Author: Alfred Watkins
Publisher: Little Brown
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1988-01-01
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780349137070

First published in 1925 THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK remains the most important source for the study of ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles- a fascinating system which was old when the Romans came to Britain. First in the Herefordshire countryside, and later throughout Britain, Alfred Watkins noticed that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moats and old churches built on pagan sites seemed to fall in straight lines. His investigation convinced him that Britain was covered with a vast network of straight tracks, aligned with either the sun or the path of a star. Although traces of this network can be found all over the country, the principles behind the ley system remain a mystery. Are they the legacy of a prehistoric scientific knowledge which is now all but lost? And was their purpose secular or religious?

British Friendly Societies, 1750-1914

British Friendly Societies, 1750-1914
Author: S. Cordery
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2003-06-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230598048

The first monograph on this topic since 1961, this book provides an innovative interpretation of the Friendly Societies in Britain from the perspectives on social, gender and political history. It establishes the central role of the Friendly Societies in the political activism of British workers, changing understandings of masculinity and femininity, the ritualised expression of social tensions and the origins of the welfare state.