The Living Isles
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The Living Isles
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Author : Peter Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Bbc Publications
Release Date : 1985-01-01
The Living Isles written by Peter Crawford and has been published by Bbc Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01-01 with History categories.
The story of the natural history of the British isles, this companion book to the BBC TV series has been produced to coincide with its repeat showing as part of the national project Safari UK. The book tells the story of our changing landscape and its wildlife since the last ice age.
Living With Nature
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Author : STEVEN. FIELD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Living With Nature written by STEVEN. FIELD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
The Isles
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Author : Norman Davies
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2008-09-04
The Isles written by Norman Davies and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with History categories.
The bestselling and controversial new history of the 'British Isles', including Ireland from the author of Europe: A History. Emphasizing our long-standing European connections and positing a possible break-up of the United Kingdom, this is agenda-setting work is destined to become a classic. 'If ever a history book were a tract for the times, it is The Isles: A History ... a masterwork.' Roy Porter, The Times 'Davies is among the few living professional historians who write English with vitality, sparkle, economy and humour. The pages fly by, not only because the pace is well judged but also because the surprises keep coming.' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times 'A book which really will change the way we think about our past . marvellously rich and stimulating' Noel Malcolm, Evening Standard 'A historiographical milestone.' Niall Ferguson, Sunday Times 'The full shocking force of this book can only be appreciated by reading it.' Andrew Marr, Observer 'It is too soon to tell if [Norman Davies] will become the Macaulay or Trevelyan of our day: that depends on the reading public. He has certainly made a good try. This is narrative history on the grand scale - compulsively readable, intellectually challenging and emotionally exhilirating.' David Marquand, Literary Review
The Other British Isles
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Author : David W. Moore
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-01-18
The Other British Isles written by David W. Moore and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-18 with History categories.
Their names bespeak a rich past. From the Norse Hjaltland comes the modern Shetland: islands nominally Scottish, steeped in Nordic culture, closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Important Neolithic sites are at Skara Brae and Maes Howe in the Orkneys. Holy Iona, island center of Celtic Christianity, the Isle of Man, former seat of rule over the Irish Sea, and Anglesey and Islay, homes of medieval courts at Aberffraw and Loch Finlaggan, are just a few of the more than 6,000 islands that form the archipelago known as the British Isles. The offshore isles are home to half a million people. Focusing on the eight islands or chains that have long supported substantial populations, this history tells the stories of Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides, Anglesey, the Channel Islands, the Scilly Isles, and the Isles of Man and Wight, from their Neolithic settlement, to Roman, Norse and Norman occupation, to the struggle to maintain their uniqueness in today's world. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
The Peoples Of The British Isles
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Author : Samantha A. Meigs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Peoples Of The British Isles written by Samantha A. Meigs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Ethnology categories.
A World By Itself
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Author : Jonathan Clark
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-10-29
A World By Itself written by Jonathan Clark and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-29 with History categories.
Scholarship on the history of the British Isles is currently experiencing a golden age. The breakdown of modernism and the eclipse of both the Marxist tradition and the 'Whig interpretation' that sees all history as progress, combined with the trajectories of nationalism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have generated unprecedented intellectual activity. Nor has the world stood still: the collapse of communism, the issue of integration into the EU, and the advance of multiculturalism have led more and more people in the English speaking world as a whole to sense that their collective landscape now looks profoundly different from that inhabited by their ancestors even a few decades ago. In A World By Itself, six distinguished historians offer the most definitive and compelling history of the British Isles to date. Tracing the political, religious and material cultures from the Romans to the present day, this is at once an urgent reassessment of our shared past, and an inspirational celebration of British history. It focuses on the major themes and most dramatic moments of the last two millenia: the rise and fall of empires; reformation, revolution and restoration; wars both civil and global; and the enduring question of what it means to be British.
Inside The British Isles
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Author : Arthur Gleason
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Inside The British Isles written by Arthur Gleason and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Great Britain categories.
The Nature Of A Lady The Secrets Of The Isles Book 1
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Author : Roseanna M. White
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 2021-05-04
The Nature Of A Lady The Secrets Of The Isles Book 1 written by Roseanna M. White and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-04 with Fiction categories.
1906 Lady Elizabeth "Libby" Sinclair, with her love of microscopes and nature, isn't favored in society. She flees to the beautiful Isles of Scilly for the summer and stumbles into the dangerous secrets left behind by her holiday cottage's former occupant, also named Elizabeth, who mysteriously vanished. Oliver Tremayne--gentleman and clergyman--is determined to discover what happened to his sister, and he's happy to accept the help of the girl now living in what should have been Beth's summer cottage . . . especially when he realizes it's the curious young lady he met briefly two years ago, who shares his love of botany and biology. But the hunt for his sister involves far more than nature walks, and he can't quite believe all the secrets Beth had been keeping from him. As Libby and Oliver work together, they find ancient legends, pirate wrecks, betrayal, and the most mysterious phenomenon of all: love.
Life In The Southern Isles
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Author : William Wyatt Gill
language : en
Publisher: London : Religious Tract Society
Release Date : 1876
Life In The Southern Isles written by William Wyatt Gill and has been published by London : Religious Tract Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Islands of the Pacific categories.
Turned Out Nice
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Author : Marek Kohn
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2010-06-03
Turned Out Nice written by Marek Kohn and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-03 with Science categories.
Marek Kohn - 'one of the best science writers we have' (AC Grayling) - paints an important and eye-opening portrait of Britain and Ireland after a century of global warming. Author of A Reason for Everything and Four Words for Friend Marek Kohn projects one hundred years into the future when, based on the climate change evidence we have now, some parts of Britain will be like regions of today's Mediterranean. But, more disturbingly, our parks will be arid brown fields; private automobile use will probably be unheard of; water will be severely rationed; significant stretches of our beloved coastline will have been sacrificed to the sea. Floods on these coasts and in certain river valleys will make them uninhabitable. Some of our flora and fauna will have vanished; exotic animals and pests will flourish. Human climate migration will have become a significant fact of life as other continents become harsher places to survive in. Surveillance and restriction of our movements will be taken for granted. Walking in what is left of 'nature' will be nearly impossible. As climate activism - including Greta Thunberg's school strikes and Extinction Rebellion's mass protests - gathers pace worldwide in the light of a growing climate emergency, Turned Out Nice is more relevant than ever: an urgent report from the near-future that we cannot afford to ignore. It will change the way you think about the climate and global warming. 'An imaginative journey through different parts of the British Isles, crammed with detail . . . A good primer for anyone who wants to think about the British future without being suicidal or consciously blinkered.' Andrew Marr, Financial Times ' Graphic, gripping . . . [Kohn] warns against the current complacency of short-term thinking and temporising inactivity.' The Times