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Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives
Hungry City: How Food Shapes
Our Lives
    *Cities cover just 2% of
    the world's surface, but
    consume 75% of the
    world's
    resources
    *Global
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Architecture In Britain & Ireland 600-1500
Architecture In Britain &
Ireland 600-1500
    Everyone interested in
    architecture will find
    this book an
    indispensable companion
    to the discovery and
    appreciation of the
    astonishing number of
    Celtic, Saxon, Norman
    and medieval buildings
    and monuments which are
    still to be seen
    throughout britain and
    Ireland. While providing
    a brief historical
    background to each
    period, it is mainly a
    comprehensive guide to
    the development and use
    of the wide range of
    surviving secular and
    ecclesiastical buildings,
    including church
    furnishings.

    Illustrated
    with over 350 black and
    white photographs by the
    late Edwin Smith and
    accompanied by a glossary
    of architectural terms
    and a gazetteer covering
    thousands of sites in
    England, Scotland,
    Wales and Ireland, it is
    an invaluable work of
    reference as well as an
    invitation to travel and
    to explore. This is the
    first book in a
    three-volume survey of
    architecture in Britain
    and Ireland.
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How To Read A Country House
How To Read A Country House
    Why was heraldry so
    important to the families
    for whom houses were
    built? How does the
    layout of a house reveal
    the values of the people
    who lived in it? By
    reading the architectural
    features of a house -
    even simple items such as
    windows, doors,
    chimneys and staircases -
    we can learn so much
    about the past.
    Interiors, as well as
    exteriors, have a story
    to tell, with floor
    layouts and contents of
    rooms revealing much
    about the people who
    built and lived in them.
    We can also read the
    iconography of a house:
    its symbols and images,
    spanning subjects such as
    classical mythology,
    religion and British
    history. Heraldry too is
    an essential tool for
    understanding much of the
    details found in country
    houses, from coats of
    arms to crests, or
    fireplace decorations and
    ceiling bosses. Through
    all this, we gain a
    glimpse into the social
    world of the families who
    lived there - and
    discover that the stories
    of many country houses
    are inextricably linked
    by marriage, royalty or
    political or military
    service.

    Richly
    illustrated with stunning
    photographs from the
    unique archive of
    Country Life
    magazine, this book is a
    joy for all those who
    want to learn more about
    our heritage, art and
    architecture, and the
    essential characteristics
    of a classic country
    house.
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In Ruins
In Ruins
    Why are we so fascinated
    by ruins? Do we see them
    as jig-saws and riddles
    or romantic evocations of
    the damage of Time,
    complete with crumbling
    stone and ivy? Do they
    stir us to remember past
    glory or warn against
    future arrogance? In this
    elegant, provocative
    book, the brilliant
    young art-historian
    Christopher Woodward
    looks back to the start
    of the cult in the
    eighteenth century, when
    follies were built in
    English landscape
    gardens, artists and
    writers thrilled to
    Rome's poetry of decay,
    and in Paris the great
    chef Careme even served
    blancmanges shaped like
    classical ruins. He takes
    us from Troy and Pompei
    to Sicilian palaces and
    Nazi fantasies, and
    whirls us forward to
    modern times - to the
    shattered Statue of
    Liberty in Planet of the
    Apes, to Florida's
    Museum of Natural
    Phenomena, designed as a
    court-house dumped
    upside-down by a
    hurricane and to Chelsea
    Flower Show's brand-new
    'Millennium Ruin'. Even
    the decay of an ordinary
    house can be as moving as
    the collapse of a temple
    - with its fascinating
    stories and characters,
    and its telling
    illustrations, In Ruins
    is full of strange
    delights and startling
    surprises, exploring the
    mysterious, melancholy
    charm of eternal
    fragments.
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In Ruins
In Ruins
    Why are we so fascinated
    by ruins? Do we see them
    as jig-saws and riddles
    or romantic evocations of
    the damage of Time,
    complete with crumbling
    stone and ivy? Do they
    stir us to remember past
    glory or warn against
    future arrogance? In this
    elegant, provocative
    book, the brilliant
    young art-historian
    Christopher Woodward
    looks back to the start
    of the cult in the
    eighteenth century, when
    follies were built in
    English landscape
    gardens, artists and
    writers thrilled to
    Rome's poetry of decay,
    and in Paris the great
    chef Careme even served
    blancmanges shaped like
    classical ruins. He takes
    us from Troy and Pompei
    to Sicilian palaces and
    Nazi fantasies, and
    whirls us forward to
    modern times - to the
    shattered Statue of
    Liberty in Planet of the
    Apes, to Florida's
    Museum of Natural
    Phenomena, designed as a
    court-house dumped
    upside-down by a
    hurricane and to Chelsea
    Flower Show's brand-new
    'Millennium Ruin'. Even
    the decay of an ordinary
    house can be as moving as
    the collapse of a temple
    - with its fascinating
    stories and characters,
    and its telling
    illustrations, In Ruins
    is full of strange
    delights and startling
    surprises, exploring the
    mysterious, melancholy
    charm of eternal
    fragments.
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In Ruins
In Ruins
    Why are we so fascinated
    by ruins? Do we see them
    as jig-saws and riddles
    or romantic evocations of
    the damage of Time,
    complete with crumbling
    stone and ivy? Do they
    stir us to remember past
    glory or warn against
    future arrogance? In this
    elegant, provocative
    book, the brilliant
    young art-historian
    Christopher Woodward
    looks back to the start
    of the cult in the
    eighteenth century, when
    follies were built in
    English landscape
    gardens, artists and
    writers thrilled to
    Rome's poetry of decay,
    and in Paris the great
    chef Careme even served
    blancmanges shaped like
    classical ruins. He takes
    us from Troy and Pompei
    to Sicilian palaces and
    Nazi fantasies, and
    whirls us forward to
    modern times - to the
    shattered Statue of
    Liberty in Planet of the
    Apes, to Florida's
    Museum of Natural
    Phenomena, designed as a
    court-house dumped
    upside-down by a
    hurricane and to Chelsea
    Flower Show's 'Millennium
    Ruin'. Even the decay of
    an ordinary house can be
    as moving as the collapse
    of a temple - with its
    fascinating stories and
    characters, and its
    telling illustrations,
    In Ruins is full of
    strange delights and
    startling surprises,
    exploring the mysterious,
    melancholy charm of
    eternal fragments.
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Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives
Hungry City: How Food Shapes
Our Lives
    *Cities cover just 2% of
    the world's surface, but
    consume 75% of the
    world's
    resources
    *Global
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£11.69
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