In Watching The English anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks & habits of the English people. From the most famous national traits through to the most bizarre reflex reactions, she holds a mirror up to the English national character & finds a complex tribe, riddled with unspoken rules & unique codes of behaviour. Watching The English covers drinking, eating, shopping, driving, flirting, fighting, apologising & many more
- all the things that make up a country world-renowned for its quirkiness. Through a mixture of anthropological analysis, observation & her own unusual experiments, Kate Fox shows how the peculiar idea of ' Englishness' has shaped itself over the years. Watching The English is written with an insider's knowledge but from an outsider's perspective. Combining anthropology with a dry wit & a writer's eye for detail, the behaviour of the English will never look the same again.
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In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits & foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, & finds a strange & fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules & byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid-pantomime rule. Class indicators & class anxiety tests. The money-talk taboo & many more.. . Through a mixture of anthropological analysis & her own unorthodox experiments (using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig), Kate Fox discovers what these unwritten behaviour codes tell us about Englishness. ...

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits & foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, & finds a strange & fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules & byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid-pantomime rule. Class indicators & class anxiety tests. The money-talk taboo & many more.. . Through a mixture of anthropological analysis & her own unorthodox experiments (using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig), Kate Fox discovers what these unwritten behaviour codes tell us about Englishness. ...

Watching Wildlife in London is a guide to more than 50 key sites & 500 species in the capital. Marianne Taylor’s book will help local & visitor nature enthusiasts identify birds, animals, invertebrates & plants in London. Part one of the guide describes key wildlife sites, from places in the centre of town & out to the suburbs, including wildfowl along the Thames, herds of deer, & wild flower & butterfly hot-spots. Part two is an illustrated field-guide to 500 of the most common species found in the capital. ...

In his seminal photography books, Bernhard Edmaier combines his training as a geologist with an exquisite talent for capturing dreamy, colour-saturated, seemingly abstract images of earth from above. In this new volume, Edmaier looks at water-from both the air & the ground-as a source of life & one of the most important landscape-shaping forces on earth. Readers will be enthralled by Edmaier`s stunning shots of water in all its forms-rivers & streams, deltas & floodplains, surging on the coasts, frozen in glaciers, as vaporous clouds & the spray over erupting volcanoes. Edmaier covers familiar & far-flung locations on every continent: from Alaska to the American Southwest; Costa Rica in the Caribbean to Chile & Argentina in South America; Canada, Greenl&, & Russia; Europe from Germany & Switzerl&, to Italy, Croatia, Icel&, & Norway, the African continent from Djibouti to Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, & the Democratic Republic of Congo; along with Australia, New Zealand & Antarctica. His pictures not only document the beauty of these places but they also tell an edifying & at times alarming story of the changes our earth & its water systems are undergoing as the result of climate change-from desertification to Arctic thaw & rising sea levels. Presented in an extra-large format that magnifies both the intensity & the detail of Edmaier`s work, this extraordinary & important book documents water`s power to create & destroy; to give life & take it away. ...

This exclusive Stanfords water bottle has 400ml capacity, is hand wash only & for cold drinks only. The design is printed in white on a black gloss finish. The screw cap comes with a karabiner. For every bottle sold, Stanfords will donate 10% to our chosen charity partner, Explorers Against Extinction (The Real Africa Trust). ...

Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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Beneath the world`s waters lie landscapes, species, vegetation & populations as diverse & splendid as those on l&, yet these kingdoms have been explored by few. is an extraordinary look at the work of David Doubilet, an artist & diver who pioneered the medium of deep-sea reportage to become widely acclaimed as the world`s leading underwater photographer. This fascinating & evocative volume looks at a world in which humans are neither the measure nor the master, but an encumbered intruder. From the waters of the Galapagos to the Red Sea, from the Pacific shores to the fresh waters of North America, ” Water Light Time”

Includes:: over 25 years of Doubilet`s work, & reveals the mesmerising beauty of more than 30 bodies of water. Rich with fascinating sea creatures, wondrous life forms & breathtaking underwater landscapes, ” Water Light Time” is an unforgettable look at many of the earth`s most remarkable natural compositions.

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“ Water Light Time” is a collection of postcards from the beautiful photographs of David Doubilet. Beneath the world’s waters lie landscapes, species, vegetations & populations as diverse & splendid as those on l&, yet these kingdoms have been explored by few. Published in conjunction with a book full of the same images, this collection of postcards takes you from the shores of the Galapogos to the Red Sea, from the Pacific Ocean to the fresh waters of North America. These photos include over twenty-five years of Doubilet’s work, & reveals the mesmerising beauty of more than thirty bodies of water, rich with fascinating life forms. ...

The consummate Renaissance Man, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) produced a body of work perhaps unparalleled in history. His sketches & copious notes give us a glimpse into the mind of a genius, as he carefully recorded his environment & experiences in his distinctive mirror-image cursive handwriting & superb sketches. The cover of this luxurious notebook pays homage to Leonardo’s fascination with the concepts of grace & the geometric structure of the universe by reproducing some of his notes on water motion & the moon. The intrinsic beauty of serpentine flow was valued artistically as the most graceful of figurative movements & in his diagram of the light of the moon relative to the brilliance of the sun recorded in the Codex Leicester, we can still see his dedication to the ideal of precision & beauty. Take a leaf out of Leonardo’s book with this superb notebook; be infused with the man’s indomitable curiosity for life’s wonders & grace, & his commitment to note, record & attempt to describe its workings. Smythe sewn wrap; mini format; 176 lined pages; 95 x 140mm;

Includes:: memento pouch & ribbon marker.

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