A New Picture of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: or, an historical and descriptive view, etc
Title | A New Picture of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: or, an historical and descriptive view, etc PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas OLIVER (Architect) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1831 |
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A New Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne; Or, an Historical and Descriptive View of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead, and Environs, Presenting a Luminous Guide to the Stranger on All Subjects Connected with General Information, Business, Or Amusement. By Thomas Oliver, Author of the Geographical Synopsis of the World, and Topographical View of Great Britain and Ireland, &c
Title | A New Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne; Or, an Historical and Descriptive View of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead, and Environs, Presenting a Luminous Guide to the Stranger on All Subjects Connected with General Information, Business, Or Amusement. By Thomas Oliver, Author of the Geographical Synopsis of the World, and Topographical View of Great Britain and Ireland, &c PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Oliver |
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Pages | 240 |
Release | 1831 |
Genre | Newcastle (England) |
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The Mediaeval Hospitals of England
Title | The Mediaeval Hospitals of England PDF eBook |
Author | Rotha Mary Clay |
Publisher | |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Charities |
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Camoens
Title | Camoens PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Richard Francis Burton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 1881 |
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The Northumbrians
Title | The Northumbrians PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Jackson |
Publisher | Hurst & Company |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1787381943 |
Why is the North East the most distinctive region of England? Where do the stereotypes about North Easterners come from, and why are they so often misunderstood? In this wideranging new history of the people of North East England, Dan Jackson explores the deep roots of Northumbrian culture--hard work and heavy drinking, sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity--in centuries of border warfare and dangerous and demanding work in industry, at sea and underground. He explains how the landscape and architecture of the North East explains so much about the people who have lived there, and how a 'Northumbrian Enlightenment' emerged from this most literate part of England, leading to a catalogue of inventions that changed the world, from the locomotive to the lightbulb. Jackson's Northumbrian journey reaches right to the present day, as this remarkable region finds itself caught between an indifferent south and a newly assertive Scotland. Covering everything from the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history makes sense of a part of England facing an uncertain future, but whose people remain as distinctive as ever.
Falling Upwards
Title | Falling Upwards PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Holmes |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 567 |
Release | 2013-10-29 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0307908704 |
**Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)** **Time Magazine 10 Top Nonfiction Books of 2013** **The New Republic Best Books of 2013** In this heart-lifting chronicle, Richard Holmes, author of the best-selling The Age of Wonder, follows the pioneer generation of balloon aeronauts, the daring and enigmatic men and women who risked their lives to take to the air (or fall into the sky). Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet is a compelling adventure that only Holmes could tell. His accounts of the early Anglo-French balloon rivalries, the crazy firework flights of the beautiful Sophie Blanchard, the long-distance voyages of the American entrepreneur John Wise and French photographer Felix Nadar are dramatic and exhilarating. Holmes documents as well the balloons used to observe the horrors of modern battle during the Civil War (including a flight taken by George Armstrong Custer); the legendary tale of at least sixty-seven manned balloons that escaped from Paris (the first successful civilian airlift in history) during the Prussian siege of 1870-71; the high-altitude exploits of James Glaisher (who rose) seven miles above the earth without oxygen, helping to establish the new science of meteorology); and how Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jules Verne felt the imaginative impact of flight and allowed it to soar in their work. A seamless fusion of history, art, science, biography, and the metaphysics of flights, Falling Upwards explores the interplay between technology and imagination. And through the strange allure of these great balloonists, it offers a masterly portrait of human endeavor, recklessness, and vision. (With 24 pages of color illustrations, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.)
Durham University
Title | Durham University PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Thomas Fowler |
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Pages | 356 |
Release | 1904 |
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