Emperors, Admirals and Chimney-Sweepers
Title | Emperors, Admirals and Chimney-Sweepers PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Marren |
Publisher | |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2020-04-14 |
Genre | Butterflies |
ISBN | 9781908213716 |
A beautifully illustrated and accessible book on the naming of butterflies and moths.
Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments
Title | Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Morgan Ibbotson |
Publisher | The History Press |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2021-07-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 075099763X |
Cumbria is a land built from stone. Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District – for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments, built over 3,000 years before British shores were ever touched by Roman sandals. Cumbria's 'megalithic' monuments are among Europe's greatest and best-preserved ancient relics but are often poorly understood and rarely visited. This updated and revised edition of Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments aims to dispel the idea that these stones are merely 'mysterious'. Within this book you will find credible answers, using up-to-date research, excavation notes, maps and diagrams to explore one of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes. Featuring stunning original photography and illustrated diagrams of every megalithic site in the county, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a land sculpted by ancient hands.
Emperors, Admirals and Chimney-Sweepers
Title | Emperors, Admirals and Chimney-Sweepers PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Marren |
Publisher | Little Toller Books |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2020-05-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781908213822 |
There has never been an accessible and comprehensive guide to the names of our butterflies and moths, both English and Latin. This beautiful book, written with Peter Marren's usual wit and insight, takes you on a journey back to a time before the arts and science were divided. When entomologists were also poets and painters, and when a gift for vivid language went hand-in-hand with a deep pre-Darwinian fascination for the emerging natural world. Many have remarked on the poetic names of our butterflies andmoths. Their beauty fires our imaginations. Some are named after human occupations and social rank: Emperors, footmen, a miller, quakers, lackeys, 'rustics' and chimney-sweepers. Stillmore are named after animals: tigers, hawks, goats, sharks, even pug dogs. There are species named after jewels, musical instruments, fabrics, letters, carpets, flowers, heraldry andshells. Some names are downright baffling. Why was onebutterfly called an 'admiral' and another an 'argus'? Why, forthat matter, are they called 'butterflies'?The scientific names, too, contain many allusions. One wholesubset of moths is named after weddings. Another group is named after souls. A great many names are cherry-picked fromclassical tales and legends, often with relevance to a particularbutterfly or moth. Some names are spooky, even sexy. Or funny, for Latin names contain word games and jokes.
Farmer's Glory
Title | Farmer's Glory PDF eBook |
Author | A. G. Street |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2022-08-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Farmer's Glory" by A. G. Street. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Sweet Thames Run Softly
Title | Sweet Thames Run Softly PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Gibbings |
Publisher | Little Toller Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-06-08 |
Genre | Boats and boating |
ISBN | 9781908213068 |
A charming account of an artist-naturalist adrift in a home-made punt on the eve of the Second World War.
My House of Sky
Title | My House of Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Hetty Saunders |
Publisher | |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Authors, English |
ISBN | 9781908213495 |
First book on the enigmatic author J A Baker, author of The Peregrine.
Fresh Woods
Title | Fresh Woods PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Niall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781908213082 |
Ian Niall's sublime elegy to a forgotten world: life as a boy on a farm in Galloway in the 1920s.