A Good Year for Blossom
Country gentlemen, bird-watching vicars and farmers have traditionally been the chroniclers of the British countryside. This book introduces a very different point of view. We see the changing seasons - and the 20th century revolution in the long-set
| National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America
This new regional field guide offers in-depth coverage of every North American bird officially recorded west of the Rocky Mountains. The guide includes illustrated accounts of the different plumages and life stages for an estimated 750 western specie
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America
This new regional field guide offers in-depth coverage of every North American bird officially recorded east of the Rocky Mountains. The guide includes illustrated accounts of the different plumages and life stages for 619 eastern species, along with
| A Century of the All Blacks
A seminal moment in the history of Rugby Union Football, indeed in sport itself, occurred in 1905 when the New Zealand rugby side toured Britain and Ireland. The tourists played 32 games and won 31 of them, decimating the opposition and setting new
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Rugby Speak
Ever been at a rugby match and not known what to yell out when? Here's the answer to your prayers: RUGBY SPEAK. A book you can pop in your pocket along with your hip flask and pull out should you feel the need to yell out appropriate abuse from the
| South Lakeland Cycle Rides
This title covers 21 circular cycle rides in South Lakeland and into the Yorkshire Dales for all levels of ability. The rides are graded from modest to strenuous and range from 6 to 26 miles. This guide contains thorough maps and route descriptions a
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Annapurna
Seen from the lakeside town of Pokhara in central Nepal, a tremendous wall of snow and ice-capped mountains dominates the northern horizon; the Annapurna Himal. With no less than twelve summits topping 7000 metres (23,000ft) soaring above a foregroun
| Death and Burial in the Roman World
Ranging throughout the Roman World - from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem - this text examines Roman funeral practices from a variety of perspectives. Looking at Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, it is revealed that few Romans believ
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Be Your Own Landscape Detective
Landscape history uses clues in the everyday landscape - buildings, roads, fields, hedges - together with maps and documents to find out how the landscape was organised in the past and how it developed into the modern day. Reconstruction of the past
| Mikoyan MiG-21
First flown in 1956 and entering service in 1959, the MiG-21 Fishbed has proved to be one of the most successful of all Soviet era jet fighters, seeing service not only with the Soviet air force but with numerous other air forces worldwide. Among jet
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American Secret Projects
Amongst topics covered in this book are the immediate postwar designs of subsonic aircraft for both the USAF and USN, US supersonic designs, the US Vertical Take Off and Landing programme and the competitions that led ultimately to the development of
| Trenton and Princeton 1776-77
Pursued by British forces, Washington and his remaining 5,000 men resolved on a risky strike against the British and Hessian positions across the Delaware River. Crossing the river, Washington took the Trenton garrison for the loss of only four men,
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Michigan Farms and Farm Families
Respect for the land and a deep respect for the profession of farming is the hallmark of this book. Since I began to canvass the state nearly two decades ago I've had the good fortune to visit the farms and talk to many generational farmers and famil
| A History of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a new name for an old land whose history is little known to the wider world. A country chiefly famous in the West for media images of poverty, underdevelopment, and natural disasters, Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state unt
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A History of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a new name for an old land whose history is little known to the wider world. A country chiefly famous in the West for media images of poverty, underdevelopment, and natural disasters, Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state unt
| The English Virtuoso
Contrary to twentieth-century criticism that cast them as misguided dabblers, English virtuosi in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were erudite individuals with solid grounding in the classics, deep appreciation for the arts, and sincer
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President Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (10 August 10 1874 - 20 October 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, the people's icon, and administrator. He showed the Efficiency Movement component of the Progressive Er
| World Gone Beautiful
"World Gone Beautiful" is a scouting report from a necessary American future where people are learning to do more with less. Linda Buturian's writing, like the 'intentional cul-de-sac' she inhabits and celebrates, is nurturing yet edgy, serene yet su
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A History of Arctic Exploration
With the character of the Arctic in a dramatic state of flux, and arguments over sovereignty once again rising to the surface, it is timely that a history of the exploration of this remote region be published. Wide-reaching in its scope and beautiful
| Historic Pensacola
Pensacola was one of the earliest European settlement attempts in American history. "Historic Pensacola" is the perfect introduction for residents and visitors alike, and arrives just in time for the city's year-long 450th-anniversary celebration in
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