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  • The Curious History of Vegetables

    The Curious History of Vegetables

    by Bill Laws ...
    Couch potatoes are idlers, cabbageheads are dunces, swede-bashers are stupid and you may as well give up life if you become a vegetable.A vegetable existence may imply dull monotony, but the humble vegetable has sparked protests, threatened to topple a British government and almost triggered a revolution. From the Scottish Presbyterian campaign against the 'sinful potato' to the class act that ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nails, Noggins and Newels

    An Alternative History of Every House

    by Bill Laws ...
    Starting at the front door, this book takes a look at our homes through different eyes, revealing the history of every part from the bricks and beams to pelmets, lights and water pipes; from wallpaper, windows and paints to floors, fires and fitted kitchens. Crammed with fascinating facts about the everyday bric-a-brac of the house in which you live, Nails, Noggins and Newels is written in a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Ramble Through the History of Walking

    A History of Walkers and Walking

    by Bill Laws ...
    'This book confirms the splendid eccentricity of the British, which often involves oddly dressed men opting to walk long distances for no apparent reason.' – BBC Countryfile Magazine' Laws' sprightly, often arch, account of Britain's hiking heroes is a pleasure to read.' – Walk Magazine'The great affair is to move: to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite under ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Real Ale

    Recipes, History, Snippets

    by Bill Laws ...
    This delightful book tells you everything you ever wanted to know about real ale - from its first recorded brewing by the Sumerians 5,000 years ago through its spread to Europe via the cultivation of grains to its establishment as a British favourite. Did you know beer was buried with the Pharaohs in Egypt and used as an offering to the gods? Or that in Norse mythology, a warrior who died in ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Rethinking Careers Education and Guidance

    Theory, Policy and Practice

    Edited by Ruth Hawthorn, Jennifer M. Kidd, John Killeen, Bill Law, A. G. Watts ...
    Re-thinking Careers Education and Guidance is the first book published in the United Kingdom to cover theory, policy and practice in all sectors of careers education and guidance provision. The book features:* an authoritative review of career theories, together with a new career learning theory* an analysis of the development of careers provision in schools; colleges; higher education; work ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

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  • At Home

    A Short History of Private Life

    by Bill Bryson ...
    In these pages, the beloved Bill Bryson gives us a fascinating history of the modern home, taking us on a room-by-room tour through his own house and using each room to explore the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern comforts, Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up in our home, in the paint, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • A History of the Kitchen

    by David Eveleigh ...
    What were early kitchens like? How have they evolved over time? What factors have influenced their design? David Eveleigh takes you into the heart of the home and shows us why modern kitchens are the way they are. Everything you could wish to know about kitchens and their unusual history will be found with these pages. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • At Home: Special Illustrated Edition

    A Short History of Private Life

    by Bill Bryson ...
    From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.”Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened ... Read more

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  • The Long, Long Life of Trees

    by Fiona Stafford ...
    A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality. Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspired their own ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Notes from the Garden: A collection of the best garden writing from the Guardian

    by Ruth Petrie ...
    This charming guide gathers together writings on all aspects of British gardening, from the nineteenth century plant hunters such as 'China' Wilson and the Veitches, who brought seeds and specimens from every corner of the world, to the designers such as Capability Brown and Gertrude Jekyll, who set their mark on gardening styles.In pieces written by the paper's stellar list of gardening ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Mudlark's Treasures

    London in Fragments

    by Ted Sandling ...
    'A beautiful book.' Daily Mail'Exhilaratingly curious.' Evening Standard'Gripping.' Spectator'Brilliant.' Penelope Lively'Indefatigably researched.' Country Life'Beautifully illustrated.' MonocleMudlarking, the act of searching the Thames foreshore for items of value, has a long tradition in En... ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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  • British Gardens in Time

    The Greatest Garden Makers from Capability Brown to Christopher Lloyd

    by Katie Campbell ...
    As seen on BBC: An illustrated visit to four iconic gardens, each a product of its age, with stories of the creators and events that shaped them.The stories of these gardens' creation include obsession, escape, social ambition, political intrigue, heartbreak, bankruptcy, and disaster. In unravelling these remarkable stories we reach back over the centuries to see these great gardens through fresh ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus