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  • Sussex Writers in their Landscape

    Self-fulfilment in the Age of the Machine

    by Peter Brandon ...
    'Theirs was a pre-urban world in the glow of its last sunset, without a care or doubt, in which it seemed as if nothing could ever come to harm. Here was their version of that ideal world that has haunted the dreamer, rebel and pastoral poet for centuries.'Between 1850 and 1939 such well-known writers as Rudyard Kipling, Virginia Woolf and Richard Jefferies came to Sussex, a county already home to ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Surrey

    by Peter Brandon ...
    Surrey reveals an indomitable character, in its life and scenery, which has survived the relentless advance of London.There is much in the history of Surrey of significance in the wider history of England, indeed of Europe. The county affords good examples of prosperous peasant life at the woodland margin in the Middle Ages, and had some of the best developed industry before the Industrial ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The South East from 1000 AD

    by Peter Brandon, Brian Short ...
    Series series Regional History of England
    A volume dealing with the regional and local history of South East England, this covers the landcape and society of the modern counties of Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex and Greater London, south of the Thames from late Anglo-Saxon times to the present. The authors have tried to show the diversity that can be found within the region as well as common characteristics which illustrate the local ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The South Downs

    by Peter Brandon ...
    The South Downs has throughout history been a focus of English popular culture. With chalkland, their river valleys and scarp-foot the Downs have been shaped for over millennia by successive generations of farmers, ranging from Europe's oldest inhabitants right up until the 21st century. ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Collaborative Construction Information Management

    Edited by Geoffrey Shen, Peter Brandon, Andrew Baldwin ...
    Series series Spon Research
    Most construction projects are large and costly. Collaborative working involves two or more stakeholders sharing their efforts and resources to complete the project more effectively and efficiently.Collaborative, integrative and multi-disciplinary teams can tackle the complex issues involved in creating a viable built environment. This tends to be looked at from three interrelated perspectives: ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Little Book of Dorset

    by David Hilliam ...
    The Little Book of Dorset is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the places, people, legends and true stories about the county's past and present. ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • England's Villages

    An Extraordinary Journey Through Time

    by Dr Ben Robinson ...
    England's villages have survived, developed, and thrived over hundreds of years. But what makes a village and how has that changed over time?Take a charming and unexpected journey through the quirks of England's villages throughout the ages in the excellent company of Dr Ben Robinson, expert archaeologist. Join him in visiting villages from prehistoric, to Roman, to medieval times, all the way ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

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  • Landskipping

    Painters, Ploughmen and Places

    by Anna Pavord ...
    Landskipping is a ravishing celebration of landscape, its iridescent beauty and its potential to comfort, awe and mesmerise. In spirit as Romantic as rational, Anna Pavord explores the different ways in which we have, throughout the ages, responded to the land. In the eighteenth century, artists first started to paint English scenery, and the Lakes, as well as Snowdon, began to attract a new kind ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • A History of the South Yorkshire Countryside

    by David Hey ...
    A look at how our ancestors shaped the South Yorkshire human landscape over the centuries from the author of The Grass Roots of English History.South Yorkshire has some of the most varied countryside in England, ranging from the Pennine moors and the wooded hills and valleys in the west to the estate villages on the magnesian limestone escarpment and the lowlands in the east. Each of these ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of the Peak District Moors

    by David Hey ...
    "A superb new book . . . explores the history of Britain's first National Park from the Stone Age to the modern day . . . lavishly illustrated."—Reflections MagazineThe moors of the Peak District provide some of the finest walking country in England. The pleasure of rambling across them is enhanced by a knowledge of their history, ranging from prehistoric times and the middle ages to their ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • National Trust Histories: Cornwall

    by Jack Ravensdale ...
    Cornwall has its own language, culture, outlook and a powerful individuality. Its scenery is unique in Britain and to see a remotely similar countryside one must travel across the sea to another Celtic bastion, 'Brittany' It is also a place where reality is far more fascinating and diverse than popular images suggest. Hidden coves, where smugglers and wreckers lurked, and dubious Arthurian ... Read more

    $4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gloucestershire 300 Years Ago

    by Alan Pilbeam ...
    Sir Robert Atkyns's Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, which appeared in 1712, was the first published survey of the county. Alan Pilbeam's Gloucestershire 300 Years Ago is written to celebrate Atkyns's achievement and to present his information in a more accessible form. Atkyns's work is critically assessed with reference to other sources and used as a basis for comparison with today's ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus