Gillian Richardsons levenslange fascinatie voor de natuur voedt haar schrijven en nodigt lezers uit om de ingewikkelde verbanden tussen menselijke nieuwsgierigheid en de wonderen van de natuur te verkennen. Haar werk duikt in thema's, geïnspireerd door haar uitgebreide reizen en scherpe observaties, van de explosieve kracht van geisers tot de delicate mechanismen van zaadverspreiding. Door levendige verhalen en een stijl die wetenschappelijke nieuwsgierigheid balanceert met lyrische proza, bevordert ze een diepere waardering voor het milieu. Richardsons verhalen getuigen van de kracht van observatie en het plezier van het delen van ontdekkingen.
Futurescapes is a comprehensive resource for practitioners, enthusiasts, and students in landscape, architecture, and urban design. It profiles fifty innovative landscape and garden designers worldwide, offering inspiration for everyone from amateur gardeners to urban policy-makers, blending ecology, art, and design.
In SISSINGHURST: A DREAM GARDEN Tim Richardson reveals the magic and the mystery of these world-famous and most evocative English gardens, famous for their horticulture, their creators and the realisation of personal dreams.
This is the life of a Marine Engineer in the Merchant Navy during the final years of steam propulsion and the transition to diesel power. It includes information for enthusiasts about the machinery and how it worked as well as interesting anecdotes about incidents that occurred during the author's career.
“100 projects by fifty of the world's most talented designers of public and private spaces . . . will expand your horizons and thrill the modernist in you.”—Metropolitan Home
This combined reprint of Volumes 1 and 2 of the 1892 edition of Practical Carriage Building is perhaps the most complete and accurate contemporary work on the subject. It covers in great depth, and with many illustrations, the materials and tools used, the making and repairing of wheels, the making of carriage parts and their assembly, framing and construction, axles, yokes, whiffletrees, patterns and layouts, and many other useful and fascinating subjects. All sorts of carriages are discussed: buggies, cabriolets and broughams, phatons, rockaways, as well as sleighs and sleds, and express, delivery, and farm wagons. A definitive, easy to follow reference on this early trade that is now enjoying a well-deserved renaissance.
Analyses the different ways in which historians over the last three centuries have tried to explain the causes, course and consequences of the English Revolution -- .
Some time around his 50th birthday, Ambrose Zephyr fails his annual medical check-up. An illness of inexplicable origin with no known or foreseeable cure is diagnosed and it will kill him within a month. Give or take a day. In the time that remains, he decides to travel to all the places he ever wanted to visit, in strict alphabetical order.
This comprehensive overview highlights the innovative work of Tom Stuart-Smith, a prominent garden designer in the UK. It explores his design philosophy, notable projects, and the influence of nature on his creations. Readers will gain insights into his unique approach to blending landscapes with architecture, showcasing his ability to create harmonious outdoor spaces. The book serves as both an inspiration for gardening enthusiasts and a tribute to Stuart-Smith's significant contributions to contemporary garden design.
Using a wide variety of sources this lively socio-cultural history examines household service, one of the largest, most multi-layered, most mobile and most indispensable sectors of employment in early modern England -- .
Considering starting your own business but wondering how you'll cope? This essential guide will help turn your ideas into reality without burning out.