The Grotto Makers

Author : Christina Richard
Publisher : Hobnob Press
ISBN 13 : 9781906978549
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grotto Makers: Joseph and Josiah Lane of Tisbury written by Christina Richard and published by Hobnob Press. This book was released on 2018-09-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of two men from a remote Wiltshire village, father and son Joseph and Josiah Lane, stonemasons, whose lives stretched across the Georgian period, from 1717 to 1833. They became grotto builders, men of artistic genius, acknowledged experts in their speciality, but the sort of ordinary craftsmen whose achievements are not normally recorded in the official pages of history. They were responsible for many of the mysterious, decorative, thrilling grottoes which appeared during the 18th century in English gardens, built to enhance the romantic, poetic and artistic landscapes created by rich landowners. From Stourhead to Fonthill, Wycombe Abbey, Wimborne St Giles, Bowood, Bowden Park, Painshill and Oatlands Park, Claremont, Castle Hill, Ascot Place, Belcombe and Norbiton House, Joseph and Josiah constructed brick, timber and limestone caverns, tunnels, bath houses, gambling dens and cascades. Some were profusely decorated with shells, coral spars, slivers of crystal, amethysts, feldspar and calcite fragments, some appeared savage and rough hewn. Christina Richard has pieced together the story of the lives and work of Joseph and Josiah for the first time from a wide range of local and national sources, and has enhanced her account with imaginative descriptions of village and family life at the time for people of their station. The result is an affectionate and revealing portrait of these two extraordinary men, who contributed so much to the elegance of England's wonderful 18th century gardens.

Author : Philip Pullman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849435189
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Firework Maker's Daughter written by Philip Pullman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lila dreams to become a firework-maker, just like her father. In order to become a true firework-maker, she sets off alone on a perilous journey to reach the terrifying Fire-Fiend. She travels through jungles alive with crocodiles, snakes, monkeys and pirates, and climbs up the scolding volcano. On finding the Fire-Fiend, she realises more is at stake than she ever imagined. Will Lila survive? Lila’s is the kind of magical adventure that all children dream of and the gripping story of the fleet-footed heroine will livelong in the memory of anyone who enters her world.

Author : George Drower
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750954140
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Garden Heroes and Villains written by George Drower and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2006-11-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow up to " Gardeners, Gurus and Grubs", this collection of stories looks at the heroes and villains of the gardening world. It talks about: how Heron of Alexandria surprised unwelcome visitors to his garden in the ancient times by squirting water over them from his newly invented fountain; the story of the garden gnome; and more.

Author : George Langford
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pic the Weapon-Maker written by George Langford and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Pic the Weapon-Maker" by George Langford. 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.

Author : Jack A. Taylor
Publisher : Word Alive Press
ISBN 13 : 1486618596
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cross Maker's Guardian written by Jack A. Taylor and published by Word Alive Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman legions thunder across first-century Palestine, seeking to use the power of the cross to crush the lightning strikes of the zealots led by Barabbas. Behind the scenes, a secret squad of thespian assassins are being trained—and Titius Marcus Julianus is caught up in this silent whirlwind, conscripted to be the new guardian of the cross maker, Caleb ben Samson. Titius is fuelled by vengeance and love as he seeks to regain his stolen Roman estate and the young Jewish slave who once captured his heart. Meanwhile, voices from his past and present wrestle for control of his heart and mind. In The Cross Maker’s Guardian, Jack A. Taylor unveils the clash between the Roman and Jewish civilizations as they battle for life in a world suffused with international intrigue. Descriptive narrative, biblical history, and powerful characters all come alive in this thrilling read where death and love are only a blink away.

Author : Kristin G. Congdon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313349371
Total Pages : 789 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Folk Art [2 volumes] written by Kristin G. Congdon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk art is as varied as it is indicative of person and place, informed by innovation and grounded in cultural context. The variety and versatility of 300 American folk artists is captured in this collection of informative and thoroughly engaging essays. American Folk Art: A Regional Reference offers a collection of fascinating essays on the life and work of 300 individual artists. Some of the men and women profiled in these two volumes are well known, while others are important practitioners who have yet to receive the notice they merit. Because many of the artists in both categories have a clear identity with their land and culture, the work is organized by geographical region and includes an essay on each region to help make connections visible. There is also an introductory essay on U.S. folk art as a whole. Those writing about folk art to date tend to view each artist as either traditional or innovative. One of the major contributions of this work is that it demonstrates that folk artists more often exhibit both traits; they are grounded in their cultural context and creative in the way they make work their own. Such insights expand the study of folk art even as they readjust readers' understanding of who folk artists are.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Epicure written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hannah Ransome Geldart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emilie the Peace-maker. [A tale.] written by Hannah Ransome Geldart and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Dixon Hunt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812216040
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Garden and Grove written by John Dixon Hunt and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best. . . . Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art."—Country Life

Author : Touring Club of Italy
Publisher : Touring Editore
ISBN 13 : 9788836534036
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Authentic Sicily written by Touring Club of Italy and published by Touring Editore. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her stepfather dies, Lois Cayley finds herself alone in the world with only twopence in her pocket. Undaunted, the intelligent, attractive, and infinitely resourceful young woman decides to set off in search of adventure. Her travels take he...