In Search Of The English Eccentric

Author : Henry Hemming
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of the English Eccentric written by Henry Hemming and published by John Murray Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English eccentric is under threat. In our increasingly homogenised society, these celebrated parts of our national identity are anomalies that may soon no longer fit. Or so it seems. On his entertaining and thought-provoking quest to discover the most eccentric English person alive today, Henry Hemming unearths a surprisingly large array of delightfully odd characters. He asks what it is to be an eccentric. Is it simply to thrive on creativity and non-conformity, and where does this incarnation of Englishness stem from? Hemming concludes that this tribe is, in fact, in rude health, as essential as ever to the English national identity, only they are no longer to be found where you'd expect them. Featuring interviews with Dame Vivienne Westwood, the Marquess of Bath, Pete Doherty, the modern-day reincarnation of King Arthur, the Leopard Man of Skye, Sebastian Horsley, Chris Eubank, Captain Beany and Brian Haw among others.

Author : Edith Sitwell
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Eccentrics written by Edith Sitwell and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "English Eccentrics" by Edith Sitwell. 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 : Benedict Le Vay
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781841621227
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eccentric Britain written by Benedict Le Vay and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful romp around the British Isles searching out the mad marquess, the eccentric earl, the barmy baron, and the daft duke and gathering a fair collection of crackpot inventors, weird adventurers and fascinatingly and not to mention insanely curious customs along the way. All of which make this rainy little island home to that remarkable breed of individual - the British eccentric.This expanded book still doesn't tell you where Stonehenge is, but it does tell you where ten spookier stone circles are where there will be no crowds, no admission charges and no parking problems... This is a book for the intelligent, humorous, curious tourist who doesn't go with the crowd. It is also a great armchair read that has been known to have readers weeping with mirth at the weird ways of the British.

Author : Miranda Harrison
Publisher : Academy Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Eccentric Interiors written by Miranda Harrison and published by Academy Press. This book was released on 2006-06-16 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little has been written about the expression of English eccentricity through individual interior design. This work looks at everything from a contemporary rendition of Gothic opulence in Notting Hill to a Victorian interior in Devon, along with private houses, eclectic museums, restaurants, bars and theatres.

Author : John Timbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Eccentrics and Eccentricities written by John Timbs and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
ISBN 13 : 9781913107260
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Garden Eccentrics written by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan and published by Paul Mellon Centre. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly original examination of a series of unique gardens made by English eccentrics from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries In his new book, Todd Longstaffe-Gowan looks at a series of unique gardens made by English eccentrics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Their unusual creators--from the superstitious antiquary William Stukeley (d.1765), to the pleasure-ground proprietor Jonathan Tyers (d.1767), and the bird-loving Lady Reade (d.1811)--built miniature mountains, shaped topiary, collected animals, excavated caves, and assembled architectural fragments to realize their gardens in a way that was, and sometimes still is, thought to be excessive. Bringing together garden and landscape history with cultural history and biography, English Garden Eccentrics examines what it is about the gardener and his or her creation that can be seen as eccentric and analyzes an area of garden history that has scarcely been previously explored: gardens seen as expressions of the singular character of their makers, and therefore functioning, in effect, as a form of autobiography. This lively and accessible book calls on gardeners today to learn from example and dare to be eccentric.

Author : Len Kravitz
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1492585203
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Eccentric Training written by Len Kravitz and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentials of Eccentric Training is the first comprehensive resource covering this innovative approach to resistance training and conditioning that produces extraordinary results. Backed by evidence-based studies and readily incorporated into training programs, eccentric training provides greater intensity to help individuals push past plateaus and increase muscular strength, endurance, and power. Using eccentric training, strength and conditioning professionals and personal trainers can also help their clients improve metabolism, manage their weight, and facilitate injury rehabilitation. The text provides the physiological explanations, exercises, and sample programs beneficial to introducing eccentric training into clients’ workouts. All facets of this exciting, power-generating modality are detailed by veteran international fitness expert Len Kravitz and champion bodybuilder and personal trainer Aaron Bubbico, who use eccentric training not only with clients but also in their own exercise regimens. The practical information in the book is supported by special features: • 70 eccentric training exercises are demonstrated through full-color photos and detailed instructions to properly illustrate techniques and minimize risk of injury. • A selection of 46 online exercise videos explain more complex workout techniques to ensure exercises are properly performed to maximize results. Symbols throughout the book indicate when videos are available online. • A selection of 24 sample workout plans, six case study workouts, and two sample eight-week training programs provide professionals with a strong starting point to build programs for their clients. • An appendix lists foundational resistance training exercises across seven popular sports. • An exercise finder categorized by muscle group makes selecting the right exercises for each client easy. After establishing a foundation of muscular physiology, the first chapters of Essentials of Eccentric Training explain the three unique ways of using eccentric training: eccentric emphasis, supramaximal training, and the two-up/one-down method. The next two chapters address specific effects of the training method: how it bolsters postworkout metabolic rate and how to minimize delayed-onset muscle soreness. The book’s final six chapters contain exercises and program designs specifically for muscular strength, muscular endurance, explosive power, weight loss, muscle size, and rehabilitation. Essentials of Eccentric Training imparts every aspect of this groundbreaking training system and its benefits in resistance exercise programs. The method presents boundless opportunities for strength and conditioning specialists and exercise professionals who work with athletes and exercise enthusiasts of all ages and fitness levels.

Author : John Glassie
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594631891
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Man of Misconceptions written by John Glassie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Scientific American Best Science Book of 2012 An Atlantic Wire Best Book of 2012 A New York Times Book Review “Editor's Choice” The “fascinating” (The New Yorker) story of Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric scholar-inventor who was either a great genius or a crackpot . . . or a bit of both. The interests of Athanasius Kircher, the legendary seventeenth-century priest-scientist, knew no bounds. From optics to music to magnetism to medicine, he offered up inventions and theories for everything, and they made him famous across Europe. His celebrated museum in Rome featured magic lanterns, speaking statues, the tail of a mermaid, and a brick from the Tower of Babel. Holy Roman Emperors were his patrons, popes were his friends, and in his spare time he collaborated with the Baroque master Bernini. But Kircher lived during an era of radical transformation, in which the old approach to knowledge—what he called the “art of knowing”— was giving way to the scientific method and modern thought. A Man of Misconceptions traces the rise, success, and eventual fall of this fascinating character as he attempted to come to terms with a changing world. With humor and insight, John Glassie returns Kircher to his rightful place as one of history’s most unforgettable figures.

Author : Time-Life
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780809477241
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Odd and Eccentric People ; Library of Curious and Unusual Facts written by Time-Life and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Joseph Weeks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eccentrics written by David Joseph Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1859 to 1880, Joshua Abraham Norton thought he was Emperor of the United States. Ann Atkin keeps 7,500 garden gnomes in her backyard. Brooklyn artist Peter McGough dresses and acts as if it were 1895. These are just a few of the eccentrics discussed by Dr. Weeks, the world's foremost expert on the subject.