Most Unimaginably Strange

Author : Chris Caseldine
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789144736
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Most Unimaginably Strange written by Chris Caseldine and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all who yearn to travel to the home of the sagas, a beautifully illustrated companion to the terrain of Iceland—from puffins to ponies, glaciers and volcanoes to legendary trolls. Described by William Morris as “most unimaginably strange,” the landscape of Iceland has fascinated and inspired travelers, scientists, artists, and writers throughout history. This book provides a contemporary understanding of the landscape as a whole, not only its iconic glaciers and volcanoes, but also its deserts, canyons, plants, and animals. The book examines historic and modern scientific studies of the landscape and animals, as well as accounts of early visitors to the land. These were captivating people, some eccentric but most drawn to Iceland by an enthrallment with all things northern, a desire to experience the land of the sagas, or plain scientific and touristic curiosity. Featuring many spectacular illustrations, this is a fine exploration of a most singular landscape.

Author : Charles Harvey
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714647128
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Art, Enterprise, and Ethics written by Charles Harvey and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and works of William Morris continue to excite the imaginations of fresh generations of scholars working in many traditions, from the history of art and design to literary criticism and the history of socialism and socialist thought. This book concentrates on Morris's social and political acheivements as well as his artistic talents.

Author : Robert Courland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 163388869X
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Concrete Planet written by Robert Courland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But very few of us know what it is. We take for granted this ubiquitous substance, which both literally and figuratively comprises much of modern civilization's constructed environment; yet the story of its creation and development features a cast of fascinating characters and remarkable historical episodes. Featuring a new epilogue on the Surfside condominium collapse and the current state of infrastructure in America, this book delves into this history, opening readers' eyes at every turn. In a lively narrative peppered with intriguing details, author Robert Courland describes how some of the most famous personalities of history became involved in the development and use of concrete-including King Herod the Great of Judea, the Roman emperor Hadrian, Thomas Edison (who once owned the largest concrete cement plant in the world), and architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Courland points to recent archaeological evidence suggesting that the discovery of concrete directly led to the Neolithic Revolution and the rise of the earliest civilizations. Much later, the Romans reached extraordinarily high standards for concrete production, showcasing their achievement in iconic buildings like the Coliseum and the Pantheon. Amazingly, with the fall of the Roman Empire, the secrets of concrete manufacturing were lost for over a millennium. The author explains that when concrete was rediscovered in the late eighteenth century it was initially viewed as an interesting novelty or, at best, a specialized building material suitable only for a narrow range of applications. It was only toward the end of the nineteenth century that the use of concrete exploded. During this rapid expansion, industry lobbyists tried to disguise the fact that modern concrete had certain defects and critical shortcomings. It is now recognized that modern concrete, unlike its Roman predecessor, gradually disintegrates with age. Compounding this problem is another distressing fact: the manufacture of concrete cement is a major contributor to global warming. Concrete Planet is filled with incredible stories, fascinating characters, surprising facts, and an array of intriguing insights into the building material that forms the basis of the infrastructure on which we depend.

Author : Paul Manning
Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
ISBN 13 : 1618119478
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Strangers in a Strange Land written by Paul Manning and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manning examines the formation of nineteenth-century intelligentsia print publics in the former Soviet republic of Georgia both anthropologically and historically. At once somehow part of “Europe,” at least aspirationally, and yet rarely recognized by others as such, Georgia attempted to forge European style publics as a strong claim to European identity. These attempts also produced a crisis of self-defi nition, as European Georgia sent newspaper correspondents into newly reconquered Oriental Georgia, only to discover that the people of these lands were strangers. In this encounter, the community of “strangers” of European Georgian publics proved unable to assimilate the people of the “strange land” of Oriental Georgia. This crisis produced both notions of Georgian public life and European identity which this book explores.

Author : Florence S. Boos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351859005
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Routledge Companion to William Morris written by Florence S. Boos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Morris (1834–96) was an English poet, decorative artist, translator, romance writer, book designer, preservationist, socialist theorist, and political activist, whose admirers have been drawn to the sheer intensity of his artistic endeavors and efforts to live up to radical ideals of social justice. This Companion draws together historical and critical responses to the impressive range of Morris’s multi-faceted life and activities: his homes, travels, family, business practices, decorative artwork, poetry, fantasy romances, translations, political activism, eco-socialism, and book collecting and design. Each chapter provides valuable historical and literary background information, reviews relevant opinions on its subject from the late-nineteenth century to the present, and offers new approaches to important aspects of its topic. Morris’s eclectic methodology and the perennial relevance of his insights and practice make this an essential handbook for those interested in art history, poetry, translation, literature, book design, environmentalism, political activism, and Victorian and utopian studies.

Author : Charles Harvey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135157549X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Art, Enterprise and Ethics: Essays on the Life and Work of William Morris written by Charles Harvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and works of William Morris continue to excite the imaginations of fresh generations of scholars working in many traditions, from the history of art and design to literary criticism and the history of socialism and socialist thought. This book concentrates on Morris's social and political acheivements as well as his artistic talents.

Author : Lavinia Greenlaw
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1910749346
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Questions of Travel written by Lavinia Greenlaw and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw's poetic reflections on William Morris's Icelandic Journal, one of the overlooked masterpieces of travel literature The great Victorian designer and decorative artist William Morris was fascinated by Iceland and wrote a book documenting his travels there. He gets caught up with questions of travel, noting his reaction to the idea of leaving or arriving, to hurry and delay, what it means to dread a place you’ve never been to or to encounter the actuality of a long-held vision. He is sensitive to the emotional landscape of his band of travelers and, above all, continuously analyzing and fixing this “most romantic of all deserts.” Lavinia Greenlaw follows in his footsteps, and interposes his prose with her own “questions of travel.” The result is a new and composite work that brilliantly explores our conflicted reasons for not staying at home.

Author : Suzanne Goldenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493082973
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Open-Hearth Cookbook written by Suzanne Goldenson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food cooked in the fireplace tastes better than food cooked in most conventional methods today, say the authors and this book shows how twenty-first century folks can enjoy hearth-cooked meals today. Surprisingly few pieces of special equipment are needed, especially for camping families. The authors emphasize the appliances and techniques that make open-hearth cooking realistic in today's homes where the fireplace is not in the kitchen. The authors explain the art of building a good cooking fire and maintaining the three basic temperatures - low, medium and high - needed to prepare almost all foods, and suggest ways to keep the hearth clean and the cook safe. Each chapter on technique tells how things were done in the old days, and then goes on to demonstrate techniques for today. The authors have added substantial new material since original publication in 1982, and completely updated the resources section of the book. Suzanne Goldenson and her husband are serious cooks and collectors of early American cooking implements. Doris Simpson is co-owner of a restaurant and once helped cook a Thanksgiving dinner over an open hearth for Craig Claiborne.

Author : William Morris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108051227
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Collected Works of William Morris written by William Morris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 24-volume set, published 1910-15, reveals the development and scope of a Victorian polymath's literary, aesthetic and political passions.

Author : William Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Collected Works of William Morris: Journals of travel in Iceland. 1871. 1873 written by William Morris and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: