Gloucester: History You Can See
Gloucester: History You Can See

Author: D G Amphlett

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2015-02-02

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 075095714X

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Tracing Gloucester's history from its Roman and monastic remains to the battle scars from the English Civil War and the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution, this book explores the colourful and fascinating history of Gloucester through the remnants of a bygone age. Taking a fresh look at both well-known and less recognisable local buildings, Gloucester: History You Can See serves as a guide to some of the many statues, sculptures, plaques and other memorials that can be found across the city, and highlights the places connected with the city's famous – and in some cases infamous – characters, including Ivor Gurney, Charles I, Bishop Hooper, and John Stafford-Smith. Richly illustrated and extensively researched, this is a captivating read for locals and visitors alike.

Bright Lights, Big Cities
Bright Lights, Big Cities

Author: Peter Naldrett

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2024-09-12

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1844866645

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Enjoy everything that each of the UK's 76 cities has to offer with this delightful guide to day trips and weekend stays around the country. In Bright Lights, Big Cities, Peter Naldrett visits all 76 cities on the mainland British Isles – and a few further afield besides – to find out just why each of them deserves to be held up as the best of British. Our cities are a cornucopia of iconic landmarks, historic cathedrals, fascinating museums and fabulous eateries, and Peter looks at familiar places from an entirely new angle, as well as exploring the less well-known corners too. From Aberdeen to Armagh and Wakefield to Wrexham via London, Lincoln and Liverpool, the book covers the very best places to stay and eat, cultural gems from architecture to sports and theatre, parks and green spaces, as well as great places to take the kids. Ideal for planning a great day out, or a longer trip, Bright Lights, Big Cities tells you what not to miss, points out what you might have not discovered otherwise, and ultimately shows what makes each and every city special.

Gloucester Through Time
Gloucester Through Time

Author: Rebecca Sillence

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2011-10-15

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1445628422

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Gloucester has changed and developed over the last century.

Gloucestershire Through Time
Gloucestershire Through Time

Author: Stephen Lambe

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2013-06-15

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 144561734X

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Gloucestershire has changed and developed over the last century.

Flight Calls
Flight Calls

Author: John R. Nelson

Publisher: UMass + ORM

Published: 2020-01-15

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1613767137

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The paths of different birds look like double helixes, flowing strands of hair, and migrating serpents, and they beckon with calls that have definite meanings. These mysterious creatures inspire growing numbers of birders in their passionate pursuit of new species, and writer John R. Nelson is no exception. In Flight Calls, he takes readers on explorations to watch, hear, and know Massachusetts's hummingbirds, hawks, and herons along the coasts and in the woodlands, meadows, and marshes of Cape Ann, Cape Cod, the Great Marsh, Mount Auburn Cemetery, the Quabbin wilderness, Mount Wachusett, and elsewhere. With style, humor, and a sense of wonder, Nelson blends his field adventures with a history of the birding community; natural and cultural history; bird stories from authors such as Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and Mary Oliver; current scientific research; and observations about the fascinating habits of birds and their admirers. These essays are capped off with a plea for bird conservation, in Massachusetts and beyond.

Disability, Health, and Happiness in the Shakespearean Body
Disability, Health, and Happiness in the Shakespearean Body

Author: Sujata Iyengar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-12-05

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1317620089

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This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being, and happiness, uncovering and historicizing the complex negotiations among physical embodiment, emotional response, and communally-sanctioned behavior in Shakespeare's literary and material world. The volume visits a series of questions about the history of the body and how early modern cultures understand physical ability or vigor, emotional competence or satisfaction, and joy or self-fulfillment. Individual essays investigate the purported disabilities of the "crook-back" King Richard III or the "corpulent" Falstaff, the conflicts between different health-care belief-systems in The Taming of the Shrew and Hamlet, the power of figurative language to delineate or even instigate puberty in the Sonnets or Romeo and Juliet, and the ways in which the powerful or moneyed mediate the access of the poor and injured to cure or even to care. Integrating insights from Disability Studies, Health Studies, and Happiness Studies, this book develops both a detailed literary-historical analysis and a provocative cultural argument about the emphasis we place on popular notions of fitness and contentment today.