Discovering Britain`s First Railways from the History Press is a handy-size, illustrated book devoted to the history, rediscovery & exploration of Britain’s first railways by examining the network of over 1, 500 miles of horse-drawn tramroads & waggonways, illustrated with black & white or colour photos of their present day remains, as well as with pictures from the days when still in use. Approx. a third of the guide’s 142 pages cover various aspects of the history of this unique form of transport, including construction & operating methods. The rest of the book is devoted to exploring present-day remains of 40 old routes, with accompanying illustrations showing how what often appears to be just an ordinary footpath or a country lane has had very interesting history. Descriptions are grouped by region; the bulk of the entries are in England & Wales, with just two in Scotl&. ...

There are forty-eight Anglican cathedrals in England & Wales. Some of them are ancient places of worship, rich in history & of grand proportions; others are more recent structures of the best of contemporary craftsmanship. There are chapters on the major cathedral-building periods & descriptions of all forty-eight English & Welsh Anglican cathedrals: these comprise brief tours highlighting major features, guiding the reader through the building with the aid of a sketch plan. Roman Catholic cathedrals are also briefly described, but those of Westminster & Liverpool are more fully covered. There are brief descriptions of the ancient Scottish cathedrals, now mainly ruinous, & lists the cathedrals of the Episcopal & Roman Catholic churches in Scotl&. ...

More poeple than ever are visiting churchs, but they are often baffled by the architectural & technical terms that abound in guidebooks. This book helps to identify ecclesiastical architecture. It is a dictionary explaining in simple language over 600 terms likely to be encountered on a church visits & is illustrated with more than 300 drawings. ...

This is the the most thrilling, adventure book, ever! Written by a real-life adventurer, Simon Chapman, be prepared to live your dream & imagine you discovered the dinosaurs. It`s your chance to battle blizzards with swarms of vipers in the Gobi Desert with Roy Chapman Andrews, join the race across the the Wild West of America with bone-hunters Cope & Marsh. Along the trail of discovery you`ll unearth a time when monsters really did rule the world
- DINOSAURS. You will find them all in here: Triceratops, Pteradactyls, Iguanodon, Stegosaurus, Diplodocus & many more. It`s crammed full of stats, wild pictures, a brilliant pop-up (don`t get eaten!), realistic artworks, journals, flaps & even the insides of dinosaurs. You`ll discover what makes a dinosaur, when & where they lived, what they ate, why they fought & why they became extinct. Be a know-it-all. WOW! Tyrannosaurus Rex had huge bone crunching jaws with 50
- 60 teeth & could eat up to 500lbs of meat in one crunch. That`s like 3 whole cows! Or a Triceratops! Feathered Fiend! The size of a turkey, the velociraptor had feathers, but couldn`t fly. It could run like the wind, well a 40mph wind! Wipe Out! The rock that hit the earth 65 million years ago injured the earth with Tsunami waves, fireballs & acid rain. Hello, mass extinction.

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From early dinosaurs to creatures of the deep, land dinosaurs to wetland dinosaurs & prehistoric flying creatures, learn about how dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic era. Lift the flaps, layer by layer, to discover everything you ever wanted to know about dinosaurs
- & hear how the different dinosaurs sounded! Listen to the sounds of the prehistoric world as you lift the final flap on each page to activate the sound effect & bring each scene to vivid life! Learn fascinating facts about these jurassic creatures & their habitats including hunters, planteaters, marine & flying reptiles & insects & enjoy hours of interactive fun as you lift the flaps & listen to the sounds of each dinosaur habitat. With flaps to lift & sounds to listen to, this vibrant book introduces children to dinosaurs in the most fun way!
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Edinburgh, home to the Scottish Parliament, is on the itinerary of many visitors to Scotl&. This brand new edition retains the delightful water-colour mapping, with individual paintings of all the main sights & landmarks. Popular areas at larger scale, hundreds of shops, restaurants, cafes & bars, comprehensive travel information & index.
Includes:: Large-scale plans of the Castle, Royal Mile, Botanic Gardens, Leith & Newington. Shop-by-shop street maps of Princes Street, George Street, Victoria Street & the Grassmarket. Railway stations, bus routes, taxi ranks & car parks. Historical & contemporary anecdotes. Suggestions for day trips out of the city. Comprehensive index. AREA OF COVERAGE Covers the centre of Edinburgh from Inverleith Park in the north to The Meadows in the south, & from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in the west to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the east. OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES Discovering Dublin Discovering London
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Edinburgh, home to the Scottish Parliament, is on the itinerary of many visitors to Scotl&. This brand new edition retains the delightful water-colour mapping, with individual paintings of all the main sights & landmarks. Popular areas at larger scale, hundreds of shops, restaurants, cafes & bars, comprehensive travel information & index.
Includes:: Large-scale plans of the Castle, Royal Mile, Botanic Gardens, Leith & Newington. Shop-by-shop street maps of Princes Street, George Street, Victoria Street & the Grassmarket. Railway stations, bus routes, taxi ranks & car parks. Historical & contemporary anecdotes. Suggestions for day trips out of the city. Comprehensive index. AREA OF COVERAGECovers the centre of Edinburgh from Inverleith Park in the north to The Meadows in the south, & from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in the west to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the east.
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A concise but comprehensive survey or the development of architecture in England from the neolithic chambered tombs, up to the carefully designed houings of the post-war new towns. It describes the buildings of the Roman occupation & the Romansque style of the Anglo-Saxon & Norman periods, leading up to the flowering of Gothic in the middle ages. The influence of the Renaissance, the Regency periods, the nineteenth century Gothic & Classic revivals & the twentieth century architecture. ...

The quaint & curious traditions still carried out in the towns & shires of England are described in this book. It explains the origins of well-known customs like maypole dancing, well-dressing & rush-bearing, & it inidcates when & where these events may be witnessed. ...

As long ago as the 1720`s Daniel Defoe was pondering on the eccentricities of English dialects, & three hundred or so years before him John Trevisa had censured `all the language of the Northumbrians` as harsh & incomprehensible. Variety in English speech is thus of some antiquirty, & the old dialects used in areas like the Yorkshire Dales & rural East Anglia are as substantial a part of the Englishman`s living heritage as are his ancient buildings. This book describes the most significant features of English regional dialects, including in its scope the ancient vocabulary of the North, enriched by borrowings from medieval Norsemen, the important north/north midland dialect boundary, old forms of nouns like housen & childer & the remaining traces of extinct Cornish. The complex problems of the `mixed dialects` of towns also receive attention. A chapter on occupational & specialised vocabularies gives examples of regional terminology associated with such traditional industries as fishing & mining & also bird & plant names & children`s language. ...