Paul Barker Bücher

Die Romane und Gedichte der Schwestern Brontë haben seit anderthalb Jahrhunderten einen festen Platz in der englischen Literatur. Das vorliegende Buch entführt den Leser in die Welt, in und aus der sie entstanden sind. Es lädt ein zu einer Spurensuche besonderer Art. Wie sieht zum Beispiel die Landschaft aus, die Emily Brontë so eindringlich in Wuthering Heights schildert? Welchen herrschaftlichen Landsitz mag Charlotte Brontë vor Augen gehabt haben, als sie in Jane Eyre Thornfild Hall beschrieb? Gibt es dafür überhaupt ein reales Vorbild? Und nicht zuletzt: In welcher Umgebung haben die Brontës gelebt? Wie war beziehungsweise ist ihre relative enge Welt geschaffen? Solchen und ähnlichen Fragen geht James Birdsall in den Kommentaren nach, die er Paul Barkers stimmungsvollen wie nuancenreichen Farbphotographien an die Seite stellt.

ADAM Architecture has a worldwide reputation for traditional Western design. Although the practice is based in the UK, it has built award-winning projects of all types around the world, and is known for combining modern interpretations of the Classical tradition with the latest technology. Among its most admired work are its country houses, and 19 of these houses are the focus of this new book, written by architectural historian Jeremy Musson

From award-winning baker Paul Barker, Naturally Fermented Bread introduces the principles of yeast-water baking, including recipes for nutritious, delicious sweet and savory bakes.

A gorgeous leatherbound compendium of flora, shells, rare insects and more from the golden age of curiosities Featuring amazing reproductions of floral specimens, minerals, seashells and more from rarely seen collections, and beautiful engravings of 18th- and 19th-century collections, this stupendously produced volume takes as its starting point the famous Timm Collection at Engelsberg Ironworks in Sweden, created by Gabriel Casper Timm and his son Paul August in the 19th century. Throughout their lives, father and son devoted much of their leisure time to collecting plants, insects, minerals and other natural treasures across Scandanavia, which they preserved in beautiful collector’s cabinets. Maintaining close contact with collectors and scientists, they also assembled a library of volumes on natural science along with books on spirituality and faith.Drawing on a range of historical materials, Collecting Nature places the Timm Collection in a larger dialogue with other collectors, thinkers and scientists of the 18th and 19th centuries, showing how the world of ideas in collecting has developed and continues to influence us today.

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present

Salonika in 1916 has become suddenly Greek. Nominally neutral, it is filled with French, British and Serbian soldiers defending it against the Austro- German and Bulgarian forces to the north. In a city seething with intrigue, cafe society continues unperturbed and the native inhabitants make from the soldiers what money they can.

An irresistible and charming celebration of the places, buildings and landscapes that underpin British identity.

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present

The striking panoramic photographs in this book capture the fifteen bestloved and most compelling vistas in England, Scotland, and Wales. Britain has some of the world's most dramatic and varied landscapes, from the perpendicular thrills of the Scottish Highlands to the improbable, gravity-defying tricks of the Norfolk Broads. These plus a baker's dozen of other breathtaking sites provide a true visual delight.Along with maps that pinpoint each locale and instructions on how to get there, Richard Girling's fascinating text acquaints us with the history and lore of each landscape on view.