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Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the
largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven
towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island. This book
provides a refreshed view of the lost medieval guise of the castle,
of its 13th-century origins and form, and of who was responsible
for building it, allowing the castle to be positioned accurately in
the complex dynamics of powerholding and display of the earls of
Ross and associated militarised kindreds of the west Highlands
during six centuries of change up to the castle’s destruction in
1719. A new history and the details of the below-ground archaeology
allow us to see the lost medieval castle in our mind’s eye 500
years after it vanished. Focusing on the wealth of archaeological
material unearthed during the campaign shows the castle hosted
master craftspeople including goldsmiths, shipwrights and
hereditary swordsmiths. Exquisite personal items, decorative mail
armour and weapons, musical instruments, gaming pieces, imported
pottery and animal bones bring the castle and its inhabitants back
to life.
This highly-illustrated book reveals a brand-new story of the royal
castle of Lincoln - how it was imposed on the late Anglo-Saxon town
and how it developed over the next 900 years in the hands of the
king or his aristocratic associates. Today, we have been left a
surviving monument of three great towers, each with its own
biography. Led by FAS Heritage, archaeologists, architectural
historians and a large cohort of the general public have come
together to produce a revealing and accessible account of the story
of Lincoln Castle; in doing so, we gain further insight into the
history, culture and society of medieval England.
Redgrave's Health and Safety is a leading authority on health and
safety law and practice. It sets out key legislation in the field
of health and safety at work, including commentary on significant
Acts and Regulations; references to both English and Scottish
cases, with concise commentaries on the case law; and a thorough
source of fully annotated legal materials with additional
commentary from the general editor and contributors. The title's
logical and coherent structure and user-friendly format makes it
accessible and easy to use - even in court. Every practitioner
serious about health and safety relies on Redgrave's Health and
Safety for expert guidance on the subject. Key updates covered in
the new 10th edition include: * Court decisions on relevance of
health and safety regulations to claims for damages for injury
sustained after September 2013; * The impact of Brexit on
employer's liability claims; * Latest health and safety
legislation, including latest amendments to existing legislation; *
Latest court decisions, including those relating to employment
status of workers.
America Alone explores how George W. Bush's election, and the fear
and confusion of September 11, 2001, combined to allow a small
group of radical intellectuals to seize the reins of US national
security policy. It shows how, at this 'inflection point' in US
history an inexperienced president was persuaded to abandon his
campaign pledges (and the successful consensus-driven, bi-partisan
diplomacy that managed the lethal Soviet threat over the past
half-century) and adopt a neo-conservative foreign policy
emphasizing military confrontation and 'nation-building'. To date,
the costs - in blood, money and credibility - have been great and
the benefits few, with traditional conservatives deploring Bush's
approach. America Alone outlines the costs in terms of economic
damage, distortion of priorities, rising anti-Americanism, and
reduced security. Then it sets out an alternative approach
emphasizing the traditional conservative principles of containing
risk, consensus diplomacy and balance of power.
America Alone explores how George W. Bush's election, and the fear
and confusion of September 11, 2001, combined to allow a small
group of radical intellectuals to seize the reins of US national
security policy. It shows how, at this 'inflection point' in US
history an inexperienced president was persuaded to abandon his
campaign pledges (and the successful consensus-driven, bi-partisan
diplomacy that managed the lethal Soviet threat over the past
half-century) and adopt a neo-conservative foreign policy
emphasizing military confrontation and 'nation-building'. To date,
the costs - in blood, money and credibility - have been great and
the benefits few, with traditional conservatives deploring Bush's
approach. America Alone outlines the costs in terms of economic
damage, distortion of priorities, rising anti-Americanism, and
reduced security. Then it sets out an alternative approach
emphasizing the traditional conservative principles of containing
risk, consensus diplomacy and balance of power.
At its heart, this book is an examination of how a new structural
material - mass-produced steel - came to be first applied to the
buildings of one of the world's great cities. The focus is
evolution and change in London's buildings and architecture in the
late Victorian and early Edwardian period; its emphasis is
unashamedly constructional. A great deal has been written about the
shape, style and ornament of metropolitan buildings of the period,
but comparatively little on their structural anatomy and
physiology. The first part examines the technological developments
and economic forces that brought structural steel into being.
Central to this was the invention of the Bessemer and
Siemens-Martin processes which revolutionised steelmaking and
enabled the mass production of a metal which outmatched both cast
and wrought iron. Steel became the pillar of a new phase of
industrialisation and urbanisation throughout the world, and
London, where Henry Bessemer had conducted his initial steelmaking
experiments, was one of the first cities to make use of it. The
second part of the book is an examination of how structural steel
was exploited in different types of London building before 1910. As
steel construction developed, and buildings became larger and more
complex, structure was forced back onto the architectural agenda.
Techniques of framing evolved to make buildings more open, better
lit, more stable, or to give them stronger floors or wider roofs.
Most website development books are written for techies - those who
want to code and design a website. Page Not Found is a reference
guide for the business owner who needs to know how to successfully
navigate the process of web development. Written in straightforward
language and absent acronyms and buzzwords, Page Not Found is the
playbook for entrepreneurs, business owners or managers - anyone
who needs to create a business website.
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