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From Stirling Castle to the tower houses of Clackmannan, from the
colleries and shipyards to the Millennium Wheel at Falkirk, the
buildings of Stirling and Central Scotland reflect the divisions
between Highland and Lowland, between rural and industrial
Scotland. Published in association with the Buildings of Scotland
Trust
Perth and Kinross, at the geographical heart of Scotland, contains
a wide diversity of buildings including the remains of a Roman line
of forts and watch towers, carved stones erected by the warrior
aristocracy of the sixth to ninth centuries, the inventive medieval
Dunkeld Cathedral, and the island fortress of Lochleven Castle.
Blair Castle's mid-eighteenth-century stucco work is unequalled in
Scotland. A multitude of smaller country houses embrace a variety
of styles, while Georgian and Victorian churches, many with superb
stained glass, abound. Towns and villages range from Dunkeld, the
epitome of a small Scottish burgh, to the Royal burgh of Perth.This
is the tenth volume in the Buildings of Scotland series.
This volume covers the vast area of the Highland region, the
Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland and highlights buildings and
monuments as varied as its landscapes: brochs, cairns and
ceremonial settings of standing stones; cathedrals and abbeys, both
medieval and Victorian; churches of every period and denomination,
their interiors and graveyards often housing unexpected delights.
Castles and tower-houses and a string of Hanoverian forts contrast
with prehistoric farmsteads and Georgian and Victorian farmhouses.
Country houses range from the display of ducal splendour at
Dunrobin, through the Georgian elegance of Cromarty and Culloden
and a mass of Victorian baronial, to expressions of the high ideals
and simple life of the Arts-&-Crafts movement.
This volume in the Buildings of Scotland series explores the
rich architectural diversity of Dundee and Angus. Dundee, the
fourth-largest city in Scotland, boasts some of the country's
finest ecclesiastical, public, industrial, and commercial
buildings, including the unique Maggie's Centre designed by Frank
Gehry. Beyond Dundee lies the predominantly rural county of Angus,
where visitors can see stunning Pictish and early Christian
monuments, castles, country houses, and the famed Bell Rock
Lighthouse, the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse.
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Edinburgh (Hardcover, New Ed)
John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, David Walker, Christopher Wilson
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R1,728
Discovery Miles 17 280
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The historic capital of Scotland is well known as a fortified
medieval city with castle and crown-steepled church, its Royal Mile
leading down to the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood; as a merchant
city of the Stuart period with Parliament House and closely built
houses and tenements; as a Georgian town with the largest sequence
of planned developments in Britain; as a Victorian town of churches
and banks, hotels and pubs, of quiet surburbs; and as a
twentieth-century city where the Festival and its Fringe have
encouraged the rediscovery of old buildings and the planning of new
ones. A comprehensive gazetteer is provided to all notable
developments of central Edinburgh, the seaport town of Leith and
the suburban neighbourhoods.
From airport birdwatching and getting lost in an urban forest, to
rethinking society's ill-fated war on wildlife and our struggle to
reshape the American landscape, Red Dirt Country invites readers to
savor the joys of our natural surroundings. Written by Oklahoma
native John Gifford, this timely book is a literary meditation on
the Oklahoma landscape and the rich biodiversity of the southern
Great Plains. Inspired by such naturalists as Gilbert White, Susan
Fenimore Cooper, and Henry David Thoreau, the essays in Red Dirt
Country reveal the rewards of close observation and the author's
deep respect for the natural world. With his keen eye for detail,
Gifford chronicles life along a suburban creek, noting from month
to month the habits of the area's birds, mammals, and trees. With
particular attention, he captures the grace and majesty of that
sleek raptor, the Mississippi Kite, during its yearly nesting cycle
in the southern plains. Even as Gifford extols the surprising
beauty of Oklahoma, he ponders the larger environmental concerns
and challenges that we face today, such as the cataclysmic
wildfires and droughts threatening the American West, and modern
society's impact on vital lands and wildlife. A compelling work of
creative nonfiction, Red Dirt Country harkens back to America's
most beloved masterpieces of nature writing. At the same time,
Gifford provides a distinctly contemporary reflection on today's
suburban wilderness, inspiring us all to develop a deeper
connection to our natural surroundings.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Historical Development Of The New York State High School
System, Volume 374; Historical Development Of The New York State
High School System; Walter John Gifford Walter John Gifford J. B.
Lyon, 1922 Education; High schools
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ Method Of Least Squares Applied To Estimating Errors In Coal
Analysis; Volume 171 Of Technical Paper Joseph Dana Davis, John
Gifford Fairchild Govt. print. off., 1918 Technology &
Engineering; Power Resources; Fossil Fuels; Coal; Error analysis
(Mathematics); Least squares; Technology & Engineering / Power
Resources / Fossil Fuels
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value
to researchers of domestic and international law, government and
politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School
Libraryocm13593341With: Supplement to Gifford's English and Irish
lawyer. Includes index.London: Printed by R. Macdonald for A.
Whellier, 1827?]. iv, 688 p.: port.; 21 cm.
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