Filled with breathtaking, full-color photographs of sites ranging from outer space to the ocean depths, this remarkable exploration of our world explains how the earth's processes work, how they affect humans, and how life itself shapes and changes the planet. Get a new perspective on the world as you travel to sites as diverse as rainforests and deserts to study their unique features, and understand the water cycle, winds, currents, hurricanes and tornadoes. Find out more about global warming, El Niño, the ice age, and other oft-mentioned phenomena, as well as the Gaia Hypothesis which treats the earth as a single, self-regulating organism. As you examine the power and glory of nature, you will discover that despite their destructive powers, natural forces like volcanoes and floods are as much a part of living on earth as sunshine and rain. 192 pages (150 in color), 8 1/2 x 11.

Forces of the Wild

Science & Math

Coules, Victoria

Earth Sciences

Blandford Pr

Mountains

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Chartwell Books

Bristol has a rich historical heritage dating back to the city's beginnings in Anglo-Saxon times. For centuries, it was England's second city and, as a thriving port, its past is steeped in its involvement in trade, whether of cloth, wine, pottery, glass - or slaves. As there is no commercial shipping now, much of Bristol's past is hidden within the modern city, just out of sight, but waiting to be discovered. Lost Bristol is an exploration of Bristol's hidden past, its ways of life, legends, relationship with the sea and its role in English history. The book includes some of the more famous aspects of the city's past, as well as stories and information unknown even to most locals. In an informed and entertaining style, Victoria Coules uncovers events and episodes such as the 1793 bridge toll riots, the jurisdiction of the Knights Templar over certain areas in Bristol and the creation of the Floating Harbour. Lost Bristol also reveals how a 13th century quay became a traffic roundabout, what happened to Bristol's own hot water spa and why Bristol cod merchants were also intrepid explorers. Many more surprising and remarkable stories about Bristol's past, accompanied by maps, engravings and photographs, make this book essential reading for all those curious about the city's hidden history.

Lost Bristol

History

Europe

Birlinn Ltd.

Bristol has a rich historical heritage dating back to the city's beginnings in Anglo-Saxon times. For centuries, it was England's second city and, as a thriving port, its past is steeped in its involvement in trade, whether of cloth, wine, pottery, glass—or slaves. As there is no commercial shipping now, much of Bristol's past is hidden within the modern city, just out of sight, but waiting to be discovered. Lost Bristol is an exploration of Bristol's hidden past, its ways of life, legends, relationship with the sea and its role in English history. The book includes some of the more famous aspects of the city's past, as well as stories and information unknown even to most locals. In an informed and entertaining style, Victoria Coules uncovers events and episodes such as the 1793 bridge toll riots, the jurisdiction of the Knights Templar over certain areas in Bristol and the creation of the Floating Harbour. Lost Bristol also reveals how a 13th century quay became a traffic roundabout, what happened to Bristol's own hot water spa and why Bristol cod merchants were also intrepid explorers. Many more surprising and remarkable stories about Bristol's past, accompanied by maps, engravings and photographs, make this book essential reading for all those curious about the city's hidden history.

Birlinn

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