Download or read book The A Z of Curious Bristol written by Maurice Fells and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bristol's history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. This book explains why the vicar in one church goes on an annual trek to peer down a manhole; why captains of industry sing an eighteen-verse song in memory of Queen Elizabeth I; and how the Flower of Bristol got its name. You will meet some unusual contraptions, like the bed with in-built exercise equipment, or the thrashing machine for naughty boys. You will also discover why a public clock still runs to Bristol time. This compendium of the weird and wonderful will surprise even those Bristolians who thought they really knew their city.
Download or read book Nonsense written by Lori Mortensen and published by Versify. This book was released on 2020 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated and lyrical picture-book biography of eccentric and beloved writer and artist Edward Gorey In this lyrical biography of one of literature's most creepily creative authors and illustrators, kids will learn about the inspiration behind a generation of creators, from Lemony Snicket to Tim Burton. Known for, among other things, wearing a large fur coat wherever he went, storyteller Edward Gorey was respected for both his brilliance and his eccentricity. As a child, he taught himself to read and skipped several grades before landing at Harvard (after a brief stint in the army). Then he built a name for himself as a popular book illustrator. After that, he went on to publish well over one hundred of his own books, stories that mingled sweetness and innocence, danger and darkness, all mixed with his own brand of silliness. Illustrated with Gorey-like humor and inspiration by Chloe Bristol, this stunning picture book biography about this beloved creator is the first for children.
Download or read book Curious Bristol written by Rosemary Clinch and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women in Science written by Rachel Ignotofsky and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, comes to the youngest readers in board format! Highlighting notable women's contributions to STEM, this board book edition features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature illustrations reimagined for young readers to introduce the perfect role models to grow up with while inspiring a love of science. The collection includes diverse women across various scientific fields, time periods, and geographic locations. The perfect gift for every curious budding scientist!
Download or read book Curious Attractions written by Debra Spark and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2005-05-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lively and engaging essays on aspects of the writer's craft from an acclaimed novelist
Download or read book The Picture of Bristol Or a Guide to Objects of Curiosity and Interest in Bristol Clifton the Hotwells and Their Vicinity written by John Evans and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Curious written by Todd Kashdan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dead cats. That's the image many people conjure up when you mention curiosity. An image perpetuated by a dusty old proverb that has long represented the extent of our understanding of the term. This book might not put the proverb to rest, but it will flip it upside down: far from killing anything, curiosity breathes new life into almost everything it touches. In Curious? Dr. Todd Kashdan offers a profound new message missing from so many books on happiness: the greatest opportunities for joy, purpose, and personal growth don't, in fact, happen when we're searching for happiness. They happen when we are mindful, when we explore what's novel, and when we live in the moment and embrace uncertainty. Positive events last longer and we can extract more pleasure and meaning from them when we are open to new experiences and relish the unknown. Dr. Kashdan uses science, story, and practical exercises to show you how to become what he calls a curious explorer—a person who's comfortable with risk and challenge and who functions optimally in an unstable, unpredictable world. Here's a blueprint for building lasting, meaningful relationships, improving health, increasing creativity, and boosting productivity. Aren't you curious to know more?
Download or read book Curious About Bristol written by Robert Brook and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Curiosity written by Philip Ball and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by Bodley Head, 2012.
Download or read book The Curious Moaning of Kenfig Burrows written by Sophy Rickett and published by Gost Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume was inspired by the life and work of Victorian astronomer and photographer Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, and her father, John.
Download or read book Curious George Animals Puzzle Book written by H. A. Rey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Curious George novelty book, with four chunky jigsaw puzzles-perfect for little hands.
Download or read book Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis a Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts written by John Washbourn and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adventures of a Curious Cat written by Curious Zelda and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Curious about Nature written by Tim Burt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notwithstanding the importance of modern technology, fieldwork remains vital, not least through helping to inspire and educate the next generation. Fieldwork has the ingredients of intellectual curiosity, passion, rigour and engagement with the outdoor world - to name just a few. You may be simply noting what you see around you, making detailed records, or carrying out an experiment; all of this and much more amounts to fieldwork. Being curious, you think about the world around you, and through patient observation develop and test ideas. Forty contributors capture the excitement and importance of fieldwork through a wide variety of examples, from urban graffiti to the Great Barrier Reef. Outdoor learning is for life: people have the greatest respect and care for their world when they have first-hand experience of it. The Editors are donating all royalties due to them to the environmental charity, The Field Studies Council, to support student fieldwork at the Council's field centres.
Download or read book Curious Travellers written by Mary-Ann Constantine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious Travellers: Writing the Welsh Tour, 1760-1820 provides the first extensive literary study of British tours of Wales in the Romantic period (c.1760-1820). It examines writers' responses to Welsh landscapes and communities at a time of drastic economic, environmental, and political change. Opening with an overview of Welsh tours up to the early 1700s, Mary-Ann Constantine shows how the intensely intertextual nature of the genre imbued particular sites and locations with meaning. She next draws upon a range of manuscript and published sources to trace a circular tour of the country, unpicking moments of cultural entanglement and revealing how travel-writing shaped understanding of Wales and Welshness within the wider British polity. Wales became a popular destination for visitors following the publication of Thomas Pennant's Tours in Wales in the late 1770s. Hundreds of travel-accounts from the period are extant, yet few (particularly those by women) have been studied in depth. Wales proves, in these narratives, as much a place of disturbance as a picturesque haven--a potent mixture of medieval past and industrial present, exposed down its west coast to the threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. From castles to copper-mines, Constantine explores the full potential of tour writing as an idiosyncratic genre at the interface of literature and history, arguing for its vital importance to broader cultural and environmental studies.
Download or read book The Harleian Miscellany a collection of scarce curious and entertaining pamphlets and tracts found in the late Earl of Oxford s library Interspersed with historical political and critical notes etc With an introduction by Samuel Johnson written by and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Harleian Miscellany Or A Collection of Scarce Curious and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts as Well in Manuscript as in Print Found in the Late Earl of Oxford s Library Interspersed with Historical Political and Critical Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
