Download or read book Great British Spirit written by Charlotte Browne and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The pride in who we are is not part of our past, it defines our present and our future' - The Queen From Big Ben to James Bond, from the Battle of Hastings to the Beatles, from William Shakespeare to the Royal Family, our tiny island nation has a famed and varied history. But we are special as a country not just because of those who have gone down in history, but for those who haven't. In Great British Spirit, we celebrate the incredible British national character, our sense of community and the superhuman efforts of ordinary people across the United Kingdom, providing the perfect antidote to the turbulent times we live in. This book will champion our nation and its incredible people, while remembering other incredible struggles we have overcome as a nation in the last century. Great British Spirit will remind us all why being British is something not just to be proud of, but to celebrate.
Download or read book Empire of Booze written by Henry Jeffreys and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Fortnum and Mason Best Debut Drink Book Award 2017 From renowned booze correspondent Henry Jeffreys comes this rich and full-bodied history of Britain and the Empire, told through the improbable but true stories of how the world’s favourite alcoholic drinks came to be. Read about how we owe the champagne we drink today to seventeenth-century methods for making sparkling cider; how madeira and India Pale Ale became legendary for their ability to withstand the long, hot journeys to Britain’s burgeoning overseas territories; and why whisky became the familiar choice for weary empire builders who longed for home. Jeffreys traces the impact of alcohol on British culture and society: literature, science, philosophy and even religion have reflections in the bottom of a glass. Filled to the brim with fascinating trivia and recommendations for how to enjoy these drinks today, you could even drink along as you read... So, raise your glass to the Empire of Booze!
Download or read book Ritual Journeys with Great British Goddesses written by Susie Fox and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritual Journeys with Great British Goddesses answers the question, who is the great British goddess? It provides thirteen rituals for development and growth, one for each of the thirteen different great British goddesses who were worshipped by our British ancestors. The goddesses are described in both historical and mythological terms, with rituals, meditations, and poems to help readers form a relationship with the goddess. The rituals are linked to the modern months of the year and the Celtic fire festivals, solstices, and equinoxes. The rituals can be followed word for word or used as the starting point for personal creative rituals. Suggestions for creating unique rituals and how to do so with focus and in a safe environment are given. Enjoy a year of discovery with the great British goddess and explore the Celtic heritage of the British Isles. Susie Fox writes poetry, songs, and music in the British folk tradition; teaches music, Reiki, and Seichem; and is involved in two local pagan groups. She follows a Celtic-British path of paganism, focusing on healing.
Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Division of Foreign Markets and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Raw Spirit written by Iain Banks and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a native of Scotland, bestselling author Iain Banks has decided to undertake a tour of the distilleries of his homeland in a bid to uncover the unique spirit of the single malt. Visiting some of the world's most famous distilleries and also some of its smallest and most obscure ones, Banks embarks on a journey of discovery which educates him about the places, people and products surrounding the centuries-old tradition of whisky production. Using various modes of transport - ferries to the islands, cars across the highlands, even bicycles between bus-stops - Banks' tour of Scotland combines history, literature and landscape in an entertaining and informative account of an exploration in which the arrival is by no means the most important part of the journey.
Download or read book Rum and British Spirit Duties written by Alexander MacDonnell and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britannia Going But Not Gone written by A. E. Patrick and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people in Britain have not thought that much about Britishness until now, just when we fear it is being snatched away. When our liberty is at stake do we just lie down and roll over? Bombarded by the media of what we should and shouldn't do, are we forgetting what is really important in life? We all want so much, yet need so little. The British people have always had a unique character but are we becoming a risk averse nation afraid of our own shadow, or when the going gets tough can the great legendary British spirit be revived and our national pride restored? A heartfelt and thought provoking account of what is disappearing from the British way of life.
Download or read book British Spirits Comments upon the evidence affecting the Spirit Trade given before the Committee of the House of Commons upon Sugar and Coffee Planting By a Scotchman written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Spirit of the Blitz written by Paul Addison and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Blitz, the morale of the British people was clandestinely monitored by Home Intelligence, a unit of the Ministry of Information that kept watch on the behaviour and opinions of the public and eavesdropped on their conversations. Drawing on a wide range of intelligence sources from every region of the United Kingdom, a small team of officials based at the Senate House of the University of London compiled secret reports on the state of popular morale as the Luftwaffe attacked Britain's major towns and cities between September 1940 and May 1941. Edited and introduced by two leading historians of the period, who tell the inside story of Home Intelligence and why it proved so controversial in Whitehall, the complete and unabridged sequence of reports provide us with a unique and extraordinary window into the mindset of the British during a momentous period in their history. Not only do they include in-depth reports on the effects of the bombing, including special reports on Coventry, Clydebank, Hull, Barrow-in-Furness, Plymouth, Merseyside and Portsmouth, but also insights into almost every aspect of everyday life in Britain as well as the response of the public to the shifting military fortunes of the war. Reading like the collective diary of a nation, the reports strip away the nostalgia that has grown up around the period, reminding us instead of the sufferings and sacrifices, the many frustrations and difficulties of daily life, the administrative bungling, the grumbling and petty jealousies, and the determination of the overwhelming majority to put up with it all for the sake of beating Hitler.
Download or read book Civil Service in Great Britain written by Dorman Bridgman Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Domestic and Financial Condition of Great Britain Preceded by a Brief Sketch of Her Foreign Policy and of the Statistics and Politics of France Russia Austria and Prussia written by George Browning (of London.) and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cosmopolitan written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Spirit of the General Letters and Orders Issued by the Honourable Board of Excise from 1828 to 1836 Inclusive written by George T. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great British Dream Factory written by Dominic Sandbrook and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 Britain's empire has gone. Our manufacturing base is a shadow of its former self; the Royal Navy has been reduced to a skeleton. In military, diplomatic and economic terms, we no longer matter as we once did. And yet there is still one area in which we can legitimately claim superpower status: our popular culture. It is extraordinary to think that one British writer, J. K. Rowling, has sold more than 400 million books; that Doctor Who is watched in almost every developed country in the world; that James Bond has been the central character in the longest-running film series in history; that The Lord of the Rings is the second best-selling novel ever written (behind only A Tale of Two Cities); that the Beatles are still the best-selling musical group of all time; and that only Shakespeare and the Bible have sold more books than Agatha Christie. To put it simply, no country on earth, relative to its size, has contributed more to the modern imagination. This is a book about the success and the meaning of Britain's modern popular culture, from Bond and the Beatles to heavy metal and Coronation Street, from the Angry Young Men to Harry Potter, from Damien Hirst toThe X Factor.
Download or read book Loftus s almanack for the wine beer and spirit trades written by Loftus's Almanack for Brewers and published by . This book was released on with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great British Ghost Hunt written by Hans Holzer and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If ever any isles deserved the name Magic Islands, it is Britain.” Great Britain, home of haunted castles, famous specters and time-shrouded ruins, is a natural habitat for Professor Hans Holzer, ghost hunter extraordinaire. With the skill and dedication that have made him famous in parapsychology, he has traced the fascinating paths of some remarkable ghosts through Britain and Scotland. In these pages Holzer introduces us to the ancient halls of Longleat, Blanchland, and Leith Hall, each distinctively eerie and all populated by most unusual inhabitants. Through him and skilled mediums working with him, we encounter the ghosts of famous queens—Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Mary Queen of Scots and Katherine Parr. And we travel the English and Scottish countryside in search of engrossing psychic experiences. Holzer also takes us on an eventful tour through the home of Robert Louis Stevenson, who still seems to haunt his former residence. He even investigates the appearance of a monk—an apparition seen by several people—on an English television program. A most entertaining and thoroughly researched trip into that other world, The Great British Ghost Hunt is an exciting journey led by one of this world’s most renowned psychic researchers.
Download or read book The American Spirit in Europe written by Halvdan Koht and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
