Download or read book 101 Wonders of the Waterways written by Steve Haywood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming and characterful guidebook to the best of Britain's diverse and fascinating canal network for all waterway enthusiasts. Beautifully illustrated, this compendium uncovers the many extraordinary, notable and surprising places to be found on Britain's waterways. Our canals and rivers link into a diverse 3,000-mile-long network, and 101 Wonders of the Waterways shows you that wherever you find yourself in the country, there will be something nearby to give you a taste of this beautiful and nostalgia-infused world. Canal cruising experts Steve Haywood and Moira Haynes bring our waterways to life with their witty and lyrical prose, including many lesser-known and often ignored places – the best-kept secrets of Britain's canals and rivers. Some examples of wonders include: · Historic Hungerford in Berkshire, where William of Orange was staying when he was offered the crown after the Glorious Revolution · The world famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, soaring spectacularly on slender tapered columns 126 feet over the River Dee below · Hest Bank, with its stunning views and the only place where a canal runs so close to the seashore that you can smell the seaweed from the back of your boat As well as lively personal anecdotes, and insightful commentary on Britain's heritage and history, this guide includes handy recommendations to help you make the most of your visit to each wonder. This is the book you will want to have in the back of your car, or stuffed into your backpack, so you can find an idyllic place for a picnic, or the perfect day trip for a long weekend.
Download or read book The Wonder of Water written by Ingrid Leman Stefanovic and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change. From taken-for-granted values and perceptions to embodied, existential modes of engaging our world, human perspectives impact decision-making and behaviour. The Wonder of Water explores how human experience – including our cultural paradigms, value systems, and personal biases – impacts decisions around water. In many ways, the volume expands on the growing field of water ethics to include questions around environmental aesthetics, psychology, and ontology. And yet this book is not simply for philosophers. On the contrary, a specific aim is to explore how more informed philosophical dialogue will lead to more insightful public policies and practices. Case studies describe specific architectural and planning decisions, fisheries policies, urban ecological restorations, and more. The overarching phenomenological perspective, however, means that these discussions emerge within a sensibility that recognizes the foundational significance of human embodiment, culture, language, worldviews, and, ultimately, moral attunement to place.
Download or read book Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association written by Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lake Drummond Canal Va and N C written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Is a River written by Monika Vaicenavičiene and published by Enchanted Lion Books. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A river is a thread, embroidering our world. This non-fiction picture book brings attention to the rivers that stitch and thread our world together.
Download or read book Water Beings written by Veronica Strang and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2023-04-19 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking to the vast human history of water worship, a crucial study of our broken relationship with all things aquatic—and how we might mend it. Early human relationships with water were expressed through beliefs in serpentine aquatic deities: rainbow-colored, feathered or horned serpents, giant anacondas, and dragons. Representing the powers of water, these beings were bringers of life and sustenance, world creators, ancestors, guardian spirits, and lawmakers. Worshipped and appeased, they embodied people’s respect for water and its vital role in sustaining all living things. Yet today, though we still recognize that “water is life,” fresh- and saltwater ecosystems have been critically compromised by human activities. This major study of water beings and what has happened to them in different cultural and historical contexts demonstrates how and why some—but not all—societies have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it and asks what we can do to turn the tide.
Download or read book Annual Convention written by Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada s World Wonders written by Ron Brown and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an eclectic journey across Canada to seek out our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks, such as the relics of a famous gold rush, North America’s only walled city, indigenous deep heritage, spectacular landscape features, and awe-inspiring feats of engineering.
Download or read book Compiled Reports of the International Waterways Commission 1905 1913 written by International Waterways Commission (U.S. and Canada) and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inland Waterways Corporation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Water Gypsies written by Julian Dutton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, living afloat on Britain's waterways has been a rich part of the fabric of our social history, from the fisherfolk of ancient Britain to the bohemian houseboat dwellers of the 1950s and beyond. Whether they have chosen to leave the land behind and take to the water or been driven there by necessity, the history of the houseboat is a unique and fascinating seam of British history. In Water Gypsies, Julian Dutton – who was born and grew up on a houseboat – traces the evolution of boat-dwelling, from an industrial phenomenon in the heyday of the canals to the rise of life afloat as an alternative lifestyle in postwar Britain. Drawing on personal accounts and with a beautiful collection of illustrations, Water Gypsies is both a vivid narrative of a unique way of life and a valuable addition to social history.
Download or read book Blue Mind written by Wallace J. Nichols and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being. Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under, or simply near water. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with compelling personal stories from top athletes, leading scientists, military veterans, and gifted artists, he shows how proximity to water can improve performance, increase calm, diminish anxiety, and increase professional success. Blue Mind not only illustrates the crucial importance of our connection to water; it provides a paradigm shifting "blueprint" for a better life on this Blue Marble we call home.
Download or read book Wonders of the World written by BPI and published by BPI Publishing. This book was released on with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humans evolved, civilisations developed and man began to build permanent structures. Many of these constructions became landmarks and came to be known as 'wonders'. People from far and wide came, saw and marvelled at these feats of engineering and architecture. Get information about each one of these through this book. Fascinating facts and fabulous pictures make this book a must for your shelf.
Download or read book A Legislative Background of the Waterway User Charges Legislation During the 95th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century written by James Penny Boyd and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
