Download or read book Villages of the White Horse written by Alfred Williams and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Villages of the White Horse written by Alfred Williams and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The White Horse Show written by Brian J. Tilling and published by Athena PressPub Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be part of the White Horse Show Committee, or so the saying goes, the only qualification necessary is to be certifiably mad. After all, one must need a dose of insanity or a very healthy sense of humour to manage the mysterious transparent toilets, the collapsible marquees, not to mention the terrifying racing lawnmowers, and still come back for more - thirty-six years in a row. The story of how, from humble beginnings and with little to no financial backing, one group of individuals fought to create and maintain one of the most popular country shows in England is far more than one of prerequisite madness: it is a story of intense hard work, grit and frequent hilarity. Against preachings of doom and the background of the financial slump of the '90s, the show committee continued to build an event that became a source of entertainment, income, education and pride for Uffington and its surrounding villages. From freefall parachute teams to the Household Cavalry; from Spanish equestrians to precocious gymnasts; from pet piglets to motorcycle daredevils; the story of the White Horse Show is one of an event that harnessed the spirit of a community.
Download or read book The Rider on the White Horse written by Theodor Storm and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1917 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rider on the White Horse" begins as a ghost story. A traveler finds himself caught in dangerously rough weather. On an island just offshore he glimpses the specter of a rider on a white horse rising and plunging in the wind and rain. Taking shelter at a local inn, the traveler mentions the apparition, and the local schoolmaster volunteers a story. It is a tale of ambition, of a young man, Hauke Heien, who is out not only to make a name for himself but to remake the world; of love and family, as Hauke and his wife try to come to terms with their late-born child's mental retardation; and of politics, as the community fights back against Hauke's initiatives. It is a story, too, about the crisis of faith, of wanting and missing the presence of the divine, and of the persistence of superstition. It is an appealingly matter-of-fact picture of rural life, a harrowing glimpse of spiritual isolation, and a stark vision of the violence of the natural world. Finally, it is a story about the basis of civilization in the act of human sacrifice. Anticipating "Lord of the Flies" and "The Lottery," Theodor Storm's novella, limpidly translated by the American poet James Wright, is not just the ghost story it first appears to be but an economical and gripping dramatization of some of the bloody questions that haunt the disenchanted modern world.
Download or read book The History and Directory of the Towns and Principal Villages in the County of Lincoln Including the Port of Kingston upon Hull and the Adjacent Towns and Village By William White Co Edited by William Parson written by and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book English Villages written by P. H. Ditchfield and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book Our English Towns and Villages written by H. R. Wilton Hall and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Our English Towns and Villages' is a history book that attempts to explain what life is like in English towns and villages to the readers. It traces the changes that occur even to rural life during different points in Great Britain's history, from the times when it was still under the Roman Empire's rule all the way up to the English Reformation era.
Download or read book English Villages And Hamlets written by Humphrey Pakington and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book Villages of Britain written by Clive Aslet and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 1091 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's villages are world famous for their loveliness and idiosyncratic charm. Each village is different; travel across the country and you will unearth a joyous variety, from straggly Leintwardine in Herefordshire to BBC-film-perfect Askrigg in Yorkshire to higgledy-piggledy tourist hub Polperro in Cornwall to Miserden in Gloucestershire, with its staggeringly beautiful gardens, to Pittenweemin Fife, still eking a living from fishing, to the warring villages of Donhead St. Mary and Donhead St. Andrew in Wiltshire. History and architecture account for some differences-the memorials in churches, the details of door frames and chimney stacks-but there are also differences of spirit, and in how life is lived there today. What are the thriving local businesses? What are they selling in the shops-or are there shops at all? What are the traditions, old or invented? Who are the people who make these communities work? In this captivating volume, Clive Aslet draws on thirty years of travel in the countryside working for Britain's Country Life magazine to give us a living, personal, and opinionated history of five hundred of Britain's most beautiful and vibrant villages. Meticulously researched and drawing from conversations with local residents, publicans, and vicars, this book is both an indispensable gazetteer for anyone planning to tour the countryside and a portrait of rural Britain in a time of change.
Download or read book English Villages written by Peter Hampson Ditchfield and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1905-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Britain written by Rob Humphreys and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-02 with total page 1129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information for traveling in England, Wales, and Scotland, including travel tips, recommended accommodations, historic sites, and annual events.
Download or read book Alfred Williams His Life and Work written by Leonard Clark and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practicing Ethnography in a Globalizing World written by June C. Nash and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her new book, distinguished anthropologist June Nash tackles the critical question of how people of diverse cultures confront the common problems that arise with global integration. She reveals these impacts on an urban U.S. community, on Mandalay rice cultivators, as well as on Mayan and Andean peasants and miners. Her decades-long research in these communities provides a valuable resource for anthropologists and other social scientists engaged in contemporary ethnographic research.
Download or read book Amazing life in Villages and Sustainability written by Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka and published by SAI BHASKAR REDDY NAKKA. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazing life in villages and sustainability
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