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Walking the Walls: Historic Town Defences in Kent, Côte d'Opale and West Flanders
A visitors’ guide to coastal fortifications on the Kent coast from the Roman to Napoleonic periods in the towns of Canterbury, Dover, Rochester, Sandwich, Folkestone and Hythe.
A Guide to the Industrial Heritage of Merseyside
A gazetteer of historic industrial sites in Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, and St Helens - docks, canals, railways, mills, lighthouses, breweries, warehouses, waterworks, shipyards, quarries, gasworks etc. Each site is identified, described, and given a map reference.
The Newcomen Engine
The antecedents of Newcomen’s engine described prior to a complete analysis of his experiments during the invention and production of his engine brought by him to completion, with an appendix of measurements.
Sanjusangendo: National Treasure
An illustrated souvenir guide to the remarkable C12th Buddhist temple outside Kyoto and the one thousand life-size statues it contains. The entire structure and its contents are designated a National Treasure. Large format paperback. 24 pages.
Summoning the Gods: Sandpainting in the Native American Southwest
A large format album of colour illustrations of traditional Navajo sand paintings with accompanying text describing their history, technique, symbolism and, in recent times, transition to dry-painting as a source of income.
Neolithic Site at Banpo Near Xian
In 1953, the rich cultural remains at Banpo near Xi’an drew the attention of Chinese archaeologists who were able to research the living conditions of Banpo people 6,000 years ago.
The Doncaster Region in Roman Times
A short guide to the Roman fort of Danum whose remains lie beneath St George's church in the centre of Doncaster with additional sections on other local fort remains such as at Bawtry, the adjacent Roamn road layout, nearby pottery kilns, and small finds of coins and a Roman shield boss.
Early Plant Economy in Zimbabwe
Academic treatise on the palaeoenvironment, ethnobotany and the spread of agriculture in prehistoric Zimbabwe with specific archaeobotanical case studies of cave settlements and early farming communities, including that of Great Zimbabwe.
In North Sumatra, an Unknown Group: the Kalasan Batak
Northern Sumatra is home to the Batak ethnic group which, in turn, is sub-divided into individual tribal groups each with their own language and cultural identity.
Byzantium: A BBC Radio Guide to Byzantine History and Art
Published to accompany a series of twelve radio broadcasts this acts as an introduction to the Byzantine world, Byzantine church architecture and Byzantine art from the early Eastern Roman Empire of the C4th to the final crusades of the C13th.