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The Greater Genius?
Marc Isambard Brunel, father of the nation's favourite industrial engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, should have as great a claim on fame as his well-championed son. In this biography, Bagust narrates Brunel's life from his birth in France, through his struggle for recognition in Britain to his ultimate acceptance & success.
The Brunels
Isambard Kingdom Brunel has always been regarded as one of Britain’s great heroes and an engineering genius. His father Marc Brunel has not received the same degree of adulation, but this book will show just how important a part Marc played in his son’s works and will also look at his own great achievements. Marc Brunel arrived in Britain as a refugee from revolutionary France, after a short time working in America. He was a pioneer of mass production technology, when he invented machines for making blocks for sailing ships. He had other inventions to his name, but his greatest achievement was in constructing the very first tunnel under the Thames. Isambard spent his early years working ...
Sir Marc Brunel the Greater Genius
Sir Marc Brunel - father of Isambard - has been over-shadowed by his more celebrated son. But Sir Marc was an equally interesting character himself. This volume charts his eclectic life and career.
The Battle for Stow
Highlighting modern day battles, against the backdrop of a bloody historical conflict.
Leisurely Gardening
The object of this book is to show the reader how modern gardening, in spite of limited time and limited space can be as rewarding an art form as in the golden Edwardian years.
Allotted Time
Robin Shelton and his mate Steve were complete neophytes when they decided that having an allotment might save them a bit of money. But what had seemed like a good idea over a couple of beers seemed rather more daunting when faced with a weedy patch of ground. Still, both men were at a crisis point in their lives and the allotment represented their desire to achieve something concrete. They persevered and, despite the weather and confusing advice from their elderly allotment neighbours, managed to plant and grow a successful crop of vegetables. As he writes about their year in the allotment, Robin describes his own personal journey. When he takes the allotment on he is divorced, broke and su...
Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
Civil engineering produces the structures of all human settlements worldwide and is a vital discipline for many aspects modern life, underlying housing, transport, and our major areas and buildings related to work, study, and leisure. In this Very Short Introduction, David Muir Wood demonstrates the nature and importance of civil engineering not only in the history of civilization and urbanization, but its range of facets today, and its challenges for the future. Beginning with the challenge of creating a settlement on a deserted island, which sets out the problems that civil engineers need to solve, he looks at the social and environmental considerations as well as the science, technology, ...
The Countryman
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Forging Modernity
The Industrial Revolution provided the greatest increase in living standards the world has ever known while propelling Britain to dominance on the global stage. In Forging Modernity, Martin Hutchinson looks at how and why Britain gained this prize ahead of its European competitors. After comparing their endowments and political structures as far back as 1600, he then traces how Britain, through better policies primarily from the political Tory party, diverged from other European countries. Hutchinson's Harvard MBA allows a unique perspective on the early industrial enterprises - many successes resulted from marketing, control systems and logistics rather than from production technology alone...
Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening
Provides information on growing trees, perennials, annuals, grasses, herbs, and bulbs, features the basics of garden design, and talks about environmentally sound controls of pests and diseases.
