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"Monsters under Glass" explores our enduring fascination with hothouses and exotic blooms, from their rise in ancient times, through the Victorian vogue for plant collecting, to the vegetable monsters of twentieth-century science fiction and the movies, comics, and video games of the present day. Our interest in hothouses can be traced back to the Roman emperor Tiberius,(...)
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"Monsters under Glass" explores our enduring fascination with hothouses and exotic blooms, from their rise in ancient times, through the Victorian vogue for plant collecting, to the vegetable monsters of twentieth-century science fiction and the movies, comics, and video games of the present day. Our interest in hothouses can be traced back to the Roman emperor Tiberius,(...)
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Monsters under glass: a cultural history of hothouse flowers from 1850 to the present
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"Monsters under Glass" explores our enduring fascination with hothouses and exotic blooms, from their rise in ancient times, through the Victorian vogue for plant collecting, to the vegetable monsters of twentieth-century science fiction and the movies, comics, and video games of the present day. Our interest in hothouses can be traced back to the Roman emperor Tiberius, but it was only in the early nineteenth century that a boom in exotic plant collecting and new glasshouse technologies stimulated the imagination of novelists, poets, and artists, and the hothouse entered the creative language in a highly charged way. Decadent writers in England and Europe—including Charles Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde—transformed the hothouse from a functional object to a powerful metaphor of metropolitan life, sexuality, and being replete with a dark underside of decay and death; and of consciousness itself, nurtured and dissected under glass.
Monsters under glass: a cultural history of hothouse flowers from 1850 to the present
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"Monsters under Glass" explores our enduring fascination with hothouses and exotic blooms, from their rise in ancient times, through the Victorian vogue for plant collecting, to the vegetable monsters of twentieth-century science fiction and the movies, comics, and video games of the present day. Our interest in hothouses can be traced back to the Roman emperor Tiberius, but it was only in the early nineteenth century that a boom in exotic plant collecting and new glasshouse technologies stimulated the imagination of novelists, poets, and artists, and the hothouse entered the creative language in a highly charged way. Decadent writers in England and Europe—including Charles Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde—transformed the hothouse from a functional object to a powerful metaphor of metropolitan life, sexuality, and being replete with a dark underside of decay and death; and of consciousness itself, nurtured and dissected under glass.
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August 2018
August 2018
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The smell of fresh-cut grass and the look of a well-kept lawn evoke strong feelings in many of us, but this book is the story of two men who took that feeling and made it into an obsession with the lawn mower. Edwin Beard Budding (1796–1846) invented the lawnmower; Clive Gravett, the author, has built both a museum and charity dedicated to Budding, and he has assembled a(...)
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The smell of fresh-cut grass and the look of a well-kept lawn evoke strong feelings in many of us, but this book is the story of two men who took that feeling and made it into an obsession with the lawn mower. Edwin Beard Budding (1796–1846) invented the lawnmower; Clive Gravett, the author, has built both a museum and charity dedicated to Budding, and he has assembled a(...)
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Two men went to mow: the obsession, impact and history of lawn mowing
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The smell of fresh-cut grass and the look of a well-kept lawn evoke strong feelings in many of us, but this book is the story of two men who took that feeling and made it into an obsession with the lawn mower. Edwin Beard Budding (1796–1846) invented the lawnmower; Clive Gravett, the author, has built both a museum and charity dedicated to Budding, and he has assembled a vast collection of mowers spanning a century and a half. "Two Men Went to Mow" tells the full story of this world-changing piece of machinery. From its use in family yards, to its impact on the turf-based sports so many of us watch and love, Gravett takes us on an extraordinary and informative journey, showing how the mower developed, linking its rise to other trends in social history, and exploring the mowing habits of many famous and even infamous people.
Two men went to mow: the obsession, impact and history of lawn mowing
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The smell of fresh-cut grass and the look of a well-kept lawn evoke strong feelings in many of us, but this book is the story of two men who took that feeling and made it into an obsession with the lawn mower. Edwin Beard Budding (1796–1846) invented the lawnmower; Clive Gravett, the author, has built both a museum and charity dedicated to Budding, and he has assembled a vast collection of mowers spanning a century and a half. "Two Men Went to Mow" tells the full story of this world-changing piece of machinery. From its use in family yards, to its impact on the turf-based sports so many of us watch and love, Gravett takes us on an extraordinary and informative journey, showing how the mower developed, linking its rise to other trends in social history, and exploring the mowing habits of many famous and even infamous people.
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March 2019
March 2019
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Landscape Theory
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Une étude sur les perspectives historiques, géographiques, esthétiques, sociales et politiques utiles pour appréhender le paysage au sein de la société contemporaine. A travers une analyse critique d'un corpus d'images photographiques élaboré par l'Observatoire des paysages de Haute-Savoie, elle privilégie des prises de vue depuis les axes de circulation dans une logique(...)
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Une étude sur les perspectives historiques, géographiques, esthétiques, sociales et politiques utiles pour appréhender le paysage au sein de la société contemporaine. A travers une analyse critique d'un corpus d'images photographiques élaboré par l'Observatoire des paysages de Haute-Savoie, elle privilégie des prises de vue depuis les axes de circulation dans une logique(...)
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Prises de vue : une paradigme pour l'observation du paysage
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Une étude sur les perspectives historiques, géographiques, esthétiques, sociales et politiques utiles pour appréhender le paysage au sein de la société contemporaine. A travers une analyse critique d'un corpus d'images photographiques élaboré par l'Observatoire des paysages de Haute-Savoie, elle privilégie des prises de vue depuis les axes de circulation dans une logique d'itinéraire.
Prises de vue : une paradigme pour l'observation du paysage
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Une étude sur les perspectives historiques, géographiques, esthétiques, sociales et politiques utiles pour appréhender le paysage au sein de la société contemporaine. A travers une analyse critique d'un corpus d'images photographiques élaboré par l'Observatoire des paysages de Haute-Savoie, elle privilégie des prises de vue depuis les axes de circulation dans une logique d'itinéraire.
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June 2019
June 2019
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Landscape Theory
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Sur les bancs du paysage
Sur les bancs du paysage
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Aujourd’hui, le paysage s’inscrit dans un contexte institutionnel qui promeut la prise en compte des habitants et des usagers, leur consultation voire leur participation. Il est devenu un enjeu de mobilisations, un objet de politiques publiques et un outil de médiation. Les acteurs, à toutes les échelles, en appellent à la sensibilisation, à l’éducation, à la mobilisation(...)
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Aujourd’hui, le paysage s’inscrit dans un contexte institutionnel qui promeut la prise en compte des habitants et des usagers, leur consultation voire leur participation. Il est devenu un enjeu de mobilisations, un objet de politiques publiques et un outil de médiation. Les acteurs, à toutes les échelles, en appellent à la sensibilisation, à l’éducation, à la mobilisation(...)
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Sur les bancs du paysage
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Aujourd’hui, le paysage s’inscrit dans un contexte institutionnel qui promeut la prise en compte des habitants et des usagers, leur consultation voire leur participation. Il est devenu un enjeu de mobilisations, un objet de politiques publiques et un outil de médiation. Les acteurs, à toutes les échelles, en appellent à la sensibilisation, à l’éducation, à la mobilisation autour du paysage. Cet ouvrage fait dialoguer les principaux acteurs actuels de la formation du paysage, provenant de contextes divers. L'ouvrage propose des outils, des analyses, des démarches pour nourrir une didactique du paysage. Il présente une variété de dispositifs pédagogiques adaptés à tous les publics par le biais de 38 fiches interactives.
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Aujourd’hui, le paysage s’inscrit dans un contexte institutionnel qui promeut la prise en compte des habitants et des usagers, leur consultation voire leur participation. Il est devenu un enjeu de mobilisations, un objet de politiques publiques et un outil de médiation. Les acteurs, à toutes les échelles, en appellent à la sensibilisation, à l’éducation, à la mobilisation autour du paysage. Cet ouvrage fait dialoguer les principaux acteurs actuels de la formation du paysage, provenant de contextes divers. L'ouvrage propose des outils, des analyses, des démarches pour nourrir une didactique du paysage. Il présente une variété de dispositifs pédagogiques adaptés à tous les publics par le biais de 38 fiches interactives.
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June 2019
June 2019
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Glacier: nature and culture
Glacier: nature and culture
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As major actors in the unfolding drama of climate change, glaciers feature prominently in Earth’s past and its future. Wherever on the planet we live, glaciers affect each of us directly. They control the atmospheric and ocean circulations that drive the weather; they supply drinking and irrigation water to millions of people; and they protect us from catastrophic(...)
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As major actors in the unfolding drama of climate change, glaciers feature prominently in Earth’s past and its future. Wherever on the planet we live, glaciers affect each of us directly. They control the atmospheric and ocean circulations that drive the weather; they supply drinking and irrigation water to millions of people; and they protect us from catastrophic(...)
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Glacier: nature and culture
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As major actors in the unfolding drama of climate change, glaciers feature prominently in Earth’s past and its future. Wherever on the planet we live, glaciers affect each of us directly. They control the atmospheric and ocean circulations that drive the weather; they supply drinking and irrigation water to millions of people; and they protect us from catastrophic sea-level rise. The very existence of glaciers affects our view of the planet and of ourselves, but it is less than two hundred years since we first realized that ice ages come and go and that glaciers once covered much more of the planet’s surface than they do now. An inspiration to artists and a challenge for engineers, glaciers mean different things to different people. Crossing the boundaries between art, environment, science, nature, and culture, this book considers glaciers from myriad perspectives, revealing their complexity, majesty, and importance—but also their fragility.
Glacier: nature and culture
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As major actors in the unfolding drama of climate change, glaciers feature prominently in Earth’s past and its future. Wherever on the planet we live, glaciers affect each of us directly. They control the atmospheric and ocean circulations that drive the weather; they supply drinking and irrigation water to millions of people; and they protect us from catastrophic sea-level rise. The very existence of glaciers affects our view of the planet and of ourselves, but it is less than two hundred years since we first realized that ice ages come and go and that glaciers once covered much more of the planet’s surface than they do now. An inspiration to artists and a challenge for engineers, glaciers mean different things to different people. Crossing the boundaries between art, environment, science, nature, and culture, this book considers glaciers from myriad perspectives, revealing their complexity, majesty, and importance—but also their fragility.
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December 2019
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In 'Underland', Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future.
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In 'Underland', Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future.
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Underland: a deep time journey
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In 'Underland', Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future.
Underland: a deep time journey
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In 'Underland', Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future.
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July 2019
July 2019
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Remarkable trees
Remarkable trees
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'Remarkable Trees' tells the unique story of more than sixty species, each selected for its resonance and connection with people. In portraits that combine vivid cultural and historical narrative with a firm scientific grounding, Christina Harrison and Tony Kirkham reveal fascinating details of trees from the world’s major environmental zones and habitats.
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'Remarkable Trees' tells the unique story of more than sixty species, each selected for its resonance and connection with people. In portraits that combine vivid cultural and historical narrative with a firm scientific grounding, Christina Harrison and Tony Kirkham reveal fascinating details of trees from the world’s major environmental zones and habitats.
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Remarkable trees
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'Remarkable Trees' tells the unique story of more than sixty species, each selected for its resonance and connection with people. In portraits that combine vivid cultural and historical narrative with a firm scientific grounding, Christina Harrison and Tony Kirkham reveal fascinating details of trees from the world’s major environmental zones and habitats.
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'Remarkable Trees' tells the unique story of more than sixty species, each selected for its resonance and connection with people. In portraits that combine vivid cultural and historical narrative with a firm scientific grounding, Christina Harrison and Tony Kirkham reveal fascinating details of trees from the world’s major environmental zones and habitats.
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October 2019
October 2019
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Landscape architecture and photography are closely interrelated, since the former is a constantly evolving thing that can be captured in stills, even eternalized, by photography. What role does photography play in landscape design? How does photography create a new context for landscape?The book investigates such questions in nine essays by North-American and French(...)
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Landscape architecture and photography are closely interrelated, since the former is a constantly evolving thing that can be captured in stills, even eternalized, by photography. What role does photography play in landscape design? How does photography create a new context for landscape?The book investigates such questions in nine essays by North-American and French(...)
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Photoscapes: the nexus between photography and landscape design
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Landscape architecture and photography are closely interrelated, since the former is a constantly evolving thing that can be captured in stills, even eternalized, by photography. What role does photography play in landscape design? How does photography create a new context for landscape?The book investigates such questions in nine essays by North-American and French scientists, using landscape designs that were created from the 1950s to today.
Photoscapes: the nexus between photography and landscape design
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Landscape architecture and photography are closely interrelated, since the former is a constantly evolving thing that can be captured in stills, even eternalized, by photography. What role does photography play in landscape design? How does photography create a new context for landscape?The book investigates such questions in nine essays by North-American and French scientists, using landscape designs that were created from the 1950s to today.
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July 2019
July 2019
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Most people do not think to observe geology from the sidewalks of a major city, but all David B. Williams has to do is look at building stone in any urban center to find a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. In 'Stories in Stone', he takes you on explorations to find 3.5-billion-year-old rock that looks like swirled pink-and-black taffy, a gas(...)
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Most people do not think to observe geology from the sidewalks of a major city, but all David B. Williams has to do is look at building stone in any urban center to find a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. In 'Stories in Stone', he takes you on explorations to find 3.5-billion-year-old rock that looks like swirled pink-and-black taffy, a gas(...)
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Stories in stone: travels through urban geology
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Most people do not think to observe geology from the sidewalks of a major city, but all David B. Williams has to do is look at building stone in any urban center to find a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. In 'Stories in Stone', he takes you on explorations to find 3.5-billion-year-old rock that looks like swirled pink-and-black taffy, a gas station made of petrified wood, and a Florida fort that has withstood three hundred years of attacks and hurricanes, despite being made of a stone that has the consistency of a granola bar.
Stories in stone: travels through urban geology
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Most people do not think to observe geology from the sidewalks of a major city, but all David B. Williams has to do is look at building stone in any urban center to find a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. In 'Stories in Stone', he takes you on explorations to find 3.5-billion-year-old rock that looks like swirled pink-and-black taffy, a gas station made of petrified wood, and a Florida fort that has withstood three hundred years of attacks and hurricanes, despite being made of a stone that has the consistency of a granola bar.
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August 2019
August 2019
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Upstream: selected essays
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''Upstream,'' a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood ''friend'' Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple,(...)
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''Upstream,'' a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood ''friend'' Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple,(...)
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''Upstream,'' a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood ''friend'' Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple, ''a place to enter, and in which to feel,'' and who encouraged her to vanish into the world of her writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love. As she writes, ''I could not be a poet without the natural world. Someone else could. But not me. For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple.''
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''Upstream,'' a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood ''friend'' Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple, ''a place to enter, and in which to feel,'' and who encouraged her to vanish into the world of her writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love. As she writes, ''I could not be a poet without the natural world. Someone else could. But not me. For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple.''
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October 2019
October 2019
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