Author: Hugh CantliePublisher:
ISBN: 9781999614508
Category : Bars (Drinking establishments)
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Author: Hugh Cantlie
Author: Hugh Cantlie
Author: Hugh Cantlie
Author: Alastair SawdayOn Roads
Author: Joe MoranPublisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847654932
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In this history of roads and what they have meant to the people who have driven them, one of Britain's favourite cultural historians reveals how a relatively simple road system turned into a maze-like pattern of roundabouts, flyovers, and spaghetti junctions. Using a unique blend of travel writing, anthropology, history and social observation, he explores how Britain's roads have their roots in unexpected places, from Napoleon's role in the numbering system to the surprising origin of sat-nav. Full of quirky nuggets of history, such as the day trips organised to see the construction of the M1 and the 2.5m Mills and Boons used to build the M6 Toll Road, On Roads also celebrates innovators whose work we take for granted, such as the designers of the road sign system. On subjects ranging from speed limits to driving on the left, and the 'non-places where we stop to the unwritten laws of traffic jams, these hidden stories have never been told together, until now.
Carabid Beetles: Ecology and Evolution
Author: K. DesenderPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401709688
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Carabidae form one of the largest and best studied families of insects, occurring in nearly every terrestrial habitat. The contributions included in this book cover a broad spectrum of recent research into this beetle family, with an emphasis on various aspects of ecology and evolution. They deal both with individual carabid species, for example in studies on population and reproductive biology or life history in general, and with ground beetle communities, as exemplified in papers treating assemblages in natural habitats, on agricultural land and in forests. Disciplines range from biogeography and faunistics, over morphology, taxonomy and phylogenetics, ecophysiology and functional ecology, to population, community, conservation and landscape ecology. This volume is the result of the 8th European Carabidologists' Meeting, 2nd International Symposium of Carabidology, September 1-4, 1992, Belgium.
Author: 
Author: The Motorway Achievement
Author: Peter BaldwinPublisher: Thomas Telford
ISBN: 9780727731968
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
This volume provides a set of contrasting first hand accounts of the creation of the motorway system, the problems encountered, the solutions adopted and the lessons learned for future motorway development.
