This book tells the little known story of the Army's schools, which were established in 1812 to provide schooling for soldiers' children and subsequently for enlisted men, some 30 years before governments first provided money for civilian elementary schools in England and Wales. This is the first published work on the Army's schools during the 19t
Provides an extension to the Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops range. This work offers a fascinating look at real and fictional monsters, tells how people in newspapers, radio and television bring us the latest news, presents an exploration of the fun and fabulous shapes found in nature, and shows the power of advertising and the art of persuasion.
Looks at the extraction of granite from the ground, and its journey to make an office floor.
Demonstrates how communities can develop their own renewable energy projects to provide local energy and create new businesses. The author explains how to design, set up and fund community energy systems, citing examples from countries that have already cut the amount of energy they use and supplied their needs from renewable energy.
Dublin and the Viking World is a unique blend of the familiar and the unfamiliar, the broad generalisation and the rarefied detail, the well-known historical character and the ordinary Dubliner.
The growth of Ireland's capital during a fascinating period of history told with passion and imagination by real experts. Through archaeological finds, documents, maps and photographs, discover the realities of life in medieval Dublin: trade, customers, guilds, crime, religion and much more.
Fiction. Latinx Studies. Women's Studies. What do a corpse, a painter, two smugglers, a clever ghost, a green parrot, a fashion show, and a bank robbery have in common? Set in present-day Central America, a talkative parrot witnesses a crime; friendly spirits chaperone, shape, and direct their fellow characters in criminal pursuits, in romantic liaisons, and in business endeavours, allowing them to make amends, and to right some of the wrongs of history through actions reminiscent of legendary Robin Hood. Simon Patrick, an artist, re-locates in Costa Rica. He inherits a parrot, Don Verde, once a drug mule for Marco Alvarez who has left behind the body of his wife, Isabella, in the well. But this is not a run-of-the-mill smuggler, nor is Isabella a passive ghost. What follows is a terrific tale of friendship, thievery, haunting, and finally redemption.