Author: John TimbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities
Author: John TimbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eccentrics and eccentricities
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities
Author: John TimbsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752562404
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
Eccentric Travellers
Author: John KeayPublisher: John Murray
ISBN: 9780719561641
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This is a classic account of obsessives abroad. Madder than the maddest scientists, eccentric travellers made exploration popular. Who could resist the naturalist who wrestled with boa constrictors, or the evangelist who stomped the Hindu Kush stark naked?
Eccentric America
Author: Jan FriedmanPublisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A guide to all things wacky, weird, curious, and bizarre in the U.S.A., featuring approximately 1,000 festivals, attractions, tours, shopping, restaurants, hotels, and eccentric environments. photos. 51 maps.
"Peter Gabriel, From Genesis to Growing Up "
Author: Sarah HillPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135155428X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Ever since Peter Gabriel fronted progressive rock band Genesis, from the late 1960s until the mid 1970s, journalists and academics alike have noted the importance of Gabriel's contribution to popular music. His influence became especially significant when he embarked on a solo career in the late 1970s. Gabriel secured his place in the annals of popular music history through his poignant recordings, innovative music videos, groundbreaking live performances, the establishment of WOMAD (the World of Music and Dance) and the Real World record label (as a forum for musicians from around the world to be heard, recorded and promoted) and for his political agenda (including links to a variety of political initiatives including the Artists Against Apartheid Project, Amnesty International and the Human Rights Now tour). In addition, Gabriel is known as a sensitive, articulate and critical performer whose music reflects an innate curiosity and deep intellectual commitment. This collection documents and critically explores the most central themes found in Gabriel's work. These are divided into three important conceptual areas arising from Gabriel's activity as a songwriter and recording artist, performer and activist: 'Identity and Representation', 'Politics and Power' and 'Production and Performance'.
Fast Life
Author: J. LennoxThe Grand Tour Diary of Frederica Murray, 1819-1820
Author: Mark GuscinPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527564819
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In 1819, the Murray family set out on one of the last Grand Tours before railways forever changed the way people travelled. The eldest daughter of the Second Earl of Mansfield, Lady Frederica Murray (later Stanhope, as she married James Hamilton Stanhope, the youngest son of the 3rd Earl of Stanhope) kept a diary on the tour, which this book explores in detail. The diary has never been published (not even mentioned in any of the Grand Tour literature) and is a fascinating and essential look at the Murray/Mansfield family, and Europe at the time. Frederica was a deeply observant traveller and noted down numerous picturesque and historical details; she was also very open and sometimes even cutting in her opinions when she came across something or someone she did not like. Frederica’s diary shows a very mature 19-year-old with clear opinions on art, literature and the world around her. This book will therefore be interesting for scholars of travel, Grand Tours, and Regency England and its society, as well as anyone with an interest in travel and history.
Boys' Herald
Author: Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions
Author: John F. MichellPublisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
ISBN: 9780932813671
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Takes us into the bizarre and often humorous lives of such people as Lady Blount, who was sure that the earth is flat, Cyrus Teed, who believed that the earth is a hollow shell with us in the inside; Edward Hine, who believed that the British are the lost Tribes of Israel; and Baron de Guldenstubbe, who was sure that statues wrote him letters. British writer and housewife Nesta Webster devoted her life to exposing international conspiracies, and Father O'Callaghan devoted his to opposing interest on loans. The extraordinary characters in this book were and in some cases still are wholehearted enthusiasts for the various causes and outrageous notions they adopted, and John Michell describes their adventures with spirit and compassion.
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