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2) Understanding the UK: a short guide to British culture, politics, geography, economics, and history
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Publisher
Hippocrene Books
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
265 p. : 2 maps ; 22 cm.
4) England
Series
Publisher
Pilot Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Includes Stonehenge, Dover, Brighton, London, Liverpool, Glastonbury, Cornwall, and Wales.
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Description
The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson s valentine to his adopted country of England In 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the United States. The book about that trip, Notes from a Small Island, is uproarious and endlessly endearing, one of the most acute and affectionate portrayals...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
iv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Paints a vivid picture of what life was like during the time of Henry VIII by visiting more than fifty Tudor palaces, theaters, and abbeys, including Anne Boleyn's childhood home and the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
592 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
Description
Whether you want to go wild swimming in the Fairy Pools of Skye, take a windswept walk along the Jurassic Coast, or scale the heights of Snowdonia, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Great Britain has to offer.
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"Max Adams explores Britain's lost early medieval past by walking its paths and exploring its lasting imprint on valley, hill, and field. From York to Whitby, from London to Sutton Hoo, from Edinburgh to Anglesey, and from Hadrian's Wall to Loch Tay, each of his ten walking narratives form free-standing chapters as well as parts of a wider portrait of a Britain of fort and fyrd, crypt and crannog, church and causeway, holy well and memorial stone."--Amazon.com....
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 220 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows Michael Wood as he travels in search of the truth behind four famous legends. Explores not only the historical past and literal truth of these myths, but also the mythic past and archetypal stories behind them. Examines the Biblical myth of the Queen of Sheba, an exotic and mysterious woman of power who, with King Solomon, plays a key role in the founding myths of the modern states of Israel and Ethiopia. Traces the Celtic legend of King Arthur...
Publisher
Disinformation Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the proliferation of prehistoric stone archictecture and other similar formations throughout the British Isles. "There are about 1,000 stone circles in the British Isles. If you include other megalithic monuments such as stone rows, long barrows, cairns, cists, standing stones, and others, the number runs to tens of thousands. Yet most people can name only one: Stonehenge. This DVD is a unique travelogue in which presenter Rupert Soskin...
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Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (18 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v, 284 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 19 cm).
Description
Whether you are searching for the past or want to better understand the world as it is today, travel-even virtually, from the comfort of home-offers a unique opportunity to see the world in new ways. Wander the streets of cosmopolitan London, roam the 1,000-year-old campuses of Oxford and Cambridge, or tour world-famous museums like the Tate Modern and the National Railway Museum. Or maybe you are aiming for a more pastoral adventure, like an expedition...
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