1# Library to Find Best eBook for Read
Author : Jim Garrison
Release : 1970
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Heritage of Stone by : Jim Garrison
Download or read book A Heritage of Stone written by Jim Garrison. This book was released on 1970. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, the New Orleans district attorney tells the full story of his views of the Kennedy assassination - and of America today.
Author : Nina Chapple
Release : 2006-10-16
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 350/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Heritage of Stone by : Nina Chapple
Download or read book A Heritage of Stone written by Nina Chapple. This book was released on 2006-10-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Heritage of Stone offers a fascinating new perspective on the histories of many leading communities of south-western Ontario. It celebrates the many fine stone buildings which are the pride of these cities and towns.
Author : Robert Thorson
Release : 2009-05-26
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 201/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stone by Stone by : Robert Thorson
Download or read book Stone by Stone written by Robert Thorson. This book was released on 2009-05-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. They took three billion man-hours to build. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story-about the geothermal forces that formed their stones, the tectonic movements that brought them to the surface, the glacial tide that broke them apart, the earth that held them for so long, and about the humans who built them. Stone walls layer time like Russian dolls, their smallest elements reflecting the longest spans, and Thorson urges us to study them, for each stone has its own story. Linking geological history to the early American experience, Stone by Stone presents a fascinating picture of the land the Pilgrims settled, allowing us to see and understand it with new eyes.
Author : J.T. Hannibal
Release : 2020-11-18
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 088/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Global Heritage Stone by : J.T. Hannibal
Download or read book Global Heritage Stone written by J.T. Hannibal. This book was released on 2020-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage stones are building and ornamental stones that have special significance in human culture. The papers in this volume discuss a wide variety of such materials, including stones from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. Igneous (basalt, porphyry, granite), sedimentary (sandstone, limestone) and metamorphic (marble, quartzite, gneiss, soapstone, slate) stones are featured. These have been utilized over long periods of time for a wide range of uses contributing to the historic fabric of the built environment. Many of these stones are of international significance, and so are potential Global Heritage Stone Resources, that is stones that have the requisite qualities for international recognition by the Heritage Stones Subcommission of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The papers bring together diverse information on these stones ranging from their geological setting and quarry locations to mechanical properties, current availability, and uses over time. As such the papers can serve as an entry into the literature on these important stones.
Author : Ruth Siddall
Release : 2021-11-30
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 220/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Natural Stone and World Heritage by : Ruth Siddall
Download or read book Natural Stone and World Heritage written by Ruth Siddall. This book was released on 2021-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales. It provides a description of the available geological resources and the building materials used in the construction of Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris Castles. It takes a broad view of this subject, placing the stone used in the castles in the context of both earlier and later buildings across the region of study, from the Neolithic up until the present day. The book will serve as a useful source book for geologists, archaeologists, architects, representatives of the natural stone industry, historians and cultural heritage management professionals specifically and for academic and non-academic communities, travellers and tourism industry operators in general.
