Book Description
'When Oak Was New' shows that we cannot fully understand antique furniture without understanding how its owners used it when it was new.
Author : John Fiske
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,5 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Furniture making
ISBN : 9780975456927
'When Oak Was New' shows that we cannot fully understand antique furniture without understanding how its owners used it when it was new.
Author : Loren A. Yadon
Publisher :
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 36,12 MB
Release : 1978-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780912315461
Author : William Bryant Logan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 2006-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0393327787
Explores the role that the oak tree has played throughout history and in shaping the modern world.
Author : J. Steven Spires
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781455627172
Life is good for an old Southern oak tree and the family who lives next to it. The tree enjoys watching the children play around it. The family enjoys the shade it provides. Everything seems so perfect. Then, one day, a bad storm heads their way. The oak tree, which has experienced many storms, senses great danger. Its immediate concern is for the family it loves. What will become of the tree? Or the family? Will they see each other again?
Author : Peter Fiennes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1786071673
A Guardian Best Nature Book of the Year The magic and mystery of the woods are embedded in culture, from ancient folklore to modern literature. They offer us refuge: a place to play, a place to think. They are the generous providers of timber and energy. They let us dream of other ways of living. Yet we now face a future where taking a walk in the woods is consigned to the tales we tell our children. Immersing himself in the beauty of woodland Britain, Peter Fiennes explores our long relationship with the woods and the sad and violent story of how so many have been lost. Just as we need them, our woods need us too. But who, if anyone, is looking out for them?
Author : James Canton
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0063037971
"A profound meditation on the human need for connection with nature, as one man seeks solace beneath the bows of an ancient oak tree."—Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees "James Canton knows so much, writes so well and understands so deeply about the true forest magic and the important place these trees have in it. Knowledge and joy."— Sara Maitland, author of How to Be Alone Joining the ranks of The Hidden Life of Trees and H is for Hawk, an evocative memoir and ode to one of the most majestic living things on earth—the oak tree—probing the mysteries of nature and the healing role it plays in our lives. Thrown into turmoil by the end of his long-term relationship, Professor James Canton spent two years meditating [PA1]beneath the welcoming shelter of the massive 800-year-old Honywood Oak tree in North Essex, England. While considering the direction of his own life, he began to contemplate the existence of this colossus tree. Standing in England for centuries, the oak would have been a sapling when the Magna Carta was signed in 1215. In this beautiful, transportive book, Canton tells the story of this tree in its ecological, spiritual, literary, and historical contexts, using it as a prism to see his own life and human history. The Oak Papers is a reflection on change and transformation, and the role nature has played in sustaining and redeeming us. Canton examines our long-standing dependency on the oak, and how that has developed and morphed into myth and legend. We no longer need these sturdy trees to build our houses and boats, to fuel our fires, or to grind their acorns into flour in times of famine. What purpose, then, do they serve in our world today? Are these miracles of nature no longer necessary to our lives? What can they offer us? Taking inspiration from the literary world—Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, Katherine Basford’s Green Man, Thomas Hardy, William Shakespeare, and others—Canton ponders the wondrous magic of nature and the threats its faces, from human development to climate change, implores us to act as responsible stewards to conserve what is precious, and reminds us of the lessons we can learn from the world around us, if only we slow down enough to listen.
Author : Kathryn McNerney
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 14,30 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
This companion book to McNerney's bestselling American Oak Furniture features all-new descriptions, dates, sizes, important facts, current values, and detailed photographs of beds, benches, stools, bookcases, desks, cabinets, cupboards, chairs, couches, sideboards, music boxes, and more.
Author : Kara Gebhart Uhl
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2022-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781954697065
Author : Gerda Muller
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782506027
When Anna and Benjamin visit their cousin Robin in the countryside he introduces them to the 300-year-old oak tree growing in the forest. As the seasons change, so does the great oak. The curious children build a den beside the tree when the leaves fall, learn to ski in the snowy forest, and search for animals in the spring sunshine. And one night, the old oak tree helps Benjamin when he discoveres something surprising...
Author : David L. Loftis
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Forest management
ISBN :