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Nature's Ways
F+W Media 2006; US$ 11.99Trying to understand the ways of the natural world has been a human preoccupation since the earliest times. The knowledge of which animals were helpful and which were dangerous, which plants had the power to heal and soothe and which to harm and kill was of obvious importance, not only to learn, but to remember and pass on. It is therefore hardly... more...
Wise Words and Country Ways
F+W Media 2010; US$ 9.99Have you ever wondered why red sky at night is a shepherd's delight? If eating your crusts will make your hair curl? Whether it really works to put white wine on a red wine stain? Or why you should blow out your birthday candles with one breath? The distillation of generations of life experience in one handy volume, Wise Words and Country Ways has... more...
The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways
F+W Media 2010; US$ 11.99Why should you throw washing-up water on lilies? Will gravel deter slugs and snails? Why is water the life and soul of the garden? Does a wet summer bring on tomato blight? The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways is a unique and captivating collection of accumulated wisdom, proverbs and superstitions, encapsulating everything that makes gardening... more...
Wise Words & Country Ways for Cooks
F+W Media 2010; US$ 11.99While contemporary cooks enjoy the many advantages of modern technology, good cooking never really changes and the essential principles that have been passed down by cooks through the ages are as relevant now as they ever were. Wise Words & Country Ways for Cooks is a nostalgic delight full of the tried and tested methods of the past. Ruth Binney... more...
Amazing & Extraordinary Facts About the English Countryside
F+W Media 2011; US$ 14.99"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts about the English Countryside" explores the flora and fauna, customs and traditions that give the English countryside its unique charm and special identity. From the standing stones and carvings of our ancestors to the modern farming methods and woodland management of today, discover hundreds of fascinating facts about... more...
Wise Words and Country Ways Weather Lore
F+W Media 2012; US$ 9.99An enthralling book that not only satisfies our fascination for lost wisdom of our ancestors but also indulges the British obsession with the weather. Probably the best known country saying of them all is 'red sky at night, shepherd's delight'. Wise Words and Country Ways Weather Lore presents us with dozens more similar, but largely now forgotten,... more...
Amazing & Extraordinary Facts Royal Family Life
F+W Media 2012; US$ 6.50Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Royal Family Life unearths a wealth of curious truths about British royal domestic life, royal celebrations, royal etiquette, and how they have shaped history. Delve into the more personal lives of the Royal family, past and present. From difficult childhoods to fashion icons, from love matches to divorces, and... more...
Wise Words and Country Ways for House and Home
F+W Media 2012; US$ 12.99Contains generations of advice on simple ways to run an environmentally-friendly home, based around well-known, and not-so-well-known, sayings. Everyone is keen to reduce their carbon footprint, conserve resources, eat and live more healthily. Ruth Binney's fascinating collection of traditional wisdom shares how our forbears lived well within the... more...
Wise Words and Country House Ways
F+W Media 2012; US$ 6.50This charming guide to the world of the English country house reveals all the essential hints and tips for living in and running a great house, whether you were lord, lady, maid or cook. By esteemed author Ruth Binney and with a Foreword by Julian Fellowes, creator of the much-loved Downton Abbey . Discover the rules of etiquette and manners that... more...
Country Lives Remembered
F+W Media 2012; US$ 12.99An evocative look at the lives of twelve English countrymen spanning the period from Edwardian England right through to today. From Ernest Sharp the thatcher to George Ranger the farrier; and from John Furzey the beekeeper to Bill Thomson the hurdle maker, experience the working and home lives of these colorful characters in the glorious English... more...
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