The fourth and final volume in Pierre Nora's monumental series documenting the history and culture of France takes a self-reflective turn. The eleven essays collected here consider the texts and places that make up the collective memory of the history of France, a country whose people are extraordin[...]
This book is about how to make a chair - simply and with tools you can easily obtain or construct for yourself.In 1985, when Mike Abbott started running courses using the traditional tools and techniques of the Victorian chair-bodgers, many people said it was about time he moved into the 20th Centur[...]
First published in 2002, Living Wood is both a practical manual and an inspirational guide, updating much of the information included in Mike's best-selling book Green Woodwork. Living Wood covers: - Becoming a green woodworke--Mike's story, from playing in the woodlands to owning a share in a woodl[...]
This book is about how to make a chair - simply and with tools you can easily obtain or construct for yourself. In 1985, when Mike Abbott started running courses using the traditional tools and techniques of the Victorian chair-bodgers, many people said it was about time he moved into the 20th Centu[...]
This book is a clear, concise and straightforward guide to the action learning approach to problem-solving and learning in groups.[...]
Britain has a long and rich tradition of woodcrafts and what, since about the 1970s, have been called the 'greenwood crafts'. "Greenwood crafts" focus on using wood that contains sap and that is easy to work with simple hand tools to produce beautiful and useful products.[...]