This collection of light-hearted sayings, aphorisms and traditional wisdom mixes a variety of subjects, such as science, gardening, health, cooking and the countryside.

The Illustrated Wise Words and Country Ways

Ruth-Binney

Parenting & Relationships

David & Charles, Ltd.

Wise Words and Country Ways for Cooks

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

"Wise Words & Country Ways for House and Home" contains 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 resources available. With advice on using everyday items as alternatives to expensive chemical products and tips on eco-friendly gardening and cooking, discover how to recapture that bygone age when life was simpler, less wasteful, less expensive, less toxic and more fulfilling. Illustrated with delightful line drawings throughout, "Wise Words & Country Ways for House and Home" shows us a better, more green way to live in the modern world.

Wise Words and Country Ways for House and Home

This is a great value three-book box set containing a unique collection of generations of advice, old wives' tales, proverbs and country wisdom. It features tips and advice on a wide range of subjects; from cooking methods, ways to run an environmentally-friendly home and invaluable advice on your garden. This fascinating collection of traditional wisdom on simple, based around well known, and not so well known, sayings, provides pertinent lessons in the healthier and much less wasteful ways of former generations. Captivating content illustrated with delightful line drawings, charming design, attractive format and a great price.

Wise Words & Country Ways Slipcased Set

David&Charles

"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 rural England. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

Amazing and Extraordinary Facts about the English Countryside. Ruth Binney

History

Europe

David & Charles Publishers

This text contains generations of advice on simple ways to run an environmentally-friendly home, based around well known, and not so well known, sayings. It includes advice on using everyday items as alternatives to expensive chemical products and tips on eco-friendly gardening and cooking.

Wise Words and Country House Ways

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Unearths a wealth of intriguing truths about British royal domestic life, royal celebrations, royal etiquette, wisdom and sayings, and how they have shaped history. Covering the period from Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II, this book presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics.

Royal Family Life (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

<p>Hardcover edition of "Natural Wonders of North America" - richly illustrated edition.</p>

Natural Wonders of North America

Avenues, Inc

English Countryside

Rydon Publishing

Plant Lore and Legend: The Wisdom and Wonder of Plants and Flowers Revealed

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

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