Ernie Blackman is a Coach driver just before the turn of the Century in the late 1800's. Kathryn Higgins is in service.They meet and fall in love struggling to develop a relationship. With the influx of trains, Ernie takes a position in a Hotel, and Kathryn in a Match Factory where the workers go on strike. Ernie is accused of theft by John Osborne who's past includes being born in a London workhouse, before running away to India where he learns the tea business. He marries the daughter of...

This book presents a new way of examining cities to reveal the many and varied meanings which are written into urban landscapes. As the title suggests, urban areas are full of messages and communications, with signs and symbols incorporated into buildings, structures and plans. Taking the rich architectural and urbanistic chronicle of Barcelona as a model, the author shows how different social groups, consciously and unconsciously, have written their values and interests on to the city. Th...

This volume comprises the authoritative work from the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage – the international group dedicated to industrial archaeology and heritage – detailing the latest approaches to the conservation of the global industrial heritage. With contributions from over thirty specialists in archaeology and industrial heritage, Industrial Heritage Re-tooled establishes the first set of comprehensive best practices for the management, conserva...

Des milliers d'automobilistes circulent chaque jour sur l'autoroute A13. Il arrive que l'on puisse observer fugitivement leurs attitudes, installé sur un pont. C'est ce que fait Hugo Malard. Avec un savoir faire d'entomologiste, il enrichit sa collection de physionomies perçues durant seulement quelques instants.

L'an 1035, un pèlerin venu des environs de Coutances était le témoin d'un spectacle irréel et poignant quelque-part au beau milieu des plateaux d'Anatolie. Semblant sortie d'un mirage, une caravane improbable allait croiser son chemin. C'était la pitoyable escorte de Robert, duc de Normandie, qui revenait des lieux saints.Geoffrey Pigache en conserva longtemps le souvenir et longtemps raconta sa surprenante aventure à qui voulait bien l'entendre.