When Weyrother was posted to Vienna the SRS was the only school left that concerned itself with the methodical practice of the art of high-school and, with the cultivation and the preservation of the purity of equine locomotion. There were quite a few very good cavalry schools throughout Europe but all had to fulfil a practical brief which demanded immediate results. The only other school devoted to the art of pure riding was the School of Versailles in France. This was closed after the Fr...

Healthy, delicious, and portable snacks for all your snowy adventures!Features 65 original recipes to fuel outdoor winter funIncludes "Skid Hack" cooking shortcuts and stories from the slopesColorful ski icons designate the ease of each recipeSki Snacks is a fun, easy-to-use cookbook that celebrates mountain culture and winter sports while encouraging community through food. Every recipe featured in Ski Snacks

We aren't chefs. Nobody involved in the writing of this book has ever even gone near culinary school. But that's the point. You don't need to be a chef to cook delicious, healthy meals that keeps your passion going for all things mountain sports, you just need to get a little creative. Beyond Skid is a mountain town-inspired cookbook brought to you by Max Ritter and Lily Krass that showcases creative, easy, and wallet-friendly meals that fuel us in the mountains.

The Buildings is a sixth-century text by Prokopios of Kaisareia (Caesarea Maritima) on the building works attributed to the eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (r. 527–65 CE), extolling the virtues of good rulership through praise of architecture. Book I centres on the imperial capital Constantinople: rich in its use of rhetoric and aesthetics, it portrays the emperor as a builder-patron, but also portrays the city itself as a place of beauty and delight to its inhabitants. Several ...