Counting Sheep: A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain [Audiobook] download free by Philip Walling
- Listen audiobook: Counting Sheep: A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain
- Author: Philip Walling
- Release date: 2015/12/12
- Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9781846685057
- Rating: 9.65 of 10
- Votes: 246
- Review by: Kylen Morris
- Review rating: 9.17 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/13
- Duration: 3H42M1S in 256 kbps (57.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-13
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AC3, MPEG4, MP3, FLAC, WAV, WMA, Apple Lossless (compression ZIP, TAR.7Z, CBC, RAR, CPIO)
- Total pages original book: 288
- Includes a PDF summary of 30 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 23M29S (6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Sheep are the thread that runs through the history of the English countryside. Our fortunes were once founded on sheep, and this book tells a story of wool and money and history, of merchants and farmers and shepherds, of English yeomen and how they got their freedom, and above all, of the soil. Sheep have helped define our culture and topography, impacting on everything from accent and idiom, architecture, roads and waterways, to social progression and wealth.With his eye for the idiosyncratic, Philip meets the native breeds that thrive in this country; he tells stories about each breed, meets their shepherds and owners, learns about their past - and confronts the present realities of sheep farming. Along the way, Philip meets the people of the countryside and their many professions: the mole-catchers, the stick-makers, the tobacco-twisters and clog-wrights. He explores this artisan heritage as he re-discovers the countryside, and finds a lifestyle parallel to modern existence, struggling to remain unchanged - and at its heart, always sheep.
- Other categories, genre or collection: British & Irish History, Farm & Working Animals, Earth: Natural History General, Animal Husbandry
- Download servers: Google Drive, Send U It, Microsoft OneDrive, Mediafire, Uploaded. Compressed in ZIP, TAR.7Z, CBC, RAR, CPIO
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 10.98 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x18mm
- Weight: 270g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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