1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996390543203316

Autore

Markham Gervase <1568?-1637.>

Titolo

The English house-vvife [[electronic resource] ] : Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman. As her skill in physicke, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyles, banqueting-stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preseruing of all sorts of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hempe, flax, making cloth, and dying, the knowledge of dayries, office of malting, of oates, their excellent vses in a family, of brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold. A worke generally approued, and now the fourth time much augmented, purged and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this kingdome. By G.M

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Nicholas Okes for Iohn Harison, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1631

Descrizione fisica

[10], 252 p. : ill. (woodcuts)

Soggetti

Home economics - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dedication signed: Geruase Markham.

Originally published in 1623 as "Country contentments, or the English huswife", which was an enlargement of book 2 of "Countrey contentments, in two bookes".

Reproduction of the original in the University of Glasgow. Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0166



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910153285003321

Autore

Dicks Dianne

Titolo

Ticking along with Swiss kids / / by Dianne Dicks and Katalin Fekete ; illustrations by Marc Locatelli ; photographs by Emanuel Ammon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland : , : Bergli Books, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

3-905252-35-X

3-905252-44-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Disciplina

813

Soggetti

Adventures

Families

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Are you new here?; Prehistoric people and geography; What does the country look like?; Landscape; Rivers and lakes; What's the climate like?; The seasons; Clouds and their messages / the 'Föhn'; Who lives here?; Animals and flowers; Birds and fish; Forests and trees; People and culture / language; 'Röstigraben'; Clothing and equipment you need; Famous Swiss people; How do people understand each other?; What do grown-ups do here?; Some misunderstandings; Tourism; Shopping; Countryside and cities; Festivities; Winter holidays

Spring and summer holidays / August 1Sports and games; How do people live?; Traditional Swiss food; How do people get around?; What do children read?; What do children sing?; Swiss school system; Differences you need to know about; 'A Rainy Day': a short, one-act play; How about exciting excursions?; Democracy and parliament; Homesick?; Dos and don'ts for children; Watch out! Danger!; Symbols of Switzerland; Letters to Uncle George; Facts in brief about Switzerland; Cantons; Berne (BE); Zurich (ZH); Basel-Stadt (BS) / Basel-Landschaft (BL); Solothurn (SO) / Aargau (AG)

Schaffhausen (SH) / Thurgau (TH)Appenzell I-RH. (AI) / Appenzell O-RH. (AR) /; St. Gallen (SG); Lucerne (LU) / Zug (ZG); Uri (UR) / Schwyz (SZ); Obwalden (OW) / Nidwalden (NW) / Glarus (GL); Geneva (GE) /



Fribourg (FR); Neuchâtel (NE) / Jura (JU); Vaud (VD) / Valais (VS); Grisons (GR); Ticino (TI); Maps; Map showing landscape, rivers, mountains; Map showing roads and main hiking paths; Satellite photo; Places to visit with children; Index of topics; Acknowledgements; Web sites for more information; Photo credits, sources and permissions; About the authors, illustrator, photographer

About Bergli BooksLanguage card game instructions; Picture contest instructions; Picture frame for submitting your letter or drawing

Sommario/riassunto

Have fun learning all you need to enjoy making friends and feeling at home in Switzerland.Susy and Thomas need to tell their Uncle George the secret only Swiss kids know. Lucky for them that they meet Angela who loves books and can give them lots of exciting tips about their new homeland. Together they explore what Switzerland is all about; its languages, food, festivities, customs, and fun places to visit. Angela also shows them what to expect in the neighbourhood and at school, what kids read, sing, play and how they get along. She also explains all the dos and don'ts, what they need to watc