Dominick Tyler
Autor(a) de Uncommon Ground: A Word-Lover's Guide to the British Landscape
Obras por Dominick Tyler
Associated Works
Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea: the Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain (2008) — Fotógrafo, algumas edições — 36 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1975
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- United Kingdom
- Local de nascimento
- Cornwall, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
- Educação
- University College London (BA|Philosopy)
- Ocupações
- photographer
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 42
- Popularidade
- #357,757
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 1
In a similar vien to Landmarks, Tyler has travelled the British countryside seeking these incredibly local words for very specific items. There are delights as shivver, zawn, spume and haaris. And with all of these words is a short description, and a beautiful photos taken by the author. In fact, for me, it is the photos that lift this from a good book to another level. They show the feature described, and in a lot of cases they are excellent compositions. For some there is a grid reference so you could find it too.
Well worth reading for anyone who loves the natural world, it is a beautiful book.… (mais)