Playing with Fire

The Art of Chopping and Burning Wood

Paul Heiney (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2017
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-7994-8 (ISBN)

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This book looks at the history of fire, and how it has been used in the development of man, but this book’s ambition is to fire the imagination and to leave its reader with a burning desire – to burn wood.

How to get sparks back in your life and keep them burning.

The blaze of a log fire on a cold night speaks to the heart in a way no other flame can. It has character and ever-changing form; it has vibrant colour and a balletic movement. Indeed, it was the flame that transformed the way life was lived on earth, but now that primary driver of evolution finds itself being extinguished in a modern world of microwaves, induction hobs and central heating. Gradually the flames are going out, as houses are now built without fireplaces, bonfires are banned, and schoolchildren are forbidden to use the Bunsen burner. But the sight of a flame remains as evocative as ever.

Playing with Fire wants to inspire, and teach, looking at the history of fire and showing the wonders that the burning flame can conjure.

PAUL HEINEY is a writer, broadcaster and journalist. Most recently he has been the presenter of ITV’s Countrywise, and BBC’s Watchdog. He has been an organic farmer, working his land with heavy horses, this experience forming the basis of his long-running column in The Times. He is also the author of several best-selling books, including Do Cats Have Belly Buttons? (The History Press, 2008).

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Copyright
Contents
Introduction
1 How Things Burn
2 The First Flames
3 Lighting Fires: The Basics
4 A Wood of Your Own
5 Wood to Burn
6 The Axe
7 The Chainsaw
8 Cutting, Chopping and Stacking
9 The Wood-burning Stove
10 Smoking
11 The Modern Way to Burn Wood

Erscheinungsdatum	26.03.2018
Zusatzinfo	100 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-7509-7994-1 / 0750979941
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-7994-8 / 9780750979948
Zustand	Neuware