George Drower: 4 books
Lest We Forget
Remembrance & Commemoration
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
In 1956 sea area Heligoland became German Bight. But why did the North Sea island, which for nearly a century had demonstrated its loyalty to Britain, lose its identity? How had this once peaceful haven become, as Admiral Jacky Fisher exclaimed 'a dagger pointed at England's heart'? Behind the renaming...
Boats, Boffins and Bowlines
The Stories of Sailing Inventors and Innovations
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
The woman who made the first solo transatlantic crossing, the invention of navigation lights, the story behind the invention of the compass, how Francis Beaufort devised the Beaufort wind scale, and why William Petty invented the catamaran in 1662—it's all in here, and much more Many sailing and...
Heligoland
The True Story of German Bight and the Island that Britain Forgot
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
In 1956, sea area Heligoland became German Bight. But why did the North Sea island, which for nearly a century had demonstrated its loyalty to Britain, lose its identity? How had this once peaceful haven become, as Admiral Jacky Fisher exclaimed "a dagger pointed at England’s heart"? Behind...
by George Drower
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2006
A follow up to "Gardeners, Gurus and Grubs", this collection of stories looks at the heroes and villains of the gardening world. It talks about: how Heron of Alexandria surprised unwelcome visitors to his garden in the ancient times by squirting water over them from his newly invented fountain; the story of the garden gnome; and more.