The Mystery Of The Stone Arches
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The Mystery of the Stone Arches
Bess Hooper the time travelling teenage sleuth is back and this time she has help from her best friend Eloise. When Bess has a vision of a crying boy on the night of her fifteenth birthday, she dismisses it after a few weeks when no other clues appear. But after being invited to spend a week at the home of Eloise's cousin's home, the mystery begins to evolve after she spots a picture of the boy from her vision in a frame in their library. After finding out that the boy, Sebastian Wescott, went missing in the forties, she joins forces with Eloise and her cousin Jack to try to solve the mystery. But can Bess help solve the puzzle and keep her secret?
Understanding Building Stones and Stone Buildings
This book covers the wide spectrum of subjects relating to obtaining and using building stones, starting with their geological origin and then describing the nature of granites, volcanics, limestones, sandstones, flint, metamorphic stones, breccias and conglomerates, with emphasis being placed on how to recognise the different stones via the many illustrated examples from Great Britain and other countries. The life of a building stone is explained from its origin in the quarry, through its exposure to the elements when used for a building, to its eventual deterioration. The structure of stone buildings is then discussed, with explanations of the mechanics of pillars, lighthouses and walls, arches, bridges, buttresses and roof vaults, plus castles and cathedrals. The sequence of the historical architectural styles of stone buildings is explained—from the early days through to postmodern buildings. Special attention is paid to two famous architects: the Roman Vitruvius and the English Sir Christopher Wren who designed and supervised the construction of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. To demonstrate many of the concepts presented, two exemplary stone buildings are described in detail: the Albert Memorial in London and Durham Cathedral in northern England. The former building is interesting because it is comprised of a cornucopia of different building stones and the latter building because of its architecture and sandstone decay mechanisms. In the final Chapter, ruined stone buildings are discussed—the many reasons for their decay and the possibility of their ‘rebirth’ via digital recording of their geometry. The book has over 350 pages and is illustrated with more than 450 diagrams and colour photographs of both the various stones and the associated stone buildings. Readers’ knowledge of the subject will be greatly enhanced by these images and the related explanatory text. A wide-ranging references and bibliography section is also included.
The Mystery of Wicklow Hall
Once again, time travelling sleuth Bess Hooper is set to solve another mystery. But how do you work out a problem that is already solved? When the Hooper family visit relatives over Christmas, Bess goes back in time in her dreams. But this time there are also hints that pop up unexpectedly. As the clues unravel, she meets another time traveler and it appears to Bess that they are both on the same path. But the stranger has a different agenda which is revealed along the way. With the help of her cousin Clancy, a confused Bess realises that there is more than one mystery involved. Plagued with visitors from the past, and a girl that appears in the box room, the clues reveal more about Wicklow Hall than Bess ever imagined and by solving the mystery, she sets in motion an event that will change history, and learns more about herself along the way.