Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Audiobook1 hour
Umbrellas and Their History
Written by William Sangster
Narrated by LibriVox Community
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
About this audiobook
A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)
Related to Umbrellas and Their History
Related audiobooks
Grotto of the Dancing Deer: And Other Stories They and I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Exploding Toilet: Modern Urban Legends Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tales to Remember Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLong Poems Collection 005 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 141 thru 160 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCanadian Wonder Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dancing Mania Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Underground City of Derinkuyu: The History and Mystery of the Ancient Subterranean City in Turkey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDiary of Samuel Pepys 1662 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI See Lincoln's Underpants: The Surprising Times Underwear (and the people wearing them) Made History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Current Superstitions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeside Still Waters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSea Lady Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Notes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJunk Magic and Guitar Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Science Fiction Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5English Costume Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mirror of the Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Knights of Arthur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Life of Their Own: And Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFast in the Ice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsB. J. Harrison Reads A Kidnapped Santa Claus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Shipshape Miracle: And Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVictorian Literature Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory Revealed: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Episode 12 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPorcelain and Pink Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClassic Sci-Fi - Venus Enslaved: and Other Venusian Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
United States History For You
Lies My Teacher Told Me: 2nd Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Charlie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/51776 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Land of Delusion: Out on the edge with the crackpots and conspiracy-mongers remaking our shared reality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Untold History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dragonfire: Four Days That (Almost) Changed America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Letter from Birmingham Jail Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Up From Slavery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Shein's Ultra Fast Fashion Model 0% found this document useful189: For the Ancestors 0% found this document usefulThe ‘Mary Poppins’ Cancer 0% found this document usefulChildren Make For A Very Impious Meal (Seneca’s Thyestes Part 3) 0% found this document useful174-Medieval Knights: Take Your Time: The Legend of Sir Isumbras and the reason why you don't mess with unicorns 100% found this document useful206-Mabinogion: The Blip 0% found this document usefulBCS 323: What Will Bring You Home: by Jenny Rae Rappaport; from Issue #396 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine 0% found this document usefulPower, Play, Sex And Food: An Alternative History of Rome 0% found this document usefulStarShipSofa No 696 Ian Creasy: Main Fiction: "After the Atrocity" by Ian Creasy 0% found this document useful217-Mabinogion: Bringing Home the Bacon 0% found this document usefulDr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Irish Giant 0% found this document usefulUncovering Tutankhamun 0% found this document usefulThe Great Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782: How did the brown-tail moth begin a citywide crisis in London in 1782? 0% found this document usefulThe Second Passenger by Basil Copper 0% found this document usefulStarShipSofa No 693 Lavie Tidhar: Main Fiction: "Gubbinal" by Lavie Tidhar 0% found this document usefulStarShipSofa No 694 Emily Taylor: Main Fiction: "Walk in Darkness" by Emily Taylor 0% found this document useful215-Scandinavian Legends: Madness 100% found this document usefulS02E43 The Grey Woman by Elizabeth Gaskell Part Three. 0% found this document usefulTestaments to Writing 0% found this document useful
Related articles
The Aristocracy of Freakdom: E.E. Cummings on Coney Island The Paris ReviewArticle
The Aristocracy of Freakdom: E.E. Cummings on Coney Island
Aug 30, 2018
5 min readThe Noblest Compost Country LifeArticle
The Noblest Compost
Dec 8, 2021
LAWNS are covered in leaves now that the annual show of autumn colour has been brought to the usual dramatic end by storms and frost. Something like this has been going on for thousands of years in this country, since the woods grew and spread after
2 min readFeeling Lost? These 3 Fantasy Novels Will Help You Be The Hero Of Your Own Story NPRArticle
Feeling Lost? These 3 Fantasy Novels Will Help You Be The Hero Of Your Own Story
Jul 31, 2021
4 min readQ&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER History RevealedArticle
Q&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER
Mar 17, 2022
8 min readThe Deep Story of Trumpism The AtlanticArticle
The Deep Story of Trumpism
Dec 29, 2020
5 min readWatching The Detectives SFXArticle
Watching The Detectives
Dec 30, 2020
5 min readThe Nevers season 1 part 1 You South AfricaArticle
The Nevers season 1 part 1
Jul 23, 2021
1 min readTV, FILM & RADIO History RevealedArticle
TV, FILM & RADIO
May 14, 2020
5 min read3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light On How The Spine Evolved NPRArticle
3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light On How The Spine Evolved
May 23, 2017
2 min readA Dill in Every Soup Orion MagazineArticle
A Dill in Every Soup
Jun 3, 2021
I LOVE TO look at dill. I love to handle it, chop it. It’s an elegant shape. Its featheriness is touchable; I brush it on my cheeks when no one is looking. Its brightness when fresh soothes my eyes. It looks especially lovely beside a newly sliced le
3 min readWildlife CSI Audubon MagazineArticle
Wildlife CSI
Dec 17, 2020
CASE: The Alaskan Expiration STATUS: Unsolved LOCATION: Pacific Coast EVIDENCE: In an unprecedented die-off, about 47,000 Common Murres were found dead or dying on beaches from central California to Alaska in 2015 and 2016. Necropsies revealed that t
1 min readReview: Old Fairy Tales Morph Into Modern Psychological Thrillers In The Compelling 'Tell Me A Story' Los Angeles TimesArticle
Review: Old Fairy Tales Morph Into Modern Psychological Thrillers In The Compelling 'Tell Me A Story'
Oct 31, 2018
3 min read'The Hazel Wood' Has Few Uses For Enchantment NPRArticle
'The Hazel Wood' Has Few Uses For Enchantment
Jan 30, 2018
In Melissa Albert's dark take on fairy tales, 17-year-old Alice has spent her entire life on the run from her family legacy: a terrifying mythical world created by her grandmother, a famous author.
3 min readThrowing Shade frankie MagazineArticle
Throwing Shade
Jun 6, 2021
3 min readLand Yachts Ahoy Garden & GunArticle
Land Yachts Ahoy
May 16, 2019
3 min readWhen an Umbrella is More Than Just an Umbrella Literary HubArticle
When an Umbrella is More Than Just an Umbrella
Nov 10, 2017
18 min readEternity Projects New PhilosopherArticle
Eternity Projects
Jul 29, 2019
4 min readHazy Days Chat It's FateArticle
Hazy Days
Sep 29, 2020
3 min readParasols Antique TraderArticle
Parasols
Oct 9, 2023
4 min readWeathercocks, Weather Vanes And Archer’s Pennants HarrowsmithArticle
Weathercocks, Weather Vanes And Archer’s Pennants
Aug 16, 2021
3 min readHang Onto Your Hat Antique TraderArticle
Hang Onto Your Hat
Mar 7, 2024
8 min readLetter From The Founder The RakeArticle
Letter From The Founder
Feb 10, 2022
4 min readNo Longer Needed In A Modern World Yachting MonthlyArticle
No Longer Needed In A Modern World
Mar 28, 2024
3 min readYou Only Need Two Bricks SA Hunter/JagterArticle
You Only Need Two Bricks
Sep 23, 2022
We sat in front of a blazing fire in the hearth of the tiny hunting cabin. The chimney drew well as long as the door was kept slightly open, like Lem Putt advised, to get the draft just right. We were sipping a most wonderfully aged 56-year-old Caber
5 min readLiterary Currents: Joseph Conrad SailArticle
Literary Currents: Joseph Conrad
Mar 13, 2018
5 min readCamp Safe! Black Belt MagazineArticle
Camp Safe!
May 17, 2022
8 min readAIRING CUPBOARDS & DRYING RACKS Australian Home BeautifulArticle
AIRING CUPBOARDS & DRYING RACKS
Apr 10, 2022
3 min readThe Field From The Archives The FieldArticle
The Field From The Archives
Sep 15, 2022
3 min readLiterary Currents: Joseph Conrad SailArticle
Literary Currents: Joseph Conrad
Feb 27, 2018
5 min readJohn Ashbery The Paris ReviewArticle
John Ashbery
Mar 15, 2019
He could understand the things at home.—Wallace Stevens, “Things of August” Scribbled on the expansive mist, the desireof many dwindles to usand our “activities,” wholesomeor otherwise. Soon it becomes apparentthat neither they nor I have any prise o
4 min read
Related categories
Reviews for Umbrellas and Their History
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
1 rating0 reviews