Only his widow lives there now, grudgingly looked after by a self-serving couple, still complying with the rigid patterns laid down by Charles and his mother. But after her husband's death Madeleine begins to break free from his lingering domination. When her two grown-up children return, each seeking her help, Madeleine discovers in her new independence the ability to offer them the love she has never been able to express before.

    Packed with information on access, anchorages, points of historical or natural interest, and things to do and see, this fascinating compendium provides indispensable information for touring, for browsing, for reference, and for all of those travelers who wish to experience some of the most beautiful and remote places in the world. No other book begins to emulate the range and depth of the information contained in The Scottish Islands. Complete with full-color illustrations and relief maps of all the main islands, this is both an impressive work of reference and a fascinating personal view of Scotland’s distant outposts.

    A couple and their young daughter, fresh from life in the town, struggle to get the work done and make ends meet in an environment that is, at times, hard and unforgiving.

    Four ghosts travel to Loch Ness in Scotland to see if they can spot the Loch Ness monster.

    Bold, sassy, impulsive, with a taste for a good time, flirtation and strong drink, Kirsty Fowles very nearly gets the better of everyone.

    A treasury of folklore, magic and science.

    Join Mary, Brad and Gareth as together they set forth on their mission, an adventure that entertwines past and present and that ultimately teaches them life-changing truths.

    They are not gypsies, but are indigenous Gaelic-speaking Scots, who, to this day, remain heirs of a vital and ancient culture.

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    "On display are wit, wordplay and an exhilarating flexibility of rhyme and rhythm. Alongside a barmaid's address to 'the Lads' is a succulent celebration of a wedding-cake. Jaundiced Sirens laconically slide closing couplets in, like rapiers. A subtly sustained and cunningly crafted sonnet sequence, assessing an affair, comprises the last rites it abjures.... Mistress of the telling phrase, Eleanor Brown seems as joyously drawn to her themes, and their expression, 'as music draws a dancer.'" -- Stewart Conn.

    Columba, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, and of anonymous poets and ballad singers.Here are the singing colors of the primeval Scottish landscape, with Celtic gods, feuds from Borders to Highlands, and Bonnie Prince Charlie as some of the poems' topics.Contents:Pg Poem, Poet3 Introduction  4 Columcille Fecit, St. Columba5 Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation, Robert Burns6 The Strange Country, Robert Buchanan8 The Manning of the Birlinn, Alexander MacDonald11 The Twa Corbies, Anonymous12 Mountain Twilight, William Renton13 Requiem, Robert Louis Stevenson14 Lock the Door, Lariston, James Hogg16 Lochinvar, Sir Walter Scott18 Arran, Anonymous19 His Metrical Prayer, James Graham20 In Shadowland, Sir Noel Paton21 The Reed-Player, Duncan Campbell Scott22 Venus and Cupid, Mark Alexander Boyd23 The Wee, Wee German Lairdie, Allan Cunningham24 To His Mistress. Alexander Montgomerie25 The Hill-Water, Duncan Ban MacIntyre26 MacLean's Welcome, James Hogg27 Scots Wha Hae, Robert Burns28 The Lament of the Deer, Angus Mackenzie30 O my Luve's like a red, red rose, Robert Burns31 Durisdeer, Lady John Scott32 Thomas the Rhymer, Anonymous34 The Hind is in the Forest, Duncan Ban MacIntyre36 To S. R. Crockett, Robert Louis Stevenson37 The Highland Crofter, Anonymous38 The Last Journey, John Davidson39 The Tryst, William Soutar40 Bonnie Kilmeny, James Hogg42 Skye, Alexander Nicolson44 Canadian Boat Song, Anonymous45 In The Highlands, Robert Louis Stevenson46 Lyric from ‘The Crier by Night’, Gordon Bottomley47 The Dreary Change, Sir Walter Scott48 My heart's in the Highlands, Robert Burns49 A Kiss of the King's Hand, Sarah Robertson Matheson50 Go, Heart, unto the Lamp of Licht, Anonymous51 Auld Lang Syne, Robert Burns52 The Dream of the World Without Death, Robert Buchanan53 Ettrick Forest in November, Sir Walter Scott54 Romance, Robert Louis Stevenson55 Tam I' the Kirk, Violet Jacob56 The Coolun, James Stephens57 To the Sun, Traditional58 Monaltri, Thomas Pattison59 My Own, My Native Land!, Sir Walter Scott60 Tak’ Your Auld Cloak About Ye, Anonymous61 Flower of the World, Robert Buchanan62 Culloden Moor, Alice MacDonell63 Gin I Was God, Charles Murray

    

    John Donald publishes primarily Scottish history, biography, and folklore. An account of Scotland's wars to fight off the English invasion of King Edward I.

    He does the labour of ten writers, and with blithe sprezzatura, partly at least because his own work nourishes itself from the poetry of other lands and ages. It is part of the necessary mechanism that Morgan, as a Scot, employs to define his place as a European, to escape the tonal and cultural limitations which England can imply.    Collected Translations includes six decades of work. Readers will find here Morgan's celebrated Mayakovsky done into Scots, his Voznesensky,Pasternak and Vinokurov. There are the Italians and the French—Leopardi,Quasimodo, Montale, Guillevic, Provert and Michaux; and there is Heine, andLorca, Cernuda and Brecht and Enzensberger and Braga. And much, much more.

    There are many who seek to supplant or control the boy-king, and as he grows, his protectors struggle against the threats. This trilogy paints a picture of the turbulent life of the weak-willed king.

    

    The nation's leading commentators give an overview of the most important trends, providing new insights and fresh perspectives. Comparative reference to other societies in the UK and Europe highlight the unique elements of Scotland's distinctive development. Home Rule issues, the discovery of oil, deindustrialisation, public housing, education, landownership, the role of women, social class, and many more areas of Scottish life are assessed and explored in this rich, rewarding and comprehensive study.

    In this revised second edition, Sherry Irvine mixes her award-winning methodology with up-to-date instruction on how to utilize the latest computer and internet sources for Scottish research. She also broadens the scope from a guide for North Americans to a useful resource for researchers from all over the globe. For family historians researching Scottish roots, this book continues to be indispensable.

    Scotland has a tradition of famous tweeds and tartans and is renowned throughout the world for the manufacture of cloth. In the past, dyeing methods were jealously guarded secrets handed down by word of mouth from one generation to the next.

    A brief account of the development of Scottish theology which suggests how the Churches can find the way behind their divisions to their faith and their Biblical and Reformation roots.