Britains ltd scottish

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Scottish Family Legends is a treasure trove of true tales written by people from all over Scotland. These stories were collected by Scottish Book Trust as part of a nationwide project to encourage people to get writing, inspired by their remarkable relatives. These tales recall lives domestic and military, urban and rural, work-a-day and extraordinary - but never boring! Bursting with drama, heartache, celebration, character, warmth, gratitude, love and loss, Scottish Family Legends is a celebration of the people, places and events that make up our collective heritage - it is truly a book to be treasured. Features Summary Scottish Family Legends is a treasure trove of true tales written by people from all over Scotland. Author Scottish Book Trust Publisher Luath Press Ltd Release date 20110601 Pages 240 ISBN 1-906817-93-6 ISBN 13 978-1-906817-93-0

Published by A. & C. Black ltd in 1932. Hard cover. A beautiful book containing 16 full-page Illustrations in colour. A beautiful book in good condition. The spine has a bit of damage.Name of owner in front. Postage and packing R45 in S.A. Overseas request cost.

Published by A. & C. Black ltd in 1932. Hard cover. A beautiful book containing 16 full-page Illustrations in colour. A beautiful book in good condition. The spine has a bit of damage.Name of owner in front. Postage and packing R50 with PAXI (Pepstore). Overseas request cost.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days 'A Scottish Parliament. Not an end: a means to greater ends' - Donald Dewar. 'The new parliament building will be a significant moment in the history of the Scottish Nation...But a Parliament is not a building...it is one of the formal aspects of a political organisation...' - Enric Miralles. This book is from an initially skeptical standpoint James Robertson, the first writer in residence in the Parliament, soon found he admired the building and the enthusiasm of those who sail her. 'Literature, like a parliament, has the capacity to give us back to ourselves better, new, re-imagined.' - Marc Lambert, Scottish Book Trust. It contains politically relevant poems and essays anchoring the new Parliament building to its literary heritage. It includes Enric Miralles's first sketches for the parliament - some never seen before and is from the author of "Joseph Knight", "The Saltire" and "SAC Book of the Year Awards 03-04". With full colour throughout, it will interest those with an interest in Scottish history, culture, politics or architecture, contemporary Scottish poetry and literature in context. Features Summary Here are 11 sonnets and three essays written by James Robertson. They create snapshots of the Scottish Parliament and the people working and living in and around it... Author James Robertson Publisher Luath Press Ltd Release date 20050701 Pages 64 ISBN 1-905222-26-2 ISBN 13 978-1-905222-26-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The map of the United States is peppered with Scottish place-names and America's telephone directories are filled with surnames illustrating Scottish ancestry. For the 27 million Americans with Scottish roots, it should come of no surprise that their ancestors helped shape American history from its beginnings. Jenni Calder's Scots in the USA reminds of us of the enormous role played by Scots in the foundation and creation of America, and provides new insight into Scottish-American history. Features Summary The map of the United States is peppered with Scottish place-names and America's telephone directories are filled with surnames illustrating Scottish ancestry... Author Jenni Calder Publisher Luath Press Ltd Release date 20060201 Pages 251 ISBN 1-905222-06-8 ISBN 13 978-1-905222-06-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days To replace its previous two-volume guide to the Pennine Way, Aurum now publishes an entirely new one-volume guide for the 21st-century walker. The Pennine Way is Britain's toughest long-distance path, running 268 miles from Derbyshire's Peak District up through the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria and Northumberland into the Scottish Borders. Until now, Aurum's Trail Guide has covered it in two volumes, where our competitors publish one, and those volumes have been bulked out with circular day walks which no-one essaying the arduous task of walking even a stretch of the Path will realistically want to divert to do. Now, Damian Hall, one of Country Walking's senior contributors, has written a completely new guide, giving all the information the modern walker requires: GPS references, gradients of each section, public transport links, extensive details of the wildlife and flora to be seen along the way, and a guide for occasional walkers to the real highlight stretches of the path. Features Summary The Pennine Way is Britain's toughest long-distance path, running 268 miles from Derbyshire's Peak District up through the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria and Northumberland into the Scottish Borders. Author Damian Hall Publisher Aurum Press Ltd Release date 20160209 Pages 192 ISBN 1-78131-565-5 ISBN 13 978-1-78131-565-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The North British Railway's West Highland Line, stretching from the banks of the Firth of Clyde to Fort William, opened in 1894, and was subsequently extended to the fishing port of Mallaig on the Atlantic coast in 1901. It is this latter part of the `Iron Road to the Isles' that forms the major part of this book, hailed as one of the most scenic railway routes in the British Isles. Steam trains returned to the Mallaig line in 1984, eventually becoming the celebrated `Jacobite' service. Now an integral and indispensible part of the Scottish tourist scene, the trains run from Easter to Christmas and the New Year, twice daily during the peak season. In this superbly illustrated portrait of the line, 35 of the UK's top railway photographers have contributed pictures to create a quite stunning pictorial record. The great variety of photographic styles, using the route's many glorious vantage points, provides a mesmerising mix of unforgettable images, not just of the steam trains themselves but also the majestic Scottish landscape through which they run. Features Summary The West Highland line, from the banks of the Firth of Clyde to Fort William and along the Road to the Isles to the Atlantic fishing port of Mallaig, is one of the most scenic in the UK and... Author John Hunt (Author), James Shuttleworth (Author) Publisher Silver Link Publishing Ltd Release date 20181019 Pages 208 ISBN 1-85794-536-0 ISBN 13 978-1-85794-536-2

Winston Churchill, The Second World War Complete in all Six Volumes, First or Revised Editions Title: The Second World War - Six Volumes Publisher: Publisher: Cassell & Co. Ltd., London, 1948-54 Publication Date: 1948-54 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good, No Dust Jacket Editions: 1st Edition First edition (hardcover) in six volumes The Gathering Storm (1948) Their Finest Hour (1950) - New edition, revised, published 1950 The Grand Alliance (1950) The Hinge of Fate (1951) Closing the Ring (1952) Triumph and Tragedy (1954) Black cloth covers, spines lettered in gilt, with WINSTON | CHURCHILL, main title, roman numeral I-VI at head and CASSELL at foot. Top page edges of Volumes 3, 5 & 6 are stained dark red. 8vo.  All volumes are variously illustrated with many foldout maps and diagrams. Churchill's complete six volume classic memoirs on WWII, the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945. Churchill labelled the "moral of the work" as follows: "In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill".  The titles of the volumes are  The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; and Triumph and Tragedy. Volume I with author's paper slip note tipped-in after his preface. 6 volumes. Some illustrated with plates of facsimiles and maps (many of which are folding); charts and tables. The first volume of Winston Churchills six-volume memoirs as a statesman and leader during World War II, The Gathering Storm begins with his thoughts on World War I - and how its ending laid the foundations for the next global conflict. The second volume of Winston Churchills six-volume autobiographical account of World War II, Their Finest Hour picks up where The Gathering Storm left off - with the fall of France to Hitlers forces and Britains stand as the lone defender against the Nazi war machine. In this third volume of a six-volume series, Their Finest Hour, Winston Churchill draws upon thousands of personal memoranda, war correspondence, and internal government memos to describe the full entry of the US into World War II - adding considerable strength to British military operations and morale. At the onset of the fourth volume of Churchills eyewitness account of World War II,  The Grand Alliance, prospects are bleak for the Allies. The Japanese have captured Singapore and Burma in a series of bold offensives; meanwhile, aggressive U-boat attacks in the Atlantic were preventing American, British, and Dutch shipping vessels from supplying the war effort. Rommel was turning the tide toward Axis forces in North Africa. Meanwhile, Hitler was pushing inexorably toward Stalingrad. Churchill faced challenges in the field--and considerable criticism at home. The fifth in Winston Churchills six-volume account of World War II,  Closing the Ring, picks up at the dawn of a more optimistic time for the Allied forces. After considerable struggle, the balance has finally shifted toward the Allies - and in this volume Churchill documents the drive toward victory. In the final volume of the six-volume series The Second World War, titled  Triumph and Tragedy, the tide of war has turned in the Allies favor and Japan's surrender is imminent. Even so, the Allies find themselves powerless to halt the advance of Russia and lay the groundwork for lasting peace.  Churchill himself is seeing his time of leadership come to a close. All of Churchill’s revisions and “overtake corrections” were scrupulously entered by Cassell which, combined with two- and three-color textual maps and many finely printed folding maps, makes this English Edition aesthetically pleasing.  Condition:  The books are in very good condition, tightly bound, with foxing throughout. Specific photos available on request.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days `Beware! Sleep does not do what it says on the tin: I was awake until the small hours under its dark and twisty spell.' FIONA BARTON `Extremely creepy, atmospheric and twisty.' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Another cracking psychological thriller from C.L. Taylor. Sleep will keep you up all night.' MARK EDWARDS All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn't feel so guilty... To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare. Each of the guests have a secret, but one of them is lying - about who they are and why they're on the island. There's a murderer staying in the Bay View hotel. And they've set their sights on Anna. Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One deadly lie. Someone's going to sleep and never wake up... The million-copy bestseller is back in her darkest, twistiest book to date. Read it if you dare! Features Summary `Beware! Sleep does not do what it says on the tin: I was awake until the small hours under its dark and twisty spell.' FIONA BARTON `Extremely creepy... Author C.L. Taylor Publisher AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Release date 20190318 Pages 368 ISBN 0-00-830131-X ISBN 13 978-0-00-830131-6