Category Archives: Travel Guides
St Kilda: The Last and Outmost Isle
In 1527 Hector Boece, the first Principal of King`s College Aberdeen, wrote in his extensive `History of the Scottish People` of an island of rocky crags and prehistoric sheep, which could only be reached through extreme danger to life. It was, he explained, `the last and outmaist Ile` of Scotland. It was St Kilda. St
Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings
“What we build always reveals things that are deeply and innately human. Because all buildings are stories, one way or another.”Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford travel across the country to tell the story of the nation, from abandoned islands and lonely glens to the heart of our modern
Bloody Scotland
WINNER OF THE CWA SHORT STORY DAGGERIn Bloody Scotland a selection of Scotland`s best crime writers use the sinister side of the country`s built heritage in stories that are by turns gripping, chilling and redemptive.Stellar contributors Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre, Denise Mina, Ann Cleeves, Louise Welsh, Lin Anderson, Doug Johnstone, Gordon Brown, Craig Robertson, E
Scotland from the Sky
“In this book, you will travel in both space and time, starting in the years around the First World War and moving all the way up to the present day. As you go, you will see just what our pioneering aviators saw as they stared out from their cockpits. And, more than that, you will
Writing on the Road: Campervan Love and the Joy of Solitude
This book is not just funny (or sad) stories of campervan trips in Scotland; it is not just `Zen and the art of campervan maintenance` (with stories of sweetness and light that will entertain or make you cry); and it is not just nature writing (with observations of wildlife in the western Scottish Highlands). But
The Malt Whisky Map of Scotland (in a tube)
Prepared by publisher and whisky writer Neil Wilson and James McEwan, former master distiller of Bruichladdich, and current production director of Ardnahoe distillery on Islay; this map is fully updated for 2019 and features every distillery in production along with those that have closed since 1960.There have been whisky maps before, but this new map
Out Of Shadows
`If I stood you in front of a man, pressed a gun into your palm and told you to squeeze the trigger, would you do it?` `No, sir, no way!` `What if I then told you we`d gone back in time and his name was Adolf Hitler? Would you do it then?` Zimbabwe, 1980s The
An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltaire De Cleyre
`An American Anarchist` marked the trail historians of American anarchism are still following today: above all else, to understand anarchists as human beings. Narrative-driven like all of Paul Avrich`s works, this story highlights famous characters like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman and the infamous, like Dyer D. Lum — Voltairine de Cleyre`s lover and the
The July Revolution: Barcelona 1909
The “Tragic Week in Spain”, which took place in July 1909, began as anti-conscription riots, but soon evolved into a widespread uprising attacking the pillars of Spanish society: Church and State. It is known today mostly for its most famous martyr, Francisco Ferrer, the radical educator and founder of the Modern School who was executed
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Britain Philip`s Navigator Camping and Caravanning Road Atlas
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Remarkable Creatures
In 1809, when Darwin was born, much of the world was an unexplored wilderness. Our knowledge of the past was nonexistent, and our picture of our species` history little more than a set of fantastic myths and fairytales. But a new era was dawning. Five decades later, On the Origin of the Species was able
Curse of the Pogo Stick
Following a rash moment of insolence, Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos` reluctant national coroner, confused shaman and disheartened communist, is forced to go on a road trip with Judge Haeng and the Justice Department. While newly pregnant Nurse Dtui and Dr Siri`s fiance Madame Daeng are left at the morgue to defend the staff against exploding
Love Songs From a Shallow Grave
As usual, all is abnormal in Dr Siri Paiboun`s morgue in downtown Vientiane. Siri and his team are investigating the case of the Three Epees: three women skewered by a sword through their hearts. A culprit has been apprehended, tried and sentenced to death in a week`s time. But Siri isn`t sure they have the
Dark Vineyard
Just before dawn one summer morning Bruno is summoned by the wail of the siren in the little town of St Denis in the Perigord. A fire is raging in a local barn and spreading to the surrounding fields. When Bruno arrives at the scene, the smell of petrol leaves no doubt – it was
