This first ever guide to the Scottish bothies reveals the country's unique & often hidden network of bothy cabins & mountain huts Scattered across Scotland's most beautiful landscapes these evocative abandoned crofts & farmsteads are free to stay in & offer a chance to experience the ultimate in wild adventure living The first ever complete guidebook to Scottish bothies Including all the Mountain Bothy Association (MBA) 81 bothies & many others lesser-known gems stunning photography which captures the spirit of bothying culture & Scotland's wildest places Engaging travel writing which document the fascinating history of each bothy & the adventurers who use them Detailed information on the locations & approach routes
- by canoe foot & bicycle
- with nine supporting maps Highlights the best bothies for Munros beach seclusion & families With a forward by mountaineer Jamie Andrews

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Scottish produce is celebrated the world over The demand for game for example far exceeds what can be supplied & Scottish cheeses surpass many from mainland Europe In this book Claire Macdonald celebrates the very best of home-grown ingredients
- from oatmeal dairy produce meat & fish fruit & vegetables & even whisky
- in 60 imaginative recipes for starters main course & puddings as well as for sauces dressings baking & other treats Recipes include Grilled goat's cheese on stir-fried beetroot with orange & Balsamic vinegar Chocolate oatmeal biscuits Iced honey & whisky creams Herb crepes with smoked salmon creme fraiche & diced cucumber Steam-baked cod with lentils coriander & lime Venison fillet with green peppercorn ginger & port sauce

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Fully revised & updated this is the only book with detailed information & maps on every Scottish island With the author's own paintings illustrating it this beautiful guide will take you everywhere whether by armchair or yacht From the abandoned crofts of Mingulay & the standing stones of Orkney to the white beaches of Colonsay this is the first complete gazetteer to cover all of Scotland's many hundreds of islands including those which are uninhabited & those which are notoriously difficult to reach Packed with information on access anchorages points of historical or natural interest & things to do & see this fascinating compendium provides indispensable information for touring for browsing for reference & for all of those travellers who wish to experience some of the most beautiful & remote places in the world No other book begins to emulate the range & depth of the information contained in The Scottish Islands Illustrated with full-colour illustrations & relief maps of all the main islands this is both an impressive work of reference & a fascinating personal view of Scotland's distant outposts ...

From the international bestselling author of the Outlander series the terrific new novel featuring the ever-popular Lord John 1760 Jamie Fraser is a paroled prisoner-of-war in the remote Lake District Close enough to the son he cannot claim as his own his quiet existence is interrupted first by dreams of his lost wife then by the appearance of Tobias Quinn an erstwhile comrade from the Rising Lord John Grey
- aristocrat soldier sometime spy
- is in possession of papers which reveal a damning case of corruption & murder against a British officer But the documents also hint at a far more dangerous conspiracy Soon Lord John & Jamie are unwilling companions on the road to Ireland a country whose castles hold dreadful secrets & where the bones of the dead are hidden in an epic story of treachery
- & scores that can only be settled in blood


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New title in the same series as bestselling The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible The Italian Sausage Bible & The Macsween Haggis Bible Salmon can be eaten any time & makes excellent starters main courses breakfasts & snacks & there suggestions for all of these in this book Due to its high protein content omega-3 fatty acids & vitamin D salmon is one of the most nutritious fish available with many health specialists recommending that it should be eaten three times a week In this handy & varied collection of recipes award-winning chef Claire Macdonald demonstrates the enormous versatility of salmon in forty mouth-watering recipes which show you could eat salmon seven days a week & still never tire of it Hot-smoked salmon cold-smoked salmon salmon fillets & Gravalax (salmon cured with sugar salt & dill) all feature together with a huge range of imaginative accompaniments from beetroot cheese & cream to bananastomatoes garlic & prosciutto ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Story of a baseball scout for the New York Yankees who is forever discovering useless talent So his boss decides to send him south for a while where he ends up in Mexico There he discovers an exceptional new talent Mexico&s hottest new baseball star But when he tells his boss the scout is subsequently fired from his job He then decides to take his discpovery to New York to prove his talent He is then offered 55million for his discovery after becoming his manager by the Yankees but on condition that his mental stability is proved ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Story of a baseball scout for the New York Yankees who is forever discovering useless talent So his boss decides to send him south for a while where he ends up in Mexico There he discovers an exceptional new talent Mexico&s hottest new baseball star But when he tells his boss the scout is subsequently fired from his job He then decides to take his discpovery to New York to prove his talent He is then offered 55million for his discovery after becoming his manager by the Yankees but on condition that his mental stability is proved Actors Albert Brooks Brendan Fraser Lane Smith Dianne Wiest Directors Michael Ritchie Subtitles German Spanish French Italian Swedish Norwegian Finnish Danish Dutch Dubbed German Spanish French Italian Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play British director Tom Harper&s debut feature is a coming-of-age dramathriller Teenagers David (Thomas Turgoose) & Emily (Holly Grainger) have grown up together in a caravan park on the windswept Norfolk coast When it emerges that Emily is to be sent away against her will to live with her father David agrees to help her hide out in a remote cave on the beach But as fears grow that Emily has been kidnapped & a large-scale police search gets underway David finds himself swept up in a situation out of his control & resorts to drastic measures to protect his friend Steven Mackintosh & Rafe Spall co-star ...

In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans Less than thirty years later only Liberia & Ethiopia remained unconquered by them The rest
- 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects
- had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce Christianity ' Civilization' & Conquest The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history

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The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt is a literary bottle rocket-loaded with whimsy pizzazz & heart-Adriana Trigiani " Is it possible that I have just readexperienceddevoured the most delightful book ever published? Do not argue with me There is magic here & genius"-Elinor Lipman"A ripping yarn of emancipated girlish adventure"-Audrey Niffenegger The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt is a visually stunning totally unique full-color novel in the form of a scrapbook set in the burgeoning bohemian culture of the 1920s & featuring an endearing unforgettable heroine Caroline Preston author of the New York Times Notable Book Jackie by Josie uses a kaleidoscopic array of vintage memorabilia-postcards letters magazine ads ticket stubs catalog pages fabric swatches candy wrappers fashion spreads menus & more-to tell the tale of spirited & ambitious Frankie's remarkable odyssey from Vassar to Greenwich Village to Paris in a manner that will delight crafters historical fiction fans & anyone who loves a good coming-of-age story ingeniously told ...