A unique Scottish colouring book suitable for adults as well as children featuring 20 of the country`s most iconic places, including: Edinburgh Castle * Forth Rail Bridge * St Andrews * HMS Discovery, Dundee * Balmoral castle * Loch Ness/ Urquart Castle * Dunrobin * Castle, Stromness, Orkney * Skara Brae * Callanish standing stones * Lews Castle, Lewis * Highland Games * Eilean Donan * Duart Castle, Mull * Tobermory, Skye * Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow * Caerlaverlock Castle * Abbotsford House * Melrose Abbey * Rosslyn Chapel * Falkirk Wheel * Stirling Castle * Edinburgh Christmas Market Eilidh Muldoon`s are ideal for all levels of colouring
- plenty of intricate detail for those who like a colouring challenge, yet simple enough for those with less patience to create beautiful colour artwork in a short time.
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Why did Roman emperors wear violet? Which colour is made from crushed beetles? What green pigment might be used to build super-fast computers of the future? Find out the answers to these & many more questions in this vibrant exploration of the stories behind different colours, & the roles they`ve played throughout history. From black to white, & all the colours in between, every shade has a story to tell. Each colour group is introduced with a stunning & interpretive double-page spread illustration, followed by illustrated entries exploring the `colourful` history of particular shades. With vivid, thought-provoking illustrations & engaging bite-sized text, this book is a feast for the eyes & the mind, ready to enthral budding artists & historians alike. ...

Far away from the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort & other tourist destinations of the north of India lies another India: the lush & beautiful Southern States. In Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Goa, brilliantly coloured hues are a natural result of a hot climate & fertile landscape, but they are also symbolic of what is one of the world`s most spiritual countries. In these pages, blue is for both Vishnu & brilliantly coloured saris, red is for Lakshmi & blazing hot chillies, yellow is for good luck & golden tumeric, & green is for Hanuman & vibrant rice fields. Swaying palms & garlands of flowers, painted bullock carts & caparisoned elephants
- these are but a few examples of Barbara Lloyd`s photographs.
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Teeming with the history of the Pacific Northwest, the mighty Columbia River is one of the longest rivers in North America. Surprisingly, however, this 1, 243-mile-long river begins not in the familiar Columbia River Gorge separating Washington & Oregon but rather 1, 000 miles upstream, near the British Columbia-Alberta border. Long before Capt. Robert Gray discovered the river`s entrance in 1792 near what is today Astoria, it served as a water highway & a critical source of food for Native people & the earliest Hudson`s Bay Company pioneers. Today it continues to function as a watercourse for barges & ships carrying commercial goods to the world. The Columbia has, however, been an enemy at times. Before dams controlled its flow, vicious rapids claimed lives, & the river, swollen by melting ice from Canada`s Columbia Icefield, often flooded towns as distant as Portl&, Oregon. At the same time, it has always offered stunning scenery. Read about the early river steamers on both sides of the border. Ponder the travels of salmon. Who built the Grand Coulee or Bonneville dams? What happened at the Hanford Project? Explore with David Thompson, who discovered the source of the river. Meet the real people who call the Columbia River shores their home. The book`s four sections as well as the Travel & Trivia section have been updated to expand our knowledge of the towns & people along the river. ...

The Combat, published in 1972, unforgettably recounts the torn friendship between two contenders over the paternity rights of the child of a market girl, now a sophisticated businesswoman. A poignant memorial to the Biafran Civil War, it is also a vigorous & hilarious satire of the power-hungry manipulations of the largest black nation on earth, together with its South African intriguers. ...

Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, & established a career in Engl&, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal. Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific & popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787
- the first woman in Britain to make her living from science. But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel`s great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Drawing on original sources
- including Herschel`s diaries & her fiery letters
- Claire Brock tells the story of a woman determined to win independence & satisfy her astronomical ambition.


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Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother & a connoisseur of philosophy; she`d rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not theoretical at all, but an everyday matter of life & death. As she attempts to unravel the truth behind Dr Thompson`s disgrace, Isabel`s patient intelligence is also required to deal with challenges in her own life. There is her baby son Charlie; Cat`s deli to look after, not to mention her vulnerable assistant Eddie; & a mysterious & unlikeable composer who has latched on to Jamie, making Isabel fear for the future of her new family. Isabel treads a difficult path between trust & gullibility, philanthropy & interference, while keeping in her sights the small but certain comforts of family, philosophy & a fine Saturday morning. ...

As their holiday unfolds, Colin & Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though there waits someone who cares deeply about how they appear. Then they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell & become drawn into a fantasy of violence & obsession. ...

Packed with fantastic facts, figures & stories about the world we live in & the galaxies beyond, this single volume contains 288 colour pages of pure Comic Strip genius. Learn about everything
- from the smallest amoeba to the secrets of the furthest corners of the known Universe, & the myths that shaped the way we see the world. This Big Fat Book is an irresistibly humorous & accessible source of knowledge (with pictures) for the whole family to enjoy.
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A sweeping historical novel of the American West that follows the dramatic life of Daytime Smoke, Nez Perce son of explorer William Clark. The Coming is an epic novel of native-white relations in North America, intimately told through the life of Daytime Smoke--the real-life red-haired son of William Clark & a Nez Perce woman. In 1805, Lewis & Clark stumble out of the Rockies on the edge of starvation. The Nez Perce help the explorers build canoes & navigate the rapids of the Columbia, then spend two months hosting them the following spring before leading them back across the snowbound mountains. Daytime Smoke is born not long after, & the tribe of his youth continues a deep friendship with white Americans, from fur trappers to missionaries, even aiding the United States government in wars with neighboring tribes. But when gold is discovered on Nez Perce land in 1860, it sets an inevitable tragedy in motion. Daytime Smoke`s life spanned the seven decades between first contact & the last great Indian war. Capturing the trajectory experienced by so many native peoples--from friendship & cooperation to betrayal, war, & genocide--this sweeping novel, with its large cast of characters & vast geography, braids historical events with the drama of one man`s remarkable life. Rigorously researched & cinematically rendered, The Coming is a page-turning, heart-stopping American novel in a classic mode. ...