This is a guide to names used in Scotland
- Scots, Gaelic, international, ancient, modern, & timeless
- & their origins

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Drawing on extensive research & exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge & growing levels of social inequality, this history places Scotland firmly within an international context & provi ...

The only book available on Scottish painting, this book is now in its third edition with a new introduction & final chapter that brings the book up to date with the latest developments in Scottish painting (Richard Wright's win of the Turner Prize 2009). Illustrated throughout, the work is by acknowledged authority on Scottish painting William Hardie. Scottish society has been reflected through the strong colour & energetic brushwork of its artists. The book traces the beginnings of Scottish painting from the foundation of the Foulis Academy in 1753, with William Dyce & Scott Lauder establishing themselves in the south, followed by W Q Orchardson & John Pettie around 1860. European travel ensured Scottish painters were open to new techniques, & the explosion of the Glasgow Boys & then the Colourists onto the scene meant Scotland was respected for its innovation & imagination. Charles Rennie Mackintosh today is still internationally recognised for his work, & the painting of John Byrne, Curister, & Peter Howson bring the book to the present day. ...

The award-winning doyenne of Scottish cookery & entertaining, Claire Macdonald, brings us her recipes for that most versatile & healthy fish, salmon. Another in the great series that

Includes:: the bestselling Stornoway Black Pudding Bible, here are 40 recipes for a fish that can be eaten at any time of day.

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Many of Scotlands songs were collected by, & first set down by, Robert Burns. His mother used to sing

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A wonderful Scotty dog shopper bag with white straps & cute images of scotty dogs in a tartan print.



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After two decades of conflict, the war is finally over. The English should be enjoying the spoils of victory, but Thomas Blackstone is still fighting.

The French king may have capitulated, signed a treaty & ceded lands, but the warlords who have been fighting over the carcass of his kingdom are in no mind to honour a defeated Kings promises. If the English want their prize, theyll have to fight for it: Thomas Blackstone will have to fight for it.

By siege & skirmish, Blackstone pushes deep into the contested territories. But every bloody victory only tightens the snare around his neck. Someone has a score to settle with the scar-faced Englishman. Peace, Blackstone will discover, can be more lethal than war.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781784974527
• Author: David Gilman
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 445
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm











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The sixties: a new dawn for Britain
- a kaleidoscopic crossroads where social upheaval, artistic revolution & excitement for the
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Scouting has been in existence since 1907, offering children & young adults over 100 years of adventure, Jamborees, summer camps, badges, scarves & gang shows. The collection of the badges has always been the backbone of the movement, & back in 1914 a book was published that gathered together all of the legendary badges & gave instruction on how to pass them. This is a celebratory edition of that 1914 classic, showing how this much-loved institution has grown & evolved. This truly fascinating book was the official manual used by Scouts to learn these subjects, & by Scout leaders to teach them. This is an authentic dangerous book for boys & takes us back to a distant time before TVs & home computers, when children were encouraged to be active & to 'get out into the open air' whenever they could; a time when it was important to be able to make things &, when they broke, repair them. It is a fascinating historical document that also reveals the morality of an era when readers were entreated to be 'clean in thought, word & deed', & 'refrain from spitting in omnibuses.' ...

' Scouting for Boys' (1908) is both a handbook & a philosophy for a way of living that replaces self with service, puts country before individual, & duty above all. It also details how to light fires, stalk men & animals. This edition reveals its maverick complexity, exploring its contradictions about sexuality, the environment & the empire. ...