In this highly-anticipated new novel Diana Gabaldon brings back one of her most compelling characters: the unforgettable Lord John Grey
- soldier gentleman & no mean hand with a blade. Set in the heart of the eighteenth century Lord Johns world is one of mystery & menace. Diana Gabaldon brilliantly weaves together the strands of Lord Johns secret & public lives. Capturing the lonely tormented & courageous career of a man who fights for his crown his honor & his own secrets Diana Gabaldon delivers breathtaking human drama proving once again that she can bring history to life in a way few novelists ever have.
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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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This title covers sport television industry music heroes & villains feasts festivals fun law & order politics literature football great Scots & many many more. The Scottish Quiz Book" is an entertaining book for the whole family. It will help to while away the long journeys & provides an excellent resource for anyone who has to compile quiz questions about Scotl&." ...

Thomas Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859 just as Japan was opening to the West. Within a few years he had played a crucial part in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate providing the rebels with war-winning Scottish-designedwarships & modern arms. Bankruptcy by the age of thirty was barely a setback & he went on to become a pivotal figure in the rapidly expanding Mitsubishi empire founding shipyards & breweries. As energetic in his love-life as in business & politics Glover had a string of Japanese mistresses one of whom inspired Puccinis Madam Butterfly. This Scottish Samurai was to become an adviser to the Japanese government; he also arranged for many Japanese to visit Britain & see the wonders of the industrial revolution a lesson they enthusiatically absorbed. Today Glover is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Japanese economic miracle. ...

Tartan! Ah the very symbol of Scotland! The ancient garb of the warlike Scots. Created amid rugged Highland hills a proud beacon of national independence & individual clan loyalty. Skilfully h&-crafted in designs passed down over the centuries; coloured red (for blood); blue (for the lochs & the sea) & violet for the bonnie Scottish heather. This fascinating book looks at what is known with a reasonable degree of historical certainty about tartan & attempts to drive some of the wilder woollier tartan myths back into the misty Celtic twilight. Packed full of peculiar tartan trivia this book contains all you need to know about one of the world's favourite fabrics. A curiositorium of the quirky odd & downright strange. Fact boxes a full glossary timeline & index make the book both fun & informative to use. ...

This is a superb new edition full-colour guide to the finest winter climbs in Scotl&. The second edition of this indispensible ...

What would you say if someone gave you a bap a dap or a garron? How would you feel if they called you a dux or a sneuter? Do you know what to do with a flane a hushock a kist or tassie? Could you wear raploch or schort-hoozle? Eat a cake that was gibbery or keggum? & with your nearest & dearest how would you fancy a spot of houghmagandie? North of the Border
- its not just the accent thats different the whole language is not the same. In fact there are several different ways of speaking in Scotland from the Borders in the south to the northernmost Orkney & Shetland Isles. This book will look at them all although it will focus on Scots
- the traditional language of the majority of Scottish people for the past thousand years & more. Fact boxes a full glossary timeline & index make the book both fun & informative to use.

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The Pony Detectives are on the case in their second horsey whodunit adventure. Alice & her beloved pony Scout are on a winning streak. But Scout is only on loan to Alice & his success hasnt gone unnoticed
- When Scouts mysterious owner Mrs Valentine suddenly puts him up for sale the Pony Detectives make it their mission to save Scout for their friend. But as the girls investigate further they uncover more shady goings-on than they bargained for.

Includes:: illustrated pony tips.


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A trained scout will see little signs & tracks he puts them together in his mind & quickly reads a meaning from them such as an untrained man would never arrive at. A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry & imperial & urban myth of borrowed tips on health & hygiene & object lessons in woodcraft Robert Baden-Powells Scouting for Boys (1908) is the original blueprint & self-instructor of the Boy Scout Movement. An all-time bestseller in the English-speaking world second only to the Bible this primer of yarns & pictures constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore & tracker legend padded with lengthy"ations from adventure fiction & B-Ps own autobiography & seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration concerns about masculinity & self-restraint invasion paranoia. Elleke Boehmers edition of Scouting for Boys is the first to reprint the original text & illustrations & her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists & pacifists capitalists & environmentalists alike. ...

[ Contains] the best & most useful skills you should have learned but never got around to or once knew but have now forgotten... This is the outdoor handbook brought to you by the people who wrote the rules
- Bear Grylls Chief Scout. Do you know how to build an altar fire? Read a compass or navigate by the stars? Could you construct & steer a raft across a river? Tie a reef knot
- or send a message using Morse code? All these & many many more are included in this incredibly detailed guide to everything you could ever need to know about outdoor adventure. Whether youre a seasoned adventurer looking to brush up on your skills or a complete beginner wanting to find a good starting point this book is for you.

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