This Student Book is written specifically for the HNC in Social Care! * The six mandatory units & three SVQ units are covered giving students all they require in one book. * Written by an experienced Scottish author team with knowledge in delivering the course so you can be sure it fits your needs. * Focuses on supporting students with completing the graded unit as well as general research & study skills including how to 'analyse' & 'critically evaluate'. * Provides working understanding of current Scottish legislation policy procedures & practice methods is also provided. ...

Monumental!
- Bob Ross Australian Sailing High Performance Sailing is now regarded as the bible of racing sailors & carries a string
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Covers all the essential course content Contains Top Tips & Exam Practice questions to help pupils prepare for the exam A new topic in each double page spread makes revision manageable Popular Success Guide series now expanded to Higher level Clear accessible language that is characteristic of Success Guides employed throughout Aimed at pupils who would like extra help in making the transition to Higher Full colour layout with boxes & illustrations appeals to a wide range of learning styles ...

This second edition of Higher Craft & Design Course Notes

Includes:: all the recent changes from the National

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Now in full colour Higher Psychology 2nd Edition is a revised updated & extended edition of Higher Psychology: Approaches & Methods. It will support students studying the revised Higher Psychology course awarded by SQA from 2010. It will also be pertinent to Scottish HNC & HND students studying psychology & anyone new to the subject at University level. The book gives full coverage of the mandatory Units within the new Higher arrangements (Understanding the Individual; The Individual in the Social Context; Investigating Behaviour) constituting: Cognitive Developmental Biological & Social Psychology Atypical Behaviour & Investigative Research Methods & is written in the direct open & accessible style for which the first edition was so universally acclaimed. Presentation content & readability are all first class... It can be used as the central text or easily dipped into for reference... It will engage students... Review of the first edition Times Educational Supplement Scotland ...

Sir Payton Murray's reputation as a lover is rivalled only by his prowess with the sword yet it is the latter gift that has captured the interest of Kirstie Mac Lye. Fleeing a murderous husband who left her for dead she vows to expose the man for the vile scoundrel that he is. She also knows it will take planning cunning & the help of a brave arrogant & willing champion. Kirstie only prays that Sir Payton will accept her challenge. Risking the ire of his own clan & hers Payton nonetheless cannot ignore Kirstie's desperate plea or her captivating beauty. For he knows that nothing will deter the spirited lass from bringing an evil man to justice even if she must do it alone. Joining her on this crusade he embarks upon a dangerous quest against a powerful enemy only too eager to destroy them both. ...

Once Arianna Murray Lucette believed shed met the man she could always rely on. She was wrong. Now she is fleeing for her life & when her enemies attack a ship bound for her only refuge she believes all hope is lost. Until she awakens on Scotlands shore to a pair of the most entrancing blue eyes she has ever seen. When Sir Brian Mac Fingal first spots the sun-streaked beauty on the beach he mistakes her for dead. Soon however he discovers a woman more full of life & vitality than he ever dreamed possible. But though he knows he is fit to defend her life
- even at risk of losing his own
- can such a raw warrior as he ever be worthy of her love?

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Highland Omnibuses was founded in 1952 as part of the state-owned Scottish Bus Group that operated services throughout Scotl&. The company was created from the merger of Highland Transport Macrae & Dick & Alexanders Town Services & from its base in Inverness ran services throughout the Highlands from Thurso & Wick in the far north through Fort William to Oban in the south & west to Kyle of Lochalsh & the ferry to Skye. Highland Omnibuses operated the majority of services but Mac Braynes (although primarily a ferry company) were also involved as were smaller independent companies. In this unique collection of images taken almost entirely by the author & dating mostly from the 1960s & 1970s when Highland Omnibuses was at its peak John Sinclair provides a window into the past of the isolated communities served by these buses as well as many photographs of the stunning Highland landscapes. ...

In dark wintry Lochdubh Christmas Cheer is about as welcome as a flat tyre on a deserted road. The Calvinist element in town has always resisted what they view as secular frivolity so for most of the townsfolk there'll be no carols feasting gifts
- or even whisky on Christmas Day! & for PC Hamish Macbeth there's no holiday from crime
- he finds himself hunting for a missing cat belonging to a lonely spinster. Curt & unfriendly the woman is convinced her pet has been stolen but once behind her heavily-bolted door Hamish can spot her true problem
- she lives in fear though of who or what he cannot guess. Then someone steals a Christmas tree & lights from the nearby village of Cnothan. So it is up to Hamish to sort all these problems out
- & he had better do it quickly for the church bells will soon peal on the eve of Christmas. Praise for the Hamish Macbeth" series: ' First rate.. .deft social comedy & wonderfully realized atmosphere'
- " Booklist". ' It's always a treat to return to Lochdubh'
- " New York Times". ' Readers will enjoy the quirks & unique qualities of the cast.. . Beaton catches the beauty of the area's natural geography & succinctly describes its distinct flavour'
- " Library Journal". ' Befuddled earnest & utterly endearing Hamish makes his triumphs sweetly satisfying'
- " Publishers Weekly"."







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When ' Virtual Assistant' Jenny Porter's boyfriend accuses her of being impulsive soft-hearted & unbusinesslike dashing off to Scotland to sort out a failing mill for one of her clients may not be the best way of proving him wrong. & promising to help run a mobile burger bar before she's even found her feet doesn't help matters. When she finds herself determined to save the mill
- whatever her client's wishes
- it seems that Henry's accusations may have contained more than a grain of truth. So when Jenny's awkward encounters with the abrasive but disconcertingly attractive Ross Grant develop into something more complicated
- just as Henry arrives in Scotland to reclaim her
- it's time for Jenny to make some decisions. Should she do the sensible thing & follow Henry back to London? Or is her Highland adventure more than just a fling...?



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