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Hebridean Island
Memories of Scarp
Angus Duncan (1888 - 1971)
edited by Angus Duncan

The editor's father describes a vanished island community and a way of life now all but forgotten, including the harvests of both land and sea; children's games and pastimes; long traditional folktales as told round the peat fire, social customs and occasions, and some of the notable island characters of the day.

History/Places * hb * 176 pp * illustrated * ISBN 1 898410 02 X

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Herds and Hinds
Farm Labour in Lowlands Scotland
by Richard Anthony

The first major analysis of the twentieth century history of Scottish agriculture outside of the Highlands and a much needed contribution to the history of Scotland.

History/People * HB * 256 pp * hb * Illustrated * ISBN 1 898410 28 3

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A Hundred Years in the Highlands
by Osgood Hanbury MacKenzie

Born in 1842, Osgood Hanbury Mackenzie, son of the twelfth Laird of , offers an insight into the harsh social and economic climate of the period, at one of the bleakest points in modern Highland history. His memory lives on in the great gardens he founded at Inverewe, now card for by the National Trust.

History/People * pb * 221 pp * ISBN 1 874744 29 7

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An Isle Called Hirte
The History and Culture of St. Kilda to 1930
by Mary Harman

Although much has been written about the Isle of St. Kilda, this is by far the most exhaustive and comprehensive account yet to appear. The author looks closely at the people and their way of life, their homes, their customs and their contact with the outside world.

Mary Harman's extensive research has uncovered new historical detail and also provides, for the first time, a comparison of all the know maps of the island.

History/Places * 260 x 190 mm *hb * 50 b/w photo and over 100 diagrams * 360 pp *ISBN 1 899272 03 8

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The Kingdom of the Isles
Scotland's Western Seaboard
1100 - 1336
by R. Andrew McDonald

The predominate theme of this study is the tripartite relations among Norway, Scotland and the Western Isles. While political history dominates, separate chapters address culture and society, art and architecture, travel and trade, the ecclesiastical history of the Isles. A fully rounded history is the result. No such study has been published for at least fifty years.

History/Places * hb * 262 pages * Illustrated * ISBN 1 898410 85 2

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A Little Book of Scottish Verse
Selected by David Ross with Illustrations from the National Gallery of Scotland

This delightful little volume presents a selection of poems by Scotland's most celebrated writers. Each poem is beautifully illustrated with a painting from the National Gallery of Scotland. It presents a selection of twenty-seven Scottish poems ranging in theme from poems of love and the land to poems of exile and patriotism. Favorite Scottish poets such as Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott are presented here along with lesser-known poets, making this delightful anthology the perfect introduction to Scottish poetry.

History/People * hd * 60 pp. *ISBN 0 86281 348 4

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A MacDonald for the Prince
by Alasdair Maclean

An examination of the role of Uist born Neil MacEachen, who shared the famous boat trip to Skye with Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald.

History/People * 216 mm x 138 mm * 104 pp * illustrated b/w * ISBN 0 86152 002 5

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Quotable Scots
by Carole McKenzie

Robert Burns is a Scot of world renown, and his comment on quotations is typical of the Scottish character. However, if not out to impress the opposite sex, Scots will not waste time with fancy prose, for example, Bill Shankly's accolade to Jock Stein after Celtic's European Cup final victory over Inter Milan. "John, you're immortal."

Although a small nation, Scotland has produced a high proportions quotable Scots, who have made their distinctive mark on world history. This book gathers together some of their memorable sayings. Scots can be found in all the far-flung corners of the world but wherever they reside, whatever their circumstances, they remain essentially Scots. As Sean once commented:

I have always had a terrible fight to get work in Britain on account of my Edinburgh accent. And I still haven't lost it completely. I can't --- I don't think it is right to loose."

History/People * 179 pp * hb * ISBN 1 85158 576 1

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Rob Roy MacGregor
by Len Patterson

That Rob's fame endured beyond his time had nothing to do with his politics, and little to do with Walter. Scott's use of his name to title a good novel, but everything to do with his force of character. Rob had figured in Scott's story incidentally and been grossly libelled, although still with the grain of truth that won esteem. His life's lasting value came of his fight to keep personal integrity through long trial. He was not like Job a man of piety. But he did have an uncommon regard for his fellow men and the Highland way of life. Perhaps in the courts of Heaven the 'Adversary' had repeated against Rob the old charge made against privileged men, that he loved because he prospered. The test was made. Adversities were heaped up until he could know temptation in anguish and yet, by a simple betrayal of trust, end all ills. The predicament is universal to man, and the way it is met of perennial interest. The strengths of mind, will, and heart required to confront it were in Rob, and I should have liked to believe that the public discerned this behind the romantic narratives of Defoe, Macleay, Scott, and Millar. Instead, I think the people of the Lowland South ranked him with his buccaneering contemporary Edward Teach (Blackbeard of the Spanish Main), or, in more recent times, perhaps with Al Capone. It is a vagary of the human mind to exalt chosen villains above their infamy. The honour thus paid to Rob Roy was for once the man's due, although not until this century, and only since mid-century, has it become possible to win the true facts from original sources.

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Rona
The Distant Island
by Michael Robson

This social history of the now deserted North Rona examines the background of the island mainly from the perspective of its inhabitants.

History/People * 215mm x 150 mm * 180 pp * pb * illustrated b/w

ISBN 0 86152 823 9 * pb * Price £8.95 plus shipping and handling

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