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The Scottish Countryside | |||
| Its Changing Face: 1700-2000 | Scottish Interest | |||
| Rosemary Gibson | ||||
| John Donald 2007 196 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0859766861 | ||||
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Images of Aberdeen | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Raymond Anderson | ||||
| Breedon 2008 190 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 185983664X 260x195mm | ||||
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Songs of the Isles | |||
| Selections from Carmina Gadelica: A New Version with a Commentry | Scottish Interest | |||
| Kathleen Jones | ||||
| Canterbury 2004 182 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1853115843 | ||||
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Sons of Vulcan | |||
| Ironworkers and Steelmen in Scotland | Scottish Interest | |||
| Robert Duncan | ||||
| Birlinn 2008 232 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1841587699 | ||||
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| This is a substantial history of two industries that have played a huge role in the social and economic history of Scotland. Covering over 300 years of labour and working conditions, it focuses on the men and boys who mastered heat and fire to make and shape iron in furnaces, forges, mills and foundries before, during and after the Industrial Revolution. It also concentrates on working lives spent in steel production from the beginning of the industry in the 1870s until its demise in the 1990s. | ||||
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Civil War and Restoration in Monmouthshire | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Jeremy Knight | ||||
| Logaston 2005 214 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1904396410 233x157mm | ||||
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| Wales, with its tradition of Nonconformism, was mostly a parliamentarian stronghold in the Civil War. But in Monmouthshire, large pockets of Catholic and Royalist support saw the county divided against itself. The result, as Fairfax's troops marched in, was devastating. This colourful history traces the background to the conflict, the war itself, and its aftermath, and shows how it overturned the lives of gentry, soldiers, Protestant divines, Catholic martyrs and, above all, ordinary people, dividing families and turning neighbour against neighbour. | ||||
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The Trossachs | |||
| History and Guide | Scottish Interest | |||
| William F Hendrie | ||||
| Tempus 2004 160 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752429914 247x171mm | ||||
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| Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, now a National Park, is home to rare wildlife, exquisite Highland scenery, over twenty Munros and thousands of years of history. This guide looks at the area in depth, describing the landscape 'of soaring mountains, shimmering lochs and solitary glens', but also delving into its history, literary associations, and legends - among them the strange, supernatural affair of the Rev. Robert Kirk of Aberfoyle, who apparently came back from the dead. | ||||
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Travels in the Western Hebrides | |||
| from 1782-1790 | Scottish Interest | |||
| Rev John Lane Buchanan | ||||
| Maclean 1997 110 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1899272046 | ||||
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| In 1793, the Reverend Buchanan published a full account of his time spent in the Western Isles between 1782 and 1790. As Missionary Minister, he was well placed to record all aspects of life in the islands and his book offers a rich insight into the lives of the islanders in the 18th century. Buchanan deals mainly with Harris, but he frequently makes comparisons with other islands and he gives a particularly interesting account of St Kilda. | ||||
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Expeditions to the Hebrides | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| George Clayton Atkinson; Ed. David A Quine | ||||
| Maclean 2001 190 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1899272062 | ||||
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| The naturalist and ornithologist George Clayton Atkinson (1808-1877) set out from Newcastle in 1831 with his brother Dick and the artist William Train to explore the Western Isles and remote St Kilda. The manuscript journals of his travels, richly embellished with watercolours and drawings, offer a vivid portrait of the islands and islanders, and also record Hebridean songs and shanties. The journals are edited by David A Quine, with an introduction, notes and a short biography of Atkinson. | ||||
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Curiosities of Art and Nature | |||
| A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland | Scottish Interest | |||
| Michael Robson (Edited by) | ||||
| Islands Book Trust 2003 318 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0954623819 | ||||
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| Martin Martin (1669-1718) was a native of the Western Isles and a Gaelic speaker, whose book on the Western Isles, published in 1703, was the first detailed account of the islands and one of the main triggers for their 'discovery' by outsiders. It was not intended as a guide book; Martin's approach is scientific observation and a concern to improve the lot of the islanders. Edited by Michael Robson, this book presents a photographic facsimile of Martin's Description, with an introduction, notes and illustrations. | ||||
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Villages of Glasgow | |||
| North of the Clyde | Scottish Interest | |||
| Aileen Smart | ||||
| John Donald 2002 238 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0859765628 | ||||
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| Anderston, Bridgeton, Calton, Maryhill, Parkhead, Partick, Springburn, Shettleston and Tollcross, Carmyle, Grahamston and Yoker. | ||||
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One Man's River | |||
| The Clyde in Pictures 1920-1980 | Scottish Interest | |||
| Len Paterson | ||||
| House of Lochar 1998 144 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1899863494 274x217mm | ||||
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| Dan McDonald (1899-1988) is probably best remembered for his celebrated book The Clyde Puffers, in which many of his finest photographs appeared. Drawing on Glasgow Museum's Dan McDonald Collection, Paterson's book is a tribute to a great photographer and devotee of the river, who, during nearly sixty years, took over 5,000 pictures documenting not only significant events, but also the daily life and commerce of the Clyde. | ||||
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Caran an t-Saoghail (The Wiles of the World) | |||
| Anthology of 19th century Scottish Gaelic Verse | Scottish Interest | |||
| Caran an t-Saoghail Donald E Meek | ||||
| Birlinn 2003 498 pages | ||||
| Paperback 187474467X | ||||
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| Gaelic verse written during the 19th century reflects the impact of clearances, eviction and external influences on the old Gaelic communities of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. This anthology covers all the main types of poetry produced in Gaelic during the 19th century. It offers a fresh look at the poetic creativity of the period and considers the ways in which song and verse were refashioned to meet the challenges of the time. Gaelic with facing English translations. | ||||
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The White Cockade | |||
| and Other Jacobite Tales | Scottish Interest | |||
| Stuart McHardy | ||||
| Birlinn 2006 264 pages | ||||
| Paperback 184158441X | ||||
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| To this day, tales of the desperate struggle between the Hanoverian kings and the Jacobite rebels resound with heroism and loyalty, savagery and double-dealing. Veteran storyteller Stuart McHardy here recounts the finest of them, creating a vivid picture of the Jacobites and their ceaseless, noble, yet ultimately doomed struggle to restore the Stewart monarchy. | ||||
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Villages of Southern Argyll | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Marian Pallister | ||||
| John Donald 2004 212 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0859765830 | ||||
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| From St Columba's landing place at Kilcolmkill (now known as Southend) on the southern coast, to Kilmichael Glassary and the Kilmichael Glen with its ancient forts, standing stones, cairns, cists and enigmatic rock carvings, Marian Pallister describes the origins and history of 15 villages in Southern Argyll, and the imported industries - gunpowder and sheep - that made landowners money at the expense of farmers and fishermen. | ||||
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Villages of Northern Argyll | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| mary Withall | ||||
| John Donald 2004 214 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0859765849 | ||||
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| Geographically Northern Argyll is an area of wild coastline, open moorland and rugged mountains separated by deep lochs and fast- flowing rivers. Lines of communication are difficult and were, until recently, often dangerous. Even so, for more than 2,000 years people have struggled to make a living there. Delving into the history and traditions of the region, Mary Withall's survey of 21 villages explains how they survived and why they stayed in this remote part of Scotland. | ||||
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