Author: Neil Munro
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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Neil Munro's 'Jaunty Jock, and Other Stories' is a collection of lively and humorous tales that capture the essence of Scottish life in the early twentieth century. Munro's prose is characterized by its vivid descriptions and use of dialect, transporting the reader to the rugged landscapes and vibrant characters of rural Scotland. Drawing on his own experiences as a journalist and keen observer of human nature, Munro's stories are both entertaining and insightful, offering a unique window into a bygone era. This collection is a testament to Munro's skill as a storyteller and his deep understanding of the Scottish culture and way of life. Neil Munro, a Scottish writer and journalist, was renowned for his keen wit and keen eye for detail. His background as a journalist provided him with a wealth of material for his fiction, allowing him to skillfully blend factual events with imaginative storytelling. 'Jaunty Jock, and Other Stories' showcases Munro's versatility as a writer and his ability to capture the quirks and complexities of Scottish society. I highly recommend 'Jaunty Jock, and Other Stories' to readers who appreciate engaging storytelling and have an interest in Scottish literature. Munro's collection offers a delightful mix of humor, warmth, and keen observations that will appeal to both fans of classic literature and those curious about Scottish culture.
Author: Neil Munro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Author: Neil Munro
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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The "Para Handy Tales" is a collection of sea adventure tales written by author Neil Munro. Para Handy is the crafty Gaelic skipper of the Vital Spark, a steamboat of the sort that delivered goods from Glasgow to Loch Fyne, the Hebrides, and the west coast highlands of Scotland in the early 20th century. The stories partly focus on his pride in his ship, "the smertest boat in the tred" which he considers to be of a class with the Clyde steamers, but mainly tell of the "high jinks" the crew get up to on their travels.
Author: Neil Munro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Author: Neil Munro
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
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The "Para Handy Tales" is a collection of sea adventure tales written by author Neil Munro. Para Handy is the crafty Gaelic skipper of the Vital Spark, a steamboat of the sort that delivered goods from Glasgow to Loch Fyne, the Hebrides, and the west coast highlands of Scotland in the early 20th century. The stories partly focus on his pride in his ship, "the smertest boat in the tred" which he considers to be of a class with the Clyde steamers, but mainly tell of the "high jinks" the crew get up to on their travels.
Author: Neil Munro
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
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Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. The master mariner and his crew - Dougie the mate, Macphail the engineer, Sunny Jim and the Tar - all play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime, as well as those that were unpublished and a new story which was discovered in 2001. Extensive notes accompany each story, providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms, place-names and historical events. This volume also includes a wealth of contemporary photographs, depicting the harbours, steamers and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark.
Author: Neil Munro
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781902927695
Category : Handy, Para (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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The hilarious exploits of Para Handy and his crew - beloved by readers since Neil Munro first set them loose on an unsuspecting public all those years ago - are now part of Scotland's genetic make-up. But despite the tales of the Master Mariner, Dougie the Mate, Macphail the Engineer, Sunny Jim and The Tar being in print for almost a century, never before have they received such remarkable treatment. This new edition brings a classic of Scottish literature together with one of the country's most respected artists. Undoubtedly his most captivating book to date, here Hamish Haswell-Smith's breathtaking water-colours create the evocative atmosphere of the West Coast of Scotland as it was in the time of Para Handy but without destroying each reader's unique mental image of Munro's unforgettable characters. Perfect for Para Handy fans everywhere, as well as all those entranced by the work of Hamish Haswell-Smith.
Author: Dan McDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781899863129
Category : Coasters (Ships)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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The lack of a pier was no obstacle to the Clyde Puffer Her crew would beach her, unload in the shallows and watch the customers wade in and pick up the cargo. Dan McDonald was one of few landsmen to sail with the puffermen, and here his knowledge is illustrated with a collection of photographs.
Author: Julian Jaynes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547527543
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 735
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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
