Author: Connie Brockway
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759525145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This is an anthology of four contemporary love stories by popular authors of romance. Four American women experience the passion of summer love when they travel to Scotland. Suddenly chasing kilts was never more fun.
My Scottish Summer
Author: Connie Brockway
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759525145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This is an anthology of four contemporary love stories by popular authors of romance. Four American women experience the passion of summer love when they travel to Scotland. Suddenly chasing kilts was never more fun.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759525145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This is an anthology of four contemporary love stories by popular authors of romance. Four American women experience the passion of summer love when they travel to Scotland. Suddenly chasing kilts was never more fun.
The Summer Isles
Author: Philip Marsden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783783007
Category : Summer Isles (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A journey by sea along the western coasts of Ireland and Scotland in search of islands, both real and imagined.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783783007
Category : Summer Isles (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A journey by sea along the western coasts of Ireland and Scotland in search of islands, both real and imagined.
My First Summer in the Sierra
Author: John Muir
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent wilderness. "My First Summer in the Sierra," whose heart is the diary Muir kept while tending sheep in Yosemite country, enticed thousands of Americans to visit this magical place, and resounds with Muir's regard for the "divine, enduring, unwasteable wealth" of the natural world. A classic of environmental literature, "My First Summer in the Sierra" continues to inspire readers to seek out such places for themselves and make them their own.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent wilderness. "My First Summer in the Sierra," whose heart is the diary Muir kept while tending sheep in Yosemite country, enticed thousands of Americans to visit this magical place, and resounds with Muir's regard for the "divine, enduring, unwasteable wealth" of the natural world. A classic of environmental literature, "My First Summer in the Sierra" continues to inspire readers to seek out such places for themselves and make them their own.
Summer Walkers
Author: Timothy Neat
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 9781780273969
Category : Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Summer Walkers is the name the crofters of Scotland's North-west Highlands gave the Travelling People - the inerrant tinsmiths, horse-dealers, hawkers and pearl-fishers who made their living 'on the road'. These people are not gypsies - they are indigenous Gaelicspeaking Highlanders who are heirs to a vital and ancient culture. This book documents their way of life and explores their customs, superstitions, unique language, stories, poetry and songs rough photographs and remembrances. The result is a poignant and deeply moving record of a way of life now on the verges of living memory.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 9781780273969
Category : Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Summer Walkers is the name the crofters of Scotland's North-west Highlands gave the Travelling People - the inerrant tinsmiths, horse-dealers, hawkers and pearl-fishers who made their living 'on the road'. These people are not gypsies - they are indigenous Gaelicspeaking Highlanders who are heirs to a vital and ancient culture. This book documents their way of life and explores their customs, superstitions, unique language, stories, poetry and songs rough photographs and remembrances. The result is a poignant and deeply moving record of a way of life now on the verges of living memory.
The Summer Job
Author: Lizzy Dent
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593328116
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
“My perfect summer read! Sure to be one of the sweetest, funniest, and sexiest books of the year.” —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation Named a Best Beach Read by Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, Bustle, Country Living, Parade, Fortune, and more. What if you could be someone else? Just for the summer... Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life she's run into is her best friend Heather's. The only problem is, she hasn't told Heather. The summer job at the highland Scottish hotel that her world class wine-expert friend ditched turns out to be a lot more than Birdy bargained for. Can she survive a summer pretending to be her best friend? And can Birdy stop herself from falling for the first man she's ever actually liked, but who thinks she's someone else? One good friend's very bad decision is at the heart of this laugh-out-loud love story and unexpected tale of a woman finally finding herself in the strangest of places.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593328116
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
“My perfect summer read! Sure to be one of the sweetest, funniest, and sexiest books of the year.” —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation Named a Best Beach Read by Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, Bustle, Country Living, Parade, Fortune, and more. What if you could be someone else? Just for the summer... Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life she's run into is her best friend Heather's. The only problem is, she hasn't told Heather. The summer job at the highland Scottish hotel that her world class wine-expert friend ditched turns out to be a lot more than Birdy bargained for. Can she survive a summer pretending to be her best friend? And can Birdy stop herself from falling for the first man she's ever actually liked, but who thinks she's someone else? One good friend's very bad decision is at the heart of this laugh-out-loud love story and unexpected tale of a woman finally finding herself in the strangest of places.
Among the Summer Snows
Author: Christopher Nicholson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910463857
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Christopher Nicholson's first book of nature writing is a beautiful account of an unusual obsession. In 2016 he spent August searching for the remaining snows of the Scottish Highlands. His account of his solitary walk is by turns funny, fascinating and inspiring. A meditation on walking, mountains, snow and our changing climate, Nicholson also turns his curious eye on nature-lovers themselves. What are we looking for when we walk and what is it we want from nature? What is it we see and what is it we miss? What remains when we are gone and what have we lost from the landscape forever?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910463857
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Christopher Nicholson's first book of nature writing is a beautiful account of an unusual obsession. In 2016 he spent August searching for the remaining snows of the Scottish Highlands. His account of his solitary walk is by turns funny, fascinating and inspiring. A meditation on walking, mountains, snow and our changing climate, Nicholson also turns his curious eye on nature-lovers themselves. What are we looking for when we walk and what is it we want from nature? What is it we see and what is it we miss? What remains when we are gone and what have we lost from the landscape forever?
I Am an Island
Author: Tamsin Calidas
Publisher: Black Swan Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781784164782
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Memoir of the year' - Vogue 'A wondrous, sensuous memoir of salt-stung survival . . . clear-eyed and poetic prose' Sunday Times 'A fascinating memoir' - Daily Mail When Tamsin Calidas first arrives on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides, it feels like coming home. Disenchanted by London, she and her husband left the city and high-flying careers to move the 500 miles north, despite having absolutely no experience of crofting, or of island life. It was idyllic, for a while. But as the months wear on, the children she'd longed for fail to materialise, and her marriage breaks down, Tamsin finds herself in ever-increasing isolation. Injured, ill, without money or friend she is pared right back, stripped to becoming simply a raw element of the often harsh landscape. But with that immersion in her surroundings comes the possibility of rebirth and renewal. Tamsin begins the slow journey back from the brink. Startling, raw and extremely moving, I Am An Island is a story about the incredible ability of the natural world to provide when everything else has fallen away - a stunning book about solitude, friendship, resilience and self-discovery.
Publisher: Black Swan Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781784164782
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Memoir of the year' - Vogue 'A wondrous, sensuous memoir of salt-stung survival . . . clear-eyed and poetic prose' Sunday Times 'A fascinating memoir' - Daily Mail When Tamsin Calidas first arrives on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides, it feels like coming home. Disenchanted by London, she and her husband left the city and high-flying careers to move the 500 miles north, despite having absolutely no experience of crofting, or of island life. It was idyllic, for a while. But as the months wear on, the children she'd longed for fail to materialise, and her marriage breaks down, Tamsin finds herself in ever-increasing isolation. Injured, ill, without money or friend she is pared right back, stripped to becoming simply a raw element of the often harsh landscape. But with that immersion in her surroundings comes the possibility of rebirth and renewal. Tamsin begins the slow journey back from the brink. Startling, raw and extremely moving, I Am An Island is a story about the incredible ability of the natural world to provide when everything else has fallen away - a stunning book about solitude, friendship, resilience and self-discovery.
OxCrimes
Author: Peter Florence
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847659047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work. OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark Billingham, Alexander McCall Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Val McDermid, Peter James, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina, Louise Welsh and a host of other compelling suspects. Profile have raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for Oxfam by publishing OxTales (2009)and OxTravels (9781846684968) (2011).
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847659047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work. OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark Billingham, Alexander McCall Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Val McDermid, Peter James, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina, Louise Welsh and a host of other compelling suspects. Profile have raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for Oxfam by publishing OxTales (2009)and OxTravels (9781846684968) (2011).
Summer's Knight
Author: Virginia Brown
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
ISBN: 1611946115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Will their passion survive her dangerous secret? Shipping heiress Summer St. Clair flees from an arranged marriage only to end up penniless and alone in the unfamiliar streets of London. Her ordeal turns into a different type of challenge--one even more frightening--when a dangerously handsome rogue offers his protection. Jamie Cameron pledges to be Summer's chivalrous knight . . . but he secretly longs to possess this woman of beauty and spirit. Carefully planning the ultimate seduction, he never expected her innocent charms to pierce his armor and expose his lonely heart. From London's bawdy back alleys to the wild Scottish Highlands, Summer and Jamie wage a thrilling tug-of-war. Yet even as she succumbs to his fiery touch, Summer keeps a dangerous secret, a secret that might shatter the deep love that has grown between them. Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels in romance, mystery, and general fiction. Her bestselling Dixie Divas Mystery Series continues in 2015 with a sixth novel. She lives in a small Mississippi town that inspires her stories about Holly Springs.
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
ISBN: 1611946115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Will their passion survive her dangerous secret? Shipping heiress Summer St. Clair flees from an arranged marriage only to end up penniless and alone in the unfamiliar streets of London. Her ordeal turns into a different type of challenge--one even more frightening--when a dangerously handsome rogue offers his protection. Jamie Cameron pledges to be Summer's chivalrous knight . . . but he secretly longs to possess this woman of beauty and spirit. Carefully planning the ultimate seduction, he never expected her innocent charms to pierce his armor and expose his lonely heart. From London's bawdy back alleys to the wild Scottish Highlands, Summer and Jamie wage a thrilling tug-of-war. Yet even as she succumbs to his fiery touch, Summer keeps a dangerous secret, a secret that might shatter the deep love that has grown between them. Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels in romance, mystery, and general fiction. Her bestselling Dixie Divas Mystery Series continues in 2015 with a sixth novel. She lives in a small Mississippi town that inspires her stories about Holly Springs.
She Who Dares
Author: Alana Stott MBE
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 166572420X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
It was 2014 when the phone rang at Alana Stott’s home. On the other end was her husband, Dean, a member of the UK Special Forces serving in Libya in the midst of a civil war. As the sound of gunfire echoed through the receiver, Alana felt her heart racing as she struggled to gather as much information as possible from him. Moments later, the line went dead. In a compelling, heartfelt retelling of her epic journey through life, Stott shines an inspirational light on how she navigated through all her personal experiences with candor, humor, bravery, and authenticity. As she leads others through her memories, Stott begins by detailing her childhood where she first learned to advocate for justice, pledged to one day end injustices, and focused on helping others, and then shares insight into her path forward as she traveled the world, married, attained professional success, battled challenges, and eventually summoned the strength and courage to guide her former UK Special Forces husband from enduring life-changing injuries to becoming a world-record breaking champion. She Who Dares chronicles one woman’s path of self-discovery as she overcame obstacles and challenges to transform into a passionate advocate for positive change.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 166572420X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
It was 2014 when the phone rang at Alana Stott’s home. On the other end was her husband, Dean, a member of the UK Special Forces serving in Libya in the midst of a civil war. As the sound of gunfire echoed through the receiver, Alana felt her heart racing as she struggled to gather as much information as possible from him. Moments later, the line went dead. In a compelling, heartfelt retelling of her epic journey through life, Stott shines an inspirational light on how she navigated through all her personal experiences with candor, humor, bravery, and authenticity. As she leads others through her memories, Stott begins by detailing her childhood where she first learned to advocate for justice, pledged to one day end injustices, and focused on helping others, and then shares insight into her path forward as she traveled the world, married, attained professional success, battled challenges, and eventually summoned the strength and courage to guide her former UK Special Forces husband from enduring life-changing injuries to becoming a world-record breaking champion. She Who Dares chronicles one woman’s path of self-discovery as she overcame obstacles and challenges to transform into a passionate advocate for positive change.