Scottish Witchcraft

Scottish Witchcraft and Magick, the Craft of the Picts. Scottish Witchcraft and Magick: The Craft of the Picts.

Scottish Treasures

Scottish Treasures. Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Scotland. Founded in 1850, the National Gallery of Scotland is situated in the heart of the captial city of Edinburgh. Its world-class collection embraces art from the early Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. This publication illustrates 50 great paintings from the Gallery's collection, including works by major European masters such as Veronese, El Greco, Hals, Watteau, Constable and Delacroix, as well as fine examples of the Scottish School such as Raeburn's magnificent portrait of MacDonell of Glengarry. Scottish Treasures: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Scotland.

Scottish Gold and Silver Work

Scottish Gold and Silver Work. The work of Scottish craftsmen from the earliest Celtic gold and silver work through to the burgh craftsmen of the 1700s and early 1800s is described. Scottish Gold and Silver Work (The Little Books Series).

Scottish Stained Glass

Scottish Stained Glass. The history of stained glass in Scotland. Topics covered include: Scotland's medieval stained glass; Celtic visions and arts and crafts; and war damage. Scottish Stained Glass: Making the Colours Sing (Discovering Historic Scotland): Making the Colours Sing (Discovering Historic Scotland).

Scottish Coins

Scottish Coins, a History of Small Change in Scotland. This is the intriguing story of how ordinary money was used by ordinary people in Scotland. Placks, bawbees, hardheads and bodles, this absorbing history covers not only coin development and production but also gives an account of how such monies were used, abused, spent, discarded and counterfeited by the Scottish population. Scottish Coins: A History of Small Change in Scotland (Scottish Artefacts).

Scottish Ceramics

Scottish Ceramics. Over 630 photographs that showcase items that can now be rightfully attributed to the prolific Scottish potteries. Descriptive chapters include brief histories of the most important potteries and a discussion of the wares. Scottish Ceramics.

Scottish Silver Flatware

Scottish Silver Flatware. Ian Pickford takes a wide ranging look at flatware patterns and, at the same time, discusses in detail flatware makers, stylistic developments, quality, repairs, fakes, forgeries and alterations as well as the marking of flatware. A large part of the book is devoted, in reference form, to the patterns themselves. Silver flatware is highly collectable and this is the standard work of reference. Silver Flatware: English, Irish and Scottish, 1660-1980.

Scottish Birds

Scottish Birds, Culture and tradition. A unique book exploring the wealth of tradition, history and lore about birds in Scotland. Dr Hull describes Scottish Birds as a distillation of a lifetime of looking at birds all over the world and being dissatisfied with what I found in books. The first part of the book tells the story of birds and man in Scotland since the Ice Age, about 10,000 years ago. Dr Hull then lists the 195 species of birds that commonly occur in Scotland. Each has an individual entry, giving scientific, Gaelic and Scottish names and a brief history, along with curious facts and anecdotes from a vast range of records, folktales, statistical accounts and eye-witness reports. Scottish Birds: Culture and Tradition.

Scottish Heather

Scottish Heather. The purple glow of heather clad hillsides in summer time is one of Scotland's most typical and beautiful sights. No wonder heather has become a well loved national symbol. But heather has not just been part of the landscape. The place of heather in Scottish life has always been important in a variety of ways, ranging from the ordinary to the spectacular, heather besoms swept floors, hardy Highlanders slept on piled heathers and the clan Macdonald rallied in battle to the heather-bound staff. There is also the immemorial secret of heather ale, and the unforgettable taste of heather honey. And why should white heather be seen as lucky? This delightful little book brings you all the secrets of Scottish heather. The Scottish Heather.

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Scottish Pottery

Scottish Pottery. Although Scottish pottery may be traced back over many centuries, it was not until the mid eighteenth century that it became an important element in the national economy. Since the mid twentieth century there has been considerable study of the Scottish pottery industry, revealing the diversification of production and showing that exports and innovation were more significant than previously thought. Scottish pottery is widely recognised as having its own distinctive characters and in this book many examples are illustrated in colour. Scottish Pottery (Shire Album).

Scottish Houses and Gardens

Scottish Houses and Gardens. An unrivalled collection of Scotland's finest houses in their final golden age, before the destructive forces of the twentieth century swept so many away and emptied others of their contents. Here are the famous palaces and castles, from Holyroodhouse and Glamis to Inverary and Culzean, recorded in photographs of timeless authority. Here also, are the fragile ensembles of 18th century houses: Arniston, Newhailes, Drum, shown with their gardens, plasterwork, tapestries, furniture and paintings. Most breathtaking of all is Hamilton palace and its incomparable collections photographed months before the house was demolished and its treasures scattered. Scottish Houses and Gardens: From the Archives of "Country Life" (Country Life): From the Archives of "Country Life" (Country Life).

Scottish Bards

The Voice of the Bard. Living Poets and Ancient Tradition in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The bards profiled are ordinary men. Crofters, fishermen, seamen, soldiers, weavers, tinkers, roadmen, housewives and even a television personality. Their work is proof that the ancient bardic tradition is still alive in Scotland today. This is a book of great originality and importance to new Scotland and is illustrated with over two hundred previously unpublished photographs and a wide variety of song-poems. It reveals a fascinating, hidden layer in the long history of the Scottish Gaidhealtach and paints a mini-history of Highland life and thought in the twentieth century. The Voice of the Bard: Living Poets and Ancient Tradition in the Highlands and Islands.

Best Scottish Humour

Best Scottish Humour. The Crack. The Best of Glasgow Humour. The shortsighted lady in the baker's shop was peering at the display of cakes under the glass. 'Tell me, dear,' she asked the girl at the counter, pointing at one confection in particular, 'I've come out without my glasses. Is that a doughnut or a meringue?' 'Naw, you're absolutely right, missis. It's a doughnut OK' What do you call an illegitimate insect? A fly bastart Why wasn't Jesus born in Glasgow? They couldn't find a virgin or three wise men As this book amply demonstrates, humour is one of the cornerstones of Glasgow life. A look at the history of popular entertainment in the city shows that Glasgow has always enjoyed a good laugh, and the home-grown variety best of all. Professional comedians often shared the same background as their audiences, and the drawbacks of tenement life provided a rich source of comic potential which was tapped by many of Glasgow's best-known comics. In this new and expanded edition of his best-selling book, Michael Munro has produced a hilarious compendium of the wit and wisdom of Glasgow. While many of the jokes and stories are 'classics' that continue to amuse today, either in their original form or updated to reflect contemporary tastes and preoccupations, The Crack also includes a huge amount of material that will be new to many. As this hilarious collection shows, no subject, sacred or profane, is safe from scrutiny and the Glasgow tongue respects no bounds of taste. The Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour.

Food of the Scots

Food of the Scots. Food, like procreation, is one of the major concerns of the human race. It affects every aspect of life, at all social levels. In Scotland, as elsewhere, the farther back in time we go the more the daily diet is related to the local environment. This book explores the nature of food in the past, including game and wild plants, cereals and dairy products, flesh and drink, whether home-brewed ale or wines from abroad. Through extensive research and examination of long-held customs, the author provides a detailed appraisal of the realities and complexities of the Scottish diet. Food such as the everyday oatcakes and cheese, prepared in a special way for seasonal or work, especially harvest occasions, and for the personal occasions of birth, baptism, marriage and death, is discussed in a major section of the book. The adoption of hot drinks, chocolate, coffee and tea, from the end of the seventeenth century marked an economic upswing, at first at high social levels. The resulting change in the composition and timing of meals was reinforced by the industrial age a century later. Dependence on rural products was gradually reduced by imports and by preservation techniques, canning, refrigerations, etc, which have facilitated the consumption of foods from any part of the world, at any season. The apparent monotony of the past diet is now replaced by an embarrassment of choices, in which health considerations play a considerable role. Scottish Life and Society: Food of the Scots: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology Volume 5 (Scottish Life & Society).

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The Noblest Work of God

The Noblest Work of God. The Memoirs of James Lough and John Craig. For eight years Lough and his family laboured in Ohio before returning home to Scotland, where they first had to settle the debts they had left unpaid as they dashed for the Atlantic crossing, before building up a successful coastal trading business. The Loughs experienced tragedy and pain in the First World War and its aftermath. James was distraught when first his wife and then three of his four sons perished. Yet throughout, Lough clung to a personal creed based on the principles of thrift, hard work and personal advancement. He was, in his own words, The Noblest Work of God, an honest man with a simple but profound view of right and wrong. In 1928 Lough returned to America where he helped in the compilation of a family tribute to John Craig. Like Lough, Craig was a self-made man. He had backed Lincoln in the Civil War, had made a fortune during Reconstruction, and then lost it again in speculative ventures, before establishing a shipyard on the Great Lakes. In 1908 he was approached to run for President of the United States on the Republican ticket, before standing aside for the eventual winner, William Taft. James Lough received a copy of the Craig book Episodes of my Life in late 1928 and, unknown to his own family, he then wrote down his own long and remarkable life story which he sent back to his kin in America. It lay forgotten there until a chance encounter drew the document back to Scotland and to Lough's great-great grandson, Peter Aitchison. The two works are now combined in a single volume along with a detailed commentary which brings the story up to date - the Loughs went back to fishing in Scotland while the Craigs moved to Long Beach, where they struck oil and are now one of the most successful and celebrated families in California. For the first time in eight decades the two branches of the same family are brought together in a unique book, richly illustrated with period and contemporary photographs. The Noblest Work of God: The Memoirs of James Lough and John Craig.

Exploring Scottish Seashores

Exploring Scottish Seashores. Scotland's coastline is almost twelve thousand km long. Exploring Scottish Seashores looks at the wonderful variety of its natural features and the plants and animals that live there. Did you know that we use seaweed to help make ice-cream? Did you know that sea anemones catch their food by firing tiny poisoned darts on a thread? What might you find living beneath a rock, or buried in the sand? Find out: How to make you own 'goggle box' to make rockpool-gazing even more fun; The right way to pick up a crab; The places you might see puffins, otters, dolphins and whales; How to make seaweed pictures and seashell ornaments. Exploring Scottish Seashores: Activity Book (Scottie Books).

Best Scottish Music

Life With You by The Proclaimers. Track Listings; Life With You, In Recognition, New Religion, Sorry, No One Left To Blame, Here It Comes Again, Blood Lying On The Snow, Harness Pain, Long Haul, Lover's Face, Whole Wide World, Calender On The Wall, If There's A God. Life With You.

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Drastic Fantastic by KT Tunstall. Track Listings; Little Favours, If Only, White Bird, Funnyman, Hold On, Hopeless, I Don't Want You Now, Saving My Face, Beauty Of Uncertainty, Someday Soon, Paper Aeroplane. Drastic Fantastic.

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Kill To Get Crimson by Mark Knopfler. Track Listings; True Love Will Never Fade, The Scaffolder's Wife, The Fizzy And The Still, Heart Full Of Holes, We Can Get Wild, Secondary Waltz, Punish The Monkey, Let It All Go, Behind With The Rent, The Fish And The Bird, Madame Geneva's, In The Sky. Kill To Get Crimson.

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The Boy With No Name by Travis. Track Listings; 3 Times And You Lose, Selfish Jean, Closer, Big Chair, Battleships, Eyes Wide Open, My Eyes, One Night, Out In Space, Colder, New Amsterdam. The Boy With No Name.

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Cuilidh by Julie Fowlis. Track Listings; Hug Air A Bhonald Mhoir, Mo Ghruagach Dhonn, A T-Aparan Goirid 's A T-Aparan Ur: Oran Do Sheasaidh Bhalle Raghnaill, Ille Dhuinn, 'S Toigh Leam Thu, Puirt-a-beul Set 'S Toigh Leam Fhin Buntata 'S Im and Tha Fionnlagh Ag, Set Of Jigs, Mo Dhomhnallan Fhein, Turas San Lochmor, Oran Nan Raiders, Bodaich Odhar Hoghaigearraidh, Mo Bheannachd Dhan Bhaillidh Ur, Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir. Cuilidh.

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The Vertigo of Bliss by Biffy Clyro. Track Listings; Bodies In Flight, The Ideal Height, With Aplomb, A Day Of, Liberate The Illiterate, Diary of Always, Questions and Answers, Eradicate The Doubt, When The Faction’s Fractioned, Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys, All The Way Down, A Man Of His Appalling Posture, Now The Action Is On Fire! The Vertigo of Bliss.

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Everything You See by Runrig. Track Listings: Year Of The Flood, Roadtrip, Clash Of The Ash, Ocean Road, Atoms, An Dealachadh, This Day, Sona, Something's Got To Give, And The Accordians Played, In Scandinavia. Everything You See.

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Best Scottish Piping

Best Scottish Piping. Gordon Duncan was simply a genius on the pipes. A Scottish musical genius who passed away far too young. This new compilation CD shows his incredible technique and sheer brilliance on the Highland pipes. Just for Gordon.

Best Scottish Fiction

Best Scottish Fiction. Exit Music by Ian Rankin. The brilliant new Rebus novel from the master of British crime. The year 2007 marks Detective Inspector John Rebus's last year in the Scottish police force. Forced to retire by both the law and his, relieved, superiors, Rebus knows that his time in the blue ranks must now come to an end. But how will the irascible detective deal with this grim terminus? Particularly with his nemesis, Ger Cafferty, still walking the streets of Edinburgh. And how will John's protege and friend Siobhan Clarke move forward with the old relic finally gone? Exit Music.

Best Scottish Countryside Festival.

Scottish Highland Dancing at Scotland's Countryside Festival, Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. Each year Scotland's Countryside Festival is held in the spectacular grounds of Glamis Castle. Over the last number of years thousands of visitors have visited the Countryside Festival and have discovered that it is much more than just another game fair. It is a celebration of Scottish rural traditions, skills and pastimes. Scotland's Countryside Festival Photographs.