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Scotland's Golf Courses

by Robert Price

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A guide to more than 500 golf courses in Scotland -- the birthplace of the sport and still a favorite destination for dedicated duffers. (SCT72, $25.00)

Blasted Heaths and Blessed Greens, A Golfer's Pilgrimage to the Courses of Scotland

by James W. Finegan

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Finegan, the former golf columnist of the Philadelphia Inquirer, takes us on a delightful tour of the great links of Scotland, combining personal anecdote, a history of the game and a character study of the Scots. (SCT08, $21.00)

Scotland Map M 501

Scotland Map M 501

by Michelin Travel Publications

  • 2003
  • MAP

A clear, colorful road map at a scale of 1:400,000. (SCT12, $8.95)

 
Fodor's Exploring Scotland

Fodor's Exploring Scotland


by Gilbert Summers

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

With its many photographs, detailed descriptions and practical information, this compact guide covers Scotland in style. (SCT09, $22.00)

Emerald Fairways and Foam-Flecked Seas, A Golfer's Pilgrimage to the Courses of Ireland

Emerald Fairways and Foam-Flecked Seas, A Golfer's Pilgrimage to the Courses of Ireland


by James W. Finegan

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

In this wonderful companion to Finegan's book on Scotland, Blasted Heaths and Blessed Greens, the author returns to his native Ireland to explore both golf and the Irish people. (IRE25, $52.00)

How the Scots Invented the Modern World

How the Scots Invented the Modern World


by Arthur Herman

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 472 PAGES

Herman argues convincingly in this bestseller that many of the greatest political, intellectual and technological innovations of the 18th and 19th centuries came from the Scots. (SCT65, $16.00)

Scotland, A Concise History

Scotland, A Concise History


by Fitzroy MacLean | Magnus Linklater

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

With 250 well-integrated illustrations, this lively and authoritative history covers the romantic figures and bloody battles from the early clans up to the present. (SCT15, $19.95)

Stone Voices, The Search for Scotland

Stone Voices, The Search for Scotland


by Neal Ascherson

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Ascherson writes with verve and insight on the centuries-old impulse toward nationhood in Scotland in this absorbing portrait, interweaving history with archaeology, myth and his own interviews and travels. (SCT66, $27.00)

The Most Beautiful Villages of Scotland

The Most Beautiful Villages of Scotland


by Hugh Palmer

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

Not just drop-dead beautiful, this lavishly illustrated compendium includes suggestions for historic hamlets, market towns, castles and estates. With notes on travel, hotels, restaurants and accommodations. (SCT81, $40.00)

The Spirit of St. Andrews

The Spirit of St. Andrews


by Alister MacKenzie | Robert Tyre Jones

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A discussion of the history, equipment and architecture of golf by the celebrated golf course designer. (GEN80, $19.00)

Final Rounds, A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime


by James Dodson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

The author's trip with his father to the great courses of Scotland and England. (GOL02, $16.00)

The Crofter and the Laird

The Crofter and the Laird


by John McPhee

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1978
  • PAPER
  • 159 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

McPhee packs up his family and returns for a year to his ancestral land on the Isle of Colonsay in this lyrical, appreciative portrait of place and traditional ways of life in the Hebrides. (SCT23, $16.00)

44 Scotland Street

44 Scotland Street


by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 325 PAGES

In this witty novel, McCall Smith traces the lives and eccentricities of the men and women living in an Edinburgh boarding house. (SCT83, $15.00)

Waverly

Waverly


by Sir Walter Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

Scott drew on childhood tales for this richly detailed portrait of the Highland and Lowland Scots, culminating with the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charles at the 1746 Battle of Culloden. (SCT119, $12.95)

Bernard Darwin on Golf


by Jeff Silverman | Bernard Darwin

  • SPORT
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A collection of essays by the renowned golf writer. (GOL06, $16.95)

Golf by Design, How To Lower Your Score By Reading The Features Of A Course


by Robert Trent Jones

  • SPORT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 292 PAGES

This nicely illustrated guide to the world's greatest courses provides golfers with insight into nearly every aspect of a course designer's strategic considerations. (GOL23, $21.95)

Golf in the Kingdom


by Michael Murphy

  • SPORT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 223 PAGES

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of a classic work on the deeper mysteries of golf, revealed during a round with philosopher/golfer Shivas Irons. (GOL20, $15.00)

Links Golf, The Inside Story


by Paul Daley

  • SPORT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

Focusing on the links of Great Britain and Ireland, Daley provides a clear view of such aspects of golf course construction as bunkering, burns, and blind shots and a discussion of the styles and the large number of links courses. (GOL22, $35.00)

Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots and Bad Lies


by Charles Lindsay | John Updike

  • SPORT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 128 PAGES

A lighthearted collection of photographs of the world's great golf courses and many ways one can lose a ball. With a forward by John Updike. (GOL04, $29.99)

Scotland's Gift, How America Discovered Golf


by Charles Blair Macdonald

  • SPORT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

Originally published in 1928, this history of the introduction of golf to the United States illuminates the way the Scots originally played the game and how it has changed in the new locale. (GOL21, $26.95)

The Book of Golfers, A Biographical History of the Royal & Ancient Game


by Danile Wexler

  • SPORT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 496 PAGES

An overview by a leading golf historian. (GOL07, $34.95)

Birds of Europe

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)

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