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THE HIGHLAND WAY
Worth Looking For
The People of the Sea
• David Thomson
• Seamus Heaney
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 214 PAGES
• COMING IN
A classic, originally published in 1954. Thomson sets out in search of Celtic seal legends among the people of Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides and Western Ireland in this marvelous, unclassifiable book. Not exactly folklore nor a travel book, it mixes a collection of Thomson's stories, observations and encounters with a meditation on the myth and meaning of the selchie. With an introduction by Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney.
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An Illustrated History of the First World War
• John Keegan
HISTORY •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 448 PAGES
• COMING IN
An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War, considerably enhanced by his selection of almost 500 photographs, maps, drawings and illustrations. The visuals clarify and augment his wide-ranging narrative of the origins, battles and consequences of WWI.
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The Scottish Nation: A History, 1700-2007
• T. M. Devine
HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 768 PAGES
• COMING IN
A well received history by a respected historian. Devine focuses on Scotland's relationship with England, its status as a colonized country and its sense of autonomy and pride. It's more or less bookended by the Act of Union of 1707 and the first meeting of the new Scottish parliament in 1999. Devine is University Research Professor and Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen.
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Birds of Britain & Europe
• Hermann Heinzel
• Richard Fitter
• John Parslow
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
• COMING IN
This masterfully organized Collins Pocket Guide, featuring 3,000 color illustrations covers the birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Maps, text and illustrations for each species are organized together on facing pages for quick reference in the field. Heinzel contributed all the handsome watercolor illustrations.
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