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Fodor's Exploring Scotland
Gilbert Summers
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 288 PAGES
With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this compact guide for visitors is an excellent overview of Scotland and its highlights. Most of the book is devoted to a region-by-region description of attractions, including Edinburgh, Glasgow, the highlands and islands. With excellent local maps.
(SCT09, $22.00)
Scotland, A Concise History
Fitzroy MacLean Magnus Linklater
HISTORY 2001 PAPER 248 PAGES
This classic, illustrated study brings Scottish history up to the present through its romantic figures and bloody battles. With 250 well-chosen and integrated illustrations, it's an excellent visual survey. Revised with an additional chapter by Magnus Linklater.
(SCT15, $19.95)
Stone Voices, The Search for Scotland
Neal Ascherson
HISTORY 2004 PAPER 240 PAGES
Ascherson writes with verve and insight on the centuries-old impulse toward nationhood in Scotland, interweaving some highly symbolic moments in history with archaeology, myth and his own interviews and travels. A native Scot (that should come as no surprise), Ascherson offers a lucid, absorbing and affectionate portrait of a nation in the making.
(SCT66, $27.00)
The Crofter and the Laird
John McPhee
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 1978 PAPER 159 PAGES
FAVORITE
In this volume, McPhee returns to his ancestral land, the island of Colonsay in the Scottish Hebrides, to tell the stories of people whose lives are deeply entrenched in their land. With his characteristic grace and admiration for his subjects, McPhee writes about this stark region where residents still live under an almost feudal system of farmers, crofter and lord.
(SCT23, $16.00)
Scotland Map
Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A clear, colorful map of Scotland at a scale of 1:400,000, with shaded relief showing topographical features. One Side. 62x40 inches.
(SCT12, $12.95)
Companion Guide Edinburgh and the Borders Country
A.J. Youngson
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive introduction to the history, culture and architecture of Edinburgh.
(SCT19, $34.95)
Portrait of Scotland
Colin Baxter
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An excellent short introduction to the beauty and mystery of the Scottish highlands and islands, featuring stunning color photographs by Colin Baxter.
(SCT87, $16.95)
Scotland, The Story of a Nation
Magnus Magnusson
HISTORY
A vivid survey of the history of Scotland, rich in personality and incident, by a master storyteller.
(SCT54, $22.50)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Scotland
Hugh Palmer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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)
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Written when Johnson was 63 and Boswell 32 in 1773 (when they had been friends for ten years), these travel journals were the result of a three-month trip to Scotland. Johnson observed Scotland, and Boswell observed Johnson.
(SCT07, $18.00)
An Innocent in Scotland, More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters
David W. McFadden
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A sequel to his rambles in Ireland, McFadden again taps local lore, personality and history in this most entertaining journey through Scotland.
(SCT28, $18.95)
Queen of Scots, The True Life of Mary Stuart
John Guy
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
This major revisionist biography of the much-maligned monarch by British historian and Cambridge fellow John Guy won the 2004 Whitbread Award.
(SCT82, $16.95)
Rob Roy MacGregor: His Life & Times
W. H. Murray
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A nicely old-fashioned, chronological account of the life and times of Scotland's great hero.
(SCT31, $11.95)
The People of the Sea
David Thomson
Seamus Heaney
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Fascinated by the Celtic seal tales of his youth, Thomson sets out for Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides and Western Ireland. His search yields this marvelously unclassifiable collection of stories, observations and traditional tales.
(SCT68, $16.95)
William Wallace, Brave Heart
James MacKay
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
MacKay separates myth from legend in this rich account of one of Scotland's greatest heroes. He delves into medieval Scotland, setting the life of William Wallace in its historical context.
(SCT30, $16.99)
44 Scotland Street
Alexander McCall Smith
LITERATURE
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)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
LITERATURE
A slender, terribly witty novel from the incomparable Dame Muriel. Miss Jean Brodie is an unorthodox teacher at an Edinburgh girls' boarding school who wins the hearts and minds of her students, only to discover that girls from the provinces are ill-prepared for progressive thought.
(SCT42, $12.95)
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