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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $75, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSCT89)		  
Eyewitness Guide Scotland  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES
A compact illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps, and a region-by-region synopsis of Scotland's attractions. With a 50-page section on where to stay and eat. (SCT40, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Scotland
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)		   Scotland, A Concise History
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)		   Stone Voices, The Search for Scotland
Scotland Map M 501  •  Michelin Travel Publications
2003 •  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, $8.95)		   Scotland Map M 501



Also Recommended

Fodor's Exploring Scotland  •  Gilbert Summers   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With its many photographs, detailed descriptions and practical information, this compact guide covers Scotland in style. (SCT09, $22.00)
 		  
Walking  •  Henry David Thoreau   • REFERENCE  •  Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration. (WLK04, $9.99)
 		  
Highlanders, A History of the Highland Clans  •  Fitzroy MacLean   • HISTORY  •  A marvelous storyteller, Maclean recounts the origins, uprisings and personalities of Highland Scotland from Celtic legends to the bloody defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden Moors in this vivid, beautifully illustrated history. (SCT33, $35.00)
 		  
How the Scots Invented the Modern World  •  Arthur Herman   • HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Guynd, A Scottish Journal  •  Belinda Rathbone   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The charming memoir of a woman's sometimes trying relationship with her husband's ancestral home - a sprawling fixer-upper of a Scottish mansion. Through Rathbone's evocative descriptions, the house takes on a life and personality all its own. (SCT122, $23.95)
 		  
Mary Queen of Scots  •  Antonia Fraser   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This richly readable biography, the story of a legend who was loved even en route to her death, illuminates Mary's age as well as the figure herself. (SCT01, $20.00)
 		  
The Crofter and the Laird  •  John McPhee   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
 		  
Whisky, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster, Traveling Through Scotland With Boswell and Johnson  •  William W. Starr   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  On his 3,000 mile literary pilgrimage, Starr traced the path (in reverse) James Boswell and Samuel Johnson took through Scotland in 1773. He combines biography, history, comic asides and passages from Boswell's and Johnson's accounts with his own observations to create a multifaceted travelogue. (SCT166, $29.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Rob Roy  •  Sir Walter Scott   • LITERATURE  •  Adventure in the highlands of 18th-century Scotland starring the dashing outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Part of the "Penguin Classics" series, this book contains explanatory notes and an introduction that sets it in its historical context. (SCT20, $11.00)
 		  
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie  •  Muriel Spark   • LITERATURE  •  A terribly witty novel from the pen of 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, $13.99)
 		  
Waverly  •  Sir Walter Scott   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
 		  
Wildflowers of Britain and Europe  •  Margaret and Roland Spohn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Over 450 species of wild flower are covered, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photographs. (EUR46, $21.95)
 		  
 
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