My Scottish Summer
Title | My Scottish Summer PDF eBook |
Author | Connie Brockway |
Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2009-10-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0759525145 |
This is an anthology of four contemporary love stories by popular authors of romance. Four American women experience the passion of summer love when they travel to Scotland. Suddenly chasing kilts was never more fun.
The Summer Isles
Title | The Summer Isles PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Marsden |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2020-05-07 |
Genre | Summer Isles (Scotland) |
ISBN | 9781783783007 |
A journey by sea along the western coasts of Ireland and Scotland in search of islands, both real and imagined.
Summer Walkers
Title | Summer Walkers PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Neat |
Publisher | Birlinn |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2016-04-27 |
Genre | Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people) |
ISBN | 9781780273969 |
The Summer Walkers is the name the crofters of Scotland's North-west Highlands gave the Travelling People - the inerrant tinsmiths, horse-dealers, hawkers and pearl-fishers who made their living 'on the road'. These people are not gypsies - they are indigenous Gaelicspeaking Highlanders who are heirs to a vital and ancient culture. This book documents their way of life and explores their customs, superstitions, unique language, stories, poetry and songs rough photographs and remembrances. The result is a poignant and deeply moving record of a way of life now on the verges of living memory.
My First Summer in the Sierra
Title | My First Summer in the Sierra PDF eBook |
Author | John Muir |
Publisher | |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent wilderness. "My First Summer in the Sierra," whose heart is the diary Muir kept while tending sheep in Yosemite country, enticed thousands of Americans to visit this magical place, and resounds with Muir's regard for the "divine, enduring, unwasteable wealth" of the natural world. A classic of environmental literature, "My First Summer in the Sierra" continues to inspire readers to seek out such places for themselves and make them their own.
Summer Life on Land and Water. (Ballads of Scottish History.).
Title | Summer Life on Land and Water. (Ballads of Scottish History.). PDF eBook |
Author | William Wallace FYFE |
Publisher | |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1851 |
Genre | Queensferry, Scot |
ISBN |
Summer's Knight
Title | Summer's Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia Brown |
Publisher | Bell Bridge Books |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 2015-02-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1611946115 |
Will their passion survive her dangerous secret? Shipping heiress Summer St. Clair flees from an arranged marriage only to end up penniless and alone in the unfamiliar streets of London. Her ordeal turns into a different type of challenge--one even more frightening--when a dangerously handsome rogue offers his protection. Jamie Cameron pledges to be Summer's chivalrous knight . . . but he secretly longs to possess this woman of beauty and spirit. Carefully planning the ultimate seduction, he never expected her innocent charms to pierce his armor and expose his lonely heart. From London's bawdy back alleys to the wild Scottish Highlands, Summer and Jamie wage a thrilling tug-of-war. Yet even as she succumbs to his fiery touch, Summer keeps a dangerous secret, a secret that might shatter the deep love that has grown between them. Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels in romance, mystery, and general fiction. Her bestselling Dixie Divas Mystery Series continues in 2015 with a sixth novel. She lives in a small Mississippi town that inspires her stories about Holly Springs.
The Poets and Poetry of Scotland
Title | The Poets and Poetry of Scotland PDF eBook |
Author | James Grant Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 608 |
Release | 1876 |
Genre | English poetry |
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