Whisky Kilts And The Loch Ness Monster

Author : William W. Starr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781570039485
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whisky, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster written by William W. Starr and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007 Starr embarked on a three-thousand-mile trek through the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, following the path--though in reverse--of Boswell and Johnson. Starr tracked their route as closely as the threat of storms, distractions of pubs, and limitations of time would allow. Like his literary forebears, he recorded a wealth of keen observations on his encounters with places and people, lochs and lore, castles and clans, fables and foibles. The tour begins and ends in Edinburgh and includes along the way visits to Glasgow, Inverness, Loch Ness, Culloden, Auchinleck, the Isles of Iona and Skye, and many more destinations. In addition Starr expands his course to include two of the farthest reaches of Scotland where eighteenth-century travelers dared not tread: the Outer Hebrides and the Orkney Islands, remarkable regions shaped by distinctive weather, history, and isolation.

Author : William W. Starr
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611171229
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whisky, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster written by William W. Starr and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whisky, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster is a memoir of a twenty-first-century literary pilgrimage to retrace the famous eighteenth-century Scottish journey of James Boswell and Samuel Johnson, two of the most celebrated writers of their day. William W. Starr enlivens this crisply written travelogue with a playful wit, an enthusiasm for all things Scottish, the boon and burden of American sensibility, and an ardent appreciation for Boswell and Johnson—who make frequent cameos throughout these ramblings. In 1773 the sixty-three-year-old Johnson was England's preeminent man of letters, and Boswell, some thirty years Johnson's junior, was on the cusp of achieving his own literary celebrity. For more than one hundred days, the distinguished duo toured what was then largely unknown Scottish terrain, later publishing their impressions of the trip in a pair of classic journals. In 2007 Starr embarked on a three-thousand-mile trek through the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, following the path—though in reverse—of Boswell and Johnson. He recorded a wealth of keen observations on his encounters with people and places, lochs and lore, castles and clans, fables and foibles. Starr couples his contemporary commentary with passages from Boswell's and Johnson's published accounts, letters, and diaries to weave together a cohesive travel guide to the Scotland of yore and today. This is a celebration of Scottish life and a spirited endorsement of the wondrous, often unexpected discoveries to be made through good travel and good writing.

Author : Jenna Vale
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508185735
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tracking the Loch Ness Monster written by Jenna Vale and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been accounts of a strange creature in the Scottish loch for centuries, but from 1933 up to today there have been serious efforts to find out just what is lurking in its unusually deep waters. Readers will discover the unusual physical features of Loch Ness as well as natural phenomena that might explain the sightings, at least, some of them. From the famous photograph hoax to Hollywood appearances, readers will be fascinated by humanity's relationship to this particular mythical creature. This book will also inspire readers to sharpen their critical thinking skills with the Debunk It! sidebar. It will enlighten them on the science behind attempts to map the fathoms of the Loch Ness Monster's home.

Author : Bella Wilson
Publisher : Mendon Cottage Books
ISBN 13 : 1310639604
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam Meets the Loch Ness Monster - Early Reader - Children's Picture Books written by Bella Wilson and published by Mendon Cottage Books. This book was released on 2016-05-08 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Meets the Loch Ness Monster - Early Reader - Children's Picture Books A fun colorful illustrated book that your child will love to read. Learn about the Loch Ness Monster and fill their imagination. L-Bug Books - is a publisher who focuses on cute colorful books that grab the attention of young new readers with short stories that help build children's imaginations.

Author : Bella Wilson
Publisher : Mendon Cottage Books
ISBN 13 : 131185844X
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Double Feature: Sam Meets the Loch Ness Monster & Facts about the Loch Ness Monster for Kids - Early Reader - Children's Picture Books written by Bella Wilson and published by Mendon Cottage Books. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Sam Meets the Loch Ness Monster Table of Contents Facts about the Loch Ness Monster for Kids Facts about the Loch Facts about the Loch Ness Monster Nessie Sightings Nessie Spotted on Land Nessie Spotted in the Water Sonar Evidence Searches for Nessie The Circus Search Sir Edward Mountain Search Operation Deepscan Project Urquhart Nessie Hoaxes Fact or Fiction? You decide! The Loch Ness Monster Today Authors Bios Illustrators Bios Publisher

Author : Robert Burgin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 837 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Places written by Robert Burgin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide. Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.

Author : Felix Haynes
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN 13 : 1946539708
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kilts and Bagpipes Forever written by Felix Haynes and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Fraser, 25th chief of one of Scotland’s most prominent clans, became a great British commando leader in World War II. Felix Haynes’ third historical fiction novel imagines an earlier, 1930s rise to greatness for the man Winston Churchill called the handsomest man to cut a throat. After refining his superb leadership skills in the British Army’s famed Lovat Scouts, Fraser successfully represents his Inverness district’s economic interests in Parliament by obtaining funds to construct a dam where Loch Ness flows into the River Ness. He also helps the counter-espionage unit MI5 ferret out a traitorous conspiracy between the Scottish head of Fraser’s political party and Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Recalled to active Army service on the eve of World War II and placed in command of the Scouts, Fraser fulfills a 700-year Fraser Clan commitment when Churchill teams him with Special Air Service founder David Stirling to defend Britain against a German effort to lower Britain’s morale by stealing three important symbols of sovereignty: the Stone of Destiny, the Honors of Scotland, and the British crown jewels. After Haynes’s pre-war fictional introduction to Fraser, the outstanding true record he set as a wartime leader helping fulfill Churchill’s charge to all his special operations units to set Europe ablaze follows naturally.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Author : Christopher Harvie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198714882
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland written by Christopher Harvie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Harvie, one of Scotland's leading historians and political writers, takes a long view of Scotland: its land, people, and culture. Scotland: A History sweeps from the earliest settlements to the new Parliament of 1999 and beyond. It describes the unique multi-ethnic kingdom which emerged from the Dark Ages, the small, proud nation manoeuvring among the great powers of medieval Europe, and the radical reformation which forced a compromise with its mighty southern neighbour. Harvie follows Scotland's tense partnership with England for over 400 years, through dual monarchy and union, enlightenment and empire, industrialization and de-industrialization. First published over a decade ago, this new edition has been extended - at both ends - to include recent discoveries about Scotland's early pre-historic settlements, through to a new final chapter covering the history, politics, and economics of the country under the Holyrood Parliament - and the background to the controversy over the Independence Referendum of 2014.

Author : Ann Bowen
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435356408
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography 360° written by Ann Bowen and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geography 360 is a Key Stage 3 course that gives pupils a really inspiring exploration of Geography issues and skills. The materials incorporate the key aspects of the Foundation subjects strand of the Key Stage 3 Strategy, with real support for Assessment for Learning and comprehensive integration of ICT