Lost in Scotland

Lost in Scotland

  • Release: 2017-01-21
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  • Price: FREE
  • File: PDF, 324 page
  • ISBN: 154130036X
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Just when you think you're lost, you might end up falling in love. Sam Farouk is having a bad year. Things went down the drain ever since she found her boyfriend cheating on her at the Golden Globes. An unfortunate turn of events forces her to trade sunny Los Angeles with the rainy, chilly highlands of Scotland. She has the chance to work as one of the makeup artists on a new TV series based on a fantasy saga everyone is bananas about, but she can't help feeling lost and a little bit homesick. Until she starts falling for Hugh MacLeod, the actor set to impersonate the titular role of Abarath, dragon slayer and part-time Casanova.Hugh MacLeod is ready for his big break. After more than a decade taking every possible acting job just to stay afloat, he can finally show his range in a series to be proud of. Hugh's commitment to his career comes before anything else, and that's part of the reason why he hasn't had a serious relationship in a while. But the more he's around Sam, the more he knows he's in deep, deep trouble. How is he supposed not to fall for the sexy, mysterious brunette who works all over him every single day? Every touch, every look is torture.Getting lost in each other might be wrong, but it could end up being just what they need.

Scotland s Lost Gardens

Scotland s Lost Gardens

  • Release: 2012
  • Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
  • Price: FREE
  • File: PDF, 376 page
  • ISBN: 1902419812
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Marilyn Brown rediscovers discovers the fasinating stories of the nation's vanished historic gardens. Drawing on vastly varied archive material, a remarkable picture emerges of centuries of lost landscapes, from the monastic gardens of St Columba on the Isle of Iona, to the royal refuges of Mary Queen of Scots.

Lost Kingdoms

Lost Kingdoms

  • Release: 1997
  • Publisher:
  • Price: FREE
  • File: PDF, 230 page
  • ISBN: UOM:39015040607791
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This book follows the history of Celtic Scotland from the ancient kingdoms of the Picts and Scots to the downfall of Clan Donald at the end of the fifteenth century.

When I was Young

When I was Young

  • Release: 2000
  • Publisher: Birlinn Limited
  • Price: FREE
  • File: PDF, 273 page
  • ISBN: STANFORD:36105110531139
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Tackling Scotland's history of war, clearance and change in many lost communities, this book offers the reader a glimpse of stories, poems and songs as a blend of reminiscence and oral tradition from the lost small communities of the Cairngorms, Speyside, Glen Roy, Deeside and Easter Ross.

The Debatable Land The Lost World Between Scotland and England

The Debatable Land The Lost World Between Scotland and England

  • Release: 2018-06-12
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Price: FREE
  • File: PDF, 336 page
  • ISBN: 9780393285338
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Best-selling author Graham Robb finds that the 2,000-year-old map of Ptolemy unlocks a central mystery of British history. Two years ago, Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, near the banks of a river that once marked the southern boundary of the legendary Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land served as a buffer between Scotland and England. It was once the bloodiest region in the country, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James V. After most of its population was slaughtered or deported, it became the last part of Great Britain to be brought under the control of the state. Today, it has vanished from the map and its boundaries are matters of myth and generational memories. Under the spell of a powerful curiosity, Robb began a journey—on foot, by bicycle, and into the past—that would uncover lost towns and roads, and unlock more than one discovery of major historical significance. These personal and scholarly adventures reveal a tale that spans Roman, Medieval, and present-day Britain. Rich in detail and epic in scope, The Debatable Land takes us from a time when neither England nor Scotland existed to the present day, when contemporary nationalism and political turmoil threaten to unsettle the cross-border community once more. With his customary charm, wit, and literary grace, Graham Robb proves the Debatable Land to be a crucial, missing piece in the puzzle of British history.

Walking Scotland s Lost Railways

Walking Scotland s Lost Railways

  • Release: 2019-07-22
  • Publisher: Whittles
  • Price: FREE
  • File: PDF, 232 page
  • ISBN: 1849954038
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Scotland still has hundreds of miles of 'dismantled railways', the term used by Ordnance Survey, and the track beds give scope for many walks. Some track beds have been 'saved' as Tarmacadam walkway/cycleway routes while others have become well-trodden local walks. The remainder range from good, to overgrown, to well-nigh impassable in walking quality. This book provides a handy guide to trackbed walks with detailed information and maps. It is enhanced by numerous black and white old railway photographs, recalling those past days, and by coloured photographs that reflect the post-Beeching changes. The integral hand-crafted maps identify the old railway lines and the sites of stations, most of which are now unrecognisable. The 'Railway Age' is summarised and describes the change from 18th century wagon ways and horse traction to the arrival of steam locomotives c.1830. The fierce rivalry that then ensued between the many competing companies as railway development proceeded at a faster pace is recounted. Although walkers may be unaware of the tangled history of the development of the railway system during the Victorian era, many will have heard of, or experienced, the drastic 1960s cuts of the Beeching axe. However, in more recent times Scotland has experienced a railway revival - principally in the Greater Glasgow area but with new stations and station re-openings elsewhere. The long awaited 30-mile Borders Railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, the longest domestic railway to be built in Britain for more than a century, is something on a very different scale. Early passenger numbers have exceeded expectations and towns served by the line have seen significant economic benefits. Many railway enthusiasts cling to the hope that more lines will be reinstated. Meanwhile, those walks offer a fascinating and varied selection of routes that can fill an afternoon, a day or a long weekend - an ideal opportunity to get walking!

Scotch Missed

Scotch Missed

  • Release: 1997
  • Publisher: Neil Wilson Pub Limited
  • Price: FREE
  • File: PDF, 192 page
  • ISBN: 1897784538
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