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Free Download Mike Cawthorne, "Wilderness Dreams: The Call of Scotland’s Last Wild Places"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1903238900 | EPUB | pages: 196 | 6.1 mb
This book has been a long time in the writing. While Mike Cawthorne’s life over the last two decades has been mostly involved in climbing and journalism, he has managed to stow away a large memory bank of experiences of his times spent deep within the wilderness areas of Scotland. These 8 extended essays begin with a canoe trip down the River Dee in 2002 ("Tale of Two Rivers") and his epic round of the Munros in the company of his friend Dave Hughes in 1986 ("Paupers and Kings"). "Terra Ingognita" deals with the Monadliath mountains, ‘one of the last places left on these crowded islands where you can experience genuine solitude’. "Crofting on the Edge" deals with people Mike has encountered who have chosen to live in the most remote and inaccessible areas of Scotland as does "The Hermit’s Story", which describes the life that James McRory-Smith chose to lead in Strathailleach, a shepherd’s cottage near Cape Wrath. "A Last Wild Place" describes the ruination of many of these wilderness areas and the efforts made by large energy companies to exploit these special places. ‘…only wilderness if you can be killed and eaten’ is a quote by American writer Edward Abbey referring to grizzly bears stalking humans in the Rockies. Mike recalls this in "Dying for Trees" as he spends a day on Creag Meagaidh with a deer-stalking party where a minor bio-diversity miracle has taken place by carefully controlling deer numbers to allow the spread of broadleaf woodland. "Scotland’s Alaska" is the final essay on Sutherland’s flow country…’the best and worst of wild Britain.’

Free Download The Pirate who Stole Scotland: William Dampier and the Creation of the United Kingdom by Leon Hopkins
English | January 19, 2023 | ISBN: 1399093649 | 256 pages | MOBI | 17 Mb
Economic warfare is not a new phenomenon. In the protectionist climate of the seventeenth century, trade embargoes, exclusions and boycotts were common.

Free Download The Material Landscapes of Scotland’s Jewellery Craft, 1780-1914
by Sarah Laurenson
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1501358006 | 272 Pages | True ePUB | 13.2 MB

Free Download The Material Landscapes of Scotland’s Jewellery Craft, 1780-1914 (Material Culture of Art and Design) by Sarah Laurenson, edited by Michael Yonan
English | July 27, 2023 | ISBN: 1501358006, 1350469920 | True PDF | 272 pages | 70.9 MB
During the long 19th century, Scotland was home to an established body of skilled jewellers who were able to access a range of materials from the country’s varied natural landscape: precious gold and silver; sparkling crystals and colourful stones; freshwater pearls, shells and parts of rare animals. Following these materials on their journey from hill and shore, across the jeweller’s bench and on to the bodies of wearers, this book challenges the persistent notion that the forces of industrialisation led to the decline of craft. It instead reveals a vivid picture of skilled producers who were driving new and revived areas of hand skill, and who were key to fostering a focused cultural engagement with the natural world – among both producers and consumers – through the things they made. By placing producers and their skill in cultural context, the book reveals how examining the materiality of even the smallest of objects can offer new and multifaceted insights into the wider transformations that marked British history during the long 19th century.

Free Download North East Scotland: Including Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Cairngorms National Park (Slow Travel) by Rebecca Gibson
English | July 1, 2023 | ISBN: 1784779016 | True EPUB | 312 pages | 41 MB
Smitten by Scotland since childhood, travel writer Rebecca Gibson moved to Moray and started exploring her new home region on foot to produce this new title in Bradt’s award-winning series of Slow travel guides to UK regions. Walkers, cyclists, wildlife lovers, families, history and folklore enthusiasts, and foodies are all catered for, with coverage of a wide range of attractions. As the only comprehensive guidebook to North East Scotland in print, it also contains all the practical information you could need to plan and enjoy time in this thrillingly diverse yet largely under-explored part of Britain.

Free Download North East Scotland: Including Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Cairngorms National Park (Slow Travel) by Rebecca Gibson
English | July 1, 2023 | ISBN: 1784779016 | True EPUB | 312 pages | 41 MB
Smitten by Scotland since childhood, travel writer Rebecca Gibson moved to Moray and started exploring her new home region on foot to produce this new title in Bradt’s award-winning series of Slow travel guides to UK regions. Walkers, cyclists, wildlife lovers, families, history and folklore enthusiasts, and foodies are all catered for, with coverage of a wide range of attractions. As the only comprehensive guidebook to North East Scotland in print, it also contains all the practical information you could need to plan and enjoy time in this thrillingly diverse yet largely under-explored part of Britain.

Free Download Killing Fields of Scotland : AD 83 to 1746 By Pugh, R. J. M
2013 | 511 Pages | ISBN: 1783469889 | EPUB | 9 MB
Most people are familiar with references to Scottish battles such as Bannockburn and Flodden but know little if anything about those events. Rugby and soccer fans outside Scotland may wonder at the sign ‘1314’ held up by Scottish fans and not know that it is the date of the Battle of Bannockburn when an English king was defeated on Scottish soil. The battle is also commemorated in Scotland’s unofficial national anthem, ‘The Flower of Scotland’. Battles fought on Scottish soil include those of the Scottish Wars of Independence, those occasioned by the English Civil Wars and the Jacobite Rebelli.

Free Download Insight Guides: Pocket Scotland By Insight Guides
2016 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 1780059043 | EPUB | 51 MB
Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure A rich and varied country, Scotland offers everything from historical sights and world-class museums and galleries to some of the most beautiful scenery in Britain. Be inspired to visit by the brand new Insight Pocket Guide Scotland, a concise, full-color guide to this fascinating country that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that Scotland has to offer. Inside Insight Pocket Guide Scotland: Where To Go details the country’s key sights, from the cosmopolitan cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow to the rugged Highlands and the Inner Hebrides, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text. Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including Edinburgh Castle, Glasgow’s Burrell Collection, Urquhart Castle and Loch Lomond. A Perfect Day in Edinburgh provides an itinerary for one day in the capital city. What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to the Highland Games and salmon fishing to hiking in the Highlands. Essential information on Scotland’s rich cultural heritage, including a brief history of Scotland. Eating Out covers the country’s traditional cuisine. Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants. A-Z of all the practical information you’ll need. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-color print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travelers’ needs. Insight Guides’ unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. ‘Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.’ – Wanderlust Magazine

Free Download Bruce Sandison, "Glorious Gentlemen: Tales from Scotland’s Stalkers, Gillies and Keepers"
English | 2013 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 1845025326, 1845024605 | EPUB | 0,3 mb
Bruce Sandison takes the reader on a magical journey as seen through the eyes of some of Scotland’s best-known and most respected gillies, stalkers, and keepers-men who have spent their whole lives on river, moor, and hill caring for the iconic salmon in our rivers and the red deer on our hills. The stories they have to tell are full of humor, kindliness, and patience; sometimes under difficult circumstances as they help their guests, old and young alike, novice or experienced, in pursuit of the best possible chance of sport. Your guide, Bruce Sandison, is a highly regarded author and conservationist, well known for his passionate love for his native land. Everything that is finest about Scotland will be found along the way and, above all, this is a unique opportunity to spend time in the company of these glorious, very special gentlemen.

Free Download To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland’s Global Diaspora 1750-2010 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CRM3BZQK | 2024 | 13 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 391 MB
Author: T.M. Devine
Narrator: James Cameron Stewart
The Scots are one of the world’s greatest nations of emigrants. For centuries, untold numbers of men, women, and children sought their fortunes in every part of the globe, from the British Empire to the United States, in cities and on prairie farms, as traders, bankers, missionaries, soldiers, politicians, and engineers. With To the Ends of the Earth, T. M. Devine-acclaimed author-puts this extraordinary epic center stage in Scottish history, cutting through myth and sentiment surrounding stories such as the Highland Clearances and the Enlightenment to show the true impact of Scottish emigration on the world, and on the nation it left behind.