Search Results for ‘Scotland’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 12 matches found

Cycling Back to Happiness - Adventure on the North Sea Cycle Route

“Cycling Back to Happiness” is a hugely entertaining and truly inspirational piece of travel writing, an extremely personal story that will have you hooked from start to finish.
'Don't let your biggest...

Facing the Frozen Ocean

In June 2003, Bear Grylls and his team set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia, across the infamous Labrador Sea, one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world. The team headed for the vast...

Clans & Tartans of Scotland

A richly illustrated book with colour photographs of each clan's tartan, Scottish castles and views. Outlines the history of each clan, and there is a section which lists all of the family names and...

The Oatmeal Ark

A haunting tale of loss and discovery, "The Oatmeal Ark" is the story of one remarkable family and a candid, beautifully rendered portrait of the country that defined it.
After the death of his father...

The Scottish Nation 1700-2000

In 1999, for the first time since 1707, a Scottish parliament took substantial control of the national destiny. And here, for the first time in a generation, is a trenchant single-volume overview of...

Cape Wrath to Finestere

“From Cape Wrath to Finisterre” is both a voyage and an homage to Celtic lands and waters from their northern to their south western landfalls. Finisterre, the furthest point in Galicia in northern...

Clans & Tartans

An introduction to Scotland's clans. For each clan, there is a black and white illustration of the family crest, a colour example of their tartan and a detailed description of their history. There are...

I Never Knew That About Scotland

Guiding us through the highlands and the islands, the lowlands and the borders, Christopher Winn’s “I Never Knew That About Scotland” unearths adventures, firsts, birthplaces, legends and inventions...

Waterlog

“Waterlog” was inspired by John Cheever’s classic short story “The Swimmer”; Roger Deakin set out from his moat in Suffolk to swim through the British Isles.
The result of his journey is a maverick...

Thistle Soup

An idiosyncratic and autobiographical story of a family who move from the North Orkneys to East Lothian just before the outbreak of the second world war.

44 Scotland Street

Alexander McCall Smith’s Scotland Street occupies a busy, bohemian corner of Edinburgh’s New Town, where the old haute bourgeoisie finds itself rubbing shoulders with students, poets and portraitists...

The Sunday Philosophy Club

The Sunday Philosophy Club marks new territory - but familiar moral ground - from the author of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith. This novel sees the debut of Isabel Dalhousie...