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Free Download Gaelic in Scotland 1698-1981: The Geographical History of a Language by Charles W. J. Withers
English | December 1st, 2021 | ISBN: 0859760979 | 350 pages | True EPUB | 16.49 MB
Surprisingly little is known of the geographical history of Gaelic: where and when it was spoken in the past, and how and why the Gaelic-speaking area of Scotland – the Gaidhealtachd – has retreated and the language declined. A hundred years ago there were 250,000 Gaelic speakers. Now there are 80,000.

Free Download Fodor’s Essential Scotland (Fodor’s Travel Guides), 4th Edition by Fodor’s Travel Guides
English | August 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 1640976930 | 496 pages | True EPUB | 163.90 MB
Whether you want to explore Edinburgh, sip Scottish whisky, or hike the Highlands, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Scotland are here to help! Fodor’s Essential Scotlandguidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. Fodor’s "Essential" guides have been named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!

Free Download Neil Wilson, Andy Symington, "Discover Scotland Travel Guide"
English | 2013 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 1742205720 | EPUB | 112,7 mb
We’ve selected the most iconic sights and incredible places so you can enjoy the real Scotland with the minimum of fuss

Free Download David J. Smith – Action Stations 7: Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland
Patrick Stephens Ltd | 1993 | ISBN: 1852603097 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 109.94 MB
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Free Download Gerry Hassan, Simon Barrow, "A Nation Changed?: The SNP and Scotland Ten Years On"
English | 2017 | pages: 495 | ISBN: 1912147165 | EPUB | 4,5 mb
A Nation Changed? Provides the first detailed and wide-ranging analysis of the SNP in office. It looks at how Scotland has changed and not changed during that time, and the challenges that lie ahead. The book examines the SNP’s record, its role as a government and as a party, detailed policy issues such as education and health, the Brexit conundrum and independence.

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.