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Book Synopsis Now Here's The Thing... short stories by : Brian Bourner
Download or read book Now Here's The Thing... short stories written by Brian Bourner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Now here's The Thing...'is a collection of very short stories, ideal for dipping into when there's a few minutes to spare. The stories are easy to read and often humorous or light-hearted. They are generally set in Edinburgh, Scotland, and feature a range of characters in settings that vary from art galleries, tearooms, and parliament to schools, laundries, and banks.
Download or read book Call the Nurse written by Mary J. MacLeod and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud owners of a near-derelict croft house—a farmer’s stone cottage—on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse. Call the Nurse is her account of the enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends. In anecdotes that are by turns funny, sad, moving, and tragic, she recalls them all, the crofters and their laird, the boatmen and tradesmen, young lovers and forbidding churchmen. Against the old-fashioned island culture and the grandeur of mountain and sea unfold indelible stories: a young woman carried through snow for airlift to the hospital; a rescue by boat; the marriage of a gentle giant and the island beauty; a ghostly encounter; the shocking discovery of a woman in chains; the flames of a heather fire at night; an unexploded bomb from World War II; and the joyful, tipsy celebration of a ceilidh. Gaelic fortitude meets a nurse’s compassion in these wonderful true stories from rural Scotland.
Download or read book Many a Mickle written by Isabelle Wheeler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about growing up in the English Lake District. Through the eyes of Hannah Ryan we get a glimpse at her world and what matters to her. What child hasn't wanted a pet? But what happens when that pet arrives? What child doesn't have dreams, fears and frustrations? Who hasn't made mistakes? "'Many a mickle..." is the start of a Scottish saying that has passed from one generation to the next. Now it is Hannah's turn. Through learning what the little things are, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery--the final destination unknown.
Book Synopsis The Barbershop Seven by : Douglas Lindsay
Download or read book The Barbershop Seven written by Douglas Lindsay and published by Blasted Heath Ltd. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 2167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, by popular demand, all seven Barney Thomson novels have been collected in one handsome omnibus edition. And it's a snip at the price! Fans of Douglas Lindsay's genre-defining barbershop death junky novels will be delighted to know that THE BARBERSHOP SEVEN includes the complete, unabridged text from the following Barney Thomson novels: #1 THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON #2 THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT #3 MURDERERS ANONYMOUS #4 THE RESURRECTION OF BARNEY THOMSON #5 THE LAST FISH SUPPER #6 THE HAUNTING OF BARNEY THOMSON #7 THE FINAL CUT *** The omnibus also includes the key to unlocking THE WORMWOOD CODE, a free Barney Thomson novella that's available only to purchasers of THE BARBERSHOP SEVEN ***Praise for the Barney Thomson novels "This chilling black comedy unfolds at dizzying speed... an impressive debut novel." - Sunday Mirror "The plot, Russian literature fans, is a modern spin on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. The bloody ending, movie buffs, is pure Reservoir Dogs." - The Mirror "This is pitch-black comedy spun from the finest writing. Fantastic plot, unforgettable scenes and plenty of twisted belly laughs." - New Woman "A mad, macabre romp with surreal characters and cutting black humour." - The Sunday Mirror "Gloriously over the top, very bloody and very, very funny." - Daily Telegraph "A novel which is both genuinely silly and a fun read." - The Scotsman "Extremely well-written, highly amusing and completely unpredictable in its outrageous plot twists and turns." - The List "Lindsay's burlesque thrills offer no sex, no drugs, no desperation to be cool. Just straightforward adult story; fantastic plot, classic timing and gleeful delight in the grotesque. With more talent than Irvine Welsh could dream of, Lindsay has crafted a macabre masterpiece where content lives up to style." - What's On
Book Synopsis The Barber Surgeon's Hairshirt by : Douglas Lindsay
Download or read book The Barber Surgeon's Hairshirt written by Douglas Lindsay and published by Blasted Heath Ltd. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is also available in THE BARBERSHOP SEVEN - the collected Barney Thomson novels Barney Thomson is a barber on the run. Notorious throughout Scotland as the most prolific serial killer since the Black Death, he has escaped Glasgow and the long arm of the law by hiding out in a monastery in the frozen far north-west. However, as the snow descends, and the police slowly close in on his hideout, a new, vicious and altogether more psychotic murderer is wreaking havoc amongst the monks... Praise for THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT: "A mad, macabre romp with surreal characters and cutting black humour." The Sunday Mirror "Gloriously over the top, very bloody and very, very funny." Daily Telegraph "A novel which is both genuinely silly and a fun read." The Scotsman "A flawless follow-up to an impressive debut, this is extremely well-written, highly amusing and completely unpredictable in its outrageous plot twists and turns." The List "Lindsay's burlesque thrills offer no sex, no drugs, no desperation to be cool. Just straightforward adult story; fantastic plot, classic timing and gleeful delight in the grotesque. With more talent than Irvine Welsh could dream of, Lindsay has crafted a macabre masterpiece where content lives up to style." What's On
Book Synopsis The Complete McAuslan by : George MacDonald Fraser
Download or read book The Complete McAuslan written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George MacDonald Fraser's hilarious stories of the most disastrous soldier in the British Army are collected together for the first time in one volume. Private McAuslan, J., the Dirtiest Soldier in the World (alias the Tartan Caliban, or the Highland Division's answer to the Pekin Man) first demonstrated his unfitness for service in The General Danced at Dawn. He continued his disorderly advance, losing, soiling or destroying his equipment, through the pages of McAuslan in the Rough. The final volume, The Sheikh and the Dustbin, pursues the career of the great incompetent as he shambles across North African and Scotland, swinging his right arm in time with his right leg and tripping over his untied laces. His admirers know him as court-martial defendant, ghost-catcher, star-crossed lover and golf caddie extraordinary. Whether map-reading his erratic way through the Sahara by night or confronting Arab rioters, McAuslan's talent for catastrophe is guaranteed. Now, the inimitable McAuslan stories are collected together in one glorious volume.
Book Synopsis A New Dawn Breaks by : J. A. Frances
Download or read book A New Dawn Breaks written by J. A. Frances and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-09-28 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second book in the continuing saga of the Baird family, following the ebbs and flows of its fortunes through the fears and uncertainties of the interwar years. The Great War is over, but peace brings little respite to the ongoing enmity felt by the protagonist, Iain Baird, towards his younger brother. He is determined to establish a relationship with his biological son, Eddie: the rest of the family, led by Eddie’s formidable grandmother, are resolved to prevent this at any cost. Set mainly in Scotland, the story alternates between Glasgow and Edinburgh, against a backdrop of industrial unrest and the threat of radical socialism in the 1920s, followed by the darkening clouds of fascism, fellow travellers and appeasement in the 1930s. Iain is heavily involved in the twists and turns of extremist politics, first in the fledgling Communist Party, then in the Independent Labour Party, before being induced to act as a double agent for Mosley's British Union of Fascists. He must steer a tricky path, serving two masters, playing off one against the other, if he is to achieve the status and recognition he craves.
Download or read book In Time O' Strife written by Joe Corrie and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nae power on earth can crush the men who can sing on a day like this. A powerful re-imagining of Joe Corrie's neglected classic about a Fife mining community during the General Strike. To raise funds for the soup kitchens feeding the miners and their starving families, Corrie wrote In Time O' Strife in 1926 whilst on strike himself, exposing the brutal lives of a family staring hunger and defeat in the face. Some 87 years later, Graham McLaren has adapted, designed and directed this rarely performed classic play. Created by Graham McLaren (Men Should Weep, A Christmas Carol), the production uses fragments of Corrie's other plays, poems and songs, celebrating his ability as a writer and his contribution to Scottish culture. This edition pairs Corrie's original text with the script created by McLaren's adaptation process.
Download or read book The Flax Flower written by Amanda MacLean and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In high summer, two lovers meet and plan a future together. But when the lovers' secret meetings are eventually found out, the full weight of a religious, moralistic, patriarchal society bears down upon them - resulting in the ultimate punishment.The story unfolds against a rich backdrop of songs and singing, folk belief, the cruel power of the Kirk, and the turning of the agricultural year.A tragic true story passed down the centuries in song is retold in a clear and passionate new voice.Shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize.
Download or read book Chapman written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Sheikh and the Dustbin by : George MacDonald Fraser
Download or read book The Sheikh and the Dustbin written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second title in a trilogy from the internationally bestselling author of The Flashman series. Private McAuslan continues his disorderly advance, losing, soiling or destroying his equipment. Whether map-reading his erratic way through the Sahara by night or confronting Arab rioters, McAuslan's talent for catastrophe is constant.
Book Synopsis Men Should Weep by : Ena Lamont Stewart
Download or read book Men Should Weep written by Ena Lamont Stewart and published by Acting Edition S.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for Glasgow Unity in 1947, this extraordinarily moving play of women surviving in the east end of Glasgow of the 1930s was revived by 7:84 Company to tremendous critical acclaim. It finds in the lives of Maggie, her family and her neighbours not only all the tragedy that appalling housing, massive unemployment and grinding poverty can produce, but alo a rich vein of comedy - the sense of the ridiculous, the need for a good laugh.
Book Synopsis The Scottish Gaelic Tattoo Handbook by : Emily McEwan
Download or read book The Scottish Gaelic Tattoo Handbook written by Emily McEwan and published by . This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a Gaelic language specialist in Nova Scotia, this handbook will appeal to anyone who loves Scottish culture, Celtic roots, and tattoos. It contains a glossary of nearly 400 authentic Gaelic words and phrases, a history of the language, examples of real-life Gaelic tattoos that went wrong, and advice on how to avoid common mistakes.
Book Synopsis Collins Gem Scots Dictionary by : Collins Dictionaries
Download or read book Collins Gem Scots Dictionary written by Collins Dictionaries and published by Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular and informative guide to the Scots language in the best-selling Gem format. Contains words and phrases from both literary and everyday language, this is the perfect wee dictionary of Scots for native and non-native speakers alike. First published in 1995, the Collins Gem Scots Dictionary is by far the most popular guide to the language of today's Scotland, with nearly 1800 everyday words and phrases from all over Scotland clearly explained and with lots of helpful examples of usage. Colour text makes this best-selling dictionary even more user-friendly. With its durable and eye-catching cover, this is a must for every bookshelf!
Book Synopsis Scottish Literature in the Twentieth Century by : David McCordick
Download or read book Scottish Literature in the Twentieth Century written by David McCordick and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breath-taking volume: the compilation of texts is astrounding, and all the works are presented in their entirety. Added to this are editorial notes and introductions to each of the authors. It is a bold collections; a magnificant achievement. Everything that is Scottish literature--poetry, prose, memoirs, political speeches, travel writing (all except the novel)--is included. This volume focuses on writers of the twentieth century from Keir Hardie to Janice Galloway, from James Barrie to William McIlvanney and from Neil Munro to Irvine Welsh among many, many others.
Download or read book Scottish Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Manual of Modern Scots by : William Grant
Download or read book Manual of Modern Scots written by William Grant and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
