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Isles of the North

Author : Ian Mitchell
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857900994
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Isles of the North written by Ian Mitchell and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 2002, Mitchell set sail aboard the 30-foot yacht Foggy Dew on a voyage that took him from his home through the Western Isles to Orkney and Shetland and on to the west coast of Norway. Against the backdrop of one of the world's most spectacular coastlines, he sailed up the Nordfjord, down to Bergen, then out to Utsira, and back home via Inverness. The object of his journey was more than just to enjoy a few contemplative drams during a summer at sea. In this sequel to his much acclaimed Isles of the West (1999), Mitchell continues his investigation into official Britain's failure to administer rural Scotland for the mutual benefit of people and nature. Ian Mitchell's narrative combines authoritative background information and personal interviews with local people, many enlivened by the measured dispensation of Scotland's most famous aid to creative thought. He shows how Norway, a country outside the EU and therefore in control of its own resources, has been able to give a wide measure of freedom to the sort of communities which in Scotland are subject to debilitating control by Edinburgh, London and Brussels. He points to many lessons which centralised, bureaucratic Britain could learn from its more democratic neighbour across the North Sea.

The Northern Isles

Author : Alexander Fenton
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 9781862320581
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Northern Isles written by Alexander Fenton and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1997 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Northern Isles stand at a crossroads of North Atlantic Europe, subject to the competing influences of Scandinavia and Scotland. Sandy Fenton's detailed study of the material culture of Orkney and Shetland is combined with thorough linguistic analysis and is based on years of study and sifting of a mass of detail. Much of the material is new, based on extensive research by the author, on manuscript and other written sources and on knowledge freely imparted by many local inhabitants. It illuminates the complexity of numerous interlocking factors, draws a picture of a fascinating and varied existence and reveals the past not as a static tableau but a process of continuous change. This book recreates the physical environment in which the people lived, their crops and livestock, the harvest of the sea, their houses, the food they ate. These things dominated their lives and form the background which is the key to understanding the character of these fascinating islands. This major work has earned its place as a key contribution to European ethnology and won the Dag Stromback Award of the Royal Gustav Academy, Sweden.

Isles of Noise

Author : Alejandra M. Bronfman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469628708
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Isles of Noise written by Alejandra M. Bronfman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this media history of the Caribbean, Alejandra Bronfman traces how technology, culture, and politics developed in a region that was "wired" earlier and more widely than many other parts of the Americas. Haiti, Cuba, and Jamaica acquired radio and broadcasting in the early stages of the global expansion of telecommunications technologies. Imperial histories helped forge these material connections through which the United States, Great Britain, and the islands created a virtual laboratory for experiments in audiopolitics and listening practices. As radio became an established medium worldwide, it burgeoned in the Caribbean because the region was a hub for intense foreign and domestic commercial and military activities. Attending to everyday life, infrastructure, and sounded histories during the waxing of an American empire and the waning of British influence in the Caribbean, Bronfman does not allow the notion of empire to stand solely for domination. By the time of the Cold War, broadcasting had become a ubiquitous phenomenon that rendered sound and voice central to political mobilization in the Caribbean nations throwing off what remained of their imperial tethers.

Historic Storms of the North Sea, British Isles and Northwest Europe

Author : Hubert Lamb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521375221
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book Historic Storms of the North Sea, British Isles and Northwest Europe written by Hubert Lamb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-06-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a historical study of great wind storms over the last 500-600 years, with meteorological maps and wind measurements.

The Northern Isles

Author : Frederick T. Wainwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Northern Isles written by Frederick T. Wainwright and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Northern Isles

Author : Tom Smith
Publisher : Pesda Press
ISBN 13 : 9781906095000
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Northern Isles written by Tom Smith and published by Pesda Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sea kayakers guide to the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Their relative isolation, stunning scenery and Norse history make Orkney and Shetland a very special place. For the sea kayaker island archipelagos are particularly rewarding . none more so than these. Illustrated with superb colour photographs and useful maps throughout, this book is a practical guide to help you select and plan trips. It will provide inspiration for future voyages and a souvenir of journeys undertaken. As well as providing essential information on where to start and finish, distances, times and tidal information, the book does much to stimulate interest in the environment. It is full of facts and anecdotes about local history, geology, scenery, seabirds and sea mammals.

Outer Hebrides

Author : Mark Rowe
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1784770361
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Outer Hebrides written by Mark Rowe and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: adt's new guide to the Outer Hebrides: The Western Isles of Scotland, from Lewis to Barra, by experienced writer and journalist Mark Rowe is the only full-size guide to focus solely on the islands of Lewis, Harris, St Kilda, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Eriskay, Barra and Vatersay. Masses of background information is included, from geography and geology to art and architecture, with significant coverage of wildlife, too, as well as all the practical details you could need: when to visit, suggested itineraries, public holidays and festivals, local culture, plus accommodation and where to eat and drink. Walkers, bird-watchers, wildlife photographers, beach lovers and genealogists are all catered for, and this is an ideal guide for those who travel simply with curious minds to discover far-flung places of great cultural, historical and wildlife interest. The Outer Hebrides is an archipelago of 15 inhabited islands and more than 50 others that are free of human footprint. Huge variations in landscape are found across the islands, from Lewisian gneiss, which dates back almost three billion years, to rugged Harris with its magnificent sands running down its western flanks and the windswept, undulating flatness and jagged sea lochs of the Uists. This is a land where Gaelic is increasingly spoken and ancient monuments abound, where stunning seabird colonies and birds of prey can be watched, and where the grassy coastal zones known as the machair are transformed into glorious carpets of wildfllowers in late spring and summer. Whether visiting the Standing Stones of Callanish, the Uig peninsula, Barra's Castle Bay, or historic St Kilda, or if you just want to experience the romance of the Sound of Harris, one of the most beautiful ferry journeys in the world, Bradt's Outer Hebrides: The Western Isles of Scotland, from Lewis to Barra has all the information you need.

The North Atlantic Front

Author : James Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841582795
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book The North Atlantic Front written by James Miller and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the two World Wars, the island groups of Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes, and Iceland, linking Europe to North America, acquired great significance. This work tells of operations along this northern front, and recounts incidents such as the arrest of the staff of the Lerwick Post Office.

Englishes Around the World: General studies, British Isles, North America

Author : Edgar Werner Schneider
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027248761
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Englishes Around the World: General studies, British Isles, North America written by Edgar Werner Schneider and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred Görlach has helped to build and shape. Volume 1 contains articles on general topics and studies of what might be termed Old Englishes, varieties of English that have been rooted in their respective regions for a long time and have been traditional focal points of scholarly study. The first section contains eight general and comparative papers (dealing with terminological matters or definitions of core concepts, historical issues, structural comparisons across a wide range of varieties); the second one has nine papers on dialects of English as used in the British Isles (covering England, Scotland, Ulster and Ireland); and finally, there are four contributions on North American varieties of English (including Southern English, African American Vernacular English, Newfoundland Vernacular English, and American English in a historical perspective). The thematic scope comprises the levels of lexis, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, and orthography, as well as sociohistorical issues, the question of the evolution and transmission of dialects, various sources of evidence including literary dialect.

Sailing Directions for the South Coast of England, Scilly Isles to North Foreland

Author : United States. Naval Oceanographic Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sailing Directions for the South Coast of England, Scilly Isles to North Foreland written by United States. Naval Oceanographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Northern Isles

Author : Frederick Threlfall Wainwright
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013580383
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Northern Isles written by Frederick Threlfall Wainwright and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

North Uist in History and Legend

Author : Bill Lawson
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788852745
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book North Uist in History and Legend written by Bill Lawson and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like all the Hebrides, North Uist has a fascinating history and a landscape scattered with historic sites, from Neolithic burial chambers, Iron Age forts and medieval churches to battle-sites and townships forged in the days of kelp trade and deserted during the subsequent traumas of clearance and emigration. In this informative book, Bill Lawson writes about the island and its people, drawing on recorded history and also the rich tradition of story and song in which the informal history of the people was passed down. He also incorporates many personal reminiscences of his travels through the island.

The British Isles

Author : Frederick Mort
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107632811
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The British Isles written by Frederick Mort and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1914 as a guide for students preparing for university, this book examines the geographical features of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The text is accompanied with diagrams and photographs of points of interest, both naturally occurring and of human design. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in geography or the history of education.

British Isles, English Channel, and North Sea

Author :
Publisher : ProStar Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781577858102
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (581 download)

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Regional Climates of the British Isles

Author : Julian Mayes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134771444
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Regional Climates of the British Isles written by Julian Mayes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global climate and the effects of global warming are commanding unprecendented interest as climates grow more dynamic and changeable. How does global warming change patterns of climate? Why is the weather and climate of the British Isles so variable? Regional Climates of the British Isles presents a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the diverse climate of the British Isles. Examining the ways in which regional climates evolve from the interplay of meteorological conditions and geography of the British Isles, leading climatologists provide detailed explanations of the climatic characteristics of eleven regions of the British Isles. Climatic distinctiveness and local weather contrasts are described for each region, together with a summary of climatic data from 1961 to the present. Reviewing the history and causes of climatic change and evaluating regional models, Regional Climates of the British Isles offers an important analysis of climatic variations. Examining future climatic change and its likely consequences, the authors acknowledge the need for regionally diverse responses to the greenhouse effect.

Lord of the Isles

Author : David Drake
Publisher : Tor Fantasy
ISBN 13 : 1429911689
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Lord of the Isles written by David Drake and published by Tor Fantasy. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Lord of the Isles, David Drake returns to fantasy with a towering and complex epic of heroic adventure in an extraordinary and colorful world where the elemental forces that empower magic are rising to a thousand-year peak. In the days following an unusually severe storm, the inhabitants of a tiny seaport town travel toward romance, danger, and astonishing magic that will transform them and their world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

What is North?

Author : Oisín Plumb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503585024
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book What is North? written by Oisín Plumb and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Isles, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and Eastern Canada, alongside many small islands, form a broken bridge across the northern extremities of the Atlantic Ocean. This 'North Atlantic World' is a heterogeneous but culturally intertwined area, ideally suited to the fostering of an interest in all things northern by its people. For the storytellers and writers of the past, each more northerly land was far enough away that it could seem fabulous and even otherworldly, while still being just close enough for myths and travellers' tales to accrue. This book charts attitudes to the North in the North Atlantic World from the time of the earliest extant sources until the present day. The varied papers within consider a number of key questions which have arisen repeatedly over the centuries: 'where is the North located?', 'what are its characteristics?', and 'who, or what lives there?'. They do so from many angles, considering numerous locations and an immense span of time. All are united by their engagement with the North Atlantic World's relationship with the North.