Recounts the origins and history of the Scottish clans, and discusses the Gaelic language, clan chiefs and officials, the kilt, tartans, and other clan symbols

An anthology that includes a range of poems based on different themes such as love and landscape.

This works marks a celebration of the creative writing talents of sixth-year students in a variety of genres, selected from Scottish schools across the country since 1991. It includes poetry, short stories and reflective writing from approximately 150 students.

Product Description: This handbook aims to show how the English language works. Taking the reader through the elements of grammar, the book is divided into sections, including parts of speech, from nouns to interjections; sentence structure, from statements to paragraph; word formation, from basic forms to compounding punctuation; and figures of speech and literary devices, from alliteration to zeugma...read more

Product Description: From blood-curdling and violent beginnings to the end of Norse power in 1469, follow the Vikings as they settled large areas of the north and west of Scotland. Find out: why the Vikings travelled west-over-sea to Scotland; when and where they settled; why they sometimes buried their chiefs in longships; how the Picts and Scots coped with these invaders; what legacy the Vikings left behind...read more

Product Description: Writing from Scotland is a new anthology in the Figures in a Landscape series which celebrates and explores the particular qualities of the writing of a nation. It is a collection of modern Scottish short stories which challenge the traditional Scottish stereotypes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Describes the castles and manor houses of Scotland from the brochs of the Iron Age to Queen Victoria's estate at Balmoral

An anthology of short stories that celebrate the sport of golf features the writing of such well-known authors as J. M. Barrie, A. G. MacDonnell, John Updike, P. G. Wodehouse, and A. A. Milne.