Autumn in Scotland
Autumn in Scotland

Author: Karen Ranney

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0061738425

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Abandoned by a rogue Betrothed to an earl she had never met, Charlotte Haversham arrived at Balfurin, hoping to find love at the legendary Scottish castle. Instead she found decaying towers and no husband among the ruins. So Charlotte worked a miracle, transforming the rotting fortress into a prestigious girls' school. And now, five years later, her life is filled with purpose—until . . . Seduced by a stranger A man storms Charlotte's castle—and he is not the reprehensible Earl of Marne, the one who stole her dowry and dignity, but rather the absent lord's handsome, worldly cousin Dixon MacKinnon. Mesmerized by the fiery Charlotte, Dixon is reluctant to correct her mistake. And though she's determined not to play the fool again, Charlotte finds herself strangely thrilled by the scoundrel's amorous attentions. But a dangerous intrigue has drawn Dixon to Balfurin. And if his ruse is prematurely revealed, a passionate, blossoming love affair could crumble into ruin.

The Shooting Star
The Shooting Star

Author: Shivya Nath

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2018-09-14

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9353052653

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Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her home and the need for a permanent address, sold most of her possessions and embarked on a nomadic journey that has taken her everywhere from remote Himalayan villages to the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador. Along the way, she lived with an indigenous Mayan community in Guatemala, hiked alone in the Ecuadorian Andes, got mugged in Costa Rica, swam across the border from Costa Rica to Panama, slept under a meteor shower in the cracked salt desert of Gujarat and learnt to conquer her deepest fears. With its vivid descriptions, cinematic landscapes, moving encounters and uplifting adventures, The Shooting Star is a travel memoir that maps not just the world but the human spirit.

Outlander
Outlander

Author: Diana Gabaldon

Publisher: Dell

Published: 2004-10-26

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0440335167

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read! Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series • An interview with Diana Gabaldon • An Outlander reader’s guide Praise for Outlander “Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle “History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News

A Highland Autumn
A Highland Autumn

Author: Sophia Nye

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2020-10-15

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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"Captivating from start to finish." -Amazon Reviewer "A Highland Autumn twists and turns its way to a very satisfying conclusion." -Amazon Reviewer When a no-nonsense Highlander afraid to love... The last thing Ronan Calder needs is marriage. He's got enough to worry about without a wife. His sister and mother both died in childbirth, and he has no interest in reliving such tragedy. If he could convince his father as much, everything would go according to plan. Unfortunately, his brutish father insists on parading potential wives before him as often as he can arrange it. Not once has a single simpering lass captured his attention. Not once, that is, until Ronan mistakes the clan's new scholar for his father's latest attempt to sway him to marry. Meets the only woman who's ever tempted him... There is absolutely no way Adelina is giving up on her dreams. She's going to be the first female scholar at Oxford, or die trying. And no, she's not overly dramatic if that's what you're thinking. When Adelina lands a post in some far-fetched corner of war-torn Scotland, murder and treason are very real threats to Adelina and Clan Calder. To complicate matters further, the beastly laird has a distractingly dashing son who won't leave her alone. It makes the stress of her new position a lot easier to take, what with all the kissing, but it's also interfering with her ability to prove her skills as a scholar. Their love threatens to destroy everything. Can Adelina take the heat, find the traitor, and save the laird to earn her seat at Oxford? Or will Ronan prove too great a distraction? If you love feisty heroines, heart-of-gold heroes, noble/commoner relationships, and luscious Highland landscapes, A Highland Autumn will keep you reading all night. A steamy, forbidden love Highland romance. Seasons of Scotland A Highland Autumn (Ronan & Adelina) A Wild Winter (Aidan & Gemma) A Scandalous Spring (Fintan & Sybilla) A Sizzling Summer (Donnan & Deirdre) To Love A Laird (Alec & Nora) - Prequel Novella Available to Newsletter Subscribers

Tangled Autumn
Tangled Autumn

Author: Betty Neels

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2012-04-16

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1459239679

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She wanted a complete break Sappha Devenish jumped at the chance of a job in Scotland after her romance with Andrew went wrong. The change in scenery took Sappha’s mind off her heartbreak, and the presence of the often infuriating but very attractive Dr. van Duyren was also a nice distraction…. But with Andrew’s unexpected return, Sappha found herself entangled in the past once more!

An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654
An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654

Author: Alexia Grosjean

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003-08-01

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 9047402537

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This work reveals the hitherto unrepresented relationship that developed between Scotland and Sweden during the second half of the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth centuries. Sweden's emergence as an independent Nordic, and indeed European, power required continual military and economic growth, which in turn necessitated a constant supply of manpower. The initially piecemeal migration of private individuals from Scotland bringing both martial and mercantile skills to Sweden gradually grew into an informal alliance, albeit officially sanctioned by the Swedes, based on personal networks. Equally the impact of Sweden's support for the Scottish Covenanting movement on British state-formation is scrutinized. This fresh perspective on Scottish-Swedish connections is aimed at those interested in state-formation, migration studies, diplomatic developments, and military history.

Where are the Women?
Where are the Women?

Author: Sara Sheridan

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781849173087

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Can you imagine a different Scotland, a Scotland where women are commemorated in statues and streets and buildings - even in the hills and valleys? This is a guidebook to that alternative nation, where the cave on Staffa is named after Malvina rather than Fingal, and Arthur's Seat isn't Arthur's, it belongs to St Triduana. Where you arrive into Dundee at Slessor Station and the Victorian monument on Stirling's Abbey Hill interprets national identity not as a male warrior but through the women who ran hospitals during the First World War. The West Highland Way ends at Fort Mary. The Old Lady of Hoy is a prominent Orkney landmark. And the plinths in central Glasgow proudly display statues of suffragettes. In this 'imagined atlas' fictional streets, buildings, statues and monuments are dedicated to real women, telling their often untold or unknown stories.For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time to look unflinchingly at Scotland's heritage and bring those women who have been ignored to light. Sara Sheridan explores beyond the traditional male-dominated histories to reveal a new picture of Scotland's history and heritage.

Population Trends No. 117 Autumn 2004
Population Trends No. 117 Autumn 2004

Author: NA NA

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2004-09-30

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780116217257

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This quarterly publication covers population and demographic information. It contains commentary on the latest findings, topical articles on relevant subjects such as one parent families, cohabitation, fertility differences, international demography, population estimates and projections for different groups, illustrated with colour charts and diagrams, regularly updated statistical tables and graphs, showing trends and the latest quarterly information: on conceptions, births, marriages, divorces, internal and international migration, population estimates and projections, etc This issue includes articles on: Perpetual postponers? Women's, men's and couple's fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour - focussing particularly on women who are childless in their thirties, by Ann Berrington Characteristics of sole registered births and the mothers who register them, by Steve Smallwood Estimates of true birth order for Scotland, 1945 - 1999, including a comparison with England and Wales data - by Jessica Chamberlain and Steve Smallwood Reports on Divorces in England and Wales during 2003 and Internal migration estimates for local and unitary authorities in England and former health authorities in Wales, 2003.

RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds

Author: Peter Holden

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-06-04

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1408112329

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A compact and superbly illustrated reference for Scottish birds covering the 240 most common species in detail.

The Schooling of Working-Class Girls in Victorian Scotland
The Schooling of Working-Class Girls in Victorian Scotland

Author: Jane McDermid

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1135783381

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The portrayal of Scotland as a particularly patriarchal society has traditionally had the effect of marginalizing Scottish women, both teachers and students, in both Scottish and British history. The Schooling of Working-Class Girls in Victorian Scotland examines and challenges this assumption and analyzes in detail the course of events which has led to a more enlightened system. Education was, and is, seen as integral to Scottish distinctiveness, but the Victorian period saw anxious debate about the impact of outside influences at a time when Scottish society seemed to be fracturing. This book examines the gender-blindness of the educational tradition, with its notion of the 'democratic intellect', testing the claim of superiority for the Scottish system, and questioning the assumption that Scottish women were either passive victims or willing dupes of a peculiarly patriarchal ideal. Considering the influences of the related ideologies of patriarchy and domesticity, and the crucial importance of the local and regional economic context, in focusing on female education, this book provides a much wider comparative study of Scottish society during a period of tremendous upheaval and a perceived crisis in national identity, in which women, as well as men, participated.