History of Scottish Women's Writing
History of Scottish Women's Writing

Author: Douglas Gifford

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2020-03-31

Total Pages: 741

ISBN-13: 0748672664

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This is the first comprehensive critical analysis of Scottish women's writing from its recoverable beginnings to the present day. Essays cover individual writers - such as Margaret Oliphant, Nan Shepherd, Muriel Spark and Liz Lochhead - as well as groups of writers or kinds of writing - such as women poets and dramatists, or Gaelic writing and the legacy of the Kailyard. In addition to poetry, drama and fiction, a varied body of non-fiction writing is also covered, including diaries, memoirs, biography and autobiography, didactic and polemic writing, and popular and periodical writing for and by women.

Far-Flung Adventures: Hugo Pepper
Far-Flung Adventures: Hugo Pepper

Author: Paul Stewart

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0385752237

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Hugo Pepper was raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders. His parents were eaten by polar bears when he was just a baby, but Hugo discovers that the sled they arrived in has an unusual compass—one that can be set to "Home." And so Hugo arrives in Firefly Square—to discover a group of very special friends, and a dastardly enemy. With three-toed snowmen, a secret buried treasure, and a host of fabulous stories, this is a fantastic third tale in the Far-Flung Adventures!

Then Came Adventure
Then Came Adventure

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Published: 1941

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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A group of active youngsters explore a "secret island" and the forest during a summer vacation with their grandparents.