Beyond the Secret Howff

Beyond the Secret Howff
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Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9781912387250
ISBN-13 : 1912387255
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Beyond the Secret Howff by : Ashie Brebner

As a young man with a compelling interest in the great outdoors and the natural world Allister ('Ashie') Brebner spent his precious weekends in the 1950s and early '60s as a pioneer of the emerging Scottish bothying and mountaineering scene, and was one of the builders of the famed Secret Howff on Bheinn a' Bhuird in the Cairngorms. At the start of the 1960s he threw in his steady, well-paid job as a factory worker and, with another companion who did the same, started as a pioneer of mountain and nature guiding in the Scottish Highlands. Here is the unique story of a working man whose odyssey took him from the tenements and factory work of Aberdeen to the mountains and islands of the Highlands, their people and their wildlife.

The Cairngorms

The Cairngorms
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Publisher : Birlinn
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9780857908094
ISBN-13 : 085790809X
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cairngorms by : Patrick Baker

Cairngorms: A Secret History is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It looks at a unique British landscape, its last great wilderness, with new eyes. History combines with travelogue in a vivid account of this elemental scenery. There have been rare human incursions into the Cairngorm plateau, and Patrick Baker tracks them down. He traces elusive wildlife and relives ghostly sightings on the summit of Ben Macdui. From the search for a long-forgotten climbing shelter and the locating of ancient gem mines, to the discovery of skeletal aircraft remains and the hunt for a mysterious nineteenth-century aristocratic settlement, he seeks out the unlikeliest and most interesting of features in places far off the beaten track. The cultural and human impact of this stunning landscape and reflections on the history of mountaineering are the threads which bind this compelling narrative together.

Aberdeen

Aberdeen
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Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781913025755
ISBN-13 : 1913025756
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Aberdeen by : Ian R Mitchell

Ian R Mitchell recognises his hometown is an often underloved place, but in Aberdeen: Beyond the Granite he sets out an overwhelming case as to why this sentiment is thoroughly undeserved. An Aberdonian born and bred, Mitchell has lived in Glasgow for almost four decades. Returning to his roots, he delves into Aberdeen's rich and often unseen history and culture from an exile's perspective, revealing a proudly unique city, home to the world's oldest surviving company, the UK's oldest newspaper, and perhaps Britain's oldest Italian restaurant!

Furth in Field

Furth in Field
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : UBBS:UBBS-00024555
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Furth in Field by : Haliburton

Furth in Field

Furth in Field
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044081258543
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Furth in Field by : James Logie Robertson

Beyond the Blue

Beyond the Blue
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Publisher : Vintage Canada
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9780307369949
ISBN-13 : 0307369943
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Beyond the Blue by : Andrea MacPherson

In a Scottish mill town purged of men by war, four unforgettable women navigate a treacherous time, guided only by the bonds of family and their bold dreams of escape. In 1918, rainy Dundee is nearly emptied of men. The Great War has left the town’s women both newfound freedom and servitude. They toil in the deadly jute mills, taking in the children of perished family members and praying their own bodies – and spirits – do not fail them too. A grateful widow of the war, Morag shelters her daughters as best she can: beautiful Caro schemes to escape the working class with well-calculated seduction, while Wallis works in the mill alongside her mother, slowly fortifying both spirit and pocketbook for a more radical departure. Morag’s orphaned niece, Imogen, seeks to understand her fragile mother’s death, and the return of the father who abandoned them. Infused with the longing, courage and passion of its indelible cast of characters, and steeped in the faith and terrors of its time – from the suffragettes and the Easter Uprising to the influenza pandemic and the Tay Bridge disaster – Beyond the Blue is a lyrical, reflective novel about finding purpose and freedom in a place without hope.

The Scottish Bothy Bible

The Scottish Bothy Bible
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 191063610X
ISBN-13 : 9781910636107
Rating : 4/5 (0X Downloads)

Synopsis The Scottish Bothy Bible by : Geoff Allan

Mountain Days and Bothy Nights

Mountain Days and Bothy Nights
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Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages : 222
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781912387960
ISBN-13 : 1912387964
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Mountain Days and Bothy Nights by : Dave Brown

Acknowledged as a classic of mountain writing, this book takes you into the bothies, howffs and dosses on the Scottish hills as Fishgut Mac, Desperate Dan and Stumpy the Big Yin stalk hill and public house, evading gamekeepers and Royalty.

The House with the Green Shutters

The House with the Green Shutters
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Publisher : e-artnow
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4064066395063
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis The House with the Green Shutters by : George Douglas Brown

Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, in the fictitious town of Barbie the novel The House with the Green Shutters (1901) describes the struggles of a proud and taciturn carrier, John Gourlay, against the spiteful comments and petty machinations of the envious and idle villagers of Barbie (the "bodies"). The sudden return after fifteen years' absence of the ambitious merchant, James Wilson, son of a mole-catcher, leads to commercial competition against which Gourlay has trouble responding.