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"The Glasgow Cookery Book" started its life in 1910 as the textbook of The Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science - fondly dubbed the Do (or Dough) School by Glasgow citizens. Based on the 1975 metric edition, this title includes Do School favourites - such as haggis, pot roast, Dutch roast, cheese scones, and, Dundee cake.
A collection of 80 songs that are organised alphabetically by song title. It contains a glossary to explain many of the Scots words in the songs. It is suitable for those interested in traditional Scottish songs arranged for voice and piano.
Lists towns, villages, islands, mountains, lochs and rivers of Scotland. This book explains how, over successive generations with political, economic and cultural changes, while Scots became established, place names were not renewed or translated - they were merely Scotticised.
Features green ladies, grey ladies, spectral kings and queens, mischievous ghosts, whispering ghosts, calm poltergeists, wailing washerwomen, phantom dogs, and other assorted ghosts and stories. This book captures Scotland's vibrant storytelling tradition, with tales of sightings, noises, furniture in disarray and spectres past and present.
Scotland is a nation made up of many peoples and cultures. This diversity of cultural influence is reflected in Scotland's vast store of myths and legends. This book contains a selection of these; some ancient, some obscure in origin; and, others based on fact.
Robert Burns is more than Scotland's national poet. This compact little book contains an illustrated selection of Burns' most acclaimed and best loved poems and songs, a biography, and introduction to each poem.
By comic world legends Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy, this colourful, exciting book tells Stevenson's classic story for today's audience. John Utterson notices that his friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, has been acting very strangely. As he investigates, Utterson uncovers a terrifying and horrific story.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped is here retold as a graphic novel. It is the story of a 17-year-old boy who sets out to find his uncle, never dreaming that his path would lead to him to narrowly escape being murdered or that he would be kidnapped.
Mary, Queen of Scots is seen as one of Scotland's heroes. She was queen regnant of Scotland from 1542-1667 but was held in various houses for eighteen and a half years by Queen Elizabeth and beheaded for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth. This book explains simply and clearly who Mary was and her life and is told by her loyal servant, Mary Seton.
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