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4 reviews
John Buchan

Polygon, 2007

An excellent outdoor adventure novel.
John Buchan's book John MacNab is set in the highlands of Scotland. The three main characters, one a Cabinet minister, another a banker and the last an Attorney-General, are all suffering from boredom which they can only cure by doing something dangerous and difficult. Deciding to try to poach a salmon and two stags in a limited amount of time, risking reputation and a fine, as well as rough ...

A Scots Quair: Sunset Song / Cloud Howe / Grey Granite

5 reviews
Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Polygon, 2007

don't let it pass you by
unjustly overlooked, this book (really comprised of three novellas, all together a trilogy) deserves to be mentioned in the same breath with other modernist works, such as "Dubliners" or "Sons and Lovers." at its time, the books were important, both politically and socially, because they present scottish language and scottish history as things separate from - though no less equal to - the larger ...

The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street) (44 Scotland Street)

1 review
Alexander McCall Smith

Polygon, 2007

Another well written story
This story follows the 44 Scotland St series very well. I'm please his characters stay in character. A good read, as all of his series are. For anyone just starting to read Alexander McCall Smith, he writes stores that can be read out load to any audience.

Kidnapped & Catriona

3 reviews
Robert Louis Stevenson

Polygon, 2007

Practically Unknown Sequel to Kidnapped is Terrific
This combination of Kidnapped and it's sequel by World Books was fantastic. I never thought of Kidnapped having a sequel until I found this book. I realized how quickly and abruptly the ending was to Kidnapped and all of a sudden it fit. World Books made the stories easy to read. They had quotes, explanations, a mini encyclopedia, and a dictionary of Scottish words in the back for the use of the ...

Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian Aircraft in Action)

1 review
Yefim Gordon

Polygon Press, 2005

Mostly pictures, limited text
Yefim Gordon is the foremost author on Soviet/Russian aviation today. He writes about airplane projects that were almost completely unknown in the West as late as the 1980s, and his books are filled with amazing detail. During the latter 1970s the Tu-22M "Backfire" bomber was a major source of controversy within the arms control community. The Soviets designed it as a medium-range bomber. ...

Scottish Customs

4 reviews
Margaret Bennett

Polygon, 2001

What a relief!
As someone of Scottish descent and a student of Anthropology and History, I really appreciated this text. There are a myriad of books available that purport to tell about Scottish customs, or focus on some narrow aspect of Scottish life, such as clan associations. This book, however, addresses the whole gamet of life of the Scottish folk, from motherhood and child-rearing, through the rites of ...

The Power-House

2 reviews
John Buchan

Polygon, 2007

Power House
A very interesting book which captivates your attention from beginning to end. John Buchan writes "lyrically", candid, smooth style which provides readers with easy reading.

Handfast: Scottish Poems For Weddings And Affirmations

1 review

Polygon, 2005

pretty book
I was looking for a reading for my wedding. There were several nice pieces, but nothing that was perfect. Still, I enjoyed reading this book, and it's a pretty little thing to display at home. I will probably pick it up from time to time and read my favorites, which can be marked with a pretty blue satin ribbon which is part of the book.

Beside the Ocean of Time

5 reviews
George MacKay Brown

Polygon, 2006

BRILLIANT
This novel indicates how much Brown was a master of language and imagery. He is equally effective at capturing magical flights of fancy and the ceaseless destruction of modern society. The tension between modern society and the traditional community has a global relevance that makes the story universal. The story would be just as poignant in Africa as it is in Brown's Orkney. A truly ...

Nine Against the Unknown
Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Polygon, 2001

Nine Against the Unknown is the story of nine great explorers who in their deliberate adventuring into the unknown to search for the Fortunate Land, the Isles of Youth, the Golden City -all legendary lands rising originally, in the dawn of history, from a Mediterranean myth -achieved the greater measure of man´s conquest of the earth. They tell of Leif Ericsson and his coming to America four hundred and eighty years before Columbus; of Marco ...

A Long Walk on the Isle of Skye

3 reviews
David Paterson

Polygon, 2006

I loved it...
All my travel adventures start with a good book. This is definitely The Book for the Isle of Skye. I don't think you have to physically follow David Paterson's 8-day-long path from Armadale (south) to Duntulm (north) to come away with a delicious sense of having been there. The photographs are stunning. But unlike cheesy tourist photography books, A Long Walk is beautifully written, engaging, ...

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9 reviews
Rita Monaldi

Polygon, 2008

The best historical novel ever
People who love historical novels should definitely read this book. It's really great. I read the original version in italian and I must say it is extremely well written. It is also very accurate, based on serious historical studies. The incredible thing is that the authors are almost unknown in Italy, victims of a conspiracy of the most important publishers ... If you read the book you will ...

Attila: The Scourge Of God : The story of Flavius Aetius, the last great Roman general, and of his friend who ...

3 reviews
Ross Laidlaw

Polygon, 2004

A Well Researched and Well Written Book
This is a book to get your teeth into, not something to pick up and put down. It is a book about two great men, Attila, King of the Huns and Flavius Aetius one of the great Roman Generals, friends, who turn into bitter enemies. The book is set in the early 5th century. The German tribes are overrunning the Western parts of the Roman Empire. Nothing and no one can stop the might of their ...

Poverty Castle
Robin Jenkins

Polygon, 2007

Poverty Castle is an absorbing work of contrasts and subtle irony centered around an idealistic family in Argyll. A compelling novel, it deals with human nature, as always with Jenkins, and the socialism of industrial Glasgow.

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