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- A child's garden of verses / by Stevenson, Robert Louis,1850-1894.; Foreman, Michael,1938-illustrator.; McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author of foreword.;
Foreward / Alexander McCall Smith -- Dedication -- Bed in summer -- A thought -- At the seaside -- Young night thought -- Whole duty of children -- Rain -- Pirate story -- Foreign lands -- Windy nights -- Travel -- Singing -- Looking forward -- A good play -- Where go the boats? -- Auntie's skirts -- The land of counterpane -- The land of Nod -- My shadow -- System -- A good boy -- Escape at bedtime -- Marching song -- The cow -- Happy thought -- The wind -- Keepsake Mill -- Good and bad children -- Foreign children -- The Sun's travels -- The lamplighter -- My bed is a boat -- The Moon -- The swing -- Time to rise -- Looking-glass river -- Fairy bread -- From a railway carriage -- Winter-time -- The hayloft -- Farewell to the farm -- North-West Passage: 1. Good night ; 2. Shadow March ; 3. In port -- The child alone: The unseen playmate -- My ship and I -- My kingdom -- Picture-books in winter -- My treasures -- Block city -- The land of story-books -- Armies in the fire -- The little land -- Garden days: Night and day -- Nest eggs -- The flowers -- Summer sun -- The dumb soldier -- Autumn fires -- The gardener -- Historical associations -- Envoys: To Willie and Henrietta -- To my mother -- To auntie -- To Minnie -- To my name-child -- To any reader.A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. It is one of the best-loved classic poetry collections ever written and is illustrated here by the world-famous artist Michael Foreman in a beautiful new gift edition, with a foreword by Alexander McCall Smith.
- Subjects: Children's poetry, English.; Children's poetry, Scottish.; Children's poetry.; English poetry; English poetry.; Scottish poetry.; Poetry.;
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- J.M. Barrie & the lost boys / by Birkin, Andrew.; Goode, Sharon.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304) and index.Geneaology -- 1860-1885 -- 1885-1894 -- 1894-1897 -- The Davies Family -- 1898-1900 -- 1900-1901 -- 1901-1904 -- 1904-1905 -- 1905-1906 -- 1906-1907 -- 1907-1908 -- 1908-1910 -- 1910-1914 -- 1914-1915 -- 1915-1917 -- 1917 1921.
- Subjects: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937.; Llewelyn Davies, Nicholas, 1903-1980; Llewelyn Davies, Peter, 1897-1960; Llewelyn Davies, John, 1894-1959; Authors, Scottish; Father figures; Adopted children; Peter Pan (Fictitious character); Orphans; Boys; Barrie, J. M (James Matthew), 1860-1937.; Barrie, J. M (James Matthew), 1860-1937;
- © 2003., Yale University Press,
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- Wildlife of the world / by Ambrose, Jamie(Author of nature books for children),contributor.; Beer, Amy-Jane,author.; Harvey, Derek,author.; Hoare, Ben,author.; Hume, Rob,author.; Jackson, Tom,1972-author.; Parker, Steve,1952-author.; Parsons, Katie,author.; Woodward, John,1954-author.; DK Publishing, Inc.; Smithsonian Institution.;
Animal habitats. Forests ; Grasslands ; Extreme environments ; Aquatic environments -- North America. Peaks and prairies ; Canadian Arctic ; Yellowstone ; Central great plains ; Sierra Nevada ; Mojave Desert ; Florida Everglades -- Central and South America. Land of the jaguar ; Costa Rican rainforest ; Andean yungas ; Amazon rainforest ; The Pantanal ; Andean altiplano ; Argentine pampas ; Galapagos Islands -- Europe. Plains and peninsulas ; Norwegian fjords ; Scottish highlands ; The Camargue ; Tagus Valley ; The Alps ; Bavarian Forest -- Africa. A sunbaked land ; Ethiopian highlands ; Great Rift Valley lakes ; Serengeti savannas ; Congo basin ; Okavango Delta ; Kalahari Desert ; Madagascan dry forests -- Asia. Land of extremes ; Arabian highlands ; Terai-Duar savannas ; Eastern Himalayas ; Upper Yangtze forests ; Gobi Desert ; Nihonkai Montane forest ; Bornean rainforest ; Sulu-Sulawesi seas -- Australasia. The red continent ; New Guinea Montane forest ; North Australia savannas ; Great Sandy-Tanami Desert ; East Australian forest ; Great Barrier Reef ; New Zealand mixed forest -- Antarctica. Land of ice and snow ; Southern Ocean islands ; Antarctic Peninsula.Profiles over four hundred animals from around the world, discussing their habitat, physical characteristics, and challenges they face.
- Subjects: Animals.; Animals;
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- The prisoner in the castle : a Maggie Hope mystery / by MacNeal, Susan Elia.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 306)."American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope must solve a baffling series of murders among a group of captive agents on an isolated Scottish island as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues. Maggie Hope is being held prisoner on a remote Scottish island with other SOE agents who know too much for the enemy's comfort. All the spies on the island are trained to kill--and when they start dropping off one-by-one, Maggie needs to find the murderer... before she becomes the next victim"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Spy stories.; Historical fiction.; Hope, Maggie (Fictitious character); Women spies; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war; Cryptographers;
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- The blue hour [electronic resource] : A novel. by Hawkins, Paula.; Whelan, Gemma.;
Narrator: Gemma Whelan.A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ""The best Paula Hawkins yet – by a tense and haunting mile."" – Lee Child ""An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller... truly exceptional."" – Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods ""A masterful exploration of the nature of obsession...I loved it."" – Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls and Miracle Creek The propulsive and powerful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge.... A masterful novel that is as page-turning as it is unsettling, The Blue Hour recalls the sophisticated suspense of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith and cements Hawkins's place among the very best of our most nuanced and stylish storytellers. ""Atmospheric and marvelously twisty."" – Danya Kukafka, author of Notes on an Execution "Reminiscent of du Maurier: art, islands, missing spouses ... Hard to put down." – Mick Herron ""A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling."" – Shari LapenaRequires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.; Suspense.; Thriller.;
- © 2024., HarperAudio,
- On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=10496940 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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- The summer job / by Dent, Lizzy,author.;
Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it-- and the life she has run to belongs to her best friend Heather. The only problem: she hasn't told Heather. But the summer job at the highland Scottish hotel that her world class wine-expert friend ditched turns out to be a lot more than Birdy bargained for. Can she survive a summer pretending to be her best friend? And can Birdy stop herself from falling for a man who thinks she's someone else? -- adapted from back cover.
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Love stories.; Impersonation; Man-woman relationships; Hotels; Sommeliers;
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- An echo in the bone : a novel / by Gabaldon, Diana.;
Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant rebel, is already certain of three things about the American rebellion: The Americans will win, fighting on the side of victory is no guarantee of survival, and he’d rather die than have to face his illegitimate son—a young lieutenant in the British army—across the barrel of a gun.Claire Randall knows that the Americans will win, too, but not what the ultimate price may be. That price won’t include Jamie’s life or his happiness, though—not if she has anything to say about it.Meanwhile, in the relative safety of the twentieth century, Jamie and Claire’s daughter, Brianna, and her husband, Roger MacKenzie, have resettled in a historic Scottish home where, across a chasm of two centuries, the unfolding drama of Brianna’s parents’ story comes to life through Claire’s letters. The fragile pages reveal Claire’s love for battle-scarred Jamie Fraser and their flight from North Carolina to the high seas, where they encounter privateers and ocean battles—as Brianna and Roger search for clues not only to Claire’s fate but to their own. Because the future of the MacKenzie family in the Highlands is mysteriously, irrevocably, and intimately entwined with life and death in war-torn colonial America. -- provided by Amazon.com.
- Subjects: Love stories.; Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Randall, Claire (Fictitious character); Fraser, Jamie (Fictitious character); Scottish Americans; Time travel; Randall, Claire (Fictional character); Fraser, Jamie (Fictional character); Scottish Americans; Time travel;
- © 2010, c2009., Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks,
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- The royal Stuarts : a history of the family that shaped Britain / by Massie, Allan,1938-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.The Stewards: origins in legend and history -- Robert II (1371-90): the first Stewart king -- Robert III (1390-1406): a troubled reign -- James I (1406-37): the poet-king -- James II (1437-60): a quick-tempered king -- James III (1460-88): a study in failure -- James IV (1488-1513): the flower of the Scottish Renaissance -- James V (1513-42): people's king or tyrant? -- Mary (1542-67): Scotland's tragic queen -- James VI and I (1567-1625): the king as survivor -- Charles I (1625-49): the martyr king -- The interregnum and the scattered family (1649-60) -- Charles II (1649-85): a merry and cynical monarch -- James VII and II (1685-88): author of his own tragedy -- William III (1689-1702) and Mary II (1689-94): revolution settlement and Dutch rule -- Anne (1702 -- 14): end of an old song -- James VIII and III: Jacobites."The Royal Stuarts ruled for over 300 years in Scotland and for a century as the Royal Family of Britain and Ireland. They were leading actors in the foremost political dramas of British history - the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Union of the Crowns, the English Civil War and the Restoration - and remain the most controversial and divisive of royal families. Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels and plays, Allan Massie tells the family's full story, from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England, and then eventual exile. A book which gets beyond the received generalisations, The Royal Stuarts takes us deep into the lives of figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and fierce rivalries, the brave and capable, the weak and foolish."--Publisher's description.
- Subjects: Stuart, House of.; Stuart, House of;
- © 2011., Thomas Dunne Books,
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- A short history of Britain / by Black, Jeremy,1955-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Telling the story -- The history to 1400 -- Tumultuous times, 1400-1750 -- Britain becomes the world power 1750-1900 -- From the Victorians to today, 1900 to the present -- Conclusions."Covering over 2,000 years in under 200 pages, Jeremy Black takes the reader on a breathless tour of British history, providing invaluable context for students of any period. A truly British overview, this book covers all four constituent parts of the UK, as well as migration to and from Britain, and introduces questions of national identity and collective memory. The author begins by considering how the geography of Britain has influenced its development and goes on to examine the formation of its society and political culture. Resisting the Whiggish tradition of triumphalist national histories, Jeremy Black provides a balanced and sensitive account in his trademark pithy style. This new edition has been considerably revised and expanded, bringing the coverage right up to the present day, including what the Scottish referendum on independence says about the nature of modern 'Britishness'."--Publisher's web site.
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- Go tell the bees that I am gone : a novel / by Gabaldon, Diana,author.;
"It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser's Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell's teakettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split and it won't be long until the war is on his doorstep"--
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Fraser, Jamie (Fictitious character from Gabaldon); Randall, Claire (Fictitious character); Scottish Americans; Time travel;
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