The Soul of Scotland

The Soul of Scotland
Author: Harry Reid
Publisher: Saint Andrew Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2016-06-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0861537920

Religion is at the very core of Scotland's turbulent history and unique cultural heritage. In a fast-paced enthralling celebration of this heritage, Harry Reid introduces us to a spiritual landscape of incredible richness and variety.

The Soul of Scotland

The Soul of Scotland
Author: Max Milligan
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012
Genre: Landscape photography
ISBN: 9781849491174

With extraordinary images, this book presents a rich new portrait of a diverse and beautiful country, avoiding the cliched photographs of the same old castles and postcard views repeated in so many books on the subject.

The Soul of Scotland

The Soul of Scotland
Author: Dr Harry Reid
Publisher: Saint Andrew Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2016-06-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0715209736

Religion is at the very core of Scotland's turbulent, action-packed history and its unique cultural heritage. Indeed, you could argue that Scotland has been, for most of the past 1600 years, an intensely religious country. It is home to some of the most significant early Christian art anywhere in the entire world, and has an amazing 53 cathedrals. In a fast-paced and enthralling epic celebration of Scotland's spiritual heritage, this amazing voyage of discovery reveals that there are echoes of the upsides and downsides of religion everywhere. The distinctive spiritual beauty of Scotland is inspiring and to be found in the most unexpected places. The author also casts a canny eye over some ever-controversial issues such as witchcraft, sectarianism, the Clearances and the DIsruption. Other topics include the Isles, literature, the differences between Edinburgh and Glasgow, Calvanism, Margaret Thatcher, the Declaration of Arbroath, The National Covenant, church buildings, special spiritual sites, spiritual leaders, kings and queens, little-known influential women, religious revivals, Celtic Christianity - and many other elements of the diverse essence of spiritual Scotland. Scotland's Christianity always mixed with politics and was a key part of our national identity....until now, that is. Now Scotland is an apparently secular country, often oblivious to its Christian foundations. Can Christianity be revived in Scotland - or is it dead and buried for ever? Harry Reid has some controversial and perhaps surprising answers.

Spectacular Scotland

Spectacular Scotland
Author: James Gracie
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-03-26
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0789324792

Breathtaking photography captures the soul and passion of this spectacular land of bagpipes, heather, thistle, and tartans. This enchanting collection of images celebrates Scotland’s world-famous vistas—the lofty highlands, placid lochs, and misty glens, the picturesque villages, the vibrant cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the ancient castles, the breathtaking pastoral scenes, as well as the people who take pride in it all. An outstanding gift or souvenir, Spectacular Scotland brings the best of this wonderful country into sharp focus. This is a magnificent collection of 150 color photographs by some of Scotland’s best landscape photographers.

Scotland for Quiet Moments

Scotland for Quiet Moments
Author: Nellie Merthe Erkenbach
Publisher:
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2021-01-24
Genre:
ISBN:

Scotland is a country full of history, stories and secrets. Often, the three cannot be separated. That is what makes this country so wonderful and unique. These stories have been discovered and gathered for Erkenbach's blog, "Graveyards of Scotland", over many years. Her main sources were historical travel guides from the 18th and 19th centuries, where the finds were scary, beautiful, funny, and sometimes, cruel. This unusual approach to a country's history has produced amazing results. You don't have to share the author's passion for cemeteries to enjoy this book; only a small number of the stories in this collection take place in graveyards, though they do all end in them, so perhaps it helps.The fairy hill in Inverness, a nitrate murder on Shetland, a family of left-handers, wolves, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace shown in a new light, the secret bay of the writer Gavin Maxwell, a murdering poet and everything about Scotland except whisky, sheep and tartan. Scotland for experts, not for beginners.Make yourself comfortable in your favourite armchair and enjoy "Scotland for Quiet Moments".

The Heart of Scotland

The Heart of Scotland
Author: A. R. Hope Moncrieff
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2021-05-19
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

This work presents an incredible history of Perthshire and its borders. Perthshire is a historic county in central Scotland. The author focused on illustrating the county's life, cultures, beautiful locations, and nearby areas. The vivid illustrations of the regions leave a long-lasting impact. He delivered accounts of the events that shaped the history of Scotland and entertains the readers with less-known facts and stories from history. In addition, the work also contains the biographies of the most famous people that lived there. Contents include: Perthshire Tayside Atholl Breadalbane Strathearn The Macgregors Rob Roy and his Sons Menteith

The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland
Author: Giles Foden
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0571246176

What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician? Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is both fascinated and appalled. As Uganda plunges into civil chaos he realises action is imperative - but which way should he jump?