Describes a three-month sea voyage made in 1996 around the Hebrides. Its aim was to look at the major issues peculiar to the islands - issues of landownership and power, tourism and development, incomers and natives, language and identity and the failed attempts to "modernise" the Hebrides.

Isles of the west: A Hebridean voyage

Travel

Ian Mitchell

Europe

Canongate Books Ltd.

In the summer of 2002, Ian Mitchell set sail aboard the 30-foot yacht Foggy Dew on a voyage that took him from his home through the Western Isles to Orkney and Shetland and on to the west coast of Norway. Against the backdrop of one of the world's most spectacular coastlines, he sailed up the Nordfjord, down to Bergen, then out to Utsira, and back home via Inverness. The object of his journey was more than just to enjoy a few contemplative drams during a summer at sea. In this sequel to his much acclaimed Isles of the West (1999), Mitchell continues his investigation into official Britain's failure to administer rural Scotland for the mutual benefit of people and nature. He shows how Norway, a country outside the EU and therefore in control of its own resources, has been able to give a wide measure of freedom to the sort of communities which in Scotland are subject to debilitating control by Edinburgh, London and Brussels. He points to many lessons which centralized, bureaucratic Britain could learn from its more democratic neighbor across the North sea.

Isles of the North

History

Birlinn Ltd.

Learning About Life Cycles Using an Organic Garden: Food Raised in Organic Gardens in Schools (Green shoots series)

Education & Teaching

Allan Randall

Schools & Teaching

Southgate Publishers Ltd

Prisoners of the Emperor

Biographies & Memoirs

The Pentland Press

About Agile Development In Practice  The development of complex systems is fraught with difficulty. Many organizations have taken the vocabulary and outward form of agile practice, but without sponsoring the deep change that agile adoption genuinely requires. The benefits they hope for escape them...and their projects continue to fail. All too often, nothing really changes at all. This book tells you what agile practice is really about, and how to achieve it. The essential components of an agile way of working are laid out chapter by chapter. The book concludes with a concise treatment of the agile transformation problem, and shows how to leverage agile patterns and practices in order to resolve it. About the Author Ian Mitchell's experience in iterative and incremental delivery began with a PhD on object-oriented rapid prototyping in 1997. He then worked as a developer for several years where he witnessed the failure of many initiatives that were allegedly implementing Scrum. He realized that his true vocation was to help teams and organizations to better understand agile practice. Dr. Mitchell has a particular focus on evidence-based enterprise transformation and is the curator of a related site, agilepatterns.org. A Scrum advocate and accredited Professional Scrum Trainer, he is a veteran member of the scrum.org forums.

Agile Development In Practice

TamaRe House

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