The jolly beggars, or, Love & liberty

BURNS, Robert

Luath Press

Wild Places

Literature & Fiction

William, Neill

Poetry

The dipper an the three wee deils

Begg, J. A

Ralph Storer's highly entertaining exploration of the lure of the hills is underpinned by hard-won experience - he has climbed extensively in the British Isles, Europe and the American West, though his abiding love is the Scottish Highlands. His breezy anecdotes of walking and climbing around the world in all sorts of conditions are gripping and full of fun. This man has done more things in a sleeping bag than sleep, and in The Joy of Hillwalking he cheerfully tells all. His sense of humour is as irrepressible as his relish for adventurous ascents, but he doesn't have his head in the clouds when it comes to serious issues such as public access and conservation.

THE JOY OF HILLWALKING (WALK WITH LUATH)

Sports & Outdoors

STORER, Ralph

Individual Sports

The Reluctant Rebel: A Jacobite Novel

Barbara Henderson

The Edinburgh Festival

David Pollock

Inside the Indyref

Pete Wishart

Town planning. Interest-led, open-minded education. Preservation of buildings with historical worth. Community gardens. All are so central to modern society that our age tends to claim these notions as its own. In fact they were first visualised by Sir Patrick Geddes, a largely forgotten Victorian Scot and one of the greatest forward thinkers in history. In turns a gardener, biologist, conservationist, social evolutionist, peace warrior, and town planner, he spent many years conserving and restoring Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile at a time when most decaying buildings were simply torn down. With these plans of renovation came the importance of education as the development of the Outlook Tower, his numerous summer schools and his College des Ecossais in Montpellier illustrate. It is in India where his name is most widely known. It was here that possibly the greatest example of Geddes' belief in people planning can be seen and which took the form of pedestrian zones, student accommodation for women, and urban diversification projects. When grandiose schemes of urban renewal were in vogue his conservative surgery offered a humane alternative. His influence spread around the world, through the people he met and stimulated, and has survived, after his death. In recent years he has become almost a patron saint of the sustainable development movement. Think Global, Act Local: The Life and Legacy of Patrick Geddes examines not only the life of this important man, but also the enduring relevance of his ideas and their place in our world, present and future.

Think Global, Act Local: The Life and Legacy of Patrick Geddes

Walter (ed) Stephen

Arts & Photography

The Northern Highlands: The Empty Lands

Travel

Tom Atkinson

Europe

Wild Scotland is a fascinating overview of the animals, plants, birds and marine creatures which populate the beautiful countryside of Scotland. With indispensable advice on where to go and when, how to see the wildlife, how best to photograph it, and what you can do to help conserve the unspoilt land you visit, this revised and updated edition of James McCarthy's classic guide to the Scottish wilderness is essential reading for tourist and local alike. Where are you most likely to see otters in Scotland?When is the best time to see Scotland's orchids?In which city can you see fossil trees over 300 million years old?Where can you be guaranteed to see, at close quarters, a peregrine feeding its chicks? Wild Scotland, the site by site guide to the best of natural Scotland, answers these and many other questions. Descriptions of 65 key sites to visit, plus an additional 95 nearby sites Details of 36 providers of wildlife viewing services All the latest developments of sites, protected areas and conservation of species across the whole of Scotland A chapter on photographing wildlife by acclaimed photographer Laurie Campbell 32 pages of striking colour wildlife photographs and clear regional =maps throughout

Wild Scotland: Essential Guide to the Best of Natural Scotland

Science & Math

James McCarthy

Nature & Ecology

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