The Surnames of Scotland. Their Origin, Meaning and History, Hardback - George F. Black

Never surpassed since its original publication, this is the essential companion to Scottish surnames, featuring over 8, 000 families.Publisher: Bir...

Reducere. This major reference work, first published in 1946, is a fully documented, alphabetical listing of over 8, 000 Scottish family and personal names. ...

The hills of Scotland are a significant part of the landscape and the names of these hills reflect the social and cultural history of Scotland over...

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In Who Built Scotland, the authors pick twenty-five buildings to tell the history of a nation. In vivid travelogues, they explore Scotland's social...

THE EARLY GERMANS OF NEW JERSEY: THEIR HISTORY, CHURCHES AND GENEALOGIES By Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers Preface This work is the result of an a...

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The history of oilmen and the energy bankers who loan them capital is inextricably bound together. Energy bankers have reacted, adjusted and evolve...

Reducere. Gourdvine Black and White is the history, biography, and genealogy of one family divided into two by race and the time in which they lived. For fou...

Reducere. Gourdvine Black and White is the history, biography, and genealogy of one family divided into two by race and the time in which they lived. For fou...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. "George Black rediscovers the history and lore of one of the planet's most magnificent landscapes. Read Empire of Shadows, and you'll never think o...

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Reducere. This book has stood the test of time, and remains a favorite for students of Church history. "Today the Jesuit is to all intents and purposes maste...

Reducere. DescriptionGeorge M. Bodge chronicles the wars with the Native Americans in the 17th century, with lists of the men who fought and died in conflict...

DescriptionGaelic Scotland is one of the world's great treasure-houses of song. In this anthology, Anne Lorne Gillies has gathered together music a...

A visual chronicle of the the story of how violins from the Holocaust now sing in symphony halls.Publisher: George F. ThompsonAuthor(s): Franz Wels...

From the authors of Taking the Plunge, an in-depth, impassioned and expert guide to how, when and why to enjoy wild swimming adventures in Scotland...

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DescriptionOne of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in ...

The Shenandoah Valley is widely renowned for its beauty and its idyllic landscape of farms, fields, historic towns, and Civil War battlefields. Fra...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brian BlackWith: Richard B. MegrawAfter the American Revolution, sites representing key events in American history were cru...

A unique guide to the landscapes of Scotland that explains key features, how to recognise them and what they mean.

Contributor(s): Author: Sanford HolstThe explosive rise of the Knights Templar and the power of the Vatican was marked by many mysteries that long ...

Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford travel across the country to tell the story of the nati...

Classic book of black-and-white photographs in the Outer Hebrides.

The story of the dramatic collapse of the British and French colonial empires in the aftermath of the Second World War - now told for the first tim...

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DescriptionUniversities are more than engines propelling us into a bold new future. They are also living history. A college campus serves as a repo...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A detailed yet accessible account of Britain's most remote island. This new book explodes the myth of St Kilda as a 'lost world', demonstrating how...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Scotland Map originally published to accompany Black's Picturesque Tourist Guide of Scotland in 1840. Hand drawn map of how Scotland looked in the ...