Memoir books from Scotland
Recommended memoir books (10)
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
If you are into memoir here are some memoir books from Scotland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf by John Muir EN
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The American naturalist recounts his 1867 trip from Indiana to Florida and describes the effects of the Civil War on the fields, forests, and people he encountered along the way.
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All that Remains : A Life in Death by Sue Black EN
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Professor Dame Sue Black discusses the subject she grapples with every day - death - bringing her unique perspective to the multitudinous circumstances in which life is lost. From the painful grieving process after losing a loved one, to violence, murder, criminal dismemberment, missing persons, war (such as Kosovo), natural disasters (such as a tsunami), unidentified bodies, historical remains -- involving investigative agencies, lawyers, justice, criminal sentences, and always sadness and pain, she takes us on a scientific and reflective journey explaining the genetic DNA traits that develop... continue
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An Inland Voyage by Robert Louis Stevenson EN
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Robert Louis Stevenson was not only a gifted writer, he was also an indefatigable traveller. An Inland Voyage, first published in 1878, is Stevenson's earliest book. It describes a voyage undertaken with this Scottish friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, mostly along the Oise River from Belgium through France, in the autumn of 1876. Stevenson and Simpson each had a wooden canoe rigged with a sail, propelled with double-bladed paddles, a style that had recently become popular. An Inland Voyage paints a delightful picture of Europe in a more innocent time, with quirky innkeepers, travelling enter... continue
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Jurnalul unui librar by Shaun Bythell RO
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Când Bythell, orgoliosul patron al celui mai mare magazin de cărți vechi din Scoția șia înființat, în 2010, pagina de Facebook, a hotărât, în mod premeditat, să se concentreze asupra comportamentului clienților.
Acest jurnal, ținut timp de un an, nu face altceva, ba chiar mai aduce și alte personaje pitorești în colimatorul autorului. Deși este cutremurător de amuzantă, cartea aceasta conține și un miez mai mult decât serios: este o scrisoare furibundă din linia întâi a luptei dintre proprietarii micilor afaceri cu cărți și giganți pr... continue
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Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power by Alastair McIntosh EN
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It is easy to feel helpless in the face of the torrent of information about environmental catastrophes taking place all over the world. In this powerful and provocative book, Scottish writer and campaigner Alastair McIntosh shows how it is still possible for individuals and communities to take on the might of corporate power and emerge victorious. As a founder of the Isle of Eigg Trust, McIntosh helped the beleaguered residents of Eigg to become the first Scottish community ever to clear their laird from his own estate. And plans to turn a majestic Hebridean mountain into a superquarry were ov... continue
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The Devil That Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna EN
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Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood that became the stuff of nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of post-colonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness of exile in Britain, and the terrible consequences of her dissident father's stand against tyranny." -- cover
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The Living Mountain : A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan Shepherd EN
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A beautiful, collectible gift edition of quintessential Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson
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Written in Bone by Sue Black EN
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Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow. Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to toe, via the teeth, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she delicately reverse engineers events, piecing together the evidence in our remains to discover thedetails of lives once lived. All that we eat, where we go, everything we do leaves a trace, a message that waits patiently in our bones for the forensic... continue