A Scottish Miscellany
Published on 30. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-902407-78-4 (ISBN)
Description
Scotland is a land of writers, musicians, poets, artists, philosophers, economists, engineers, comedians and hard men. Famed for the bagpipes, the kilt, shortbread, football (despite our national team), golf, big hearts and tight pockets. "A Scottish Miscellany" is a lighthearted, idiosyncratic and quirky collection of facts, figures, lists and statistics, biographies and stories with a Scottish connection. Entertain yourself and friends for hours with detail, facts and trivia on Scotland.
Scotland is a land of writers, musicians, poets, artists, philosophers, economists, engineers, comedians and hard men. Famed for the bagpipes, the kilt, shortbread, football (despite our national team), golf, big hearts and tight pockets. "A Scottish Miscellany" is a lighthearted, idiosyncratic and quirky collection of facts, figures, lists and statistics, biographies and stories with a Scottish connection. Entertain yourself and friends for hours with detail, facts and trivia on Scotland.
Scotland is a land of writers, musicians, poets, artists, philosophers, economists, engineers, comedians and hard men. Famed for the bagpipes, the kilt, shortbread, football (despite our national team), golf, big hearts and tight pockets. "A Scottish Miscellany" is a lighthearted, idiosyncratic and quirky collection of facts, figures, lists and statistics, biographies and stories with a Scottish connection. Entertain yourself and friends for hours with detail, facts and trivia on Scotland.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-902407-78-4 (9781902407784)
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Person
Michael Bruce is a pseudonym and has written many works of reference on Scotland.
Michael Bruce is a pseudonym and has written many works of reference on Scotland.
Michael Bruce is a pseudonym and has written many works of reference on Scotland.
Content
Includes: The words to Auld Lang Syne The number of steps in the Scott Monument How to make authentic Scottish toasts Know your enemy - the Scottish midge revere the filmography of Sir Sean Connery, and his accents Find Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh, in the USA... Celebrate the festivals of Scotland Reflect on the violent deaths of Scotland's kings travel on Glasgow's 'clockwork orange' Avoid the monsters in Scotland's lochs (try to find them first!) Wrap yourself in a kilt, with confidence - and many more scottish things...