THE BEST OF SCOTTISH BOOKS

Packed full of games, activities and exercises, this book is designed to be a drama teacher’s best friend. Written by a drama teacher with over twenty years’ experience which includes heading up a performing arts faculty in a secondary school, GCSE and A-Level examining and presiding as the principal of a successful theatre school, as well as being a published playwright and having her work featured in the 2019 LAMDA Acting Anthology.As well as featuring drama games to use in the classroom, this book contains thorough instructions, valuable advice and useful activities to use in the teaching of improvisation and devising for small and large groups and working with script.

In 1951, Joan Eardley visited the coastal fishing village of Catterline in north-east Scotland for the first time. Her visit sparked a fascination that would last the rest of her life. She made the village her home and found inspiration in the dramatic light and rapidly changing weather. The gentle landscapes and wild rolling seascapes she painted of Catterline in wind, snow, rain and sun are among her best-loved works.Unpublished archival material and interviews with many of those who knew her shed new light on Eardley’s life in Catterline. A vivid portrait is painted both of Eardley and of the village, showing the vital part Catterline played in her development as an artist.The story of her experiences on the wild Scottish coast is evocatively told and beautifully illustrated with some of her most remarkable drawings and paintings.

Osteopathy and Obstetrics is already well-established as a textbook for postgraduate and undergraduate students of osteopathy. In this new edition, now in full color throughout, the original text has been revised to emphasise the physiological need for change that every pregnant woman undergoes, as well as showing the consequential anatomical developments.This revised and expanded version also gives greater emphasis in every chapter to safety issues, and to ensuring safe practice in diagnosis and treatmentThe text is divided into three main sections:Above the DiaphragmBelow the DiaphragmThe Pelvis.It describes and explains the use of all types of osteopathic techniques including structural techniques, myofascial techniques, cranial techniques and visceral techniques. Osteopaths, chiropractors, physical therapists, and others working in the manual therapy field, will find the book invaluable for reference as a practical technique manual. The information it offers on how osteopaths can work safely and effectively to treat the common problems often suffered by pregnant women, and the potential solutions, will also be of interest and value to midwives, obstetricians, and family practitioners.Based on Dr Sandler’s lifetime work, teaching and treating throughout the world, Osteopathy and Obstetrics is a unique contribution to the body of knowledge within the world of osteopathic manual treatment.

NINETEEN CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CRIME FICTIONMaxim Jakubowski has edited all the great names in crime fiction and stories from his anthologies have won the CWA Dagger six times. Now he has collected 19 Dagger award-winning stories in one volume, making it the first retrospective deep dive into the CWA’s archive of Dagger Award winners. Bringing together the greatest crime fictions authors such as Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey and many more. Edgy, twisted and disturbing, Daggers Drawn is a visceral and thrilling collection showcasing the very best modern crime fiction has to offer.Contributors include:Ian RankinJeffery DeaverJohn ConnollyJohn HarveyDenise MinaJulian RathboneMartin EdwardsPeter LoveseyLauren HendersonStella DuffyPeter O’Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent)Danuta ReahCath StaincliffeMargaret MurphyL.C. TylerPhil LoveseyLarry BeinhartRichard LangeJerry Sykes

Spiral Bound explores the potential for yoga as a healing modality by examining the body’s anatomical structure as it has evolved embryonically. With a light touch approach, Karen weaves together threads of development to see how our morphological constraints arise in the earliest moments of life and how this rotation lays the spiral groundwork for rotational kinematics that encompass all tissue. This book sets out to link theory with practice, all at a conversational level richly illustrated with full-color photographs and drawings that bring the biomotion to life for practitioners and teachers of yoga. This book for anyone seeking to simplify the parts-list pedagogy of classical anatomy with contemporary research in fascia literature for an integrated approach especially suitable to postural yoga.

*** FINAL COVER TO BE REVEALED ***Pre-order the hilarious memoir from everyone’s favourite Scottish drag queen and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Lawrence Chaaaaaaney.’Gorgeous, hugely talented, funny, charismatic, adorable, Chaney is a goddess and brings us joy.’ – LorraineLawrence Chaney is a testament to the strength that comes from drag. Lawrence (Drag) Queen of Scots celebrates the little boy learning to sew at age seven and his journey to taking the UK by storm. From growing up as the gay class clown and being bullied to finding an outlet in performance and drag, celebrating both his outer curves and inner beauty.The book will showcase valuable life lessons and tricks of the trade, all told in Chaney’s trademark charming style, and will resonate with anyone who holds dreams and aspirations that are bigger than the town they grew up in.’Lawrence Chaney is the funniest queen by a country mile. She has delivered the laughs a locked down nation needed in abundance. But there’s much more to Chaney than her quick wit. Her vulnerability is also part of her natural gift.’ – Vogue

Brought to you by Penguin.The hilarious memoir from everyone’s favourite Scottish drag queen and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Lawrence Chaaaaaaney.Lawrence Chaney is a testament to the strength that comes from drag. Lawrence (Drag) Queen of Scots celebrates the little boy learning to sew at age seven and his journey to taking the UK by storm. From growing up as the gayclass clown and being bullied to finding an outlet in performance and drag, celebrating both his outer curves and inner beauty.The book will showcase valuable life lessons and tricks of the trade, all told in Chaney’s trademark charming style, and will resonate with anyone who holds dreams and aspirations that are bigger than the town they grew up in.’Gorgeous, hugely talented, funny, charismatic, adorable, Chaney is a goddess and brings us joy.’ – Lorraine’Lawrence Chaney is the funniest queen by a country mile. She has delivered the laughs a locked down nation needed in abundance. But there’s much more to Chaney than her quick wit. Her vulnerability is also part of her natural gift.’ – Vogue(c) Lawrence Chaney 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Biodynamic agriculture first originated in central Europe but is now practised in farms, vineyards and gardens all over the world. At the heart of the biodynamic approach are the eight preparations — Horn manure, Horn silica, Yarrow, Chamomile, Nettle, Oak bark, Dandelion and Valerian — which are often produced by local biodynamic practitioners using well-established recipes. But as the biodynamic approach expands beyond its European origins, its methods have been increasingly adapted to meet the needs and challenges — climates, fauna, seasons and regulations — of different regions around the globe.This fascinating book presents the results of a unique study, carried out by the Agricultural Section at the Goetheanum, Switzerland, into how the biodynamic preparations are used in fifteen countries worldwide, including Egypt, Brazil, New Zealand, India and across Europe. The detailed case studies explore how the preparations are modified to suit their locations, as well as offering an insight into the work of each practitioner and how their understanding has evolved over the years.This book is a valuable reference into the production and application of the preparations around the world and an inspiring endorsement of how biodynamic principles hold true in such varied environments.

Walter Tandy Murch (1907 1967) is best known for his enigmatic, dreamlike still life paintings of everyday objects and mechanical devices in a style that falls between Magic Realist, Surrealist, and Realist. This volume offers the most comprehensive collection of his work, including his striking commercial work for magazines and his paintings from the extensive collection of George Lucas. Lucas calls himself a fanboy of Murch s art paintings and drawings he describes as simultaneously functional and dreamy, simple and complicated; they are quiet yet grab your attention. The tension of these opposing reactions draws viewers into Murch s still lifes, which caught the attention of famed art dealer Betty Parsons, who also represented artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, and Agnes Martin. Murch showed his work at Parsons s gallery for nearly thirty years. With illuminating essays and extensive plates sections displaying Murch s works, this celebration of an exceptionally talented and visionary artist is long overdue.

Assist Our Song combines accessible teaching about the theology and shape of worship with essential information about the forms of music used, including congregational hymns, songs, canticles and psalm chant, and music performed by choirs and musicians. It explores the range of resources available, how to extend repertoire, blending the old with the new, changing patterns of church life, and other practical issues. Its aims are the heightening of the profile of music within the church, increasing the skills and understanding on the part of musicians and choirs, assisting leaders of worship and empowering congregations to see themselves also as ‘ministers of music’It offers practical assistance for the ‘delivery’ of music – choosing music, making the most of choirs and working with musicians. It will be welcomed by all who lead, provide or curate music in worship, as well as clergy and ordinands who lack musical expertise or confidence.

Demystify the world of whisky.Whisky experts Nick Morgan and The Whisky Exchange open the lid on the whisky industry, revealing what makes one of the world’s simplest spirits just so popular. Everything You Need to Know About Whisky will answer all of your burning questions; from what makes the perfect scotch and how to drink it like a pro to an exploration of distilleries around the world and their fascinating (often scandalous) histories.This indispensable guide is filled with insider tips on finding your new favourite bottle and brewing up the very best whisky based cocktails – essential reading for all whisky fans, novices and experts alike.

Demystify the world of whisky.Whisky experts Nick Morgan and The Whisky Exchange open the lid on the whisky industry, revealing what makes one of the world’s simplest spirits just so popular. Everything You Need to Know About Whisky will answer all of your burning questions; from what makes the perfect scotch and how to drink it like a pro to an exploration of distilleries around the world and their fascinating (often scandalous) histories.This indispensable guide is filled with insider tips on finding your new favourite bottle and brewing up the very best whisky based cocktails – essential reading for all whisky fans, novices and experts alike.

From much-loved historian Neil Oliver comes a whole new insight on our past, told through 100 remarkable, unforgettable stories.In his brilliant and excitingly ambitious new book, Neil Oliver takes us on a whistlestop tour around the world and through a million years to give us a unique and invaluable grasp of how human history pieces together.From the east to the west, north to south, these 100 moments act like stepping stones allowing us to make sense of how these pivotal events have shaped the world we know today.Including many moments readers will expect – from Genghis Khan’s domination on earth to Armstrong’s first steps on the moon, and from the advent of the printing press to the birth of the internet – there are also surprises, and with them, some remarkable, unforgettable stories that give a whole new insight on our past.*********************Praise for Neil Oliver and The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places:’Brilliantly demonstrates Neil’s mastery of the broad sweep of British history and landscape.’ – Dan Snow’Neil Oliver brings his vast experience and expertise to bear on this deeply personal journey into British history – a wonderful read. – Professor Alice Roberts’Highly-crafted…a vivid, pungent history.’ – TLS’Compelling’ – Daily Mail

This collection, which Naomi Mitchison published in 1957, is recognisably a ‘Carradale book’, containing as it does vivid and realistic stories and poems of the landscape and the people. Mitchison had moved to the village in Kintyre, on the west coast of Scotland, some twenty years before and was still much involved in its affairs, supporting the fishing fleet and running her own small farm. Yet, as Moira Burgess suggests in her Introduction to this new edition, these thirteen stories and fourteen interspersed short poems and songs do not make a straightforward, celebratory, collection. The first five stories have historical settings in Caithness and Orkney, with the rest set in the contemporary West Highlands – some drawing on Highland myth and legend. And then, as Burgess writes, ‘tucked modestly and apparently at random’ is ‘Five Men and a Swan’ – ‘a fine story, probably her best, a classic of Scottish literature’. Mitchison’s years of intense involvement with the community were in fact drawing to an end. From the early 1960s onwards, she applied her energy and enthusiasm to the cause of the Bakgatla tribe in the newly independent country of Botswana. Her writing would turn to African themes, and, in ‘a marvellous late flourish’, to science fiction. Seen in this light, the book may be not so much a celebration as a coda to Mitchison’s Carradale years.

It’s a warm summer’s night and Faith can’t get to sleep. The curious little fairy feels magic is in the air and flies off to see who else is still awake.Faith comes across a mother fox and her restless cubs, an elf family wide-awake in their tree root house, and the sandman collecting extra magic dust no one can sleep tonight. But why? Finally, a moth prince leads the little fairy to a wonderful Midsummer Night’s party and she discovers where the night-time magic has come from. Later on, tired from a night of dancing, Faith falls fast asleep.This magical, dreamlike picture book from bestselling international illustrator Daniela Drescher will enchant and gently soothe young readers, making it perfect bedtime reading.

It’s summertime and a boy and his dog are leaving behind their apartment in the busy city.His grandparents’ home in the countryside feels like a different world. From the window, the curious boy sees a path leading enticingly into the forest. He can’t wait to explore.At each bend in the trail the boy discovers more wonders of the surrounding natural world, from towering trees to a still, silent lake. He can’t resist diving down, down into the cool water and greeting the fish below. Then later, when boy and dog have been warmed by the gentle sunshine, they wander back, contentedly, to their family. But before they go to sleep, nature gives them one last dazzling show: they look up, up to a night sky awash with stars.Without a word, The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky tells the heartfelt and uplifting story of a child’s independent discovery of the natural world. Kim Jihyun cleverly captures excitement, wonder and joy in intricate illustrations using a deceptively simple colour palate.This is a beautiful story about allowing ourselves to be present in the moment and see the world afresh.

The original biodynamic sowing and planting calendar celebrates its 60th anniversary with a new, easy-to-view layout featuring more detailed planting, tending and harvesting information to help growers maximise the yield and vitality of crops and plants. Trusted by generations of farmers and gardeners, the refreshed design marks a new era for the ultimate biodynamic calendar.The new-look calendar features:– A clearer, easy-to-view layout making it simpler to plan what to do and when– More space dedicated to detailed explanations of the recommended activities– New information panels make it easier to use– Clearer headings and sections for faster look-ups– More detailed planting, tending and harvesting information to maximise the yield and vitality of crops and plants– Redesigned to work for both seasoned biodynamic farmers and beginner gardeners– Solar and lunar events, plus information on planetary aspects, are given dedicated spaceA new, refreshed design of the trusted sowing and planting calendar for both seasoned growers and beginners.

WW1 is over. As a nurse at the front, Clementine has found and lost love, but has settled for middle class marriage. Vincent had half his face blown off, and wants more than life offers now. Drawn together by their shared experiences at the Front, they have a compulsive relationship, magnetic and parasitic, played out with blackmail and ending in disaster for one of them.

Learn how to make fairies and mermaids to suit every season, and discover the joy of crafting with magic wool.Magic wool is a soft, vibrant material, perfect for creating figures for nature tables, celebrations, and Christmas decorations. From beautiful seasonal fairies, to shimmering mermaids and charming root children, crafters can create a wonderful selection of figures as the perfect focal point for festivals and storytelling.This inspiring book includes clear step-by-step instructions, colour photographs and diagrams for more than twenty standing figures, created using a combination of winding and needle-felting. The projects range from simple figures for beginners to more elaborate designs for experienced crafters.