Download or read book Historic Stones and Stories of Bygone Edinburgh written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club written by Old Edinburgh Club and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes for include Reports of the annual meetings.

Download or read book Bibliotheca Scotia written by John Smith & Sons and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Auld Reekie written by Ralph Lownie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, Edinburgh has inspired affection, admiration and awe amongst visitors and residents alike, and in this widely praised anthology Ralph Lownie draws on an expansive range of sources, including speeches, memoirs, letters, poems, novels and journals, to capture the unique spirit of Scotland's capital. Alongside the set-pieces, familiar names and city landmarks - the Porteous Riots, Burke and Hare, Deacon Brodie, the Castle and Arthur's Seat - are numerous less well-known accounts of the city, which cast fresh light on both the writer and topic: Chesterton, Betjeman, J.B. Priestley, Brontë and Wordsworth, for example, are names not generally associated with the city but are featured here. Auld Reekie showcases Edinburgh in all its beauty and historic worth but doesn't flinch from the less savoury side of its character, including sections on the city in adversity and on its crime record. This varied and absorbing collection will be treasured by all those who love Edinburgh.

Download or read book Scottish Geographical Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Old Stones written by Andy Burnham and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year Discover the iconic standing stones and prehistoric sites of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—this comprehensive, coffee table travel guide features over 750 must-see destinations, with maps and color photographs The ultimate insiders’ guide, The Old Stones gives unparalleled insight into where to find prehistoric sites and how to understand them, by drawing on the knowledge, expertise and passion of the archaeologists, theorists, photographers and stones aficionados who contribute to the world’s biggest megalithic website—the Megalithic Portal. Including over 30 maps and site plans and hundreds of color photographs, it also contains scores of articles by a wide range of contributors—from archaeologists and archaeoastronomers to dowsers and geomancers—that will change the way you see these amazing survivals from our distant past. Locate over 1,000 of Britain and Ireland’s most atmospheric prehistoric places, from recently discovered moorland circles to standing stones hidden in housing estates. Discover which sites could align with celestial bodies or horizon landmarks. Explore acoustic, color, and shadow theory to get inside the minds of the Neolithic and Bronze Age people who created these extraordinary places. Find out which sites have the most spectacular views, which are the best for getting away from it all and which have been immortalized in music. And don't forget to visit the Megalithic Portal website and get involved by posting your discoveries online. All royalties from this book go to support the running of the Megalithic Portal: www.megalithic.com.

Download or read book The Bookman s Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen written by Elizabeth L. Ewan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-27 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This single-volume dictionary presents the lives ofindividual Scottish women from earliest times to the present. Drawing on newscholarship and a wide network of professional and amateur historians, itthrows light on the experience of women from every class and category inScotland and among the worldwide Scottish diaspora.The BiographicalDictionary of Scottish Women is written for the general reading public andfor students of Scottish history and society. It is scholarly in itsapproach to evidence and engaging in the manner of its presentation. Eachentry makes sense of its subject in narrative terms, telling a story ratherthan simply offering information. The book is as enjoyable to read as it iseasy and valuable to consult. It is a unique and important contribution tothe history of women and Scotland.The publisher acknowledges support fromthe Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Executive Equalities Unit towardsthe publication of this title.

Download or read book The Bookman written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Black Markers written by Jan-Andrew Henderson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edinburgh's cemeteries have been notorious for centuries, from the infamous Greyfriars to the countless crypts, graveyards and mausoleums that proliferate through the city. This book reveals a host of traditions and stories regarding these distinctive sites, as told by an expert on the subject.

Download or read book Modern Spiritualism and Scottish Art written by Michelle Foot and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering account of Modern Spiritualism in late 19th and early 20th-century Scotland is a compelling history of the international movement's cultural impact on Scottish art. From spirit-mediums creating séance art to mainstream artists of the Royal Scottish Academy, this exposition reveals for the first time the extent of Spiritualist interest in Scotland. With its interdisciplinary scope, Modern Spiritualism and Scottish Art combines cultural and art history to explore the ways in which Scottish art reflected Spiritualist beliefs at the turn of the 20th century. More than simply a history of the Spiritualist cause and its visual manifestations, this book also provides a detailed account of scepticism, psychical research, and occulture in modern Scotland, and the role that these aspects played in informing responses to Spiritualist ideology. Utilising extensive archival research, together with in-depth analyses of overlooked paintings, drawings and sculpture, Michelle Foot demonstrates the vital importance of Spiritualist art to the development of Spiritualism in Scotland during the 19th century. In doing so, the book highlights the contribution of Scottish visual artists alongside better-known Spiritualists such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Daniel Dunglas Home.

Download or read book Books on the History of Edinburgh written by William Cowan and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired 1881 1900 written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the City of Edinburgh Art Collection written by City of Edinburgh Museums and Art Galleries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bulletin of the New York Public Library written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes its Report, 1896-19 .

Download or read book Scotland s Parliament Site and the Canongate written by Holyrood Archaeology Project Team and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The site of the new Scottish Paliament in Edinburgh was the focus of archaeological work that illuminated medieval Canongate and unravelled the history of Queensberry House. A team of archaeologists, historians, architectural historians and scientists was brought together for the task, and here they present the discoveries that were made both on the ground and in the documentary sources, early maps and drawings. The fortunes of Canongate have fluctuated from wealth, as the fashionable place for Scotland's aristocratic families to live in the 16th to 18th centuries, to dire poverty in the 19th, but Queensberry House has survived remarkably intact for more than three centuries. The exploration of this area of the Old Town of Edinburgh spans nine hundred years of busy urban life from the 13th century when the burgh was created to the 21st century when the new Parliament was built.